§ 38-56. Duty of sextons to inter; depth and spacing of graves.

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All sextons shall inter, within the shortest possible time, all deceased persons who may be conveyed to their respective cemeteries, in tombs or in graves to be dug not less than three feet in depth and at a distance of at least two feet from each other, according to such limitation as shall be described by the city surveyor, and in pursuance of such directions as they may receive from the director of the department of property management.

(Code 1956, § 13-21)

State law reference

Underground burials, depth, R.S. 8:902.

                    
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