The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-05-17
CITY ORDINANCE.
lORDINANcE No. 6s. ]
CITY CEnETERY.

Be it Ordained by the City Council
of the City os Ardmore:
SECTION 1. That all OF that GER
tain tract of land situated south of
the town of Ardmore, and hereto
fore donated to said city by Richard
McLish for. cemetery purposes, be,
and the same is hereby set apart ex-
clusively for burying ground, and
the same shall hereafter be known
and designated as South cemetery.
Sec. 2. 1t shall be the duty of the
city treasurer TO keep a correct ac-
count of all moneys belonging to the
South cemetery fund, in a book to
/ be provided by the council for that
purpose.
| Sec. 3. 1t shall be the duty of the
city assessor and collector to keep
correct account with the treasurer
of the cemetery fund, charging the
treasurer with all amounts paid into
said treasurer on account of said
fund. 1t shall be the further duty of
city assessor and collector to issue
to purchasers of lots in said GEM
etery certificate of title, correctly
describing the number of the lot or
lots, range and block, which certifi-
cate shall be signed by the mayor of
the city and have the seal of Ard
more affixed thereto.
| Sec. 4. There shall be charged to
the purch cser of said lots, for each
certificate issued as above provided,
the sum of so cents, which shall be
paid into the treasurer to the credit
of the cemetery fund.
Sec. S. All moneys arising from
the sale of lots, or that may hereafter
| be collected from lots that have here
tOfore been sold, shall be paid into
the treasurer and be placed to the
credit of the cemetery fund, and shall
be expended for the improvement of
the cemetery grounds as may be di-
rected by the council, and fer no
other purpose.
Sec. 6. All persons are prohibited
from riding or driving through or
wi. hin the limits of South cemetery,
except upon the drives and carriage
ways laid out for that purpose, and
at gait no faster than walk.
Sec. Z. That it is prohibited to
hitch or tie any horse to tree, or
shrub, or to cut, break or ipjure, or
remove any tree, shrub or plant
within the limits of said cemetery.
Sec. s. That no visitor shall be al
lowed to enter said cemetery before
sunrise and after sunset.
Sec. 8. All persons are prohibited
from defacing, cutting or chipping
any monument, tombstone or other
memorial at any grave, or any tence
or railing surrounding any grave,
lot or part of lot, or anything what
soever in said cemetery, or remov-
/ ing any mark or ornament at any
grave.
Sec. 10. Any person or persons
violating any of the rules and regu-
| lations contained in tlis ordinance
shall be deemed trespassers, and
shall be prosecuted according to law.
\ Sec. IL. That the rules and regu-
lations and penalties herein provided
for shall be conspiciously posted at
the main entrance of said cemetery,
and shall be rigidly enforced by the
sexton of said cemetery.
| Sec. u. That every person who
shall deface, cut or chip any monu-
ment, tombstone or other memorial
at any grave, or shall injure in any
manner the fence around said ceme
terry, shall be guilty of misdemeen-
or, and, upon conviction in the po
lice court, be fined in any sum not
exceeding S25.
Sec. IS. Be it further ordained;
That every person who shall dig up,
cut or in anywise injure any flowers,
shrubs. trees or other plant in the
city cemetery, or shall remove from
the same any flowers, or ornaments
placed therein, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
the conviction, shall be fined in any
sum not exceeding S25: Provided,
however. that nothing in this section
shall prevent anyone from removing
any flowers, shrubs, trees or other
/ plants that they may have planted
themselves.
| Sec. Il. That all avenues of said
! cemetery running east and west shall
/ be named and be hereafter known
! by the following names, commenc-
ing with the avenue farthers north,
in the following order, to-wIt: First
avenue, Second avenue. Third ave-
nue. and so on in numerical order.
That all avenues of said cemetery
running north and south shall be
named and hereafter known by the
/ following names. commencing with
the avenue farthest east in the fol-
lowing manner, to-wit: Avenue A,
Avenue B, Avenue G and so on in
alphabetical order.
Sec. Is. The City Council shall ap-
point, or provide for the appoint
ment of a Sexton for South Cemete-
ry, which appointment snail con
tinue during the pleasure of the
council, and he shall receive such
compensation as may be fixed by the
city council.
Sec. Is. 1t shall be the duty of
the sexton 50 appointed to take
charge of said cemetery, devote his
entire time to labor in said cemetery,
be under the general supervision of
the cemetery committee, and keep
in proper order, and see that no
cattle, hogs, horses or other animals
are permitted to enter and trespass
within the enclosure, to dig graves
therein, and to attend each and every
burial in said cemetery, and superin
tend the interments therein. No
other person shall be allowed to act
as sexton, except such deputy or
laborer as the appointed sexton may
employ to assist him.
Sec. II. There shall be charged
for each grave dug by the sexton or