80-912. Same; cemetery lots; record and charges. Any citizen of any township owning and maintaining a cemetery under the provisions of this act, upon the payment of one dollar to the trustee of such township, which money shall be credited to the contingent fund, shall have the right and privilege to one lot in such cemetery for burial purposes; and the lots of such cemetery shall be laid off in uniform size, not less than seven by fourteen feet, with alleys and streets, as the board of such township shall direct. The clerk of such township shall keep an exact record of persons buried and location of graves in such cemeteries: Provided, That in case of any cemetery acquired by the township since January 1, 1915, the township board may charge any citizen residing in the township such sum of money as it deems a reasonable value for a lot or lots in such cemetery, and may charge persons not resident in the township an amount not to exceed 50 percentum additional to such reasonable value, for the upkeep of the cemetery.
History: L. 1887, ch. 235, § 8; L. 1915, ch. 100, § 1; May 22; R.S. 1923, 80-912.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers
Article 9 - Public Parks And Cemeteries
80-901 Parks or cemeteries; establishment.
80-902 Same; bonds; limitation.
80-903 Tax levies for bonds and interest and for expenses and improvements.
80-904 Same; petition; election; duties of county commissioners.
80-905 Parks and cemeteries in one or more townships; establishment.
80-906 Same; petition; election; duties of county commissioners.
80-907 Same; tax levy for sinking fund; limitation.
80-908 Same; cooperation by cities of second or third classes; petition; ordinance; tax levy.
80-909 Same; sections 80-905 to 80-909 supplemental.
80-910 Parks or cemeteries; petition under 80-901 to 80-904; order for election.
80-912 Same; cemetery lots; record and charges.
80-913 Same; use of funds; annual report; unlawful acts.
80-914 Purchase of unsold school lands for cemetery or burial ground.
80-915 Acquisition of cemetery association or corporation property; maintenance.
80-916 Care of abandoned cemeteries.
80-919 Same; election; site; erection; tax levy, limitation.
80-923 Board of trustees of joint township parks or cemeteries; tax levies.
80-932 Tax levy for care and maintenance of certain cemeteries.
80-933 Lease of lake or park; conditions; publication; protest petition.
80-934 Cemetery abandoned by private association; title vested in township.
80-935 Same; petition to district court; order transferring title.
80-936 Same; care and maintenance by township.
80-937 Township lakes in certain townships; issuance of bonds for restoration; election.
80-938 Tax levy for care and maintenance of certain cemeteries; election upon petition.
80-939 Recreational facilities; election; tax levies.
80-940 Disorganization of cemetery districts in certain townships; property transferred to township.