Page 3 Advertisements Column 3

Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5048, 18 March 1885, Page 3

Public Notifications THAMES COUNTY PUBLIC CEMETERIES. . IN accordance with tbo provisions of "The Cemeteries Act, ■ 1582," the following proposed Bye-Law is published for general information, and notice is hereby given that such proposed Bye* Law will be considered and passed by resolution at a Meeting of the Council of the County of Thames to be held on the Ist day of April next, at their Offices, Mary Btreet, Shortland. E. W. Holms, County Clerk. Thames, March 10th, 1885. BYE-LAW No. .; AH graves, shall be dug, filled in, and dressed by the Sexton or other servant of the Council appointed by them for such purpose. No grave shall be dug less than 6 feet deep, and no coffin snail be Jess than 3 feet below the eurface of the ground. ■ G-rav.es will be dug to a depth of 12 feet upon special application to, and the consent obtained of, the Council, and upon an extra payment of 2s 6d for each foot below the first 6 feet; _ ■ PUBLIC GRAVES giving NO rights to the ground, and in which any other bodies may be intened by tbe Council: | Adults Children over 12 under 12 • years of yeara of ■ • age. age. s. d. s. d. For diggisg grave 6 feet . deep... ... ... 15 0 10 0 For dressing grave twice after burial ... ... 2 6 3 6 For warrant and recording 10 10 18 6 13 6 PRIVATE GRAVE 3, giving to the owners the right in perpetuity to the ground, und exclusive right to bury therein : £ c. d. For a single section 4 X 8, as Bhown on plan ... ... 110 0 For ■ double seotion 8 X 8, us shown on p]an. ... ... 3 0 0 For three sections, equal to 12X8 as shown on plan „. ... 6 0 0 For four sections, equal to 16 X 8 as ebbwn on plan 10 0 0 For digging, dressing, and warrant each time the piivate grave is opened to receive interment, tiie same feo as charged for public graves. ■•■ FENOES,;STONIS, MONUMENTS. No fence, head stone, tombstone, or monument may be erected around or upon any public grave, and only upon or around any private grave, after a plan thereof has been submitted to and approved by the Council. All fences, headstones, tombstones, or monuments not maintained in substantial repair will be removed by the Council at the cost and risk of the owner of the private grave to which they belong. TRANSFER OF PRIVATE GRAVES. Any,purchaser, executor, or duly appointed attorney of any owner of a privaf ? grave, with exclusive right of burial in perpetuity therein, may transfer his or her or inch interest in the said private grave to any other person, upon satisfactory proof to tfee Council of having authority to. make such transfer, and upon payment to the Council of 10s 6d, and production of receipt for such private grave. LOST RECEIPTS FOR PRIVATE GRAVES. Duplica'o receipts for prifate graves will be granted to persons applying for same upon payment of a fee of 5s Register of Public and Private Groves in any of tbe Thames County Public Cemeteries, together with the plan ot such Cemetery, can be searched and inspected duting office hours upon payment of a fee of Is for eaok suoh search or inspection. All Fees and Chnrgos must be paid between the houra of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the office of the Council. Fees for interments mutt be paid by the undertaker or person conducting the funeral, and upon such fees being paid a i warrant authorising the Sexton to bury will be ! given, and such warrant must be given by the Undertaker, or person conducting tho funeral, to the Sexton, at bis residenoe, 6 working hours at least before the hour fixed for the funeral, except upon certificate from the Medical Officer to the Board of Health that immediate interment is necessary, in which caeo the Undertaker shall give personally to the Sexton the warrant for burial and such certificate within two hours after denfch of per* son to be interred. VAULTS. Vaults may tfe constructed within any section secured as a privato grave by tho owner thereof. Plans with description of such vaults shall bfl submitted to and approved by-t.he Council before construction. They shall bo lined throughout with brickwork or conorete, and covered in with brickwork, conorete, or stone act in cement. The entrance to a vault shall be either by a stone at top or by an iron door, securely fastoned. Coffins placed in vaults must be lined with lead or other approved material, and be firmly and securely soldered. Coffins may be laid in vaults, and covered in with concrete or cement. The escape of any noxious vapour must be prevented by the owner of tbe vault. All soil lemoved in excavating, and tbe refuse or overplus of material used in the construction of vaults must be deposited in euch place or placeß as may be pointed out by tho Sexton, and oil grass or paths injured made good by the owner of tho vault. For each interment in any vault the came fee shall be paid to tfce Council as for public graves, but the co3t of opening and closing the vault shall be borne by the owner thereof. • Vaults not maintained in good repair will be filled in and closed by the Council, and no further burials allowed therein* CERTIFICATES OF DEATH. Certificates of Death must be delivered to the Sexton by the Undertaker or other person conducting the funeral, before interment of tbo body, or the burial of the body will not bo permitted, and in the case.of a still-born child A certificate, as required by law, be furniabed to the Sexton, or the body will not be interred. Empire Hotel RESTAURANT, OWE^ STREET, G II A H A M S T O W N. npHEiE well known DINING ROOMS were RE-OPENED on SATUEJDAY, 14th EEBKUAKY. TERMS: Single Meals, Is, or 12 TioUels (in advance), 10». ..Soups, 3d; Joints and Vegetables, 6d; .Swoelfl and Puddings, 3d. CHARLES KALMAN PKOPRJKTOR. «72