Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1859-01-27
AN ORDINANCE

t@attRg TO heHoSha Cemetery anil City iSertou
/ SECTION |. BE 10 ordained be- he Comt0o0 t,,.-
cF q me c'ty Of keRosha: That part of n r / If
sectinh SIX, town one, lange twenty three decided
90 the town OF Southport by X. H. Demino and
| Charles Durkee for burial ground and als9 tJ'ot
part OF said section plated and laid out by Jnsib
PONG as bu rial place shall be known and distin-
| gulshed as " Kenosha Cemetery" and shall La ~
| ed only as place of burial no
Sec. :. copy of the present plat of said com.
etery now ON file in the office of the ren, e
deeds OF kenosha County, shall be kent IL tba of.
ice Of the city clerk and all lots blocks or ~.
Of blocks in said cemetery owned bv the c;tv LII
De sofa by the mayor and clerk of this cifv ,ybn
may give deeds Tor the same, whenever applicat. on
snail be made according to the plan of said Mat
at such prices as are hereinafter fixed -
SEC. 8. The prices of lots blocks or b,l,,o, c
blocks, IN SAID cemetery are hereby fixed az fol.
| lows; Blocks Nos -, Is, H. "a, IS, 81 90 IS ~
81 81 az 80 a. AZ ~ 50 81, Sc, So, Go, g. &C. II
IS, 80, 90, 9s 81 and "a, at TWENTY-FIVE dollars far
each block each half block in said blocks at fonr
Teen dollars each single lots in said block NJ e ht
oolaTs an lots remaining unsold in blocks Az. 81
anu Oh az elght dollars each; blocks and 10 at
5hlry dollars each, and lots and in said bIorks
and 10 at ten dollars each lots and 1 ra ,,elt
lyeiy IN SAID blocks and 10 at eight dollars enJ
II soio separately, but If sold in half blocks the
hor!n nan OF each block at sixteen dollars and tho
south half of each block at fourteen dollars boeL
64 at thirty dollars and the sontb half of block 40
| at nine dollars. "
SEC. 4. The blocks in said cemetery s5 TO l0I IN.
ole ieIepy set apart as free burial ground.
Prortded, that the body of no such deceased ner
son shall be buried in such free ground without the
written permission of the mayor
SEC: D. The city clerk shall keep a book in which
ne snail record the description of all lots blocks or
nail blocks sold, together with the price paid there
Tor, and the date of each sale and all morevs mad
tor such lots blocks, or half blocks shall he mid
% said clerk before any deed shall be given there
'of, ana all such moneys received shall he i'm
medlntey paid by the clerk TO the CITY treasnrar
ana his receipt taken therefor
SEC o. The common council shall annually m.
point CITY sexton, who shall hold his office for he
year or until The appointment of his successor and
give bond in the of two hundred dollars far
the faithful discharge of his duties
SEC. .. 1t shall be the duty of the city sexton,
wilnout expense to the city, to take general charge
oI the cemetery, to keep the walks grounds aud
avenues thereof in order and free from obstruction
and take care of trees and fences under the direc
tlon Of the mayor lie shall cause all bodies which
heVe been or hereafter may be inferred without
permission IN any unsod lot of the city or in any
lot the property of another without the owneT's
consent to be removed to the free ground without
expense to the city; he shah keep a copy of the
plat OF the cemetery, upon which all lots sold and
all lots for Hae with the prices thereof shall be des
gnated; he shall attend to the burial of the bod ga
ali deceased persons in said ground, when sppli.
cation shall have been made to him for thatp purpose;
he shall keep record OF all nterments in a book
kept for that purpose, in which shall be entered the
name, age and disease other cause of death ma
nearly may be, place of BIRTH and precise local..
shall make report of the same TO the common conn
Gil he shall see all ordinances of the city far as
they relate to said cemetery strictly enforced and
for that purpose is hereby declared police officer
wthful power as such to arrest any person viola.
ting any such ordinance.
SEC, 8. Tie city sexton is hereby permitted n
charge the sum of two dollars for the burie Of
person in said cemetery: Provided, he shall bury
without charge the bodies of all deceased ,1ersar
the expense of which would otherwise have 70 Le
paid by the city; and said sexton shall receive
such other compensation for general services, not
exceeding one hundred and City dollars per annnm
as the common council may determine,
SIC q II the city sexton or any other persou.
shall bury or attempt to bury, any dead bod, in
any sola lot' or in any lot belonging to another.
without que authority for doing or if any per,
son siail resist the city sexton in the execution of
my or refuse or neglect to obey his lawful d.
Iecuons or shall irjure, deface. destroy any tree
shru9' stone, stake, post fence, monument vault
" otner MIXTURE, building thing Of value orpa
nent III inc cemetery, trespass any grave in
ne cemetery, he or they shall severaly be subjected
70 a ilne ofnot less than ten dollars, nor EXCEEDING
i've hundred dollars and in default of the navnoot
thereof, may be imprisoned for such time ma tho
Justice Of the peace by whom such fine IL innnosed
shall determine GEO. II PATTI, Ma1por
Passed March 90 1858. H. I WEST. Citv CLERK