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The law authorized nonprofit entities to establish cemeteries on rural land and sell burial plots, and it exempted from property taxation land that was so used. [3] A few rural cemeteries had been established in New York before the new law was passed (including Green-Wood Cemetery in 1838 and Albany Rural Cemetery in 1844), but the law's passage soon led to the establishment of more new ...
Protect Cemeteries Act; Long title: To amend the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to include the desecration of cemeteries among the many forms of violations of the right to religious freedom. Announced in: the 113th United States Congress: Sponsored by: Rep. Grace Meng (D, NY-6) Number of co-sponsors: 0: Citations; Public law
The Funeral Rule, enacted by the Federal Trade Commission on April 30, 1984, and amended effective 1994, is a U.S. federal regulation designed to protect consumers by requiring that they receive adequate information concerning the goods and services they may purchase from a funeral provider.
“Local ordinances and rules should be consulted to determine if this type of burial is permitted,” Florida’s Division of Funeral, Cemetery and Consumer Services note.
Additional cemeteries were set up after the United States Civil War by Edmund Burke Whitman. [7] Congress passed additional laws to establish and protect national cemeteries in 1867. [8] The National Cemetery Administration lists a total of 73 Civil War-Era National Cemeteries from 1861 to 1868. [9]
The Passage of the Private Cemeteries Act impacted the practice of archaeology and treatment of human remains in Minnesota in several ways. The Act: legislates the creation, recording, and transfer of private cemeteries, as well as the sale of burial plots within them; mandates state fiduciary responsibility for burial authentications;
Connecticut General Statutes: 1958: From the Code of 1650 to the Revision of 1958 (revised to January 1, 2017), 16 complete revisions have been done. From 1918 to 1972, revision updates were carried out by means of supplements. [2] General Statutes of Connecticut Delaware: Delaware Code: 1953: Delaware Code District of Columbia: Code of the ...
A natural cemetery, eco-cemetery, green cemetery or conservation cemetery, is a new style of cemetery as an area set aside for natural burials (with or without coffins). Natural burials are motivated by a desire to be environmentally conscious with the body rapidly decomposing and becoming part of the natural environment without incurring the ...