Statute · New York Highway Law
N.Y. High. Law § 181 — Laying out highways through burying-grounds
N.Y. High. Law § 181
- Type
- Statute
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- New York Highway Law
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- New York
- Current through
- Nov 5, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 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…
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N.Y. High. Law § 181 — Laying out highways through burying-grounds is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 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.