Sections 306.76 to 306.85 apply to cemetery associations mentioned in section 306.76 maintaining those cemeteries in cities existing under a charter framed under the Minnesota Constitution. The governing body of a corporate public cemetery association wishing to avail itself of the benefits of sections 306.76 to 306.85 may do so by adoption of a resolution by a two-thirds vote of the governing board. Sections 306.76 to 306.85 do not apply to cemeteries established by religious corporations, nor to private cemetery associations.