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Cass County Commission adopts policy defining abandoned cemeteries, bars new burials and sets caretaker payments
Summary
The Cass County Commission on Wednesday adopted a formal cemetery policy that borrows the Century Code definition of "abandoned cemetery," prohibits future burials in such sites, sets modest reimbursements for volunteers who maintain some sites and requires the county sexton to notify the state within a year of appointment.
The Cass County Commission on Wednesday adopted a policy that defines ‘‘abandoned cemetery’’ using the language from state law, prohibits future burials in abandoned cemeteries, authorizes modest payments to local caretakers and directs the county sexton to report new sexton information to the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services within a year.
The measure, presented to the board by county staff, was described as a clarification of existing practice rather than a change to how the county manages historic or abandoned burial…
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