It shall be the duty of any owner or owners of private cemeteries in cities wherein lots are sold for private or family burial purposes, to keep the same at all times enclosed with a fence with self locking gates of entrance and exit. Said fence and gates to be erected under the direction of the council of the city in which such cemetery may be located and of such a character and strength as to prevent the encroachment of live stock, within the bounds of said cemetery.
MCL 128.101