Section 451. Acquisition of lands for cemetery purposes in certain counties


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  • It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  to take by deed, devise or
      otherwise or set apart or use any land or ground in any of the  counties
      of  Westchester,  Kings,  Queens,  Richmond,  Bronx, New York, Rockland,
      Suffolk, Putnam or Nassau, for cemetery purposes without the consent  of
      the  board of supervisors for such county, or of the city council of the
      city of New York, as the case may be, first had  and  obtained  in  like
      manner  as  provided  for  in  the membership corporations law; and said
      board of supervisors or city council in granting such consent may  annex
      thereto  such conditions, regulations and restrictions as such board may
      deem the public health or the public good require.