2009 Nebraska Code
Chapter 17 CITIES OF THE SECOND CLASS AND VILLAGES
17-942 Cemetery; lots; ownership and use; regulations.

17-942. Cemetery; lots; ownership and use; regulations.

The mayor and council or board of trustees may limit the number of cemetery lots which shall be owned by the same person at the same time. They may prescribe rules for enclosing, adorning, and erecting monuments and tombstones on cemetery lots. They may prohibit any diversion of the use of such lots and any improper adornment thereof; but no religious test shall be made as to the ownership of lots, the burial therein, or the ornamentation of graves or of such lots.

Source
    Laws 1879, § 69, XXXV, p. 218;
    Laws 1881, c. 23, § 8, XXXV, p. 187;
    Laws 1885, c. 20, § 1, XXXV, p. 178;
    Laws 1887, c. 12, § 1, XXXV, p. 306;
    R.S.1913, § 5169;
    C.S.1922, § 4356;
    C.S.1929, § 17-554;
    R.S.1943, § 17-942.



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