Old cemeteries should be left unmolested in my opinion. Down south while on maneuvers, we'd run into small family plots that were often fenced off in the middle of nowhere. The Chessman Park was once a cemetery, bodies are still there as it became a real fiasco in moving them to the historic Riverside Cemetery. Cemeteries and especially Native American burial sites should be left alone, once that land is consecrated as a place of final rest, leave it alone. 


I understand land is valuable, but it doesn't supersede the solemnity of a final resting place in my opinion. There was an old Masonic cemetery in the Highland neighborhood, nobody knows what happened to the many interred there as they built over it. Sad. There should almost be a blanket law where an extreme need be shown prior to seeking exemption in disturbing a cemetery; where money, convenience, or future development,  isn't one of the considerations.  


Do away with setting aside land for cemeteries, but leave graves alone!