The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-07-23

res deIt Uf the townshipt shall be allow
ed to come the purchaser Ii any lot or lots in
said cemetery. nor shall any person being the
owner or purchaser of any of the said 10 ,, :
,ran,fs his her or their title or rinm to any per
son or person not resident of the township. with
out the written assent of the trustees of said
township or a maj rity of then.
Sc 8. That it shall be lawful for the tr i>tres
aforesaid to appropriate the proceeds of the sale
Of the lots aforesaid, ia settling uut trees, slr
berry, &c aud improving and enbelli.hing said
cemsteiy grounds in such manner as the ue III ;
in their hands m1y iusIty bat ey snail enter
into no contract exceeding the means wi,hin thei.
c,nSrol.
Sec Any lot hell by an individual in such
Genet ~ shai IA case be subject tv be leveI
III or sold un TX cut on.
Sec >, That The sexton other person in
c'Arge OF any township, or other cemetery, sha.l
ufar he dead to remain in any ut, . other re-
ceptc,e until the same shall becOme offensive IA
sh all he liable on Il comp ant of any person be
fore any justice of the peace of the township 10 a
hne of not yer tw 'nty liars, and AN additional
penal y of five dollars tor every day after fine
aforesaid, that the said nuisance shall be con
tinued.
Sec. 6 That it shall be the duty of the trustees
or managers OF any CEN terry where the dead laid
in any vault or other recepticle becomeofensiveU Un
complaint of any householder II the township to
order forth with to the sextun or other per
son in charge to have the same Immediately IN
terred and in that the interment shall be
neglected for three days after the com plainl any
justice of the pc Of the township may issue
his written order t. any householder of the town
ship to inter the dead at the expense OF the sad
trustees or managers, and shall allow reasonable
charge for tne service aforesaid
Sec. I. That any person who shall fully de.
stroy, muiilae, defacc, injue, or re nove any
tomb, mOnum ut or grave stone O'her structure
placed IN any cemetery, or any fence, railing OF
other work, for the protection or ornament Of
cemetery or tomb, monument or grave one or 9TH
er structure aforesaid, or OF any cemetery LOT
within acemetery, OF sha W lifu IL de,trpy, cut
break or injure any tree, shrub pl mt within tn,
limits of cemetery, shall be deemed guilty OF
misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction thereof
before any court of competent jurisdiction, bt
punished by fine of not less than We dollars
nor more than five hundred dollars or by impris
onm Mt in the ounty all for term not less thar
one nor more tn an thirty days, according to tn,
nature aud agyravatiOl Of the offence; and sucl
offender shall also be liable u an action of tres
pass in the name of said t.wn,hip in which sale
cemetery Is situated, pay all da nages that hav
been occasioned by his qnlIwful act or acts; whcl
mpney, when 50 recovered, shail be applied to tn
repArLton and restoration of the properly dc
str1yed or injured as aforesaid. This act to tax
effect aud be III fJrce from and after its plssaye
H. VAN WORRIES.
! Speaker ofthe House of Representatives.
THOMAS H FORD,
President of the Senate.
| April II. 1851