The cemetery maintenance board or other officers of the district, shall have no power to incur any debt or liability whatever, either by issuing bonds or otherwise, in excess of the express provisions of this chapter; and any debt or liability incurred in excess of such provisions shall be and remain absolutely void. However, the board of any district shall have authority to incur indebtedness for the sole purpose of purchasing burial ground, which indebtedness shall not exceed a term of ten (10) years.