80-919. Same; election; site; erection; tax levy, limitation. Upon the receipt of such petition the township board shall call an election at which the question of the acquiring of a site for and the building of a chapel as provided hereinbefore shall be submitted to the electors of the township, at which election the proposition submitted shall be "Shall the township build and maintain a chapel in connection with the township cemetery at an initial cost of __________ dollars?" If the majority of the votes cast at said election shall favor such proposition to construct and operate a chapel the township board shall proceed to procure a site for such chapel adjacent to the cemetery not exceeding one acre in area and to build and maintain a suitable building for a chapel thereon. The mode of acquiring the site shall be by purchase, donation and contribution, condemnation, or gift. The board of township commissioners is authorized and empowered to levy a tax sufficient to pay for the site and erect the building thereon: Provided, That in no event shall the combined cost of the site and the building exceed the amount of money to be raised by an annual levy of two mills on every dollar of taxable property in the township for a period of five (5) years.
History: L. 1921, ch. 91, ยง 3; Feb. 27; R.S. 1923, 80-919.
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.