[HISTORY: Adopted by ATM 5-5-1985 as amended
through 1997. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
All unsold lots in the cemetery shall be sold
and deeds given, subject to the following regulations:
A.
The Commissioners may divide unsold lots into portions,
each such portion to be designated as a grave. All lots shall be sold
under perpetual care. The Commissioners shall determine from time
to time the price to be paid for lots and graves and the amount to
be deposited for perpetual care thereof.
B.
All interments in lots for which deeds have been issued,
shall be at the discretion of the owner as to whom should be buried
within the lot.
[Amended 5-1-2021 ATM by Art. 20]
C.
No sale, transfer or assignment of the deed of any
lot shall be valid without the consent of the Commissioners and their
approval endorsed on the conveyance.
D.
The landmarks or cornerstones indicating the boundaries
of the lots shall be set level with the surface of the ground. They
will be furnished and set by the Commissioners on all lots hereafter
sold, and the same shall not be altered or removed.
E.
The Commissioners will make no charge for the general
care of lots or graves under perpetual care, but extra care or work,
such as planting trees or cultivating flowers, will only be done at
the owner's expense, unless special provisions be made and extra amount
paid in the perpetual care agreement.
F.
The Commissioners shall establish the grade of all
lots and avenues, and shall direct generally all improvements within
the grounds, upon all lots, before as well as after the interments
have been made therein, and no lot shall be filled or raised above
the established grade. They will have charge of the planting, sodding,
surveying and improvements generally at the cemetery.
G.
The Commissioners desire to leave the improvement
of lots, as far as possible, to the taste of the owners, but, in justice
to all, they reserve the right given them by law to exclude or remove
from any lot any headstone, monument or other structure, tree, plant,
or other object whatever which they consider injurious to the general
appearance of the grounds, and no trees growing within any lot shall
be removed or trimmed without the consent of the Commissioners.
H.
When burial is required, notice must be given to the
Commissioners in season for opening the grave, accompanied with a
permit from the Town Clerk or Board of Health, as required by law.
I.
All graves must be dug by employees of the cemetery.
Interments will be subject to the necessary charges.
J.
All lots are to be numbered and supplied with markers
by the Commissioners. Only one body shall be buried in a grave, or
up to three cremated remains may be interred in the space of one grave.
The only exception to these rules is that one cremation, placed in
a marble urn, may be placed on top of one full burial. Whenever a
lot or a grave is vacant, the owner thereof may sell the same to the
Town at the original price thereof, but there shall be no reimbursement
for any amount paid for perpetual care. An individual grave may not
be transferred except as provided herein or by will or interstate
succession.
[Amended 5-1-2021 ATM by Art. 20]
K.
No charge will be made for opening or closing receiving
tomb. All bodies must be removed by May 1st unless by special permit
of the Commissioners.
L.
Drivers of carriages employed at funerals will be
required to care for their teams during the ceremonies, and their
employers will be held responsible for any damage which may result
from their carelessness or neglect of duty.
M.
There shall be only one headstone per lot of two graves
or more, and the positioning of the headstone shall be directed by
the Commissioners. All new headstones must rest on concrete foundations
laid below the frost, and satisfactory to the Commissioners. No work
will be allowed to be set in the spring until the ground has fully
settled and is in proper condition.
[Amended 5-1-2021 ATM by Art. 20]
N.
No tomb shall be constructed except in such parts
of the grounds as shall be designated by the Commissioners for that
purpose, and no proprietor shall suffer the remains of any person
to be deposited in a tomb so authorized, for hire.
O.
All persons are forbidden from gathering any flowers,
either wild or cultivated, breaking any tree, shrub or plant, writing
upon, defacing or injuring any monument, fence or structure.
P.
All persons are prohibited from discharging firearms,
walking on the borders, or crossing lots.
Q.
Citizens of Dover who are or have been residents of
the Town for not less than five years shall be entitled to lots in
the cemetery. It allows one lot to a family, subject to the regulations
adopted by the Town, upon payment for same. By consent of the Commissioners
the five years' residence requirement may be waived.
[Amended 5-1-2021 ATM by Art. 20]
