As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
CEMETERY
A burial park for earth interments, a community mausoleum
for vault or crypt interments, or a columbarium for cremated remains,
or a combination of one or more of these herein.
DEED
The original conveyance given by the Town of Orange to the
original purchaser.
GRAVE
A place for burial that is 12 feet long by 36 inches wide.
INTERMENT
The permanent disposition of the remains of a deceased person
by cremation or traditional burial.
LOT
A numbered division, as shown on the record plot, which consist
of one or more graves.
LOT MARKER
Any means used by the Cemetery Department to locate corners
of the lot or grave.
MANAGEMENT/SUPERINTENDENT
The person duly appointed by the elected Board of Cemetery
Commissioners for the purpose of ensuring the proper maintenance of
the cemeteries and the enforcement of the rules and regulations.
MARKER
Small, flush, stone items used to identify the interred or
the corners of a lot, usually placed at the foot of a grave; also
refers to those items given to United States veterans to identify
interred.
MONUMENT
A large memorial placed at the head of a lot centered upon
deeded graves. Some regulations may apply to size and location of
a monument. Written permission from the Superintendent is required
prior to installing an oversized monument. A schedule of allowed monument
sizes, voted on August 21, 2002, is available from the Superintendent.
VAULT
A reinforced concrete grave liner box. No vault over 34 inches
in exterior width will be accepted for a single grave. If a lot owner
needs to use a vault larger than 34 inches in exterior width, two
graves will be required for the interment.
The cemetery management or Commissioners reserve
and shall have the right to correct any errors that may be made by
it either in making interments, disinterments or removals, or the
description, transfer or conveyance of any interment property, either
by canceling such conveyance and substituting any conveying in lieu
thereof other interment property of equal value and similar locations
as far as possible, or as may be selected by the management, or, in
the sole discretion of the management, by refunding the amount of
money paid on account of said purchase. In the event such error shall
involve the interment of the remains of any person in such property,
the cemetery management or Commissioners reserve and shall have the
right to remove or transfer such remains so interred to such other
property, consistent with the law, of equal value and similar location
as may be substituted and conveyed in lieu thereof.
The laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
govern descent of title to cemetery lots as well as other matters
pertaining to assignments, conveyances, devises, trust deeds and inalienability.
The management will assist any lot owner who desires information or
advice on questions pertaining to his/her lot.
The management is hereby empowered to enforce
all rules and regulations and to exclude from the cemetery any person
violating the same. The management shall have charge of the grounds
and buildings, including the conduct of funerals, traffic, employees,
grave owners, and visitors, and at all times shall have supervision
and control of the cemetery and may remove any person violating any
of these rules.