, 1873-01-23
&uaet Sound 9ispateh'
Ordinance No. 36.


e Ordinance No. SO.
Az oRprsANcE CONCERNING SEATTLE CEN
ETxRY AND cITT SEXTON.
The City Of Seattle does enact as fol
lows:
That all the following described lot,
niece or parcel of land, to wit; Begin
ming at the quarter section post between
sections 30 and 81. in township 25 north
.of RANGE 4 east of the Willamette mefi-
dian. thence east, varying 20 degrees
nd 40 minutes east 1876 chains, which
noint is also 1864 chains west Of the
most to sections 20, 80. 81 and 80 in said
township, varying 21 degrees and 80
minutes east 4 chains to the south line
of David T. Denny's donation claim.
Here is set post for the southwest
corner of the premises: thence north,
serving q degrees 20 minutes east, 7-O7
chains to post for the northeast cor
ner of said premises; thence south. va
rying 81 degrees 20 minutes east, 7-O7
chains to the place of beginning: con-
,taining five (5) acres. be the same more
or less, is hereby set apart for the burl-
al of the dead, and shall be known and
distinguished as the l's Seattle Cemete-
ry." All moneys arising from the sale
of lots therein shall be kept a distinct
fund, and be exclusively expended in
adding to or ornamenting and imp-ov-
ing the cemetery.
SEC. 2. The City Surveyor. when di-
rected by the Council, sholl survey such
portions of the cemetery into lots as
pay be deemed necessary from time to
time for immediate use. Plats of the
survey shall be prepared by the Survey
or, and duly certified, and recorded in
the Office. of the Auditor of King Coun-
ty. w. T., and filed and recorded in the
Office of the City Clerk. The lots shall
be represented thereon and numbered;
but no two in the Gem terry shall here
after be numbered alike.
SEC. 8. The Mayor shall set value
on every lot so surveyed before the same
shall be subject to sale. He shall like
wise re-appraise the unsold lots from
time to time, and no lots sh I'll be sold
for less than the appraisal, lor shall the
appraisal be less than ten dollars.
SEC. 4. A portion Of the cemetery
shall be surveyed and set apart as 6
.Potter's Field" in which all strangers
and inhabitants of the city others thar
owners of lots may be buried; Provided
that the Mayor may in special case.
grant permission in writing to bury any
stranger or inhabitant as aforesaid. II
lots which may be reserved for that pur
tpose.
SEC. S. The City Clerk shall keep
record in which shall be recorded tn
number of every let heretofore o
hereafter surveyed in the Gem
,etery, beginning with number one, witt
columns ruled therein for the name o
the purchaser, the appraisal, price sol
for. and date of sale. Columns shal
also be rule therein for any reapprali
al which may be hereafter made. VI
the sale of any lot he shall cause pre-
per entry to be made; and for neglect Q
this duty in any case, shall be subject to
penalty of ten dollars. He shall like
wise open cemetery account ID whlc
shall be entered all monies received
expended on account of the cemetery
and all orders drawn on the treasury TO
such purpose shall be designated i'll re-
ink on the face, payable out OF tn
cemetery fund.
SEC. 6. The Common Council shal
annually appoint City Sexton, VIII
shall have charge of the cemetery AM
keep the grounds, walks and aven
ues in order and free from obstruction
1t shall be his duty to enforce the ordl
nances concerning the cemetery and re
port violations to the Mayor or City At
torney for prosecution. He shall hsv'
power to arrest all persons who shall b.
found discharging firearms. or trespass
ing in any other manner in the GENE
terry; also to direct how and where an.
dead body. not belonging to the owne
of any lot, shall be buried; and to pre-
vent the deposit of any body in any IN
sold lots or In any lot the property O
another without the owners consent
He, under the direction of the Mayor
shall ca4ss all bodies which may hav'
been or may hereafter be inferred with
out permission in any unsold lot of tht
city, or in any lot the property of any
individual or society, to be removed tt
the Pottsr's Field;'' and the person
or persons SO interring or causing snct
interment shall be liable for the expens
es OF such removal, which may be re
covered in any action brought for thu
recovery of the penalty hereinafter pre-
scribed.
Sec. Z. All applications for lots il
the cemetery shall be made to the Cit
Sexton, and it shall be his duty to Civ
such information to persons desirous o
purchasing the same as they may re
quest. He shall be provided with ,
Cemetery plat. on which all lots which
have been or may be disposed OF. shal
be designated by coloring. He shal
also be provided with book. contain
ing list of the unsold lots, with theil
numbers and the valuation of each to
gether; with columns ruled for the entry
of the name of the applicant. and i