§ 65-112. Appropriations by county commissioners. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 65‑112. Appropriations by county commissioners.

To encourage the persons inpossession and control of the public cemeteries referred to in G.S. 65‑111to take proper care of and to beautify such cemeteries, to mark distinctlytheir boundary lines with evergreen hedges or rows of suitable trees, andotherwise to lay out the grounds in an orderly manner, the board of countycommissioners of any county, upon being notified that two‑thirds of theexpense necessary for so marking and beautifying any cemetery has been raisedby the local governing body of the institution which owns the cemetery, and isactually in hand, is hereby authorized to appropriate from the general fund ofthe county one‑third of the expense necessary to pay for such work, theamount appropriated by the board of commissioners in no case to exceed fiftydollars ($50.00) for each cemetery. (1917, c. 101, s. 2; C.S., s. 5020; 1979, c. 735; 2007‑118,s. 1.)