46-6. Possession, Control and Maintenance.

The Board of Commissioners shall assume possession and control of all cemeteries identified as abandoned public cemeteries in the list prepared and maintained pursuant to § 46-5 above or which are found by the Board to be abandoned public cemeteries pursuant to an application filed in accordance with § 46-7 below. The Board of Commissioners shall cause to be taken all appropriate actions to care for and maintain all abandoned public cemeteries for which possession and control is assumed pursuant to this Part 1, shall see that their boundaries and lines are clearly laid out, defined and marked, and shall take proper steps to preserve them from encroachment. Upon the assumption of possession and control of an abandoned public cemetery by the Board of Commissioners, no further burials shall be allowed in such cemetery.