2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 19a-308. (Formerly Sec. 19-159). Care of neglected cemeteries.
Sec. 19a-308. (Formerly Sec. 19-159). Care of neglected cemeteries. In any
town in which there is a burial ground or cemetery containing more than six places of
interment and not under the control or management of any currently functioning cemetery association, which has been neglected and allowed to grow up to weeds, briars and
bushes, or about which the fences have become broken, decayed or dilapidated, the
selectmen of such town may annually cause such burial ground to be cleared of weeds,
briars and bushes, and may cause its fences or walls to be repaired and kept in orderly
and decent condition and its memorial stones to be straightened.
History: Sec. 19-159 transferred to Sec. 19a-308 in 1983.
Annotation to former section 19-159:
Cited. 168 C. 447.
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