Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1844-01-24

cases. where any burials are now made,
in such places in said cemetery, as will
interfere with the plating. and the i'm
provements thereof, as contemplated by
this ordinance to direct removal OF such
burials, to such lots in SAID cemetery, as
to them shall seem proper! But nothing
in this ordinance shall be construed to
preclude any person or persons interested
in such burial places, frem removing un-
der the direction of The sexton their own
dead, or from purchasing, either at public
or private sale, any 10, or lots of said Gem
stery, for burial places for their dead
End for this purpose, the said common
council shall direct, that such reasonable
notice, as circumstances will permit, be
given to any person or persons, who may
be interested in such burial places, of the
intention to remove the dead bodies there.
of; and like notice of tho time and place
of the frs, public sale of the lots of said
cemetery, required by the provisions of
this ordinance.
4th All the lots Of said cemetery, be.
ing fourteen feet in width, by twenty-lhree
feet in length. as staked on the ground,
and laid out on the plat aforesaid, (excep-
ing the first ter Of lots set apart as afore-
said. to form par, OF the trout alley,) shalt
be estimated by, or under The direction OF
the said common council, who shall fix a
minimum price. upon each and every
such lot: which price shall be laid, accor-
ding to the value of the lots respectively
the various and probable circumstances
of the citizens Of said village, now and
hereafter, and the nature and extent of the
improvements, to be bestowed upon said
cemetery, as contemplated by this urdi.
nance.
9th The lots Of said cemetery, so pric-
ed as aforesaid, Preserving therefrom such
lots as are already occupied as burial
places of The dead, where the dead bodies
have been so buried, as not TO require
dIslnterment and removal under the pro.
visions of this ordinance) shall, at such
time or times. within The space OF two
months from the date oe this ordinance,
and al such time or times thereafter as the
said common council shall deem proper,
DO offered for sale. at public auction, to
be sold by The single lot, to the highest
bidders respectively, for sRm not less
than the minimum price of each lot so
fixed as aforesaid. The public notices,
and the mode Of said sales, IN all such
particulars, az are not regulated by this
ordinance. the nambes and selection of the
lots, so to be offered for sale, the terms of
payment, The rs-selling of such lots as
shall have been sold but the payment
therefor, refused. shall be a, the discre-
tion or under the direction Of the said
common council.
9Th The said common council shall
have power at any time after the lirst
public ssle, required by tie 81 section of
ii,ls Ui,1'I.s>i -, 90, t.,.-:= s,e,
ii TIE lots specified in said Sd secuon,
which shall then remain unsold, for the
prices, no more aud no less. which shall
have been respectively laid thereon as
aforesaid. But all public sales shall be
governed by the regulations imposed, by
the said Sd section of this ordinance.
7th All those lots, composing that por-
ton of said cemetery, not included in the
above specification, aud lying south of the
central alley Of said cemetery, being sew
en- feet in width by twenty three feet in
length, shall be denominated the south
free burial ground and shall be set apart
for the use and free burial of the ini,abi-
tants Of said village and such transient
persons aud strangers as may from time
to time require burial places in the ceme-
terry of SAID village; and any person may
apply to the sexton, hereafter mentioned,
for The assignment of any lot in the said
free burial ground, for the use Of any fam
lily residing, now or hereafter, within The
boundaries of the said village, as it exist
ed in the year eighteen hundred and forty
two, and the sad sexton may as The best
interest, management, and good order of
the said cemetery shall appear to him to
require, grant or refuse to grant. such as
signmenl-But such refusal, shall not
preclude any such person from applying
for the assignment of another lot and
so on, until a selection, approved by The
sexton, shall be made, and any person
feeling himself agrieved, by any such re-
fusaI Of said sexton. may apply to the
SAID common council, who shall! Inquire
into the premises, and in their best dIscre-
ton, direct or refuse TO direct the sexton,
TO enter the name Of such person or fam.
lily in the cemetery Journal, hereinafter
mentioned. against the number of the lot
so selected.
6tn Al hurials, and places ofburial ia
said free burial ground, of persons uncon.
necIed with families residing within the
boundaries of SAID village, as il existed in
the year eighteen hundred and forty two,
shall be under the direction ofthe sexton,
and said sexton is hereby authorized 10
all cases where he shalldeemit necessary
and proper 10 direct such .burials, and
those of strangers and other transient
persons, to be made on such lots as may
have been already occupied in part, with
he remains of like persons-or on such |
OTIS as. may have been occupied In part,