Cemetery Rules and Regulations - City of Alma

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(a) (b) Graveside Service. Chapel Service. The chapel at Riverside Cemetery shall be available for interment services in lieu of the graveside service. The Cemetery sexton may require the use of the cemetery chapel in lieu of grave side services during inclement weather or spring thaws, during which ground conditions are unstable. SECTION 24. Permanent Outside Containers. In all adult interments the casket shall be enclosed in a permanent outside container. The following are considered permanent outside containers; concrete boxes, concrete, copper or steel burial vaults, and sectional concrete crypts.** All cremain internments shall be enclosed in a permanent outside container. The following are considered permanent outside containers; plastic or marble container from crematorium, urn, and/ or concrete, copper or steel cremain burial vaults. ** Approved 10/12/99. SECTION 25. General Interment Restrictions. Only one interment in any one grave shall be permitted, except that cremated remains may be buried above another grave. The Superintendent of the Cemetery shall not be held responsible for errors in location of graves on lots arising from improper instructions of lot owners. Under no circumstances shall the City assume responsibility for error in opening graves when orders are given by telephone. No graves shall be opened except by workmen employed by the cemetery management. Outside containers shall not be delivered to cemeteries on Sunday. Undertakers are to arrange the time of funeral so that cemetery workmen can complete interment by 3:30 p.m. In case this cannot be done, an extra charge as provided herein shall be made for all overtime worked by cemetery employees. DISINTERMENT SECTION 26. General Restrictions. Disinterment of a body once properly interred shall not be made without an order signed by a court of competent jurisdiction , or on the written order of the local Health Officer*. Graves shall not be opened for inspection except for official investigation. All disinterments shall be made between May 1st and October 1st of any calendar year. Any markers or monuments designating the location of an interment shall be removed at the time a disinterment is made. * Department of Public Health, Office of Vital and Health Statistics, Disinterment - Reinterment Filed with the Secretary of State on February 25, 1982. These rules take effect 15 days after filing with the Secretary of State. (By authority conferred on the department of public health by section 2853 of Act No. 368 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended being §333.2853 of the Michigan Complied Laws). R 325.8051 Discovery of remains; notification of police required; exception. 16
Rule 1. A person who inadvertently discovers a burial or parts of a human skeleton shall immediately notify the police authority of the jurisdiction where the remains are found. If preliminary inspection by the police authority indicates that the remains are those of a prehistoric or historic native American, the state archaeologist of the Michigan history division, department of state, shall be immediately notified of the finding. This rule does not apply to archaeological excavations conducted by representatives of established scientific institutions or societies. R 325.8052 Disinterment permit; application; fee. Rule 2. (1) A request for a disinterment permit shall be made to the local health officer in whose district the cemetery is located, and the request shall be made on an affidavit which is signed by a licensed funeral director and by a person or persons as follows: (a) The surviving spouse. (b) If no surviving spouse, then by all surviving children. (c) If no surviving children, then by the surviving parents. (d) If no surviving parents, then by all surviving brothers and sisters. (2) The request shall be accompanied by a fee established by the local health department pursuant to section 2444 of Act No. 368 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended, being §333.2444 of the Michigan Complied Laws. R 325.8053 Affidavit content. Rule 3. An affidavit shall contain all of the following information: (a) The name and address of the licensed funeral director to whom the permit is to be issued. (b) The name and address of the person petitioning for the permit. (c) The name of the lot or the burial right owner. (d) The name of the deceased. (e) The present location of the grave, including the lot number, the section number, or other location, such as a location in a mausoleum. (f) Reinterment location. (g) Relationship of petitioner to deceased. (h) Reason for disinterment. (i) Approval of all persons who may have a claim for the deceased as specified in R 325.8052. (j) Written consent of the lot or burial space owner or owners, if other than petitioner. R 325.8054 Local health officer; duties. Rule 4. The local health officer or his or her designated representative shall do all of the following: (a) Review the affidavit for disinterment - reinterment. (b) Issue the disinterment - reinterment permit if the consent required by R 325.8052(1) has been obtained, or deny the disinterment - reinterment permit if the consent required by R 325.8052(1) has not been obtained. 17
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