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Idaho Code · § 27-116 — Corporate powers

27-116. Corporate powers

Each cemetery maintenance district has power:

1. To sue and be sued.

2. To acquire, hold, use, manage, occupy, possess, lease, exchange, sell and convey lands, make such contracts, and acquire, hold, use, manage, occupy, possess, lease, exchange, sell and convey such personal property as may be necessary or convenient for the purposes of this chapter.

3. To levy and apply such taxes for purposes under its exclusive jurisdiction as are authorized by law.

4. To acquire from a city or county, by gift or purchase, a cemetery and endowment, or other, funds pertaining thereto and to hold, use, manage, occupy, possess, lease, exchange, sell, convey, operate, maintain, improve and beautify such cemetery for the burying of the dead.

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History and annotations

(27-116) 1927, ch. 197, sec. 14, p. 264; I.C.A., sec. 27-115; I.C., sec. 28-116 (1948 Ed.); am. 1955, ch. 123, sec. 1, p. 250; am. 1967, ch. 214, sec. 2, p. 644; am. 1993, ch. 256, sec. 1, p. 882.

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