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AN ORDINA/~CE TO ANEND 'I'H~ OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 1961, BY ADDING THERETO A NEW SECTION Nb~ERED 6-39 RELkTING TO PERPETUAL CARE IN OLIVE BRANCH ANN~ CEMETERY. Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1961, be amended by adding there- to a new section numbered 6-39 to read as follows: Sec. 6-39. Perpetual care in Olive Branch Annex Cemetery. No person shall bury or cause to be buried the remains of any person in any lot or section of Olive Branch Annex Cemetery unless and until the owner thereof shall pay into the treasury of the city a sum equal to thirty cents for each square foot of area contained in such lot or section, which payment will provide for perpetual care for such lot or section. In consideration of this payment, the city shall assume the perpetual care of the lot or section of such owner and be obliged perpetually to keep the lot or section in good order, free from weeds and undergrowth and properly turfed, and the monuments or stones upright so long as the same continue intact. The person in charge of perpetual care for city cemeteries shall, in a suitable book to be provided and kept for the purpose, make a comprehensive record of all sections in said cemetery which are placed under the perpetual care of the city. Payments shall be made to the city treasurer in the following manner: Application for placing a section in perpetual care shall first be made in writing to the person in charge. The person in charge will fill out blanks to be furnished by the city manager containing notices to the city auditor and the city treasurer and a form of receipt on each of which the person in charge shall show the name of party in which the lot or section stands and the location of same. The receipt furnished shall be signed by the city treasurer and the city treasurer shall, upon a form prescribed by the city manager, notify the person in charge of the cemetery and the city auditor that payment has been received for the perpetual care of the lot or section mentioned. Each of such forms shall bear the same index number. All sums so paid into the treasury shall be segregated from other revenues of the city, and invested as provided in section 6-6. Adopted by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia~ at a meeting held September 89 1964~ Tests: City Clerk