Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-241

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View Statute 16-241

Official statutory text

A city of the first class may purchase, hold, and pay for, as provided in sections 16-241 to 16-245 , lands for the purpose of the burial of the dead, and all necessary grounds for hospital grounds and waterworks, and have and exercise police jurisdiction over such lands, grounds, and waterworks, and over any cemetery lying near such city and used by the inhabitants thereof.

Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, XLVII, p. 258;

R.S.1913, § 4857;

C.S.1922, § 4025;

C.S.1929, § 16-242;

R.S.1943, § 16-241;

Laws 1973, LB 276, § 1;

Laws 2016, LB704, § 41.

For additional provisions relating to cemeteries, see Chapter 12.

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