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Code of Virginia · § 57-27 — City of Richmond may prohibit burials in certain cemeteries

57-27. City of Richmond may prohibit burials in certain cemeteries

The governing body of the City of Richmond may, by ordinance, prohibit the burial of dead bodies in the cemeteries known as Ham's, Cedarwood, Methodist, Union Mechanics', Ebenezer, and Sycamore cemeteries, respectively, and may by such ordinance provide for penalties for violations of the same by fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or imprisonment in jail not exceeding six months.

History and annotations

Code 1919, § 57.

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