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The City Council may convey cemetery lots by certificate signed by the Mayor, and countersigned by the City Clerk under the City Seal specifying that the person to whom the same is issued is the owner of the lot described therein by number for the purpose of interment. The said certificate shall give a right in fee simple to the proprietor, his heirs, and assigns. The certificate shall then be recorded in the office of the County Clerk.
(Neb. RS 17-941) ('72 Code, § 3-302) (Am. Ord. 1099, passed 10-13-77)
Within one of the city's cemeteries there shall be included a plot of ground, known as the potter's field, which shall be available for the burial of indigents and unknown travelers who may die while they are within the city.
('72 Code, § 3-304) (Am. Ord. 1898, passed 5-12-05)
Any person who shall willfully destroy, mutilate, deface, injure, or remove any tomb, monument, or gravestone placed in the cemeteries, or any fence, railing, or other work for the protection or ornamentation of the cemeteries, or who shall willfully destroy, cut, break, or injure any tree, shrub, or plant shall be deemed to be guilty of an offense.
(Neb. RS 28-512) ('72 Code, § 3-310) (Am. Ord. 1898, passed 5-12-05) Penalty, see § 10.99