The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-04-01

aanv time for any reason satisfactory TO a
majority of the City Council, remove from
| office ;any one or more Of said Board OF
Commissioners. The seventh member of
the Board shall be designated by each
| City Council at its first regular meeting,
or as soon thereafter as practicable.
SEC 2. There shall be elected by the
| City Council, on the recommendation OK
the Board of Commissioners. of Ander-
son, a Sexton for Silver Brook Cemetery,
who shall reside in the building provided
for the Keeper or Sexton. and shall give
his entire time and service to the proper
care of said Cemetery, under the super.
vision and direction of the Chairman OF
the Board Of Commissioners. He shall
keep the walks, hearse-ways ard drives IN
good order, and shall do and perform sucn
other work on the public portions OF sald
Cemetery as may be required OF MN by
the Board of Commissioners of said Gem
eterv. His term of office shall be cock.
tensive with the term of the Council elect
| inc him, and until his successor Is elected
and qualified.
Sec. 8. The Sexton 30 elected shall 1e-
ceive for his services such compensation
as the City Council may from time to time
fix, and for the purpose of enforcing the
regulations herein prescribed he is hereby
vested with all the authority and power OF
a Policeman of said City of Anderson,
with full authority to arrest without war
rant such persons as he may see violating
any of these rules.
SEC 4. Except in the Potter's Field, it
shall BE- his duty to dig and wall all graves,
and, except in cases where q special con-
tract is made with him for the work, he
shall have the right to demand and re-
| ceive from the person or persons having
the work done compensation as follows,
to wit For digging and wall.ng grave
with two courses of brick OF one over ~
wears of age. laid in cement, complete JOB,
$40 90. For digging and walling grave OF
one under II years of age, laid in cement;
complete job, SIS 90. For digging and
walling grave of one over II years OF age,
where brick are laid in lime mortar, com.
plete Job, $751; 90. For the same work for
one under IL years of ago, $12 so. For
digging and filling grave with earth
for one over IA years OF age, $500. For
one under IL years of age, Sl.50. Inc
Sexton shall remove all surplus earth al
ter the grave is completed.
SEC 5. It shall be unlawful for any per-
SON other than the Sexton to either dig or
wall any grave in said Cemetery outside
the Potter's Field, except such as may
frat obtain written permission from the
Chairman of the Board of Commissioners,
or, in case he is out of the City, from some
member OF said Board; but this written
permission shall only be granted in cases
in which the Sexton for any reason can
not de- the work.
SEC. G.. 1t shall be unlawful for any per.
son or persons to inter a body in said
Cemetery until q written permit from the
Clerk of the City Council is first had,
which permit shall state the name of the
deceased, the name of the person to whom
permit is granted, and shall designate the
locality In said Cemetery where the inter
ment may be had. Said permits shall be
kept on file by the Clerk of this Council,
and the other to be given by him to the
person obtaining it, who shall deliver the
same to the Sexton before the grave is
made, and the Sexton shall see that the
interment is had at the place or on the LOT
designated in said permit; and 1t is here
by made the duty Of the Sexton to keep al
permits received by him on file for inspec.
tion by the City Council at any time. The
form Of the permit to be prescribed by the
Board of Commissioners.
SEC. 7. This Cemetery is for the buria
Of white persons only, and no permi,
shall be granted for the burial therein o.
bodies other than those of white persons
and no permit shall be granted to any
person to bury elsewhere than In the
Potter's Field, except to such persons as
have deeds to lots, or have bought ano
paid for lots in said Cemetery provided
however, that a permit shall be granted
to any owner Of a lot or lots for the burial
on his lot of any white person designated
by him.
SEC. 8. That it shall be the duty Of the
Sexton to designate where in the Potter's
Field interments are to be made, and Il
shall he unlawful for any person or per-
sons to burya bodyin said Potter's Field a.
any place other than 80 Oh as is designated
by said Sexton. Said Sexton shall make
such designation under and pursuant TO
directions given by the Board of Com.
m%issioners.
SEC. 9. With permission Of Chairman
of the Board of Commissioners the Sex
ton may have the privilege of working
on private lots for such compensation as
the lot-owners may agree to allow.
SEC. 10. It shall be unlawful for any
person to ride or drive in said Cemetery
other than in ways provided therefor,
ard all acts of vandalism perpetrated IN
said 'Cemetry-such as defacing monu-
ments, tomb-stones or graves, or ln1uring
shrubbery, flowers or grasses-are here
by declared unlawful, and punishable as
hereinafter provided.
SEC. IL. It shall be the duty of all per-
sons owning lots in said Cemetery to
keep the same in reasonably good order
and condition, and any person owning q
lot therein who shall refuse or fail to put
his lot in order within ten days after no.
tice 30 to do, from the Chairman of the
Board of Com issioners, shall be deem.
ed and held guilty of q misdemeanor,
and shall be punished as hereinafter pre-
scribed.
SEC. IL. That owners Of lots in said
| Cemetery may sell and convey their lots
to others, provided the written consent of
the Chairman of the Board of Commits
sioners is first had and obtained on back
| of deed the consent of the Chairman of
| the Board of Commissioners is hereby
substituted for the consent Of the Chair
man of the Cemetery Committee, which
| Committee is hereby abolished. The
party to whom deed is made shall ex-
| bibit the same to Clerk Of the City Coun-
| Gil, who shall make a record thereof in q
book to be kept for that purpose, and
shall thereafter grant permits according
ly.
SEC I3. At the time o%fissuing permits the
| Clerk of Council shall notify the Chief OF
| Police, whose duty it shall be to ascertain
the time of burial, and to detail a MEM
| Der or members Of the Police force to at.
tend said burial for the purpose Of pre-
serving order and directing the course OF
the funeral procession after it enters said
Cemetery.
SEC. II. 1t. shall be the duty of the
Chairman of the Board of Commissioner
to negotiate the sales of all lots in said
| Cemetery at two and one-half GU cents
per square foot, and, in case he Is absent
from the City, or for any reason cannot
act, the Vice Chairman or any other mem
Der of the Commission shall act for him
in the sale of lots. Provided, ho'UcUer,
and to the end that there may not be any
| monopoly of these lots and reprehensible
speculation therein, there shall not be
sold or conveyed to any one person more
than one thousand and twenty square
| feet, except where the lots are in shape OF
q triangle, in which case enough shall be
sold to leave the lot in good shape.
SEC. Is. ALL moneys. received for lots
sold shall be paid into the City Treasury,
and shall be set apart and expended un-
der the direction of the Board OF Com.
missioners in identifying and improving
said Cemetery, and other moneys appro-
| priated by Council from time to time for
| said Cemetery shall likewise be expended
under the direction OF the Board OF Com
m~issioners.