(A) A Board of Cemetery Trustees be appointed by the Town Council, for such Municipal Cemetery of the town, pursuant to Chapter 129 of the Acts of 1905 of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, for the control and management thereof.
(B) Such Board of Cemetery Trustees shall consist of five members, to be appointed by the Town Council, all of whom shall be lot owners in such Municipal Cemetery and residents of DeKalb County, Indiana, except that the Clerk-Treasurer shall by virtue of his said office be a member of such Board, and act as Treasurer thereof.
(C) One member of such Board shall be appointed for the term of one year; that one member shall be appointed for the term of two years; that one member shall be appointed for the term of three years; and one member of such Board shall be appointed for the term of four years; that all subsequent appointments shall be for the term of four years, except appointments filling unexpired terms.
(D) All such appointments be made subject to the right of the Town Council for just cause to remove and replace any such appointed whenever, in the judgment of the Town Council, so doing would be beneficial to the interests of said municipal cemetery.
(E) Within ten days after their appointment, the members of such Municipal Cemetery Board shall meet, and elect one of their number as President, one as Vice President, and one as Secretary.
(F) Such Municipal Cemetery Trustees be and they are hereby charged with full responsibility for the control, operation, and management of such municipal cemetery in all its details including the expenditure of funds for such operation, maintenance, and management to the extent such funds be provided by the Town Council, and including also, full authority for and on behalf of the town, to issue and execute deeds of conveyance for lots in such municipal cemetery to purchasers thereof.
('92 Code, § 51.02) (Ord. 103, passed 8-1-52)