10-8-62 - Cemeteries -- Purchase and operation.
10-8-62. Cemeteries -- Purchase and operation.
The city legislative body may:
(1) purchase, hold, and pay for lands within or without the corporate limits for the burialof the dead, and all necessary grounds for hospitals;
(2) have and exercise police jurisdiction over those lands, and over any cemetery used bythe inhabitants of the city;
(3) survey, plat, map, fence, ornament, and otherwise improve, manage, and operatepublic burial and cemetery grounds;
(4) convey cemetery lots owned by the city, and pass ordinances for the protection andgoverning of these grounds consistent with Title 8, Chapter 5, Municipal Cemeteries;
(5) contract for the care and improvement of cemeteries and cemetery lots, and for anycompensation for the care and improvement;
(6) receive deposits for the care of lots and invest the deposits by following theprocedures and requirements of Title 51, Chapter 7, State Money Management Act; and
(7) pay the cost of the care from any proceeds from the investment.
Amended by Chapter 9, 2001 General Session