16:1-7 - Land for cemetery or burial purposes; acquisition and disposition - New Jersey Statutes

16:1-7.  Land for cemetery or burial purposes;  acquisition and disposition
    Any religious society, however incorporated, may hold and convey and dispose  of land, not exceeding fifty acres which was, before April twelfth, one  thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, conveyed to it for the purposes of a  cemetery and the burial of the dead, and may sell the same in lots or plots for  the burial of deceased persons, subject to the laws of this state governing  cemeteries and the burial of the dead.  The society may devote the moneys  derived from such sale to the laying out, care and maintenance of the cemetery  or burial ground and for no other purpose. When the moneys received from sales  of lots shall exceed the sum needed for the proper care and maintenance of its  burial grounds, the surplus may be invested in safe and suitable securities and  the interest derived therefrom shall be devoted to the care and maintenance of  its burial grounds and for no other purpose.