The Western news., 1903-08-05
Ordinance No. 81.

view Cemetery of the Town of
Hamilton, Providing for the Gov
ernment and Regulation of the same
and Defining the Duties of the
Board Of Trustees and Other Officers
Thereof.
Be it Ordained by the Town Council
of the Town of Hamilton:
Section 1. That all that tract of
land lying west of the Town of Ham
ilton, deed to which has been made
to the Town of Hamilton by the Ana
conda Copper Mining Company, said
tract of land having been heretofore
and now used as a cemetery; is hereby
accepted as cemetery for the burial
of human dead, and control thereof is
hereby assumed by the Town of Ham
ilton, and the same shall be governed,
managed and controlled as herein
provided.
Section 2. There is hereby estab-
lished within and for the Town of
Hamilton Board, which shalt be
styled, "The Board of Trustees of
Riverview Cemetery of the Town of
Hamilton Said Board shall consist
of six persons who shall be citizens
and residents of the Town of Hamil-
ton. Upon the passage and approval
of this ordinance the Mayor with the
advice and consent of the Council shall
appoint two ~ members of said board
who shall hold Office until the first
Monday in May, 1904, and until their
successors shall be appointed and
qualified; two ~ members who shall
hold Office until the first Monday in
May, 1905, and until their successors
shall be appointed and qualified, and
two ~ members who shall hold office
until the first Monday in May, 1906,
and until their successors shall be
appointed and qualified, and from and
after the year 1904 the Mayor, with
the ADVICE and consent OF the Council.
at its first regular meeting in May,
each year, shall appoint two members
who shall hold office for term Of
three ~ years and until their sue.
cessors shall be appointed and quail
fed. Said Council may at any time,
by vote of not less than two-thirds
of all the members of said Council,
such vote in all cases to be taken by
ayes and nays and entered upon its
records, remove from office any MEM
ber of said board. No member shall
be interested directly or indirectly in
any contract entered into by said
Board, and any contract entered into
by said Board in violation of this pro-
vision shall be absolutely null and
void. Said Board subject to the con-
troll of the Town Council, shall have
the care, custody, management, su-
pervision and control of the cemetery
grounds and places of burial that now
are, OF hereafter may be in any man
ner owned, held or controlled by said
Town and also of all property, real or
personal and mixed, which is or in any
manner may be used, occupied or pos :
sessed in connection with any such
cemetery grounds or place of burial;
and also all books, plats, records, and
papers to any such property IN any
manner appertaining or used in con-
nection Herewith. Said Board shall
have power to make, subject to the
approval of said Council, such rules
and regulations for the care, manage
ment, preservation and improvement
of such cemetery and cemetery prop
erty and places of burial, as they may
deem proper, and the same to enforce.
No member of said Board shall re-
ceive any compensation for his serv-
ices.
Section 3. The said Board of Trus-
tees shall organize by the appointment
of one of their members as president,
one member as vice-president, one
person as secretary, who shall be resi-
dents and qualified electors of the
Town of Hamilton, as soon as may be
after their appointment, who shall
hold Office until the second Monday in
May, 1904, and until their successors
shall be elected and qualified and from
and after the year 1908 such officers
shall be elected annually by said
Board on the second Monday in May
of each year. The Treasurer of the
Town of Hamilton is hereby declared
to be ex-oficio, the Treasurer of said
Board. Said Board shall also have
the right to appoint a Town Sexton
and such other officers as they may
deem necessary, and to prescribe their
duties and remove at pleasure any Of
ficer by them appointed, and also te
employ such other persons as they
may deem necessary and to designate
and fix, subject to the approval Of
said Council, the compensation of al
officers and persons so appointed OF
employed.
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