2005 Minnesota Statutes - 375.36 — May buy and keep up part of cemetery as soldiers\' rest.

     375.36 May buy and keep up part of cemetery as soldiers' 
  rest. 


    Subdivision 1.    $3,500 yearly limit.  A county board 
 may purchase a plot of ground in any duly organized cemetery 
 lying, in whole or part, in the county, or in a contiguous 
 county, to be designated and used exclusively as a soldiers' 
 rest, and appropriate for its cost, embellishment, and upkeep, 
 and for the opening and the closing of graves in it, not more 
 than $3,500 in any one year.  


    Subd. 2.    Veteran may run.  The board may use the 
 portion of the appropriation as it deems necessary for 
 compensation and expenses of an agent, who shall be a veteran, 
 to care for the burial ground and to issue permits for burial in 
 it.  


    Subd. 3.    Except Ramsey County.  This section does not 
 apply to Ramsey County. 


    HIST: (763) 1917 c 60 s 1; 1923 c 335 s 1; 1937 c 178 s 1; 
 1945 c 257 s 1; 1974 c 435 art 7 s 1; 1984 c 629 s 2