New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-04-25
ORDINANCE Nc. ~.
An Ordinance relating to Public Gene.

An Ordinance relating TO Public Ceme-
terry. :ss
Sec. The public cemetery now
owned by the City Of New Ulm and such
other additions thereto or new cemeteries
which may he provided for Or purchased
by the City Council from time to time.
shall be in the care and custody of a
person appointed for that purpose by
the Mayor and. confirmed by the City
Council who shall be styled sleeper Of
the Public Cemetery
Sec. 2. He shall, at all times be SUBJ
ject to the direction Of the City Council
or committee appointed for that pur-
pose, and subject to such direction he
shall give his personal attention to all
interments and disinte1me6ts In the Gem
etary and to the grounds and within the
curtilage thereof, and no person shall be
allowed to perform such labor without
his consent or having first obtained from
the City Clerk a permit so to do; provid-
ed however, that the proprietor of each
lot shall have the right to erect any
proper stone or monument thereon and
cultivate trees, shrubs and plants on the
same, subject to the approval of the City
Council, or their committee, but he shall
not cut down or destroy any growing
tree or shrub on said lot or alter the
grade thereof without the consent of
the City Council. All monuments ex-
ceeding one thousand pounds in eight
shall lie placed on a foundation of not
less than five feet IN depth and the foun-
dations of all other monuments shall be
put in as directed by the City Council
or their committee. ...-..
Sec. 8. Said keeper shall have, exer-
else and possess all the powers of police
officers within and adjacent to said GEM
etery grounds; and shall have power to
arrest on view all persons engaged IN
violating any of the laws of this state,
relating to the protection, care and per-
servation of cemeteries, and of the trees,
shrubbery, structures and adornments
therein, and to bring such persons so
before any Justice Of the Peace
within said City of New Ulm, to be |
dealt with according to law,
Sec. 4. The unplatted portion of said |
pubic cemetery shall be surveyed and
plated into lots of suitable size as fast
as may be determined by the City Council
Ind plat of lots, now surveyed, and in
The future to be surveyed, shall be filed
in the office of the City Clerk.
Sec. 5. The City Council shall from
lime to time as may be deemed expedient
value and appraise said lots and file with
he City Clerk list thereof with the ap.
praised valuation of each lot,, and said
City Clerk is authorized to sell said lots
for the sum at which the same are so |
appraised and valued and issue suitable
certificates t.. the purchaser in evidence
Of such sale.
Sec. 6. All lots shall be held for |
burial purposes and no other, and no |
transfer or assignment of any lot or any
interest therein shall be valid without |
permit first had aud endorsed upon such |
transfer or assignment by the Clerk of |
said City.
Sec. 7. That the City Clerk shall keep |
in his Office correct record of all con-
veyances Of the grounds of the cemetery
containing the number of the lot cor
veyed, to whom, and when conveyed and |
the price paid for the same.
Sec. 8. There shall be kept bS the |
City Clerk in his Office suitable book
to be known as the "Gravc Register" in
which said City Clerk shall keep a cor
rect record of all interments in the Gene
teries, showing the name, age, sex, nativ-
ity, date of burial and the lot or part of
lot and section in which each person is
inferred and In case any such person is
disinterrej, he shall note the date Of such
disinterlnent and if inferred in another
lot in said cemetery, the place IF such
new interment. He eh;ll also keen
correct record of the exact location of
each grave by giving the distances there
of from at least two sides of the lo:.
Sec. 9. Any person or persons desir-
ing to inter the body of any deceased
person in the public cemetery, shall give
at least twenty four (24) hours notice to
the City Clerk,and shall designate the lot
and the exact place on said lot where
such interment is to be made, and shall
pay to said Clerk the fees and charges
for such interment in advance and said
Clerk shall then give his receipt for said
fees and charges and issue permit,
directing the keeper of the public Gene
terry, where to dig said grave and auth
orize such interment the keeper of the
public cemetery shall return said permit
to the City Clerk within five days there
after with bis endorsement thereon, stat
ing whether such interment was made
in accordance Witlisaid direction and the.
E1oIe tboroof