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Section 6 .36 No interment shall be permitted in any lot until such lot is fully paid for except as may be provided in the sales agreement . Section 6.37 The bodies of two or more persons shall not be interred in one grave unless approved by the City, except in the case of cremation, whereby up to six (6) persons can be buried in one grave . There will be charges required for each burial . Section 6 . 38 In making disinterments the City will exercise reasonable care but will not be liable for payment in connection with any injury to casket or burial case . Section 6 .39 In case of a lot owner' s death the rights of the surviving wife or husband and next of kin will be recognized in accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota insofar as it is able to ascertain who such parties are but the City will not be responsible for any errors which may be committed due to lack of adequate information. In the absence of an express direction by the owner of the lot or provision contained in a will the following will be recognized as having the right to direct interments herein: A. The original owner may at any time designate whom he/she wishes to have interred in the lot which may be recorded on the books of the cemetery and which will be recognized by the ■" City subject to right of interment upon the part of the surviving spouse . B. If no such designation is made the surviving husband or wife shall have the first right . C. Where there is not a surviving husband or wife, the heirs of the purchaser may by agreement in writing, determine who among them shall have the right of interment . D. In the event such original purchaser or his/her heirs shall not have arranged for future interments of the direct lineal heirs, then the direct lineal heirs of the purchaser or his/her spouse shall in the order of their death be entitled to interment thereon until the lot shall be filled. E . In case there are not lineal heirs then the nearest of kin to the owner and their respective spouses have the right to interment in order of their need. Section 6.40 No disinterments will be allowed except as provided by law, nor without the assent in writing of the surviving husband or wife or next of kin to the person whose body is to be disinterred or removed together with the written permit or order from the owner of the lot or his/her legal representative or person in control of such lot . City of Pequot Lakes Cemetery Ordinance page 3