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Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5054, 25 March 1885, Page 3

Public Notifications THAMES COUNTY PUBLIC ■ CEMETERIES. IN accordance with the provisions • of"The Cemeteries Ac*", 1882," the following proposed Jjp-Lavv is published 1 for genoral information, ami notice is hereby given that such proposed Bye* Law will bo considcrod and passed by resolution at a Meeting of the Council of the County of Thaiqea to bo held on the Ist day of April mxt, at their Offices, Mary street, Shortland. E. W. Hollis, County Clerk. Thames, March 10th, 1885. BYE-LAW No. . /til graves shall be dug, filled in, and dregstd b» the Sexton or other servant of the OouDoil appointed by them for such purpose. No grave.ehail bs dug less than 6 feet deep, and no coffin shall be lees than 3 feet'below the "surface of the ground. Graves will be dug to a depth of 12 feet upon special application to, and tho. consent obtained of, tho Council, and upon au extra iitiymenfc of 2a 6d for each foc-b below the ar.it 6 feet; - PUBLIC GRAVES giving NO rights to the ground, and in which any other bodies may be interred by the Council: > . \ .. ' Adults Children over 12 under 12 years of years of age. apre. s. d. s. d. For digging, grave 6 feeb deep... ... ... 15 0 10 0 For diessing grave twice after burial .2 6 2 6 For warrant and recording 1 0 I^o „ 18 6 13 6 PRIVATE GRAVES, giving to the owners the right in perpetuity to tho ground, and exclusive right to bury-therein : - £ b. d. For a single section 4 X 8, as Bhown on plaa ...."'. ... 110 0 For doub'e section 8 X 8, aa shown on plan ... ... 3 0 0 For three sections, equal to 12><8 as shown on plan ... ... 6 0 0 For four sections, equal to 16 X 8. as shown on plan ... ... 10 0 0 For digging, dressing, and warrant each time the psivato grave is opened to receive interment, the B&tne fee aB charged for public graves. -?' • FENCES,'. STONES, MONUMENTS. No fence, head stone, tombstone, or monument may be frected around or upon any public grave, and only upon or around any private grave, after a plan thereof has been submitted to apd approved by the Council. All fences, headstones, tombstoneß,. 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 GRATES. ' Any purchaser, executor, or duly appointed attorney of any owner of a private grave, with exclusive right of burial in perpetuity therein, may transfer his or her or «uch interest in the said private grave to any other person, upon satisfactory proof to the Council of having authority to make Buch transfer, and upon payment to the Council.of 10a 6d, and production of receipt for such private grave. LOST RECEIPTS FOR PRIVATE GRAVES. Duplicate receipts for private graves will bo granted to persons applying for same upon payment of a fee of ss. Register of Public and Private Graves in any of the Thames County Public Cemeteries, together with the plan of such Cemetery, can be searched and inspected during office hours upon payment of a fee of'ls for eaoh suoh search or inspsction. AU Fees and Charges must be paid between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the office oJ the- Council. Fees for interments must be paid by the undertaker or person conducting the funeral, and upon such fees being paid a warrant authorising the Sexton to bury will be given, and Buch warrant must be given by the Undertaker, or person conducting the fuoeral, to the Sexton, at his residence, 6 working hours at least before the hour'fixed for the funeral, except upon certificate from tho Medical Officer to the Board of Health that immediate interment is. necessary, in which case the Undo? taker shall give personally to the Sexton the warrant for, burial and such certificate within two hours after death of person to be interred. VAULTS. . Vaults may be constructed within any section secured as a private grave by the owner thereof. Plans with description of such vaults shall be submitted to and approved by the Council before construction. They shall be lined throughout with brickwork or concrete, and covered in with brickwork, concrete, or etone set in cement. The entrance to a vault shall be either by a stone at top or by an iron door, securely fastened. Coffins placed in vaultß 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 of cape of any noiious vapour must be prevented by the owner of the vault. All soil semored in excavating, and the refuse or overplus of material used in the conetruction'of. vaults must be deposited in such place or places aa may be pointed out by the Sexton, and all grass or paths injured made good by the owner of tho vault. For each interment in any vault the same fee shall be pnid to the Council as for public graves, but the coat 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 the body, or the burial of the body will not be permitted, and in the cas9 of a still-bom child a certificate, as required by law, be furniabed to the Sexton, or the body will not be interred. General Notices | Empire Hotel , RESTAURANT, OWEN STEEETV. GEAHAMSTOWN, mHBSE well known DINING ROOMS were RE-OPENED on SATURDAY, 14th FEBRUARY. TERMS : Single Meals, Is, or 12 Tickets (in advance), 10s, Soupo, 3d; Joints andifevegetables, 6d; ' Sweets and Puddings, 3d. I CHARLES" KALMAN i PKOPRIETOK. 4172