N.Y. Town Law § 294: Armed forces' burial plot

§ 294. Armed forces' burial plot. 1. The town board in each of the

towns of this state may upon the application in writing of any veteran

armed forces' association in the town, or upon a petition of any writing

of five or more veterans of the armed forces of the United States in

towns where no veteran armed forces organization exists, purchase or

provide an armed forces' plot in one or more cemeteries where no burial

plots are now owned by armed forces organizations, in which burial plots

deceased members of the armed forces of the United States may be

interred and, except in the county of Broome, may also provide for the

annual care of armed forces' burial plots in cemeteries, at the rate of

not to exceed twenty dollars for each grave of a member of the armed

forces in such burial plot or plots, and the expense shall be included

in the town expenses, assessed, levied and collected in the same manner

as other town expenses are levied and collected.

2. In the county of Broome, the board of supervisors shall provide for

the annual care of armed forces' burial plots, either heretofore or

hereafter established, in all cemeteries in such county, at the rate

aforesaid, and the expense thereof shall be a county charge audited,

assessed, levied and collected in the same manner as are other county

charges.