17-941 Cemetery; lots; conveyance; recording.
17-941. Cemetery; lots; conveyance; recording.The mayor and council or board of trustees may convey cemetery lots by certificate signed by the mayor and chairman, and countersigned by the clerk, under the seal of the city or village, specifying that the person to whom the same is issued is the owner of the lot or lots described therein by number as laid down on such map or plat, for the purpose of interment; and such certificate shall vest in the proprietor, his or her heirs and assigns, a right in fee simple to such lot for the sole purpose of interment, under the regulation of the city council or board of trustees. Such certificate shall be entitled to be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the proper county without further acknowledgment, and such description of lots shall be deemed and recognized as a sufficient description thereof. SourceLaws 1879, § 69, XXXIV, p. 218; Laws 1881, c. 23, § 8, XXXIV, p. 186; Laws 1885, c. 20, § 1, XXXIV, p. 177; Laws 1887, c. 12, § 1, XXXIV, p. 306; R.S.1913, § 5168; C.S.1922, § 4355; C.S.1929, § 17-553; R.S.1943, § 17-941; Laws 1971, LB 32, § 4.