For the mutual protection of lot holders and the cemeteries
as a whole, the following rules and regulations have been adopted
by the Dalton Cemetery Trustees as the Rules and Regulations of the
Dalton Cemeteries, and all lot holders and visitors within the cemeteries,
and all lots assigned, shall be subject to said rules, regulations,
amendments or alterations as shall be adopted by the Cemetery Trustees
from time to time.
BURIAL AGENT — The person appointed by the Town
Select Board to coordinate burial planning and burial activities with
funeral directors and the Superintendent, to establish lot layouts,
burial locations and burial times, and to keep burial records.
CEMETERY
A burial park for earth interments.
CEMETERY OFFICE
The Cemetery Department office operated at the Main Street
Cemetery.
CEMETERY TRUSTEES
Three persons duly elected by the voters of the Town to establish
and administer cemetery rules and regulations and to oversee operation
of the cemeteries.
INTERMENT
The permanent disposition of the remains of a deceased person,
by cremation and interment or by burial.
LOT
A particular area of a section.
LOT MARKER
A device set flush with the ground, surface, located at the
corner of a lot.
MARKER
A memorial which is flush with the ground surface.
MEMORIAL
A monument, headstone, tombstone or marker used to identify
burial locations.
MONUMENT
A memorial of natural stone, which extends above the surface
of the ground.
PLATE
A plan held by the Cemetery Department, showing the locations
of sections, lots and plots.
PLOT
An area of sufficient size to accommodate one adult interment,
approximately 3 1/2 by 10 feet.
SECTION
A numbered area of a particular cemetery.
SUPERINTENDENT
The person appointed by the Dalton Select Board to supervise
the work of the Highway and Cemetery Department.
The Cemetery Department reserves and shall have the right to
correct any errors that may be made by the Department in making an
interment, disinterment or removal.
The laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts govern the descent
of assignment to cemetery lots as well as other matters pertaining
to assignments, conveyances, devises, trust deeds and inalienability.
The Burial Agent shall assist any lot holder who desires information
or advice on questions pertaining to their lot.
The Burial Agent, Superintendent, and Cemetery Trustees shall
seek to enforce these Cemetery Rules and Regulations, and to exclude
from the cemeteries any person violating them.