Pennsylvania Statutes Title 9 P.S. Burial Grounds § 51. Removal of remains from burial grounds unsuitable for interment; petition; jurisdiction of quarter sessions; notice of petition

Whenever any private burial ground by reason of the drilling of oil wells, or the opening of mines or quarries in the vicinity thereof, or from any other cause, has become or shall hereafter become unsightly and an unsuitable place for the repose of the dead, the court of quarter sessions of the county in which such burial ground is situated, on petition of the trustee or trustees having charge thereof, or of any person having a relative buried therein, shall have jurisdiction and power to authorize and direct the removal of the remains of all dead from such private burial ground to such other suitable ground as shall be provided by the petitioner or petitioners for the reinterment of the bodies. Notice of the presentation of a petition for any such order of removal and reinterment shall be given by advertisement, once a week for a period of three (3) weeks, in at least one newspaper of general circulation published in the county, and in such other manner as the court may direct.