[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Smithfield 4-9-1968
(Ch. 9 of the 1985 Code of Ordinances). Amendments noted where applicable.]
No burial shall occur in any part of the Town, unless the burial ground
shall be first approved by the Town Council.
A.Â
No remains or cadavers of any persons buried within the
Town may be removed from a burial ground unless such removal is under the
direction of a qualified funeral director, with the approval of the nearest
of kin of the deceased and at the expense of the owner of such land.
B.Â
No cadaver or remains shall be removed as aforesaid unless
the owner of such land shall give notice by certified mail to the nearest
of kin known to him, and by advertising in one or more daily newspapers having
circulation within the Town at least once a week for three successive weeks.
In the event there shall be no nearest of kin known to such owner or that
the nearest of kin shall neglect or refuse to approve the removal and interment,
the public health officer shall cause the cadavers or remains to be removed,
transferred and interred in another cemetery in accordance with the laws,
rules and regulations of the religious denomination, if any shall be known
or ascertained, to which the deceased subscribed.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: State law references - Cemeteries, G.L. 1956, § 23-18-1
et seq.; Town regulation of burial grounds, G.L. 1956, § 23-18-10.
