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The City shall under no circumstances be held liable in case of disinterment or removal where it acts upon the written order of such persons . The City shall have the right to refuse to permit disinterment while the payments for the cemetery lot have not been completed or are in default . Section 6 .41 The City Clerk must be notified before any monument is set . Non-compliance is subject to a fine. Section 6.42 All monument and markers placed in the cemetery shall be of bronze, granite or marble and no vertical joints therein will be permitted. All foundation for monuments and other structures must be of sufficient depth and stability to support the proposed structure, and no structure may be erected until the foundation has been approved by the Maintenance Supervisor or when any marker, monument or other structure to be erected in the cemetery requires, in the opinion of the Maintenance Supervisor foundation to support it properly, such foundations shall be installed under the direction of the Maintenance Supervisor at a proper depth and strength to support the proposed structure at the expense of the person erecting the structure . Section 6.43 Emblems or flag holders furnished by the Veterans shall be placed flush with the ground, the locations of which shall be directed by the Maintenance Supervisor. Section 6 .44 No seats, fences, separate vases, urns or other memorials other than the markers herein, will be permitted. Section 6 .45 No planting of any kind in any section of the cemetery is permitted, other than by the Maintenance Supervisor. Section 6 .46 Glass containers, of ALL kinds, and cans are prohibited on graves . If placed thereon they will be removed by the Maintenance Supervisor. Metal vases, approved by the Maintenance Supervisor, are allowed on the grave lot only. The City will not be responsible for brass vases not removed or tipped before snow covers them. Section 6 .47 Flowers, wreaths or funeral designs will be permitted on the grave lot only. Potted plants must NOT be sunk in the ground. No copings around graves will be permitted. Section 6 .48 The Maintenance Supervisor is authorized to remove all decorations including flowers, pots, wires and artificial flowers as they become unsightly or uncared for or that have not been removed by October 1st . Section 6.49 Flags for graves of Veterans and other organizations will be permitted two weeks before and two weeks following Memorial Day and Veteran' s Day. Section 6 .50 No person shall discharge any firearm or have possession of any firearms within the cemetery grounds, except in case of military funeral and on Memorial Day without the written consent of the City Council . City of Pequot Lakes Cemetery Ordinance page 4