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New York · Through 2026-09-11

N.Y. Highway Law § 181: Laying out highways through burying-grounds

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  1. Highway Law
  2. Article 8. Town Highways

§ 181. Laying out highways through burying-grounds. No private road or

highway shall be laid out or constructed upon or through any

burying-ground, unless the remains therein contained are first carefully

removed, and properly reinterred in some other burying-ground, at the

expense of the persons desiring such road or highway, and pursuant to an

order of the county court of the county in which the same is situated,

obtained upon notice to such persons as the court may direct.

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