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ORDINANCE NO. 2 1 9 9 II
AN ORDINANCE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF MOUNT HOLLY CEMETERY. 1,1
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. WHEREAS, the title to Mount Holly Cemetery is vested in the City of Little Rook, j-!
whioh was given to various persons the right of interment therein, subject to such regu- ii
_ lotions as the City may make; and i=
WHEREAS, said Cemetery has heretofore been kept up by the sale of the right tot i;
interment and the voluntary oontributions of the families of those interred, but.said re-'
souroes are now inadequate for proper maintenance of said Cemetery.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK: 1;,
Seotion 1. There is hereby levied upon each lot in said Mount Holly Cemetery, anl•I
i- annual charge of $2 for the maintenance of said Cemetery. Said sum must be paid between j=
- the first day of August and the first day of Deoember, of eaoh year, If said oharge is � ,
i- not paid by the first day of December of each year, a penalty of one dollar per lot, L
shall be added thereto, and a like penalty of one dollar per lot shall be added for each 1=1
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_ year that said oharge shall remain unpaid.
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Seotion 2. The said charge shall be collected by the City Colleotor, who shall L
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notify, by mail, the living relatives of the persons interred in such lots, so far as hill'
,- can ascertain their identity and whereabouts;. but a failure of such relatives to receive(_
notice, shall not affect the accrual of the penalties herein provided for. 1-
Section 3, If any such oharge shall remain unpaid for three years, the city nl.
48 collector shall notify the authorities in charge of said Cemetery of that fact; and there!'.
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upon said authorities shall have the right to grant to other parties the privilege of • !_
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interment in such delinquent lots, subject to the condition that the graves and the mon- I_I
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- uments therein shall not be disturbed. I+j
Section 4. The care of said Cemetery, the employment of sexton and assistants,
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- and the granting of privileges of interment is hereby vested in the Mount Holly Cemetery! .!
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j I Assooiation,subjeot only to the superintending control of this council and of the proper[,
! iofficers of the city. When the Treasurer of said Association has given a bond satis- ij
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factory to the mayor, whioh shall be approved by the mayor and filed with the city olerk,j.
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• is it shall be the duty of the City Collector, as he oolledts the charges upon the lots 11
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!9 '1 herein provided for or any other sums for the use of the Cemetery, to turn the same over
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,I to the said Treasurer of said Association, taking his receipt therefor. �II
I Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after is
il passage. I1
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1st, 1915. Ajjj / il
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