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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>62251</law_id><section_number>57-27</section_number><catch_line>City of Richmond may prohibit burials in certain cemeteries</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="57">Religious and Charitable Matters; Cemeteries</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3">Cemeteries</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The governing body of the City of Richmond may, by <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>, prohibit the burial of dead bodies in the cemeteries known as Ham&#x2019;s, Cedarwood, Methodist, Union Mechanics&#x2019;, Ebenezer, and Sycamore cemeteries, respectively, and may by such <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> provide for penalties for violations of the same by fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or imprisonment in jail not exceeding six months.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 57.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
