Title 7, Title 7

The tenure of office of the trustee or trustees of such fund shall be for the term of 3 years unless they permanently remove from the state of Montana or are removed from office by the judge of said district court for good cause shown or their tenure is otherwise terminated as pr…

In the case of the death, resignation, disability, or removal of any member or members of said board of trustees of said fund, the judge of said district court shall forthwith appoint a trustee or trustees to fill such vacancy or vacancies in the same manner as above provided in …

(1) The trustee or the members of the board of trustees of such permanent care and improvement fund shall receive such compensation as may be agreed upon between such trustee or between such board of trustees of such permanent care and improvement fund on the one hand and the boa…

The secretary of the public cemetery district shall act as secretary of such trustee or as secretary of such board of trustees of such fund and shall keep a full record of their proceedings.

(1) Before exercising or having any of the powers, duties, rights, titles, authorities, or franchises appertaining to the trust or trusteeship, each person chosen to be a trustee of the fund shall give to the public cemetery district for which the trust is maintained a bond in a …

Any failure to renew bonds within 30 days after the time hereinbefore provided shall be a sufficient ground for the removal of any trustee within the discretion of the district court.

(1) For the purpose of fixing the amount of the bond, the value of the property on hand may be reduced in an amount equal to the value of the money, bonds, and securities that the trustee or trustees of the permanent care and improvement fund deposit with the county treasurer as …

(1) In the case of the failure of the trustees of such public cemetery district to make application to the judge of said district court for the appointment of a board of trustees of such fund as provided in 7-35-2132 or in the case of the death, removal, resignation, or disabilit…

All instruments of appointment of a trustee or of a board of trustees of such funds shall be recorded with the secretary of the public cemetery district establishing the fund and shall also be filed in the office of the clerk of the district court in the county in which such publ…

Upon the election, appointment, and qualification, as provided in this part, of the trustees of the fund, all of the title to the funds included in the trust and all of the rights, powers, authorities, franchises, and trusts pertaining to the trust vest in the trustees. In case o…

In case of the death, resignation, disability, or removal of any one or more of the trustees of such fund, all the rights, titles, powers, authorities, franchises, and trusts whatsoever existing in such trustee at the time of such death, resignation, disability, or removal shall …

(1) From and after March 4, 1955, the trustees of such cemetery district as are mentioned in 7-35-2132 shall provide, by resolution spread upon the minutes of such public cemetery district, for the transfer to the trustees of such permanent care and improvement fund of not less t…

(1) The principal of such fund shall in all cases remain intact and inviolate. (2) The principal of such fund may be invested in the way in which public employees' retirement funds are permitted to be invested in Montana and not otherwise, provided that each investment made by th…

(1) The income of that portion of such fund received from the sale of lots designated as perpetual care lots shall be used, in the discretion of the trustees of such public cemetery district, solely for the care, maintenance, and improvement of such cemetery lots and its grounds,…

After July 1, 1955, all public cemetery districts shall distinctly specify in all conveyances of lots therein the percentage of the price received therefor to be transferred under the provisions of 7-35-2131 through 7-35-2150 to the permanent care and improvement fund of such pub…

The trustee or the board of trustees of such fund shall annually on January 1 make its report of the condition of such trust fund to the trustees of the public cemetery district as hereinbefore provided. Such reports shall always be kept by the secretary of such public cemetery d…

(1) A lot in a public cemetery may be considered abandoned when: (a) the lot has not been used for the purposes of interment for 75 years or more; and (b) the cemetery administrator has had no contact with the owner or the owner's heirs for 75 years or more. (2) An individual may…

(1) Pursuant to Article II, section 35, of the Montana constitution, a county may provide for the construction, maintenance, and administration of a veterans' cemetery, set the standards by which the cemetery must be constructed and maintained, and determine qualifications for bu…

The title to lands used as a public cemetery or graveyard, situated in or near any city or town and used by the inhabitants of the city or town as a burial ground without interruption for 5 years, is vested in the inhabitants of the city or town. The lands must be used as a publi…