55 ILCS 65/ County Cemetery Care Act.

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55 ILCS 65/0.01

(55 ILCS 65/0.01) (from Ch. 21, par. 21y)

Sec. 0.01.

Short title.

This Act may be cited as the

County Cemetery Care Act.

(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

55 ILCS 65/1

(55 ILCS 65/1) (from Ch. 21, par. 22)

Sec. 1.

Where any grounds have heretofore, or may hereafter be conveyed to
any county in this State for burial places, it shall be lawful for the
presiding officer of the county board, with the advice and consent of the
county board, to appoint three trustees to take charge and control of such
grounds.

(Source: P.A. 78-1128.)

55 ILCS 65/2

(55 ILCS 65/2) (from Ch. 21, par. 23)

Sec. 2.

It shall be the duty of such trustees, as soon as may be,
after their appointment, to hold a meeting and organize, by appointing
one of their number president, and another one of their number clerk,
whose duty it shall be to keep a record of all their official acts in a
book to be provided for that purpose, and the trustees shall also
appoint a treasurer, who may or may not be one of their number, who,
before entering upon the duties of his office, shall give bond, with
security, payable to the people of the State of Illinois, for the use
and benefit of the county in which the grounds are situated, in such sum
as the appointing authority may require for his approval for the
safe care and management of all the moneys which may come into his
possession as such treasurer.

(Source: P.A. 80-555.)

55 ILCS 65/3

(55 ILCS 65/3) (from Ch. 21, par. 24)

Sec. 3.

It shall be the duty of the treasurer to keep a correct account of
all moneys received and paid out by him, in a book to be provided for that
purpose, and to loan, at interest, on notes with approved security, all
amounts not necessary to be reserved for expenses, to keep the grounds in
good repair, under the direction of the trustees, and shall make settlement
with the trustees in January of each year, and the trustees or county board
may, at any other time, require the treasurer, as often as
they may deem best, to make full report, and for a failure to make
satisfactory report, may be discharged and some other shall be appointed in
his place, and suit shall be commenced on his bond, whenever deemed
necessary, for the safety of the funds that shall have been received by
him, in his official capacity.

(Source: P.A. 86-1028.)

55 ILCS 65/4

(55 ILCS 65/4) (from Ch. 21, par. 25)

Sec. 4.

The trustees provided for in this act may cause any such grounds to
be surveyed into lots, streets and alleys of such size and shape as they
think best for proper management thereof, and cause a plat of the survey to
be made and recorded in the recorder's office of the proper county, and may
also sell and make deeds of conveyance of any lots, or parts of lots, for
family or individual use for burials, at such price and such terms as they
may think best, to create a fund to keep the grounds in good repair, and
purchase, where necessary, additional grounds thereto, and any sale so made
shall vest the purchaser, or his legal representatives, with the right to
make any improvements on the parts so purchased, as he may desire, subject
to any general rules or regulations of the trustees. The trustees shall
also have the right to decide and direct the depth all graves shall be dug,
and to set apart any portion of the grounds for the burial of paupers.

(Source: Laws 1887, p. 97.)

55 ILCS 65/5

(55 ILCS 65/5) (from Ch. 21, par. 26)

Sec. 5.

Where any county board has heretofore appointed trustees to take
charge of county cemetery grounds, and such trustees have performed any
acts by virtue of their appointment, which would not be inconsistent with
the provisions of this law, such acts are hereby legalized, and the
treasurer and trustees so appointed shall be hereafter subject and governed
by the provisions of this act.

(Source: Laws 1887, p. 97.)

55 ILCS 65/6

(55 ILCS 65/6) (from Ch. 21, par. 27)

Sec. 6.

The presiding officer of the county board shall have the power to
remove from office any trustee appointed under this Act, and to fill all
vacancies which may in any way occur.

(Source: P.A. 78-1128.)

55 ILCS 65/7

(55 ILCS 65/7) (from Ch. 21, par. 28)

Sec. 7.

The compensation of the trustees and treasurer mentioned in the
foregoing Sections of this Act shall be fixed by the county boards of
the respective counties.

(Source: P.A. 86-1028.)

55 ILCS 65/8

(55 ILCS 65/8) (from Ch. 21, par. 28.1)

Sec. 8.

Purchases made pursuant to this Act shall be made in
compliance with the "Local Government Prompt Payment Act", approved by the
Eighty-fourth General Assembly.

(Source: P.A. 84-731.)