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3. A register shall be kept by the person or persons in charge of Registers each cemetery, and the date of burial, naine, sex and age of each to be kept. person shall be entered therein against the number of the grave in which the corpse is interred. Such register shall be open to inspection by any member of the public at any reasonable hour.
4. Each grave shall be dug to a depth of at least 5 feet, with the Depth of exception of the graves of children under 10 years of age which need graves. not exceed 4 feet in depth.
a grave.
5. Except in the cases hereinafter specified only one corpse shall Number of be placed in one grave. Exceptions: (A) In the case of the interment corpses of children under 10 years of age more than one corpse may be interred allowed in in one grave, provided the top of the uppermost coffin is at least 30 inches below the ground surface; (B) More than one member of the same family may be interred in one grave, provided the top of the uppermost coffin is at least 30 inches below the ground surface.
6. The interspace between any two coffins (except when buried Interspace in a single grave under by-law 5) at any point shall be at least 18 between inches.
coffins.
7. Each grave shall be properly covered with turf or such other Graves to material as may be approved by the Council, within 12 months be covered
with turf of the grave being filled in.
or other material.
8. Except for the purpose of a further interment under by-law 5, Reopening no grave may be re-opened after a corpse has been interred therein of graves. without the written permission of the Council or an order of a magistrate.
9. Any person proposing to inter a corpse shall give not less than Inspector of two hours' notice to the Inspector of Cemeteries of the hour and cemeteries cemetery at which it is proposed that such interment shall take place. to be given
two hours notice of burial.
10. (1) The fees to be charged in the Colonial Cemetery shall be Fees. as follows:
For each grave space of 15 square feet
Grave digging
Exhumation of corpse..
Exceptions.
For each grave space for children under 10 years
of age...
Grave digging
Second burial in the same grave
Pauper interment
Monuments.
$10.00
1.00
5.00
5.00
1.00
free
free
A monument over any grave space or any enclosure of a grave space not occupying more than 15 square feet
free
(2) No monument over a grave space or enclosure of the surface of a grave space occupying more than 15 square feet shall be erected or made without permission of the Council which may, if it thinks fit, grant such permission upon payment of a fee of $2 for each square foot to be occupied by the monument or enclosure in excess of 15 square feet.
for certain
11.-(1) There shall be set aside special sections in the Colonial Special Cemetery for the burial of Naval and Military commissioned officers, sections of civil servants, residents of more than 20 years' standing, residents of cemeteries more than 7 years' standing, children and destitutes. The Chairman classes. of the Council or in his absence the Vice-Chairman may, however, grant permission for the interment of any person in any of the above mentioned sections. A map of the Cemetery showing the above sections shall be kept in the office of the Council and be available for inspection by any member of the public.