The lienor or officer shall, out of the proceeds of the sale, pay the expenses thereof, and the expenses of the removal of the monument from the cemetery, not exceeding $10 if a gravestone only is removed and $50 if any other monument is removed, and shall retain out of such proceeds the amount due upon the judgment recovered in the action to enforce the lien. The residue, if any, shall be forthwith paid to the judgment debtor.

L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.