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... to recover the possession of burial grounds, remove trespassers therefrom, and recover damages for injuries thereto or to any tombstone or monument therein. He shall see that all laws and ordinances passed for the protection of public burial grounds and cemeteries, and the burial of the dead, are enforced.

... duties pertaining to the office as the legislative authority by ordinance prescribes.

...cemetery. He shall pledge the faith and credit of the city for the perpetual care of the lots designated, using only the interest or income of the money. On receipt of the sum of money so designated, the director shall issue therefor a written receipt and acknowledgment thereof, signed by him, binding the faith and credit of the city to forever hold such money as a permanent fund and to provide perpetual care of the ...

...r officer, such purchaser shall be entitled to a deed for the lots described therein. No more shall be charged for lots than is necessary to reimburse the city for the expense of lands purchased or appropriated for cemetery purposes, and to keep in order and embellish the grounds. Provision shall be made for the interment in such cemetery of persons buried at the expense of the city.

...d of laying off and embellishing the grounds. He may receive donations by bequest, devise, deed of gift, or otherwise, or money or other property, the principal or interest of which is to be used for the enlargement, improvement, embellishment, or care of the cemetery grounds generally, or for any particular parts or lots therein, as the donor directs, or as the director determines if no such direction is given. The ...

...ve authority shall pledge the faith and credit of the city to forever hold such money as a permanent fund, and pay to the director in semiannual payments as interest on the funds, a sum sufficient to provide perpetual care of the lots as agreed by the director. The legislative authority shall invest such funds and keep them invested in interest-bearing debts of the city, and if no such debts are owed by the city, the...

...ctor of public service shall appoint a clerk, and shall keep accurate minutes of all proceedings concerning cemeteries.

...he year preceding, and a detailed statement of the expenditures during the same period, showing the time and purpose of each payment and to whom made. Such report shall contain a pertinent statement as to whether any funds on hand are invested, the character of the securities therefor, and such other matters as the director deems expedient or the legislative authority requires. The director shall report quarterly t...

...c service shall report such fact to the legislative authority of the city, and recommend such action as he deems most expedient.

..., upon such terms as are agreed to between the village and the board. The board may receive and accept transfer, and receive and accept from any other source or acquire in any other manner, any real property for the purpose of such cemetery, and may use and apply it for such purpose and enter into any contract relating thereto. After such transfer has been completed the board shall regulate the cemetery as provided ...

...shall extend until the first municipal election thereafter, and until the officers chosen at such election are qualified and placed in office. Thereafter the mayor shall appoint a board of three trustees as follows: One for a term of six years, one for a term of four years, and one for a term of two years. Biennially thereafter, after each municipal election has been held and the newly elected officers have been qual...

...all be made at the first meeting of the legislative authority of the village after such vacancy has been brought to the attention of the mayor and the legislative authority.

...member of such board for misconduct, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.

...The board of cemetery trustees shall have the powers and perform the duties prescribed by sections 759.09 to 759.18, inclusive, of the Revised Code, for the director of public service in cities.

...d to the electors of the village at a general election. Twenty days' notice of such election shall be given by posting in at least three public places in the village. The notice shall state specifically the amount to be raised, and for what purpose. If a majority of all the votes cast at the election is in favor of either or both propositions, they shall be considered adopted and the tax authorized. The funera...

...d on their ballots the words, "Tax for Funeral Coach--Yes," or "Tax for Funeral Coach--No," and upon the same ballot, "Tax for Vault--Yes," or "Tax for Vault--No," and may vote for one proposition and against the other, or for or against both.

...ip trustees of one or more townships, when conveniently located for that purpose, may unite in the establishment and management of a cemetery, by the purchase or appropriation of land therefor not exceeding one hundred acres, to be paid for as provided by section 759.30 of the Revised Code.

...mes necessary, it shall be made by the municipal corporation, or if there is more than one such municipal corporation, then by the one having the largest number of inhabitants at the last federal census. Such municipal corporation, in making the appropriation, shall act for itself and any other municipal corporation or township uniting with it, and the proceedings therefor shall be the same as provided in section 719...

... Provisions shall be made for the interment in such cemetery of all persons buried at the expense of the municipal corporation or township.

...llish the grounds, by resolution of the legislative authorities of the municipal corporations and the boards of township trustees, may be applied to the expenses of purchase, or of appropriation and damages awarded, or both, in securing additional lands for the cemetery.

... the board of township trustees and the legislative authorities of the municipal corporations, and their authority over it and duties in relation thereto shall be the same as where the cemetery is the exclusive property of a single municipal corporation. A board of union cemetery trustees may fix the compensation of the members thereof, and such compensation shall be in accordance with the time actually consumed by ...

...al corporation or township may pass and enforce all ordinances necessary to carry into effect sections 759.27 to 759.44, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and such as are deemed necessary for the preservation and regulation of the cemetery and the protection thereof, and for the punishment of any person violating the ordinances, rules, and regulations, relating to the cemetery. The mayor and police officers of the muni...

...27 of the Revised Code in favor of one municipal corporation against another, or in favor of a municipal corporation against a township, or in favor of a township against a municipal corporation, but the affairs of the cemetery shall in all respects be managed as though it were owned and governed in the interests of the municipal corporation or township alone.

...section 759.27 of the Revised Code, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation and the board of township trustees shall have a joint meeting at the council-chamber of the municipal corporation, on the day of the first regular meeting of the legislative authority in the month of May each year, for the purpose of determining the rate of tax to be levied upon the taxable property of the municipal corporation...

...wnship that has united in the establishment and management of a cemetery under section 759.27 of the Revised Code, by an affirmative vote of a majority of each legislative authority and board, may form a union cemetery district comprised of all of the territory within the united municipal corporation and township for the purpose of levying taxes within the territory of the district for the establishment, operation, a...