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1. The amount of money on hand at the beginning of the preceding fiscal year, and the receipts from all sources during such year.

2. An itemized statement of the amount paid out during such year, and the balance on hand.

3. The outstanding indebtedness of the department, either bonded or otherwise, separately stated.

4. A statement of the principal or interest which will become due during the current fiscal year on bonds or certificates of indebtedness.

5. The improvements and extensions made during such preceding year, and the general condition of the sewer system.

6. Such other facts as the board deems important for the information of the village, together with such recommendations concerning the department as may be deemed proper.

ARTICLE XI.

CEMETERIES.

SECTION 290. The acquisition of lands for cemeteries. 291. Division into lots; conveyances of lots.

292. Ordinances.

293. Interment of strangers.

294. Record of interments.

295. Property in trust.

296. Annual report of cemetery commissioners.

§ 290. The acquisition of lands for cemeteries.-The board of cemetery commissioners of a village may, in behalf of the village, accept by gift, grant or devise thereto, land for a village cemetery within the village, or wholly within three miles of the boundaries thereof; or may require the board of trustees to submit to a village election, a proposition to purchase for such purpose any lands so located, specifying the maximum amount to be paid therefor and the mode of raising such amount. If the proposition be adopted, the board of cemetery commissioners may purchase such lands accordingly, or, if unable to agree with the owners for the purchase thereof, may acquire the title thereto by condemnation; but if the commissioners appointed in the condemnation proceedings shall fix the value of the land at a larger amount than authorized to be paid therefor by such election, the condemnation proceedings shall be abandoned and the

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costs of the defendant shall be paid by the village unless payment of such larger amount shall be authorized at a village

election.

All lands acquired for a village cemetery shall be a part of the territory of the village.

§ 291. Division into lots; conveyances of lots.-The board of cemetery commissioners has the supervision and control of all village cemeteries. It shall cause the same to be divided into lots, and provide for the conveyance thereof to individuals for the sole purpose of interments, and upon the payment of the purchase-price of any lot, shall, in the name of the village, execute, acknowledge and deliver a conveyance to the purchaser thereof. The clerk of the village shall keep a record of the sale of each lot, its number, the date of sale and the name of the purchaser; and shall record each conveyance thereof. No sale, transfer or assignment of such lot or any interest therein subsequent to the sale by the village shall be valid, unless by an instrument in writing signed and duly acknowledged and recorded in the office of the village clerk. The clerk shall be entitled to receive ten cents per folio for the recording of each conveyance. § 292. Ordinances.-The board of cemetery commissioners may adopt reasonable ordinances for:

I. The care, management and protection of the cemetery grounds.

2. The use, care and protection of lots therein.

3. The conduct of persons within the cemetery grounds, and the exclusion of improper persons therefrom.

4. Regulating the dividing marks between the various lots and parts of lots, and their size, shape and location.

5. Preventing improper monuments, effigies and structures within the same.

6. Regulating the introduction and growth of plants, trees and shrubs within such grounds.

7. The prevention of the burial in any lot or part of any lot of any person not entitled to burial therein.

The board of cemetery commissioners may fix the penalties, not to exceed twenty dollars, for violations of such ordinances. Such ordinances, when adopted, shall be printed and conspicuously posted in at least five places upon the cemetery grounds.

§ 293. Interment of strangers.-The board of cemetery commissioners shall reserve a portion of the ground in any such

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cemetery for the interment of strangers and other persons who may die in the village under circumstances which render it unreasonable to require payment for making such inter

ment.

§ 294. Record of interments.--The board of cemetery com missioners shall cause an accurate record to be kept of every interment in such cemetery, specifying the lot in which such interment is made, the time when made, and the name, age and place of birth of the person interred, if these particulars can be conveniently ascertained.

§ 295. Property in trust.-The board of cemetery commis sioners of a village may take and hold any property given, be queathed or devised to it in trust, to apply such property or the income thereof for the improvement or embellishment of such cemetery, or the erection or preservation of a building, structure, fence or walk therein, or for the renewal, erection or preservation of a tomb, monument, stone, fence, railing or other erection or structure, on or around any lot therein or the planting or culti vation of trees, shrubs, flowers or plants in or about a lot therein. or for otherwise caring for and maintaining a lot therein, according to the terms of such grant, devise or bequest.

