Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-21
CITY OF AUGUSTA
IN COMMON COUNCIL

passed:
CITY OF AUGUSTA
IN COMMON COUNCIL.
April 10, 1909.
Be it ordained by the City Council of
the City of Augusta as follows:
Chapter fourteen of the Revised Ordin
ances of the City OF Augusta relative to
the interment of the dead is hereby
chapter except the title, and inserting the
following in place thereof.
Section l. The following are declared to
be PUBLIC burying grounds within the City
of Augusta, namely: Mt. Vernon ceme-
terry; Mt. Pleasant cemetery; Riverside
| cemetery: Brackets corner cemetery:
Cottle cemetery; Townsend cemetery: Mt.
Vernon Avenue cemetery; Reed cemetery;
Bolton Hill cemetery; North Parish ceme-
terry.
Section .. 1t shall be the duty of the
superintendent of burying grounds to
| take care of the public burying grounds
in said city, and to see that all graves are
| correctly arranged, made of sufficient
depth and properly filled.
Section s. He shall cause each buryinS
ground to be laid out into ranges divided
by walks, the ranges divided into lots, the
| lots into graves and the graves numbered,
a plan which shall be made and filed
with the City Treasurer, and all burials
| in such grounds shall conform to the
| ranges and divisions of the same.
Section A. He shall keep record Of the
| name, age and sex. the range and number
of grave or tomb of each person in
TERED under his charge, including the
disease, cause and time of death, and
state whether a citizen or stranger
| Section s. Said superintendent shall de-
vote all his time and attention to the
| duties of his office. He shall under the
| direction of the committee burying
grounds procure such tools and materials
| and employ such men and teams as may
be necessary in addition to his own labor
He shall keep record of all such tools
I Il ,1.ltn il1S .I,aS sod urif no
| thereof He shall also keep a record of
the time of each man and team employed
which shall show the amount and
| character of the work done with the
amount to be charged by the City. and
| the name and address of the person liable
| therefor, if any. On or before the fifth
day of each month, and oftener, if re-
quested, he shall give to the city treas
| urer a copy of such record for the pre-
ceding month. with such information as
shall enable the treasurer to keep proper
| accounts of all bills receivable or payable
| by the city on account of burying
| grounds.
Section 6. He shall endeavor to make a
written contract in the name of the city
| with some responsible person to pay the
| city for the care of each lot and grave
from year to year at an agreed annual
price. and shall file all such contracts
| with the City Treasurer.
| Section I. The city shall charge and re-
| ceive the following sums:
For digging and filling grave between
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twentieth day of the next Novem-
For same between the twentieth day
of November and the twentieth day
| of the next April. 500
| For use of receiving tomb. 1.G0
For care of each lot not exceeding 400
| square feet in area. per year 2o)
| For care of larger lots and for grading
lots such price as may be agreed upon.
Section s. The City Treasurer shall
keep account of all sums due the city on
sums due for sale and grading of lots,
and shall collect same from the parties
liable.
Section 9. The municipal officers an
nually on application may license hearses
Il to be used in conveying bodies to any
public cemetery upon satisfactory evil
derce that such hearses are safe and
suitable and the city clerk shall issue
certificates thereof to the owner partic-
uarly describing the hearse licensed,
The mayor may grant license which
i shall be valid until the next regular meet
ing of the municipal officers. The owners
OF such licensed hearses shall be obliged
to furnish them at all reasonable times
with proper teams and driver, and TO con
vey bodies between any two points in
Augusta for charges not exceeding the
following:
If both points are within two miles of
Augusta post office. five dollars.
If either point is more than two miles
from the post office, one dollar for each
additional mile or part thereof to the
| most UlStanI point.
No hearse shall be driven into any
public cemetery unless licensed as afore-
| sal id.
The municipal officers may at any time
for cause shown and after hearing revoke
any such license.
Section 10. Any person whose conduct
may be improper or riotous. or whose
language may be obscene or unbecoming
in any public burying ground in the city
lmay he excluded therefrom by the super
intendent, or his deputy. and if such
person refuses to leave the ground he
shall forfeit not less than one nor more
than twenty dollars.
Section H. If any person shall wilfully
injure any fence, ornamental tree walk
| grave, monument or tombstone in any
public burying ground. he shall forfeit
not less than one nor more than twenty
dollars for each offense.
| Section T. Anv person owning or inter
ested in a lot in public burying ground
in the city of Augusta, may deposit in the
city treasury a sum not exceeding five
hundred dollars for the purpose of provid-
ing for the preservation and care of such
lot or it's appurtenances. Such person al
the time of making his deposit. shall re-
ceive a receipt therefor signed by the
mayor and city treasurer. together with q
copy of this ordinance and shall consent
in writing to he bound by the provisions
hereof, which shall be written in a book
kept by the city treasurer for that pul-
pose. Such deposit shall not be with
drawn except by mutual consent of the
city council and the depositor. Interest
at the rate of three per cent. per annun
shall be allowed by the city upon such de-
post, and the same shall be annually APP
propriated and expended in caring foI
such lot under the direction of the mayor
and superintendent of burying grounds
Section 10. The superintendent of bury
ing grounds shall receive a salary OF
eight hundred dollars per year. He
shall retain no fees or perquisities, but all
such shall be forthwith paid by him to
the city treasurer He shall furnish and
| keep a horse dump cart and express
wagon for use in the cemeteries and shall
receive one hundred dollars per year in
addition to his salary therefor He shall
| make no additional charge to the city
for any driving.
| In Common Council
| April 10. 1909.
Read twice under suspension OIL the
rules and finally passed to be ordained.
| J. FRANK DYER, President Council
| In Board of Aldermen
April 49, 1909
| Read twice under suspension of the
rules and finally passed to be ordained in
concurrence.
Roll of accounts No, 4, amounting tt
$eS71. 80 was approved and ordered paid
An order for wiring the city farm