Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-06-11
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To regulate Township and other Cemeteries.
Section L. Be 1t enacted 5y the General As
aeaUy of the State of Ohio, That it shall be
lawful for the trustees ofany township in this
State in which is situated a public .'buryipg
ground" or Cemetery" purchased by a levy
upon the taxable property Of the township, to
lay out, or cause the same to be laid OUT under
the direction of persons competent to perform
such duty, in lots, avenues, alleys, paths, or other
subdivisions, as may in their judgment be deem
ed most advisable: and the said trustees shall
have said lots regularly numbered and the ave-
nues named, and shall cause the same to be
plated, SO as to exhibit a fair and distinct out
line of the premises, which plats shall be kept
in the possession of the township clerk, and care
fully preserved by him,
Sec. 9. That it shall be lawful for the trus-
tees of said township, for the purpose ofgrading,
improving. and embellishing said cemetery
grounds" after proper notice having been Civ
en,t to proceed to sell, in such manner, and at
such time, and upon such terms as may be in
their judgment deemed most advantageous, such
number Of lots as the public wants may demand,
and all lots SO sold, the purchasers thereon shall,
upon complying with the terms of tie sale be
entitled to receive a deed or deeds which the
trustees aforesaid a hereby authorized and en-
powered to exc cute, and which shall be recorded
in a book provided for that purpose, by the clerk
of said township-the expense of recording to be
paid by the person receiving said deed: Provid-
ed, that no person not a resident ofthe township
shall be allowed TO become the purchaser of n
lot or lots In said cemetery. nor shall any person
being the owner or purchaser of any of the said
lot or lots transfer, his. her, or their title or claim
to any person or persons not a resident of the
township. without the written a sent o the trls s.
tees of said township, or a majority of them.
Sec. g.. That it shall be awful for the trus-
tees aforesaid to appropriate the proceeds of the
sale of the lots aforesaid, in setting out trees.
~shrubbery, DC, and improving and embellishing
said cemetery grounds, in such manner as the
means in their hands may justify, but they shall
enter no contract exceeding the means within
their control.
Sec. 4. Any lot held by an individual in
such cemetery shall in no case be subject to be
levied on or sold on execution.
Sec. 5, That if the sexton or other person in
charge of any township, or other cemetery shall
suffer the dead to remain in any vault, or other
receptacle until the same shall become often
sive, he shall be liable on the complaint of any
person before any justice of the peace of the
township to a fine ofno over twenty dollars, and
an additional penalty of five dollars for every
day after the aforesaid, that the said nuisance
shall be continued.
Sec. 6. That it shall be the duty oftke trus-
tees or managers of any cemetery where the
dead laid in any vault or other receptacle be
come offensive, on complaint of any househol-
der of the township to issue aa order forthwith
to the eexten or other person in charge, to have
the same Immediately inferred; and in case
that the interment shall be neglected for three
days after the complaint, IN justice of the peace
of the township may issue his written oder to
any householder of the township to inter the
dead at the expense of the said trustees or man
ayers and shall allow a reasonable charge for the
service aforesaid.
Bee. q. That any person who shall wilfully
destroy, mutilate, deface, %injure, or remove any
tomb, monument or grave stone or other struct-
tIre aforesaid, or of any cemetery lot within a
cemetery, or shall willfully destroy, cut, break
or inlure any tree, shrub or plant within the lin
It's OF a cemetery, shall be deemed guilty of a
~misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction thereof,
before any courtsof competent jurisdiction, be
punished by a fine of not less than five dollars,
nor more than five hundred dollars, or by inn
prisoRment in the county Jail for a term of not
less than one nor more than thirty days, accord
Ing to the nature and aggrayation of the offence;
and such offender shall also be liable in IN ac-
ton of trespass in the name of said Township
in which said cemetery is situated, TO pay all
damages that have been occasioned by his un-
lawful act or acts; which money, when SO recov-
cred, shall be applied to the PREPARATION and re-
s~toration of the property destroyed or injured as
aforesaid. This act to take effect and be in force
from and after It's passage
N, Ii. VAN WORRIES.
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS Fl. FORD,
President of the Senate.
April II. 1857.
SECRETARY OF STATES OFFICE,
COLUMBUS, April %, 1857.
1 hereby certify that the FORGING acts are cor
rectly copied from the original rolls on file in
this Office.
JAMES II. BAKER,
Secretary of State.
AUDrroR's OFFIoE, HOLMES Co., or
MILLERsBURG, June ii. 1857.
!. /, FRANCIS McCoMB, Auditor of Holmes Uoun-
ty, Ohio, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Laws are correctly copied from the official paper.
FRS. McCOMB. Auditor.