Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-22

He llidSe VI AHA OIudlus'
SECTION /. The cemetery stu
ated southwest of the Village of
Alma known as the Riverside is
hereby declared to be the only pub
lie cemetery to be used by the Vii
lage of Alma.
SECTION 2. The Board of Gene
terry Trustees Of the Village of Alma
shall have the care and supervision
of said cemetery, and it shall be
their duty to appoint sexton, who
shall hold office during their
pleasure, and when required by the
friends of deceased person or by
proper legal authority, the sexton of
the cemetery in which the interment
is to be made shall, within reason
able time, cause to be dug grave
Of suitable dimensions, not less than
four feet in depth, and shall bury
the corpse therein.
SECTION 3. 1t shall not be law
full for any person or persons to inter
or cause to be Inferred, the corpse of
any deceased person in any part of
said village except in a cemetery
owned and controlled by some es-
tablished religious society.
SECTION 4. The sexton of said
cemetery may demand and receive
for his services the following fees,
to-wit: For opening and closing
each grave from May lst to Deem
Der lst each year two dollars, and
from December lst to May lst of
each year three dollars, provided
that the provisions of this section or
the last preceding section shall not
be construed to apply to the burial
of the corpse of any deceased person
in any cemetery in said village
owned and controlled by any relig-
ious society.
SECTION 5. Any person who may
be DESTROYS of purchasing a lot in
said public cemetery may make APP
plication to the Village Clerk, and if
the same be granted, the applicant
shall pay the sum fixed by the board
of cemetery trustees to the Village
Clerk, and take his certificate there
for signed by the Village Clerk and
President of the village.
SECTION G. No person shall inter
or cause to be inferred the corpse of
any deceased person in any private
lot in said cemetery without the per
mission of the person or corporation
owning the lot.
SECTION :. The Village Clerk
shall keep register of all lots here
tofore or hereafter sold In said
cemetery, by which shall appear the
name of the person owning the lot,
the description of the lot, the price
paid therefore, and the time when
the certificate was executed and de-
livered.
SECTION s. 1t shall not be lawful
for any person to obstruct or cause
to be obstructed, nor permit, or
suffer any obstruction occasioned
by him, or those under whom he
claims TO be, or remain in any of the
streets or alleys of said cemetery,
and it shall be the duty of the sex =
ton TO remove all distractions at the
expense of the persons occasioning
or permitting the same as aforesaid.
SECTION 0. The board of ceme-
terry trustees shall whenever neces-
sary designate suitable lots in said
cemetery for the interment of the
corpse of any deceased poor person
or stranger, and it shall be the duty
of the sexton to inter any such
corpse in any lot so designated.
SECTION TO- 1t shall be the duty
of the sexton to report to the Village
Clerk the name and age, if the same
can be ascertained, and if not, the
general description and date of
burial, and record where buried of
any poor person or stranger buried
in said cemetery, in the potter's
field.
SECTION IL. The board of ceme-
terry trustees, when directed by the
Common Council, shall cause to be
provided receiving tomb, and it
shall be their duty to cause the
streets and alleys of said cemetery
to be graded and worked, and such
other improvements Of said oeme-
terry grounds as may be for the best
interests Of the village.
SECTION ~. Any corpse buried
within said cemetery in violation of
any rule or ordinance made in re-
spect to such burial, and any corpse
buried in any lot in said cemetery
not wholly paid for, shall be subject
to being taken up and buried else
where by authority from the Com
mon Council of the Village of Alma
at any time without notification or
demand Of any kind on any party
SECTION Is. The corpse of any
deceased person buried in any part
of the Village Of Alma, except in a
camefarv owned and controlled nv