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Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1886, 7 August 1884, Page 3

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HAMILTON ' ' PUBLIC CEMETERIES. Trustees : The Mayor, Councillors' and Burgesses of the Borough or Hamilton. In accordance with Section 46 of " The Cemeteries Act, 1882," the following proposed Bye-law No. 6 is published for general information, and public notice ia heieby given that the above-mentioned Bye-law will be considered at a special meeting of the trustees of the Hamilton Public <Jemeteiie3 on Friday, the 15th of August, 1884. Bye-law No. 6. For Hamilton East and West Public Cemeteries. All graves shall be opened, filled in, ond dressed by the sexton appointed for that purpose. No grave shall be dug less than 6ft. deep, and no coffin shall be buried less than three feet below the surface of the ground. Graves shall be sunk to a depth of twelve teet or less by permission of the trustees, and must be paid for at the rate of two shillings and sixpence for each foot below the regulation depth, viz : six feet. Public Graves. No rights or pi h ileges are allowed in these graves, and any bodies other than fiiends or relatives may herein be interred by the trustees, for which the following fees will be charged : — Children Adults over under 12 12 year I*.1 *. years. s. d s. d. For digging grave 6 feet deep .70 10 0 For dressing grave twice m six months after burial, it required .26 26 Warrant tor recoulmg buual 10 10 10 6 13 6 Private GravesAll lights and piivileges are given to the owners in perpetuity to these graves and grounds, with exclusive light to bury therein. £ s. d. For single plot as per plan 10x4 1 10 0 For double plot as per plan 10x8 2 10 0 For three plots as per plan 10 xl 2 3 10 0 For four plots as per plan 10x16 4 10 0 For opening grave, dressing, and registration, each time the private graves are opened for interment the same fee as charged for public graves as before specified. Monuments, Tombstones, and Fences of Graves. No monument, headstone, tombstone or fence shall be erected around or upon any grave, either public or private, until a plan has been submitted to and approved by the Cemeteries Trustees, and all fences, memorials, &c. not maintained in decent repair will be removed by the Trustees at the cost and risk of those concerned. Private Plots for Graves may be Transferred. Any purchaser, executor or duly appointed attorney, of any owner of private grave with exclusive right of burial in perpetuity therein, may transfer their interest in the said private grave to any other person upon satisfactory proof to the Trustees of having proper authority to make such transfer, and upon production of receipt for such private grave. Loss of Original Receipt given for Private Graves. Duplicate receipts for private graves will be issued to persons having the proper authority on application and payment of a fee of ss. The Register of public and private graves in the Hamilton cemeteries, together with the plan of the burial grounds, may be searched or inspected upon payment of a fee of one shilling. All fees and charges must be paid to the Secretary of the Trustees by the person undertaking the funeral or interment, and upon such fees being paid, a warrant, authorising the sexton to bury, will be gi\en, and such warrant must be delivered to the sexton six working hours, at least, before the hour fixed for the funeral, except in cases of emergency, and then upon certificate from a medical officer.

Vaults. Vaults may be coustructed within any section secured as a private grave by the owner thereof, but plans must be submitted to and approved of by the Cemeteries Trustees before construction^ They must be lined throughout in brick or concrete, and the entrance securely fastened. Coffin 3 placed with vaults must be lined with lead or approved material, secmely close to prevent noxious vapours escaping, and creating a nuisance. The fees for interment in any vault the same as for other occasions, but the cost of opening and closing the vault shall be borne by the owner thereof. All vaults in the public cemeteries not maintained in proper and good repair will be closed by . the Trustees, and no further burials shall be allowed therein. Certificates of .death must m all cases be delivered to the sexton by the person responsible, or the burial will not be permitted, and the orders for interment must be lodged with the sexton at least six working hours prior to the hour fixed for the funeral, otherwise a charge of 5s extra will be charged. The following particulars must accompany the order : — Name of deceased, age, denomination, No. of plot chosen, date and hour of funeral, officiating minister.

Offences. , Every person who wantonly or wilfully destroys, or does, or causes to be done any damage to, any memorial, fence, or other erection, or to any plant, tree, or flower-bed within any of the Hamilton cemeteries, or to the fences thereof, ■ or wilfully disturbs any persons assembled . for the purpose x>f burying the dead shall, upon conpiction thereof, be liable , . for every such offence to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds (£2O) or to im- > prisonment for any period not exceeding three months. , The owner of cattle, horses, "swine or. goats, which shall be found trespassing : in any of the Hamilton Cemeteries, shall, j for every such offence be liable to a penalty of not less than one ponnd (£1), . nor more than five pounds (£5) in respect s of every head of cattle, horsea, swine or] . goats so found trespassing without proof; of special damage and notwithstanding! 3 that actual damage cannot be proved or, shown. . I J. M. GELLING, ; ' Secretary Hamilton Cemeteries Trust. 1 ' - Hamilton, 6th August, 1884.

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