40:60-41 - Public burial grounds devoted to other public uses; disinterment of bodies - New Jersey Statutes

40:60-41.  Public burial grounds devoted to other public uses; disinterment  of bodies    The governing body of any municipality, wherein any lands are held by the municipality for burial purposes in trust for such use, may by ordinance devote  such lands to any other public purpose or use to which in the judgment of the  governing body it is best adapted.  The ordinance shall provide for the removal  of any human remains interred in such lands to some proper burial place and for  the protection and suitable marking and care thereof.  The governing body may  make such appropriation therefor as it may judge to be reasonably necessary.