Title 456, CEMETERY ASSOCIATIONS

Sec. 13. The treasurer shall give a bond to the corporation, with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the president thereof, for the faithful discharge of his duties, which bond shall be filed with the clerk.

Sec. 14. The president, clerk, treasurer and superintendent of grounds of any corporation organized under this act shall receive such a compensation for their services as shall be allowed by a majority of the members of the corporation present at a corporate meeting, and no more:…

Sec. 15. The board of trustees of any corporation organized under this act, shall have the power, by a 2/3 vote of the members elect, to make all needful by-laws, rules, and regulations, not inconsistent with this act, that may be necessary to the proper management of the affairs…

Sec. 16. Within 1 week after the organization of any corporation organized under this act, the clerk shall make out a certificate of the organization of such corporation, specifying the corporate name thereof, the officers chosen at the first meeting; which certificate shall be s…

Sec. 17. Before any corporation organized under the provisions of this act shall issue certificates of rights of burial, they shall cause their burial ground to be laid out in such form as they may choose, and cause 2 maps thereof to be made, which maps shall accurately describe …

Sec. 18. All corporations organized under this act, shall be capable in their corporate name, of suing and being sued, appealing, prosecuting, and defending, to final judgment and execution, in any of the courts of this state or elsewhere, and to have a common seal which they may…

Sec. 19. Any burying ground corporation heretofore organized under any law of this state, upon complying with the provisions of the preceding sections of this act, shall possess all the powers, and be subject to all the restrictions of corporations originally organized under this…

Sec. 2. Such corporation shall have power to acquire and hold in fee, or for a term of years, so much land as may be necessary for their burying ground: Provided, That no land thus held shall be in any way encumbered by such corporation: And provided further, That the purchase pr…

Sec. 20. Any right that may have accrued to any member, stockholders or lot owner of any burial ground corporation, or public burying ground heretofore existing in this state, shall not be affected or impaired by reason of this act.

Sec. 21. Whenever it may become necessary to vacate any burying ground, the property of any corporation organized under this act, such corporation may, by a majority of its members present at any corporate meeting, direct the president and clerk of such corporation to petition th…

Sec. 22. It shall be lawful for any corporation organized under this act, to dispose of that part of any forfeited right of burial, which has not been actually used as a repository of the dead, in like manner as if the same had never been granted.

Sec. 23. Any corporation organized under this act may be authorized by the circuit or district court of the county, upon the like petition as is required in the twenty-first section of this act, and after 6 months from the filing of such petition, to redispose of unused burial ri…

Sec. 24. At any corporate meeting of the members, after notice as provided by its bylaws, those members present, when they deem it necessary, may vote an assessment upon the members of such corporation by a majority vote of the members present, which assessment shall be made by t…

Sec. 25. After an assessment has been made, as provided for in the next preceding section, such corporation shall cause a record to be made of such assessment, showing the day when the same is made, with a list of the names of all the members of such corporation, and the amount a…

Sec. 26. Within 1 month from the time of making any assessment, the clerk of the corporation making the same, shall cause public notice of the same to be given, in such manner as the board of trustees shall direct, directing each member of such corporation to pay his assessment t…

Sec. 27. The powers and duties of all officers holding office under any corporation organized under this act, shall be defined by the by-laws of such corporation, except so far as they are defined in this act.

Sec. 28. It shall be the duty of the treasurer of any corporation organized under this act, to receive and safely keep all moneys belonging to such corporation, and pay them out on the order of the clerk, countersigned by the president of such corporation.

Sec. 29. A record shall be kept by each corporation organized under this act, of the rights of burial disposed of by such corporation, in the following form: No. The .......... for .........., to them paid by .........., of .........., hereby grant unto .......... right of burial…

Sec. 3. A right of burial under this act shall be, in respect to any corporation organized under this act, the right to bury the dead in and upon a parcel of land of the size specified in the by-laws of any corporation organized under this act.

Sec. 30. It shall be the duty of every corporation organized under this act, to procure a sufficient number of blanks of the form above prescribed, bound in convenient form, with an index in which shall be entered alphabetically the names of the purchasers of rights of burial in …

Sec. 31. The price of lots or rights of burial in any grounds belonging to such corporation may be, from time to time, determined and fixed by a 2/3 vote of the board of trustees.

Sec. 32. Upon payment to the treasurer of any corporation organized under this act, the price of any right of burial determined as above, it shall be the duty of such treasurer to give to the purchaser a receipt therefor, which receipt shall accurately describe the premises on wh…

Sec. 33. Upon presenting to the clerk of any corporation organized under this act, a receipt from the treasurer thereof, in the form prescribed in the next preceding section of this act, it shall be the duty of such clerk to issue a certificate of right of burial, signed by such …

Sec. 34. Any corporation organized under this act, shall have power to set off a part of their burial ground as a potter's field, and under proper regulations permit the dead to be buried therein.

Sec. 34a. A corporation organized under this act shall not charge a fee for witnessing the lowering of a casket into the ground.

Sec. 35b. Earth interment cemeteries of 10 acres or less in size which are owned and operated exclusively by nonprofit entities existing prior to March 10, 1967 and in which burials have taken place prior to such date, shall be exempt from the care fund requirements of sections 3…

Sec. 36. Any corporation organized or to be organized under this act may own and hold land heretofore or hereafter acquired for additional burial grounds and such other land heretofore or hereafter acquired as may be needed for the convenient or proper operation of its burial gro…

Sec. 3a. No rights of burial shall at any time be granted or sold by such corporation upon any lands which are delinquent for taxes or special assessments.

Sec. 4. Any member of any corporation organized under this act, wishing to dispose of any right of burial owned by him, shall procure for the purchaser a grant of such right from said corporation; and at the same time such member shall also relinquish to such corporation all clai…

Sec. 5. Any person owning a right of burial in ground controlled by a corporation organized under this act, and having the right to use the same, shall be deemed a member of the corporation, and shall have the right to vote at all corporate meetings unless in arrears for assessme…

Sec. 6. Upon application in writing of any 3 of the persons aforesaid to the district or municipal court of the judicial district or municipality in which such burying ground is to be situated, the court shall issue a warrant to either one of the applicants, directing him or her …

Sec. 7. The person to whom the aforesaid warrant is directed shall, after having called said meeting, attach to said warrant a copy of the notice accompanied by his affidavit showing that it is a true copy of the notice posted up by him, and also showing when and where such notic…

Sec. 8. Any 7 or more persons who meet in pursuance of the notice described in section 7 may elect by ballot a board of trustees consisting of at least 9 but not more than 12 members. The first trustees elected shall be divided as nearly as possible into 3 equal groups with terms…

Sec. 9. The board of trustees shall meet within 10 days after each annual meeting, and elect from their own number a president, vice-president, clerk, and treasurer, and from time to time may appoint a sexton or superintendent of grounds, and such other officers as may be deemed …