17-940 Cemetery; improvement. - Nebraska Statutes

17-940. Cemetery; improvement.The mayor and council or board of trustees may survey, plat, map, grade, fence, ornament, and otherwise improve all burial and cemetery grounds and avenues leading thereto owned by such city or village. They may construct walks and protect ornamental trees therein, and provide for paying the expenses thereof. SourceLaws 1879, § 69, XXXIII, p. 218; Laws 1881, c. 23, § 8, XXXIII, p. 186; Laws 1885, c. 20, § 1, XXXIII, p. 177; Laws 1887, c. 12, § 1, XXXIII, p. 305; R.S.1913, § 5167; C.S.1922, § 4354; C.S.1929, § 17-552; R.S.1943, § 17-940.