[Amended 6-22-2020 by
Art. 11]
Any reconveyance of a lot deeded by the Town shall require the
Cemetery Commissioners and the Town Clerk to be notified of such transfer
and a fee will be charged in accordance with MGL c. 262, § 34,
Clause 78, and the records shall be open to the public at all reasonable
times.
Any lots which are purchased containing one or more burial plots
shall be held indivisibly, and upon the decease of the proprietor
of such lot the title of such lot shall vest in accordance with the
provisions of MGL c. 114, § 29.
All monumentation of grave sites must be approved by the Cemetery
Commissioners or their designee prior to installation.
The internment of more than one body per burial plot shall only
be allowed with the approval of the Cemetery Commissioners.
If the owner of a lot containing one or more than one unused
burial plot with bodies interred in the lot wishes to transfer or
convey the remaining unused burial plots, he shall make application
to the Cemetery Commissioners who will confirm the unused burial plots
and issue a new deed for the remaining burial plots. The fee for such
re-deeding shall be set by a vote of the Cemetery Commissioners annually.
The re-deeded lot shall be registered with the Town Clerk's office
in accordance with plans locating the unused burial plot or plots.
[Added 10-29-2018 by
Art. 34; amended 6-22-2020 by
Art. 11]
This section in the cemetery called "veterans' lots" may be
used for the interment of any resident veteran, with a grave opening
charge only, predicated on and subject to available space in said
veterans' lot and subject to the rules and regulations. Said space
will be set aside for the burials of honorably discharged veterans
residing in the Town of Dudley at the time of their enlistment into
the service and/or at the time of their death, proof of residency
having been established by the Veterans' Agent and subject to the
satisfaction and approval of the Cemetery Commissioners. Spouses shall
be buried beside veterans and subject to fees within the rules and
regulations. The lifting of the turf for flower beds is prohibited
on any veteran's grave.