New York General Municipal Law Article 8 - CEMETERIES

• 160 - Acquisition of Lands for Cemetery Purposes.
  It shall be lawful for the common council of any city, or the trustees of any incorporated village in this state, although such cemetery is...
• 161 - Title May Be Acquired by Condemnation.
  If the said common council or board of trustees shall be unable to agree with the owner of such lands for the purchase thereof, the...
• 162 - Conveyance by Unincorporated Cemetery Association to City, Town or Village.
  An unincorporated cemetery association may convey and transfer its real property held for burial purposes, together with its other assets, to a city having a...
• 163 - Lot Owners' Rights.
  Lots in such cemeteries shall be held indivisible, and upon the decease of a proprietor of such lot the title thereto shall descend to his...
• 164 - Abandonment of Cemeteries in Cities of Less Than One Million.
  Upon a verified petition presented to a judge of a court of record by the common council of any city of less than one million,...
• 165 - Maintenance and Cleanup of Abandoned Cemeteries.
  1. Any municipal corporation is hereby authorized and empowered to establish volunteer cemetery maintenance and cleanup programs to maintain and cleanup abandoned cemeteries wholly contained...
• 165-a - Voluntary Municipal Assistance to Public Cemetery Corporations.
  Any municipal corporation may appropriate and provide funding to a public cemetery corporation as defined in article fifteen of the not-for-profit corporation law. In lieu...
• 166 - Cemetery and Funeral Home Combinations.
  1. No municipal corporation shall, directly or indirectly: (a) sell, or have, enter into or perform a lease of any of its real property dedicated...

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