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tion to be deprived of
his pew or sittings.
Trustees authorized to permit the erection of monuments with the previous
consent of the Governor.
Bodies not to be buried
within or near the church.
Trustees to collect all dues to the church and to
appropriate them in payment of salaries, repairs, &c.
ORDINANCE No. 2 OF 1847.
Church.
in all such cases it shall and may be lawful for the trustees to issue a monition to every such defaulter or offender, and in case such defaulter or offender shall not forthwith pay all such arrears or shall not amend and desist from the practice so complained of, it shall be lawful for the said trustees to convene a general meeting to whom it shall be competent to authorize the said trustees to declare such pew or sittings occupied by the party complained of to be vacant.
11. And it is further enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for the major part of the trustees, with the previous consent of the Governor and with his approval of any proposed epitaph or inscription, to permit any monuments to be erected or placed in such parts of the said church as they may deem convenient, upon payment to the said trustees for the use of the said church for such permission by the person or persons desiring to erect or place any monument in the said church, of such charges as are contained and set forth in the schedule hereunto annexed; and it shall be lawful for any person or persons erecting or placing any monument in the said church, by and with such permission as aforesaid, to have and maintain and keep up such monument according to the terms of such permission, to and for the sole and separate use of the said person or persons, and his or their heirs for ever.
12. Provided always and it is further enacted, that it shall not be lawful to bury any body within the said church or within the enclosed ground about the same.
13. And it is further enacted, that it shall be lawful for the trustees for the time being, or the major part of them, and they are hereby required, to collect and gather, or cause to be collected or gathered, all sums of money which shall be due for pews or sittings in the said church, and all subscriptions and donations thereunto, and all rents and revenues that may at any time arise out of any land or hereditaments belonging to the said church, and all fees or payments for monuments or vaults, and to apply for the said sums and to sue for the recovery of the same from all persons who shall fail or refuse to pay the same. And the said trustees shall, out of the said sums so received or recovered, regularly pay the salaries allotted to all lay persons holding any office in or about the said church, according to such rates and at such periods as shall be determined upon by the majority of the said trustees, and shall apply the surplus in such repairs and such improvements of the said church and premises as shall to them appear most expedient.