Sec. 57.
(1) Whenever any village owns, purchases, or otherwise acquires any cemetery or cemetery grounds, the council may appoint a board of cemetery trustees. The council may provide that the powers conferred upon a board of cemetery trustees by this act shall be exercised by the department of public works director, or the village manager, if any.
(2) A board of cemetery trustees shall consist of 3 individuals. The trustees shall hold their office for the term of 3 years, except that at the first appointment, 1 shall be appointed for 1 year, 1 for 2 years, and 1 for the term of 3 years from the second Monday in April of the year when appointed. One trustee shall be appointed annually thereafter. The council may remove any trustee so appointed for inattention to his or her duties, want of proper judgment or skill in or for the proper discharge of his or her duties, or other good cause. The board shall serve without compensation.
History: 1895, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1895 ;-- CL 1897, 2825 ;-- CL 1915, 2696 ;-- CL 1929, 1605 ;-- CL 1948, 67.57 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998