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AN ORDINANCE TO A~RND SECTION 6-1 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY <br />OF PORTSMODTH, VIRGINIA, 1961, TO PROHIBIT THE BURIAL OF <br />THE REMAINS OF ANY PERSON IN MOUNT CALVARY CEMETERY AND <br />AJ)JOINING BURIAL GROUND AND IN MOUNT OLIVE CEMETERY. <br /> <br /> Be it ordained by the Council of the City of <br />Portsmouth, Virginia, that Section 6-1 of the Code of <br />the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1961, be amended and <br />reordained to read as follows: <br /> <br />Sec, 6-1. <br /> <br />Prohibiting burials except in <br />cemeteries; establishment and <br />enlargement of cemeteries. <br /> <br /> No person shall bury or cause to be <br />buried, without permission of the director <br />of public health, the remains of any person <br />in any private lot, or at any place within <br />the city except in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Oak <br />Grove Cemetery, Olive Branch Cemetery, Lincoln <br />Hemorial Park, Saint Paul Cemetery, Evergreen <br />Mmmorial Park, and the cemeteries on Paradise <br />Creek belonging to the congregations of Comley <br />Chesed Synagogue and Chevra Thilim Synagogue. <br />No cemetery shat1 hereafter be established or <br />enlarged in the city. <br /> <br /> -Adopted by the Council of the City o~ Portsnouth, <br />Virginia, at 'a meeting held April 28, 1964 <br /> <br />Teste: <br /> <br />City Clerk <br /> <br /> <br />