Opinion No.
Oklahoma Attorney General Reports
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION — AG — ** EXHUME — CASH BOND — MUNICIPAL CEMETERY BOARD ** (1) A LOCAL CEMETERY BOARD OF TRUSTEES, UNDER 11 O.S. 26-107 [11-26-107], HAS THE POWER TO ESTABLISH REASONABLE RULES AND REGULATIONS AS TO THE TIME AND MANNER OF REMOVAL OR REPLACEMENT OF A BODY IN ITS CEMETERY, BUT DOES `NOT' HAVE THE POWER TO GRANT THE RIGHT TO SO REMOVE OR REPLACE AS THAT POWER RESIDES WITH THE STATE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH UNDER 63 O.S. 1-319 [63-1-319](E), AND SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS MAY NOT CIRCUMVENT THE POWER OF THE COMMISSIONER TO GRANT THE RIGHT TO DISINTER. (2) THE MUNICIPAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State ex rel. Owens v. Trustees of Section 29Ohio Supreme Court · 1841