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 Richmond
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 7. CEMETERIES
 Article II. CITY'S CEMETERIES

  § 7-55. Reservation and maintenance of certain land in Riverview Cemetery for certain interments.  

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  • (a)

    The land in Riverview Cemetery assigned and set apart for the use of Fitzhugh Lee Camp of Spanish-American War Veterans shall be reserved, used and maintained for the interment of veterans of the Spanish-American War, who have no other place of interment, and the Director is authorized and directed to make provision for the perpetual care thereof.

    (b)

    The land in Riverview Cemetery assigned and set apart for the use of the Richmond Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy shall be reserved, used and maintained for the interment of destitute Confederate women, and the Director is authorized and directed to make provision for the perpetual care thereof.

    (c)

    The land in Riverview Cemetery assigned and set apart for the use of Post No. 1 of the American Legion shall be reserved, used and maintained for the interment of destitute members of the Armed Forces of the United States, and the Director is authorized and directed to make provision for the perpetual care thereof.

    (d)

    The land in Riverview Cemetery assigned and set apart for the use of the Home for Needy Confederate Women shall be reserved, used and maintained for the interment of the residents of the home, who die in such institution, and the Director is authorized and directed to make provision for the perpetual care thereof.

    (e)

    The land in Riverview Cemetery assigned and set apart for the use of the Virginia Home shall be reserved, used and maintained for the interment of the residents of the home, who die in such institution, and the Director is authorized and directed to make provision for the perpetual care thereof.

    (f)

    The Director is authorized and directed to continue to make provision for the perpetual care of the land in Riverview Cemetery in which the remains of Humphrey Calder are interred.

    (g)

    The Director is authorized and directed to continue to make provision for the perpetual care of the land in Riverview Cemetery, the burial rights in which have been acquired by Richmond Lodge No. 45, Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the City.

    (h)

    The land in Riverview Cemetery assigned and set apart for the use of the Service Legion of the City shall be reserved, used and maintained for the interment of veterans of World War I, who may have no other place of interment, and the Director is authorized and directed to make provision for the perpetual care thereof.

    (Code 1993, § 7-35; Code 2004, § 22-68)

(Code 1993, § 7-35; Code 2004, § 22-68)