§ 19-3104 — Care and maintenance by county; purchase of adjoining lands; eminent domain

Lands acquired for cemetery purposes under the provisions of this act by the county shall be under the control of the board of county commissioners and such board shall have full power to make and enforce all necessary rules and regulations pertaining to the custody, control and care of the cemetery and to determine and collect the price to be paid for lots therein: Provided, That all funds arising from the sale of lots in any cemetery so acquired shall be applied solely to the care and maintenance of such cemetery. The board shall have power to purchase land adjoining any such cemetery whenever in their judgment the same is needed for cemetery purposes. If the board of county commissioners cannot agree with the owner as to the price to be paid for any such land, condemnation procedure may be instituted by said board and prosecuted in the name of the county under the provisions of the law in similar cases.

Legislative History

L. 1941, ch. 173, § 4; June 30.