Michigan Compiled Laws 3-1895-vii-cemeteries. Cemeteries. (67.55...67.64)

• Section 67.55 Interments; Regulation.
  Any village may acquire, hold and own such cemetery or public burial place or places, either within or without the limits of the corporation...
• Section 67.56 Cemeteries; Appropriation By Council.
  The council may, within the limitations in this act contained, raise and appropriate such sums as may be necessary for the purchase of cemetery...
• Section 67.57 Board Of Cemetery Trustees; Appointment; Terms; Removal; Compensation.
  (1) Whenever any village owns, purchases, or otherwise acquires any cemetery or cemetery grounds, the council may appoint a board of cemetery trustees. The...
• Section 67.58 Board Of Cemetery Trustees; Chairperson; Clerk; Powers; Duties.
  The board of cemetery trustees shall appoint 1 of their number chairperson and the village clerk shall be clerk of the board, and the...
• Section 67.59 Board Of Cemetery Trustees; Duties; Directions Of Council.
  Said board subject to the directions and ordinances of the council, shall have the care and management of any such cemetery or burial place...
• Section 67.60 Board Of Cemetery Trustees; Cemetery Employees; Ordinances, Enforcement; Rules.
  Said board shall appoint the necessary superintendents and employes for the cemetery, expend the money provided for the care and improvement of the grounds,...
• Section 67.61 Board Of Trustees; Cemetery Fund; Use; Reports To Council; Contents; Verification.
  (1) Money raised for any public cemetery authorized by this act, and money received from the sale of lots or from other cemetery operations,...
• Section 67.62 Necessary Ordinances; Enforcement.
  The council of a village owning a burial place, whether within or without the village, may pass and enforce an ordinance necessary to carry...
• Section 67.63 Cemetery Trustees; Power To Accept Gifts; Use.
  The board of cemetery trustees may receive in trust money or other property as gifts, grants, devises, or bequests for cemetery purposes. The money...
• Section 67.64 Board Of Cemetery Trustees; Rules And Bylaws; Recording Bylaws; Appointment, Duties, And Bond Of Treasurer; Conducting Business At Public Meeting; Notice Of Meeting; Availability Of Certain Writings To Public.
  (1) The board of cemetery trustees may make all requisite and necessary rules and bylaws to carry into effect the powers vested and duties...

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