Pennsylvania Act 1913-362 — PERSONS BURIED, INFORMATION RECORDED IN FIRST CLASS CITIES

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PERSONS BURIED, INFORMATION RECORDED IN FIRST CLASS CITIES
                 Act of Jun. 25, 1913, P.L. 564, No. 362              Cl. 11
                                  AN ACT

     Requiring burial-ground and cemetery companies or associations,
        in the cities of the first class, to record certain
        information relating to the burial of every person therein,
        and providing a penalty.

        Whereas, Owing to the loose and inefficient methods of
     listing and indexing now employed by many burial-ground and
     cemetery companies and associations in the cities of the first
     class, it has become exceedingly difficult, and at times
     impossible, to discover the location of certain graves, or even
     to find a record of names of persons known to be buried therein;
     therefore,--
        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That every burial-ground or
     cemetery company or association, in the cities of the first
     class, shall keep a complete list of the names of every person
     buried in such burial-ground or cemetery, arranged
     alphabetically; with the date of burial, the exact location of
     the grave, and the number and owner of the lot in which the
     grave is situated. This shall be accomplished by means of a
     card-index, or other system, in such a way that knowledge of the
     name of a person, or of the lot in which he or she is buried, or
     of the date of burial, will furnish a ready reference to the
     complete record.
        Section 2.  Within two years after the passage of this act,
     every burial-ground or cemetery company or association, in the
     cities of the first class, shall have on file, for the
     inspection of all persons having an interest therein, a complete
     record, if such information is obtainable, of all past burials
     made in such burial-ground or cemetery, arranged in conformity
     with the requirements of section one of this act.
        Section 3.  Every person, firm, or corporation violating any
     of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
     and upon conviction shall be sentenced to pay a fine not
     exceeding one hundred dollars.