§ 296. Annual report of cemetery commissioners.-Between the first and fourth day of March in each year, the board of cemetery commissioners shall file with the village clerk a report containing a statement of the following facts:

1. The amount of money on hand at the beginning of the preceding fiscal year, and the receipts from all sources during such year.

2. An itemized statement of the amount paid out during such year and the balance on hand.

3. The outstanding indebtedness of the department, either bonded or otherwise, separately stated.

4. The estimated deficiency in the amount necessary to pay principal or interest or the expenses of the department during the next fiscal year, after applying thereto the probable amount available from the cemetery fund.

5. The improvements made during such preceding year and the general condition of the cemetery.

6. The number of interments made since their last annual

report.

7. Such other facts as the board deems important for the in

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Reincorporation Under This Chapter.

$$ 300-301

formation of the village, together with such recommendations concerning the department as may be deemed proper.

ARTICLE XII.

REINCORPORATION UNDER THIS CHAPTER.

SECTION 300. Reincorporation of special village under this chapter. 301. Notice and conduct of election.

302. Certificate of election.

303. Effect of reincorporation.

304. Determination of number of trustees.

$ 300. Reincorporation of special village under this chapter. -A village incorporated by special law and subject to its provisions may be reincorporated under this chapter by adopting a proposition therefor. Such a proposition may be submitted at an annual election or at a special election to be called for that purpose.

The board of trustees of such a village may, upon its own motion, and shall, upon the petition of twenty-five electors assessed upon the last assessment-roll of the village, cause to be submitted at a village election a proposition for such reincorporation. The ballots to be used at such an election may be written or printed, and shall contain either the words "For the reincorporation of the village of (naming it) under the village law," or "Against the reincorporation of the village of (naming it) under the village

law."

A proposition for the reincorporation of a village under this article shall not be submitted at an election, either annual or special, during the months of February or March.

§ 301. Notice and conduct of election.--If the proposition is to be submitted at an annual election notice thereof shall be given by the board of trustees by posting notices in five public places in the village, and publishing the same in each newspaper actually printed therein, if any, at least twenty days before such annual election. If it is to be submitted at a special election notice of such election and of the submission of such proposition thereat shall be given in the same manner and for the same time as for the submission of such a proposition at an annual election. Such a special election shall be held by the same officers and

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conducted and the result canvassed in the same manner as provided by law for an annual election in such village.

§ 302. Certificate of election.-The officers conducting such election shall make a certificate thereof, showing the whole number of votes cast upon such proposition, and the number in favor of and against it, and within twenty-four hours after the closing of the polls of such election, must file such certificate in the office of the village clerk. If the proposition be adopted the village clerk shall within ten days after the election file a certified copy of such certificate in the office of the clerk of each county in which any part of such village is situated, and also in the office of the secretary of state.

§ 303. Effect of reincorporation.—If the proposition be adopted the reincorporation of the village under this chapter shall take effect immediately upon the filing of the certificate of election in the office of the village clerk. From and after such filing such village shall be deemed incorporated under this chapter, and shall possess all the powers, enjoy all the privileges, and be subject to all the liabilities, in all respects and for all purposes, as if it had been originally incorporated thereunder. Such reincorporation shall not affect any action then pending or cause of action existing by or against such village, nor property rights thereof under the provisions of any law to which it was then subject. The officers of the village in office when the reincorporation takes effect shall continue to hold their offices until noon on the Monday following the date when the next annual election in such village may be held under this chapter, at which time their terms of office shall expire.

§ 304. Determination of number of trustees.-A special elec

tion to determine the nember of trustees to be elected in such village at the first annual election after such reincorporation, shall be held in the month of February next preceding, in the manner and upon the notice prescribed by article two of this chapter. If the number of trustees be not determined before such first annual election the village shall elect two trustees. At such first annual election after reincorporation one-half of the trustees shall be elected for one year, and one-half for two years.

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