PART TWO: THE MUNICIPALITY

Where the size of the cemeteries permits, plots may be granted to persons wishing to use them for their own burial and that of their children or successors. The beneficiaries of the concession may build vaults, monuments and tombs on these plots. Spaces may also be granted for the deposit or interment of urns in the cemetery. The land required for the separations and passages established around the above-mentioned plot…

Municipalities may, but are not obliged to institute all of the categories listed below, grant in their cemeteries: 1° Temporary concessions for a maximum of fifteen years; 2° Thirty-year concessions; 3° Fifty-year concessions; 4° Perpetual concessions.

Concessions are granted in return for payment of a capital sum, the amount of which is set by the municipal council. Temporary concessions, thirty-year concessions and fifty-year concessions are renewable at the price of the tariff in force at the time of renewal. Failing payment of this new fee, the conceded plot reverts to the municipality. However, it may not be taken back by the commune until two years after…

Concessions may be converted into longer-term concessions. In this case, a sum equal to the value represented by the converted concession, taking into account the time remaining until its expiry, is deducted from the conversion price.

When, after a period of thirty years, a plot has ceased to be maintained, the mayor may declare this state of abandonment by means of a report brought to the attention of the public and the families. If, one year after this duly carried out publicity, the plot is still in a state of abandonment, the mayor has the option of referring the matter to the municipal council, which is…

A decree in the Council of State sets out: 1° The conditions under which the reports establishing the state of abandonment are drawn up; 2° The methods of publicity that must be used to bring the reports to the attention of the families and the public; 3° The measures to be taken by the communes to preserve the names of the persons buried in the plot and the reburial or…