§ 9. Cemeteries.  


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  • Said mayor and aldermen shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all cemeteries of said city. They may elect such employees to superintend and care for the same as they may deem proper; they may make such appropriations out of the treasury of said city as they may deem proper for the proper supervision thereof, they may enact ordinances for the purpose of preventing trespasses therein, or the grounds thereof, and provide penalties for violation of the same. They may regulate the charges of grave-digging, hearse fees, and for bricking and walling the same; they may charge such fees for burials as they may deem proper and enforce the payment of the same as they may deem best.

(1900 Ga. Laws, page 345, § 53; renumb. § 52 by 1901 Ga. Laws, page 549, § 2; renumb. § 51 by 1902 Ga. Laws, page 510, § 1)