§ 5440. Merger of cemetery associations
(a) An incorporated cemetery association or society, whether chartered by special act of the General Assembly or organized under articles of association, may merge with another incorporated association or society in the same town, thereby forming a new corporation under such name as may be designated in the articles of association hereinafter referred to.
(b) Such merger shall be made by vote of a majority of the trustees or directors of each corporation. When so made, certified copies of the proceedings shall be forwarded to the Secretary of State.
(c) The trustees of each such corporation may authorize the secretary thereof to sign the name of such corporation to the articles of association of the new corporation, and authorize one or more other persons to sign such articles of association. Such articles shall be filed with the Secretary of State. The articles shall set forth the name of the new corporation and they shall conform generally to the provisions of 11B V.S.A. chapter 1. When such articles are filed and recorded by the Secretary of State, all right, title, and interest in all property owned by each, and in trust funds held by each, shall vest in such new corporation, and the corporate functions of each of the corporations so merged shall cease after such new corporation has completed its organization.
Structure Vermont Statutes
§ 5301. Application of chapter
§ 5302. Definitions [Effective until January 1, 2023]
§ 5302. Definitions [Effective January 1, 2023]
§ 5305. Right to make rules and regulations
§ 5307. Rule against perpetuities
§ 5308. Custodian of funds; bond
§ 5313. Records; burial records open to public
§ 5313. Records; burial records open to public
§ 5314. Sale of property for interment purposes; disposition of receipts
§ 5315. Sale of property for other than burial purposes; disposition of proceeds
§ 5315. Sale of property for other than burial purposes; disposition of proceeds
§ 5316. Encumbrance of cemetery property prohibited
§ 5318. Public use of cemetery for other purposes
§ 5319. Disposition of remains of dead
§ 5319. Disposition of remains of dead
§ 5321. Improvement of private burial grounds; duties of officers
§ 5322. Temporary access to cemeteries
§ 5323. Natural burial grounds; exemptions
§ 5361. Appropriations and regulations by towns
§ 5361. Appropriations and regulations by towns
§ 5362. Repair; expense; notice
§ 5365. Damages for want of fence; liability
§ 5366. Not liable until notified
§ 5371. Town or city to furnish headstone
§ 5372. Appropriation for cemetery associations
§ 5373. Cemetery commissioners
§ 5375. Laying out and improving grounds; burial without charge
§ 5376. Sale of lots; tax exemption
§ 5376. Sale of lots; tax exemption
§ 5377. Proceeds of sale; expenditure
§ 5378. Bylaws and regulations
§ 5378. Bylaws and regulations
§ 5379. Report of cemetery commissioners
§ 5381. Transfer of care from commissioners to selectboard
§ 5382. Town trust funds—Acceptance of property
§ 5383. Acceptance of money in trust
§ 5384. Payment to treasurer; record; investment
§ 5385. Accounts; expenditures
§ 5387. Money received prior to 1895
§ 5431. Cemetery associations; corporations
§ 5432. Organization and operation
§ 5434. Penalty for doing business as a cemetery association without authority
§ 5434. Penalty for doing business as a cemetery association without authority
§ 5435. Sales of lots, crypts, and niches; how income applied; rules
§ 5438. Cemetery accounts; annual reports
§ 5439. Dissolution of cemetery associations
§ 5440. Merger of cemetery associations
§ 5481. Acquisition of land and property—Purchase or gift
§ 5483. Acquisition of land by town
§ 5484. Acquisition of gravel by town or association
§ 5485. Appeal to Superior Court
§ 5487. Acquisition of land by cemetery associations generally
§ 5488. Enlargement of cemeteries by associations—Petition to Superior Court to acquire land
§ 5488. Enlargement of cemeteries by associations—Petition to Superior Court to acquire land
§ 5489. Service of petition; appointment of commissioners
§ 5493. Judgment on report; costs
§ 5531. Disposal of lot by will; descent; burial rights of husband and wife
§ 5532. Escheat of cemetery lots—Definition
§ 5533. Escheat when owner’s whereabouts unknown
§ 5573. Construction requirements
§ 5575. Use before completion prohibited
§ 5576. Sales before the completion of building; bond