Missouri § 214.240 - City may provide and enforce rules and regulations.
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§ 214.240. City may provide and enforce rules and regulations.
Such cemetery lands and premises so acquired or the majority control of which may be acquired, shall by the city be kept and used for park purposes as a park for rest and contemplation and as may be reasonably consistent with reverent respect for the last resting places of the dead. The city may by ordinance provide and enforce rules, regulations and reasonable restrictions upon the uses thereof for such park purposes.
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(RSMo 1939 § 15285)
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Section 214.240 ("City may provide and enforce rules and regulations.") is part of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, the codified statutory law of Missouri. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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