9 P.S. § 45 Court of Quarter Sessions May, Upon Petition of Majority of Managers of Burial Grounds, In Certain Cases, Authorize Removal of the Dead Bodies

• Library: Pennsylvania Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.A. Acts 2023-27
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 9 P.S. § 45

Wherever, by virtue of any gift or grant from the commonwealth, any real estate in cities or boroughs is owned by any church or religious society, or is vested is trustees of, for or representing any church or religious society, for the purpose of a burial ground, or in trust for such purpose, the courts of quarter sessions of the several counties of this commonwealth, upon petition of a majority of the managers, officers or trustees of such church or society, or for the trustees in whom the legal title of such burial ground shall be vested, setting forth that any such burial ground has ceased to be used for interments, shall have and exercise the jurisdiction conferred upon them by the a...