Section 8-1.5. Trusts for cemetery purposes  


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  • Dispositions  of  property  in  trust for the purpose of the perpetual
      care, maintenance, improvement or embellishment of cemeteries or private
      burial lots in cemeteries,  and  the  roadways,  lawns,  hedges,  walks,
      fences,  monuments,  structures  and tombs in such cemeteries or on such
      private burial lots  are  permitted  and  shall  be  deemed  to  be  for
      charitable and benevolent purposes. Such dispositions are not invalid by
      reason of any indefiniteness or uncertainty of the persons designated as
      beneficiaries,  nor shall they be invalid as violating any existing rule
      against perpetuities. Nothing herein contained shall affect any existing
      authority of the courts to determine the reasonableness of the amount of
      such disposition. Any cemetery association may act  as  trustee  of  and
      execute  any  such  trust with respect to lots, roadways, lawns, hedges,
      walks, fences, monuments, structures  and  tombs  both  within  its  own
      cemetery limits and outside of any cemetery under its control but within
      the  county where such cemetery is located, whether or not such power is
      included among its corporate powers.