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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #0869~~ ,, < < ; :. ORDINANCE NO.~ AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF TITLE 8, CHAPTER 7 OF THE CANTON MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING CEMETERIES, ADMINISTRATION. WHEREAS, the Legal and Ordinance Committee of the City of Canton, Illinois has determined that it is necessary, desirable and to the best interests of the City of Canton to modify and amend certain sections of Title 8, Chapter 7 of the Canton Municipal Code concerning Cemeteries, Administration; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Canton, Illinois has made a similar determination. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CANTON, ILLINOIS, AS FOLLOWS: 1. That Title 8, Chapter 7, Section 1 (E) of the Canton Municipal Code be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: "8-7-1 (E) Organization: It shall be the duty of the Board of Cemetery Managers as soon as may be convenient after appointment to meet and organize by selecting one of their number to be President and also another of their number to be Clerk of such Board and also to elect a Treasurer of such Board, who may or may not be a member of said Board, and whose salary shall be fixed by the Board, and who before entering upon his duties as such shall execute a bond to the People of the State of Illinois for the use of said Board of Cemetery Managers in a penal sum of not less than double the value of the money and property coming into his hands as such Treasurer, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties and for the faithful accounting for all money or funds which by virtue of his office comes into his hands, and to be in such form and with such securities as may be prescribed and approved by the Council, to be approved and preserved in the same manner as is the bond of the Treasurer of the City." 2. That Title 8, Chapter 7, Section 2 (D) of the Canton Municipal Code be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: "8-7-2 (D) Superintendent, Further Duties: It shall be the duty of the Superintendent to dig, without delay, all graves in said cemeteries, for the digging of which application shall be made to him by the owners of any lot or lots, or any other person having the right of interment therein, and such appli- cation shall, in all cases, be accompanied by a receipt from the Treasurer or Secretary of the Board of Managers showing that all fees and charges for the digging of such grave and other work incident to such interment have been paid to the Cemetery Treasurer, and also by a burial permit from said Clerk as required by the provisions of this Code relative thereto. Said Super- intendent shall attend every interment in person or by competent deputy; he shall fill up and neatly trim all graves as soon as possible after depositing the coffin therein; he shall also fill up and trim all graves that have or may hereafter settle or sink in; he shall register the names and ages of all persons interred in said cemeteries and the places of their interments, subject to the inspection of any person interested, and he shall, on or before the first Monday in each month, make out and furnish to the Clerk a statement, in writing, showing the number of interments made in said cemeteries during the preceding month, with the name and age of each person so interred; he shall also keep the alleys, walks and avenues in said cemeteries in good order and unobstructed, so that a free passage and access may be had to all lots, and he shall perform such other labor and services as may be necessary and requisite to the duties of his office and as the Board of Cemetery Managers may order and direct; he shall superintend the grading and ornamen- tation of all lots, and shall perform such work and services for individual lot owners as may be reasonable, or the Board of Managers may require, and shall certify all charges for such services to the Clerk, subject to the rules of said Board." 3. That Title 8, Chapter 7, Section 2 (E) of the Canton Municipal Code be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: "8-7-2 (E) Superintendent's Fees: The fees to be charged for the services of the Superintendent in connection with interments in said cemeteries, which fees shall be paid to the Treasurer of the Board of Cemetery Managers in advance before said work shall be performed, and receipt given therefor, shall be set by the Board of Cemetery Managers from time to time. A list of these charges shall be conspicuously posted at the Superintendent's office in the cemetery. All fees and charges paid for these services shall be paid to the Treasurer of the Board of Cemetery Managers." 4. That Title 8, Chapter 7, Section 3 (A) of the Canton Municipal Code be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: "8-7-3 (A) Gift Authorized: Any person or persons whomsoever, is and are hereby authorized and empowered to give, donate, devise or bequeath any sum of money not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or any funds, securities, or property of any kind and value of which shall not be less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), to said Board of Managers, in perpetual trust, for maintenance, care, repair, upkeep or ornamentation of such cemetery, or any lot or lots, or grave in such cemetery, specified in the instrument making such gift, donation, devise or bequest. Said Board of Managers are hereby authorized and empowered to receive and hold in perpetual trust -2- ~ Y any such money, securities, funds and property given, donated, devised or bequeathed to it in trust. Said Board of Managers shall have the right to convert said property into money, and shall invest the proceeds thereof and the money so given, donated, and bequeathed to it, as is or may be provided by the Statutes of the State of Illinois as proper investments of trust funds. The principal of such trust fund shall be kept intact and perpetually invested, and the income thereof shall be perpetually applied for the purposes specified, in the instrument making such gift, donation, devise or bequest, and for no other reason or purpose." 5. That the remainder of Title 8, Chapter 7, Cemeteries, Administration, of the Canton Municipal Code, remain in full force and effect. 6. That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon its passage by the City Council of the City of Canton, Illinois and approval by the Mayor thereof. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Canton, Illinois and APPROVED by the Mayor thereof thi s 1'7 th day of ~ [~ ~ p R~/ , 1981. APPROVED j ~~ .--- ~.~"~ 4~ro~ :~.~%'---iMAYOR HARLAN E. CROUCH ATTEST: ~~, .~~,~~,CITY CLERK ANCY S WHITES -3-