Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1905-09-20 | Page 5 | Must File Their Plats

MUST FILE THEIR PLATS Cemeteries Ordered to Comply With WithLaw WithLaw Law and Protect the Public Following allowing complaint by several ci t Attorney Parley artey P Chr ChrIstensen has itus a communication to man managers mangers agers gers of the various cemeteries in Salt aIt Luke County directing them to tile file im Un immediately L mediately with the county recorder plats Mf wf their A law by bythe bythe the last legislature required cemeteries to file approved plat within six from th the date of the set net The tUne time Sunday Sunda It la Is understood no cemetery hits has yet et filed Its plat Unless prompt action i is taken Air Mr Christensen mi n will issue warrants warrant for the officers ot of the different cemeteries and wilt will prose them Under the old lave it was Impossible jor I or Uw the purchaser of M a cemetery lot toi te to ter r effect title tithe to it by a filing in the cour couri i 1 y recorders office because the county office had no plat of ef the cemetery Those who were u securing the tho pase passage g of ot the law hint spring pring urged aa as a for it a pine practice lice tice of reselling cemetery ry lot lots Cot were cited where bodies bode had b been ea re moe l to the potters Hitters field and the th lots resold In other ca cases it was said lots Iota wore ld and bodies interred in graves that th contained one body In nearly very case the owner of the lot was a M person pernon who had bed removed from the local r ty of the cemetery and was not there thee therefore fore in a position to care personally for fori forns i ns i property cemetery officers maintain that they lep accurate plats of their cemeteries t it Mr tr Christensen H I determined t force compliance with the law so that thata a purchaser of K a cemetery tot lot wilt Will be beible beable able ible to secure A perfect title to his propertY end and to punish all who may after tartt ird attempt to Interfere with it