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FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE-SECOND CALLED SESSION. 151
which declaration it may file for record in the office of the
County Clerk of the county wherein the property is situated,
and from the date of such filing the same shall be constructive
notice of the use for which such property is intended. Such
property may also be acquired by condemnation proceedings
and the acquisition of such property is hereby declared to be
for a public purpose.
"Article 922. Dedication. Every cemetery association, from
time to time as its property may be required for interment
purposes, shall:
"(a) In case of land, survey and subdivide such land into
sections, blocks, lots, avenues, walks and/or other subdivisions;
make a good and substantial map or plat thereof showing said
sections, lots, avenues, walks and/or other subdivisions, with
descriptive names or numbers; and/or
"(b) In case of a mausoleum and/or crematory and columbarium,
it shall make a good and substantial map or plat thereof
on which shall be delineated the sections, halls, rooms, corridors,
elevators and/or other divisions thereof with their descriptive
names and numbers; and shall file such map or plat
in the office of the County Clerk of the county in which such
property or some part thereof is situated, and shall also file for
record in such county Clerk's office a written certificate or
declaration of dedication of the property delineated, on said
plat or map, dedicating the same excluisvely to cemetery purposes;
which certificate or declaration shall be in such form as
the directors or officers may prescribe, and shall be subscribed
by the president or vice president and the secretary of the association,
or such other person or persons as the board of directors
may authorize, and acknowledged so as to entitle it to
be recorded; and upon the filing of said plat and the filing of
said certificate for record, the dedication of said property shall
be complete for all the purposes of this Title, and thereafter
such property shall be held, occupied and used exclusively for a
cemetery and for cemetery purposes. Provided, however, that
when reservation is made therefor in the certificate or declaration
of dedication, any part or subdivision of the property so
mapped and platted may, by order of the directors, be resurveyed
and altered in shape and size and an amended map or
plat thereof filed, so long as such change does not disturb the
remains of any deceased person interred therein. Such filed
map and recorded declaration shall constitute and be constructive
notice to all persons of the dedication of such property to
interment purposes.
"It shall be the duty of the County Clerk of the county in
which such map is filed to number and file such map or plat
and to index the same in the general map index, giving reference
to date of filing and number so that the same may be
easily found, for which service the recorder shall receive a fee
of One Dollar ($1.00).
"It shall also be the duty of the County Clerk of the county
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1934-1935 [Volume 29], book, 1935; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17292/m1/161/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .