§ 1504. Cemetery board and general administration.\n (a) A cemetery board is hereby created within the division of\ncemeteries in the department of state, subject to the following\nrequirements: (1) The members of such board shall be the secretary of\nstate, the attorney general and the commissioner of health, who shall\nserve without additional compensation. (2) The secretary of state,\nattorney general and commissioner of health may each, by official order\nfiled in the office of his respective department and in the office of\nthe board, designate a deputy or other representative in his department\nto perform any or all of the duties under this section of the department\nhead making such designation, as may be provided in such order. Such\ndesignation shall be deemed temporary only and shall not affect the\ncivil service or retirement rights of any person so designated. Such\ndesignees shall serve without additional compensation. (3) The\nsecretary of state shall be chairman of such board, provided that in his\nabsence at any meeting of the board the attorney general or the\ncommissioner of health, in such order, if either or both be present,\nshall act as chairman. When designees of such officers, in the absence\nof all such officers, are present at any meeting of the board, the\ndesignee of the secretary of state, if present, and in his absence one\nof the other designees present, in the same order of preference as\nprovided for the officer appointing him, shall act as chairman. (4)\nTechnical, legal or other services shall be performed in so far as\npracticable by personnel of the departments of state, law and health\nwithout additional compensation but the board may employ and compensate\nwithin appropriations available therefor such assistants and employees\nas may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section and may\nprescribe their powers and duties. (5) Two members of the board shall\nconstitute a quorum to transact the business of the board at both\nregular and special meetings. (6) The board shall meet at least once a\nmonth, shall keep a record of all its proceedings and shall determine\nthe rules of its own proceedings. (7) Special meetings may be called\nby the chairman upon his initiative, and must be called by him upon\nreceipt of a written request therefor signed by another member of the\nboard. Written notice of the time and place of such special meeting\nshall be delivered to the office of each member of the board. (8) The\nboard shall have the duty of administering the provisions of this\nchapter which deal with cemetery corporations other than the cemeteries\nand cemetery corporations enumerated in section fifteen hundred three\nand shall have all the powers herein provided and such other powers and\nduties as may be otherwise prescribed by law.\n (b) Director of the division of cemeteries. The cemetery board shall\nappoint a director of the division of cemeteries who shall hold his\noffice for a term of six years. He shall receive an annual salary to be\nfixed by the board within the appropriations available to the board.\nSubject to the supervision, direction and control of the board, the\ndirector of the division of cemeteries shall be responsible for the\nadministration of this article and he shall exercise and perform such\nduties and functions of the board as it may assign or delegate to him\nfrom time to time.\n (c) Powers and duties of the cemetery board. With respect to any\ncemetery or cemetery corporation, the cemetery board shall have the\nfollowing duties and powers: (1) To adopt such reasonable rules and\nregulations as the cemetery board shall deem necessary for the proper\nadministration of this article. (2) To order any cemetery corporation\nto do such acts as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of\nthis article or any rule or regulation adopted by the cemetery board or\nto refrain from doing any act in violation thereof. (2-a) To ado
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