17-1307.Cemeteries in or near cities; capital stock; directors;
powers.
Every corporation hereafter formed or organized or that has been
organized subsequent to March 1, 1914, for the purpose of the establishment
and maintenance of cemeteries in, or within two miles of any city of the
third class, four miles of any city of the second class having a population
of less than twelve thousand, or within eight miles of any city of the
first class or of any city of the second class having a population of
twelve thousand or more, shall have a capital stock and board of directors
elected by the stockholders with the same duties and powers as the board of
directors of other corporations for profit, and is empowered to acquire and
hold lands for cemetery purposes only, within such distances of such
cities, not to exceed two hundred acres, and is hereby authorized to
enclose, lay out, or ornament and improve such lands held by such
corporation for such purposes, and to divide said lands into burial lots;
and that all of the acts of any board of directors heretofore legally
elected by stockholders in any such company, which would be legal if done
by any other private corporation, are hereby recognized, confirmed and made
valid: Provided, That no owner of any lot in any such cemetery shall
be a stockholder or member of any such corporation by reason of his being
such owner.
History: L. 1901, ch. 102, § 1; L. 1903, ch. 119, § 1; L. 1915, ch. 98, § 1;
L. 1919, ch. 106, § 1; R.S. 1923, 17-1307; L. 1949, ch. 185, § 1; April
2.
17-1307.Cemeteries in or near cities; capital stock; directors;
powers.
Every corporation hereafter formed or organized or that has been
organized subsequent to March 1, 1914, for the purpose of the establishment
and maintenance of cemeteries in, or within two miles of any city of the
third class, four miles of any city of the second class having a population
of less than twelve thousand, or within eight miles of any city of the
first class or of any city of the second class having a population of
twelve thousand or more, shall have a capital stock and board of directors
elected by the stockholders with the same duties and powers as the board of
directors of other corporations for profit, and is empowered to acquire and
hold lands for cemetery purposes only, within such distances of such
cities, not to exceed two hundred acres, and is hereby authorized to
enclose, lay out, or ornament and improve such lands held by such
corporation for such purposes, and to divide said lands into burial lots;
and that all of the acts of any board of directors heretofore legally
elected by stockholders in any such company, which would be legal if done
by any other private corporation, are hereby recognized, confirmed and made
valid: Provided, That no owner of any lot in any such cemetery shall
be a stockholder or member of any such corporation by reason of his being
such owner.
History: L. 1901, ch. 102, § 1; L. 1903, ch. 119, § 1; L. 1915, ch. 98, § 1;
L. 1919, ch. 106, § 1; R.S. 1923, 17-1307; L. 1949, ch. 185, § 1; April
2.
17-1307.Cemeteries in or near cities; capital stock; directors;
powers.
Every corporation hereafter formed or organized or that has been
organized subsequent to March 1, 1914, for the purpose of the establishment
and maintenance of cemeteries in, or within two miles of any city of the
third class, four miles of any city of the second class having a population
of less than twelve thousand, or within eight miles of any city of the
first class or of any city of the second class having a population of
twelve thousand or more, shall have a capital stock and board of directors
elected by the stockholders with the same duties and powers as the board of
directors of other corporations for profit, and is empowered to acquire and
hold lands for cemetery purposes only, within such distances of such
cities, not to exceed two hundred acres, and is hereby authorized to
enclose, lay out, or ornament and improve such lands held by such
corporation for such purposes, and to divide said lands into burial lots;
and that all of the acts of any board of directors heretofore legally
elected by stockholders in any such company, which would be legal if done
by any other private corporation, are hereby recognized, confirmed and made
valid: Provided, That no owner of any lot in any such cemetery shall
be a stockholder or member of any such corporation by reason of his being
such owner.
History: L. 1901, ch. 102, § 1; L. 1903, ch. 119, § 1; L. 1915, ch. 98, § 1;
L. 1919, ch. 106, § 1; R.S. 1923, 17-1307; L. 1949, ch. 185, § 1; April
2.