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-- AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE PRICE OF GRAVE PRIVILEGES IN -OAK-OROVe,-
CEni' ERY, THE METHOD OF NARKING SUCH GRAVES AND DIRECTING THEIR CARE,- ETC.-
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--Ahereass the public burying gAround of Oak -rove Cemetery has been sold
off from time to time,under what has been commonly -termed grave privileges, i
to persons who have riven these little or no care,and such neglect of this
1'port of the said Cemetery has' caused it to become unsightly and disgusting, -
b. and in order that this ground may have the proper care and be retained in
such condition As may causo it, ----to -,
aid to the beautifying of the City Cemetery, -
r. "uo it ordained by the common council of the city of Paducah, Ky,-
That after the adoption of this ordinance nil graves sold in Jal-
v'rove Csmetory,-unlor what is known as a single grave privilege,- the pride ;
thereof is h-,reby fixed at ts,- per grave for the burial of all persona p�
over twelve years of age,and at the price of ;-4,- per grnve for the burial "
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of Children MM the age of twelve or under. -
N '-SEC,-2,- That at any time when a body is removed from such grave privilege, I.
and'the purchaser the:•eof shall tender the ground back to the city,then the
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city shall refund the original purchase price thereofA to said purchnser_or.
his lawful representative.-
t,L0,-3,- That whenever a body shall be disinterred and removed from such
grave,thereby areating a vacancy in the public ground assi,-ned to be sold
as grave privileges,-Ahe 0exton of the Cemetery shall repirt such removal
to th3 City Clerk,who shall in writing make a report to the Chairman of the
Cemotcry Committee at the eirst regular meeting of the Council thereafter,
1 a,, and the Chairman shall immediately report some to the Council which body
shall take all proper action with regard to placing same to pr3per record,-
6k.C,-4,- That all graves in the public ground either vacated or occupied
,shall at once be nicely filled and #4 planted with blue -grasp seed by the
oexton of Oak -grove cemetery,and as the said grave• in such public ground
become vacated or in a sunken condition the said 4exton shall immediately.
hays same properly filled and planted in grass as above specified, and it
shall be'the duty of the Sexton to keep the said g g
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condition at all times.-
yEC,- 6,- That it shall be the duty of the ci o furnish all necessary
earth ani other material for the impro G 111n$ of the,g
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