55 ILCS 5/5-28006
The directors shall, immediately after appointment, meet and organize, by the election of one of their number as president and one as secretary. They shall make and adopt such by-laws, rules and regulations for their own guidance and for the government of the soldiers' and sailors' burial grounds of the county and auxiliary institutions and activities connected therewith, as may be expedient and not inconsistent with this Division. They shall have the exclusive control of the expenditure of all moneys appropriated from the Soldiers' and Sailors' Burial Fund, and of the laying out of sites for burial purposes, the construction of any cemetery buildings, or other necessary auxiliary institutions and of the activities in connection therewith, and of the supervision, care, and custody of the grounds and buildings. The board of directors shall have the power to purchase or lease ground within the limit of the county, and to occupy, lease or erect appropriate cemetery buildings or other buildings, by and with the approval of the county board. No cemetery site shall be purchased or leased, however, until detailed plans therefor have been submitted to the county board and have been approved by them. The board of directors shall have the power to appoint suitable superintendents, care-takers and all necessary assistants, and to fix their compensation, and shall also have the power to remove such appointees.
55 ILCS 5/5-28006