359.28  Condemnation.

The township trustees are hereby empowered to condemn, or purchase and pay for out of the general fund, or the specific fund voted for such purpose, and enter upon and take, any lands within the territorial limits of such township for the use of cemeteries, a community center or juvenile playgrounds, in the same manner as is now provided for cities. However, the board of supervisors or a cemetery commission appointed by the board of supervisors shall control and maintain pioneer cemeteries as defined in section 331.325.

Section History: Early form

  [C97, § 585; S13, § 585; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 5558; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 359.28]

Section History: Recent form

  96 Acts, ch 1182, § 3

Footnotes

  Procedure, chapter 6B


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