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Code · New Mexico · Chapter 3 — Municipalities · Article 40 — Municipal Cemeteries

3-40-5. Powers and duties of cemetery board.

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The cemetery board shall:
A. take charge of the cemetery belonging to the municipality;
B. have the management of the cemetery;
C. recommend rules and regulations for the operation, management, care and custody of the cemetery;
D. employ a sexton and other employees necessary for the care, maintenance and beautification of the cemetery; and
E. prescribe the manner and place of burials.
History: 1953 Comp., § 14-41-5, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 395, § 6.
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