35-8-303. Body corporate; name and style; powers generally; rules and regulations of trustees.
Each district established is hereby declared to be a body corporate by the name and style of the .... cemetery district and the name therefor shall be entered upon the commissioners' records and shall be selected by the board of county commissioners of the county in which the greater area of land within the district is located. In the name so selected, the district may hold property and be a party to contracts, shall have power to sue and be sued, shall be empowered through its governing board to acquire real and personal property and equipment for cemetery purposes by gift, devise, bequest or purchase and to enter into contracts for the acquisition by purchase or lease of real and personal property and equipment; to convey, lease and otherwise dispose of its property for cemetery purposes and as a cemetery district, to establish sinking funds for said purposes; to issue bonds for the purchase of real property and improvements and equipment for the same, for cemetery purposes in the manner hereinafter provided, and the trustees thereof shall have power to make such rules and regulations as are necessary for the proper operation of the district and shall file them with the county clerk for each county in which the district is located.
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