Subdivision 1. County powers; soldiers’ rest.

A county board may purchase a plot of ground in any duly organized cemetery lying, in whole or part, in the county, or in a contiguous county, to be designated and used exclusively as a soldiers’ rest. The county may appropriate money for its cost, embellishment, and upkeep, and for the opening and the closing of graves in it.

Subd. 2.Veteran may run.

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Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 375.36

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization

The board may use the portion of the appropriation as it deems necessary for compensation and expenses of an agent, who shall be a veteran, to care for the burial ground and to issue permits for burial in it.

Subd. 3.Except Ramsey County.

This section does not apply to Ramsey County.