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Charter and Revised Ordinances of Lake City Florida (1912) Gillen & Hodges
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Charter of the City of Lake City
filling graves, to be paid by the person directing
the burial of the corpse. Provided, That in the 144/257
case of the burial of paupers the person having
the contract for burying such paupers may dig the
grave himself or make such arrangement with the
sexton as he shall see fit.
When a lot is purchased under the provisions of
this ordinance, the sexton shall receive a fee of
fifty cents to be paid by the purchaser for showing
the lot and marking the same upon the map.

Sec. 3. No person shall be allowed to inter­
fere with the duties imposed upon the sexton.

Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful for any person to
bury any corpse within the city cemetery except
such person shall first have purchased a lot from
the city or have permission of the owner of any lot
already purchased, and shall also have obtained
from the City Treasurer a burial permit as herein­
after provided.

Sec. 5. Duplicate maps of the city cemetery
shall be made, one of which shall be kept by the
City Treasurer and the other by the sexton.

Sec. 6. When any person desires to purchase
a lot in the cemetery, it shall be the duty of the
Treasurer, upon the payment of the price and fee
therefor, to execute and deliver to the purchaser
a deed to the lot, describing it by section, row, lot,
number and such other description as may be
necessary to properly designate such lot, substanti­
ally in the following form:

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