St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1894-05-19
CEMETERY ORDINANCE.


Be it ordained by the Town Council
of the town of Opeiousas:
1st. That whoever shall go on, or about,
the Opelousas Protestant Cemetery, and
interfere with it's Sexton while engaged
as such, in supervising, or, performing
other duties of his office, or shall intrude
upon, or, use insulting, obscene, or
abusive language or epithets to any
member or members of Fis family, shall
be considered guilty of a misdemeanor,
and on conviction thereof before the
Mayor of the town, or before any JUS
tice-of-the-Peace acting in his place, be
fined in a sum not less than five dollars,
OF in default of paying said fine to be
condemned to five days Imprisonment
in the parish Jail, or to work on the pub
lie streets of Opelousas five days, as the
Mayor or Justice-of-th the-Peace may de-
termine.
2. Be it ordained, that climbing
over the wire fence inclosing said cem-
etery is hereby denounced as misde-
meanor, punishable by like fine, Inn
prisonment or labor as prescribed in
section one of this series.
3. It shall also constitute misdemea-
nor for any one to mischieyously pluck
flowers, etc, from around and about the
graves and tombs of the dead, unless it
be those who placed them there. ANY
person so offending shall be condemned
to fine of two dollars, or two days of
Imprisonment, or labor on the streets of
Opelousas for two days.
4 Be it ordained, That whoever shall
be found guilty by the Mayor of OPEN
ing tombs, or in any manner disturbing
or disfguring tomb, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon trial
and conviction thereof shall be fined
ten dollars, and in default of paying it,
shall be imprisoned ten days, or con-
Edemned to work ten days on the streets
of 0pelousas.
S. Be it ordained, That driving over
the graves of the cemetery, or outside
the spaces designed and marked out for
the passage of vehicles of any kind with
in the cemetery, shall be deemed mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof
shall pay a fine of five dollars.
6. Be it ordained, That every person
desiring to bury his dead within the in
doing SO obtain permit from the Presi-
dent of the Cemetery Board and
Be it further ordained, That in each
and every case of the infraction of any
one or more of tho above and foregoing
ordinances, condemned parties shall pay
all costs of trial, and in defalt thereof,
shall be condemned to work on the
streets of Opelousas at the rate of one
dollar per day, and fraction thereof.
s. Be it further ordained, That all fines
paid to the Mayor imposed on persons
and collected Of them for the violation
of any of the foregoing ordinances, shall
go, and shall be placed by, the Mayor
and Treasurer of the town, to the credit
of the said cemetery fund.
Be it further ordained, That it shall
be the duty of the Mayor of the town of
Opelousas, upon affidavit made before
him charging any person or persons
with the violation of any one or more
of the foregoing ordinances, to cause
such person or persons to be brought
before him by the town constable, to be
dealt with according to law.
Thus done and passed at a regular
meeting of the Town Council of the
town of Opelousas, La, this 7th day of
May A. d. 1894.
C.J. THOMPSON,
Prest. of Board of Police of Opelousas.
w. r. COCHRAN, Clerk.