214.240. Such cemetery lands and premises so acquired or the majority control of which may be acquired, shall by the city be kept and used for park purposes as a park for rest and contemplation and as may be reasonably consistent with reverent respect for the last resting places of the dead. The city may by ordinance provide and enforce rules, regulations and reasonable restrictions upon the uses thereof for such park purposes.
(RSMo 1939 § 15285)
Missouri General Assembly