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Sec. 402. Fees for digging graves.

For digging a grave for a person fourteen years of age and
over the fee shall be five dollars; and for graves for persons under


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fourteen years of age the fee shall be three dollars which fees shall
be paid in advance unless guaranteed by some responsible person,
and every grave shall be not less than five feet in depth. No
interment shall be made which shall disturb the remains of the
dead, or which shall displace or injure any monument or stone
placed over a grave.