General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 114 Cemeteries and Burials - Section 18 Care of neglected burial places within limits of town

Section 18. Any town having within its limits an abandoned or neglected burying ground may take charge of the same and keep it in good order, and may appropriate money therefor, but no property rights shall be violated and no body shall be disinterred. No fence, tomb, monument or other structure shall be removed or destroyed, but the same may be repaired or restored.

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