2009 Nebraska Code
Chapter 17 CITIES OF THE SECOND CLASS AND VILLAGES
17-945 Cemetery association; trustees; conveyances; recording.

17-945. Cemetery association; trustees; conveyances; recording.

Upon the formation of such cemetery association, the lot owners in such cemetery shall elect five of their number as trustees, to whom shall be given the general care, management, and supervision of such cemetery. The mayor or chairman of such city or village shall, by virtue of his office, be a member of the board of trustees, and it shall be his duty to make, execute, and deliver to purchasers of lots deeds therefor, when requested by such board of trustees. Such deed shall be executed under the corporate seal of such city, and countersigned by the clerk, specifying that the person to whom the same is issued is the owner, for the purposes of interment, of the lot or lots described therein by numbers, as laid down on the map or plat of such cemetery. Such deed shall vest in the proprietor, his or her heirs or assigns, a right in fee simple to such lot for the sole purpose of interment, under the regulations of the board of trustees; and such deed shall be entitled to be recorded in the office of the county clerk of the proper county without further acknowledgment or authentications, and such description of lots shall be deemed and recognized as a sufficient description thereof.

Source

Laws 1887, c. 15, § 2, p. 330;
R.S.1913, § 5172;
C.S.1922, § 4359;
C.S.1929, § 17-557;
R.S.1943, § 17-945.