0001|                               AN ACT
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0002| RELATING TO CEMETERIES; RAISING THE INTERMENT FEE.
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0004| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0005|      Section 1.  Section 24-13-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1939, Chapter
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0006| 224, Section 4, as amended) is amended to read:
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0007|      "24-13-4.  BURIAL AFTER INVESTIGATION--COST OF OPENING AND
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0008| CLOSING GRAVE.--The board of county commissioners after proper
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0009| investigation shall cause any deceased indigent to be decently
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0010| interred or cremated.  The cost of opening and closing a grave
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0011| shall not exceed six hundred dollars ($600), which sum shall be in
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0012| addition to the sums enumerated in Section 24-13-3 NMSA 1978."     
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