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908

Re-opening of grave.

Fees for

grave-spaces

and interments.

No. 10. THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1901

16. No grave may be re-opened after a corpse has been interred therein, without the written permission of the Medical Officer of Health or other officer duly appointed by the Board for that purpose.

17. The following fees will be charged for each grave-space and interments in the various sections of the cemeteries.

Section A. Free.

Do. B. $1 and a dollar

Do. C. $2

Do. D. $10

Do. E. $15

Fifty cents for digging, filling in, and covering each grave.

for digging, filling in, and covering each grave.

Keeping of register.

Form No. 1.

Application for registra-tion.

Form No. 2.

Inspection of house by Board,

Conditions of registration.

Registration.

PART V.

COMMON LODGING-HOUSES

1. A register of all common lodging-houses shall be kept by the Registrar General in accordance with the Form No. 1 appended to these By-Laws.

2. Before a house can be registered as a common lodging-house, an application must be made to the Registrar General, in accordance with the Form No. 2 appended to these By-Laws, setting forth the situation of the house, the number of the rooms to be set apart for lodgers, and the cubic capacity of each room so set apart, and for this purpose the schedule or form will be furnished by the Registrar General.

3. The Registrar General shall transmit each application for the registration of a house as a common lodging-house to the Board, and the Board shall then cause the house specified in such application to be inspected by one or more of its officers, who shall submit a report to the Board on the sanitary condition of such house and its suitability for use as a common lodging-house.

4.-(1.) Any house to be registered as a common lodging-house must be substantially built and in a good state of repair, the floors must be paved with tiles or cement concrete or with lime concrete rendered with one inch of Portland cement or boarded with planks close-jointed, and all the rooms which are to be used as sleeping rooms must be on all sides above the level of the ground immediately surrounding the house.

(2.) The house-drains must be in good order and constructed in accordance with the By-Laws regulating house drainage, there must be adequate kitchen, ablution, privy, urinal, and ash-bin accommodation, to the satisfaction of the Board; and, except when the supply of water is constant, there must be a proper cistern for the storage of water.

5. When the Board is satisfied that a house sought to be registered as a common lodging-house is suitable for such a purpose, it shall inform the Registrar General accordingly, who may then register such house as a common lodging-house.

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908 Re-opening of grave. Fees for grave-spaces and interments. No. 10. THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1901 16. No grave may be re-opened after a corpse has been interred therein, without the written permission of the Medical Officer of Health or other officer duly appointed by the Board for that purpose. 17. The following fees will be charged for each grave-space and interments in the various sections of the cemeteries. Section A. Free. Do. B. $1 and a dollar Do. C. $2 Do. D. $10 Do. E. $15 Fifty cents for digging, filling in, and covering each grave. for digging, filling in, and covering each grave. Keeping of register. Form No. 1. Application for registra-tion. Form No. 2. Inspection of house by Board, Conditions of registration. Registration. PART V. COMMON LODGING-HOUSES 1. A register of all common lodging-houses shall be kept by the Registrar General in accordance with the Form No. 1 appended to these By-Laws. 2. Before a house can be registered as a common lodging-house, an application must be made to the Registrar General, in accordance with the Form No. 2 appended to these By-Laws, setting forth the situation of the house, the number of the rooms to be set apart for lodgers, and the cubic capacity of each room so set apart, and for this purpose the schedule or form will be furnished by the Registrar General. 3. The Registrar General shall transmit each application for the registration of a house as a common lodging-house to the Board, and the Board shall then cause the house specified in such application to be inspected by one or more of its officers, who shall submit a report to the Board on the sanitary condition of such house and its suitability for use as a common lodging-house. 4.-(1.) Any house to be registered as a common lodging-house must be substantially built and in a good state of repair, the floors must be paved with tiles or cement concrete or with lime concrete rendered with one inch of Portland cement or boarded with planks close-jointed, and all the rooms which are to be used as sleeping rooms must be on all sides above the level of the ground immediately surrounding the house. (2.) The house-drains must be in good order and constructed in accordance with the By-Laws regulating house drainage, there must be adequate kitchen, ablution, privy, urinal, and ash-bin accommodation, to the satisfaction of the Board; and, except when the supply of water is constant, there must be a proper cistern for the storage of water. 5. When the Board is satisfied that a house sought to be registered as a common lodging-house is suitable for such a purpose, it shall inform the Registrar General accordingly, who may then register such house as a common lodging-house.
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908 Re-opening of grave. Fees for grave-spaces and interments. No. 10. THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1901 16. No grave may be re-opened after a corpse has been interred therein, without the written permission of the Medical Officer of Health or other officer duly appointed by the Board for that purpose. 17. The following fees will be charged for each grave-space and intermenta in the various sections of the cemeteries. Section A. Free. Do. B. $1 and a dollar Do. C. $ 2 do. Do. D. $ 10 do. Do. E. $ 15 do. Fifty cents for digging, filling in, and covering each grave. for digging, filling in, and covering each grave. Keeping of register. Form No. 1. Application for registra- tion. Form No. 2. Inspection of house by Board, Conditions of registration. Registration. PART V. COMMON LODGING-HOUSES 1. A register of all common lodging-houses shall be kept by the Registrar General in accordance with the Form No. 1 appended to these By-Laws. 2. Before a house can be registered as a common lodging-house, an appli- cation must be made to the Registrar General, in accordance with the Form No. 2 appended to these By-Laws, setting forth the situation of the house, the number of the rooms to be set apart for lodgers, and the cubic capacity of each room so set apart, and for this purpose the schedule or form will be furnished by the Registrar General. 3. The Registrar General shall transmit each application for the registra tion of a house as a common lodging-house to the Board, and the Board shall then cause the house specified in such application to be inspected by one or more of its officers, who shall submit a report to the Board on the sanitary condition of such house and its suitability for use as a common lodging-house. 4.-(1.) Any house to be registered as a common lodging-house must be substantially built and in a good state of repair, the floors must be paved with tiles or cement concrete or with lime concrete rendered with one inch of Portland cement or boarded with planks close-jointed, and all the rooms which are to be used as sleeping rooms must be on all sides above the level of the ground immediately surrounding the house. (2.) The house-drains must be in good order and constructed in accordance with the By-Laws regulating house drainage, there must be adequate kitchen, ablution, privy, urinal, and ash-bin accommodation, to the satisfaction of the Board; and, except when the supply of water is constant, there must be a proper cistern for the storage of water. 5. When the Board is satisfied that a house sought to be registered as a common lodging-house is suitable for such a purpose, it shall inform the Regis trar General accordingly, who may then register such house as a common lodging-house.
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908

Re-opening of grave.

Fees for

grave-spaces

and interments.

No. 10. THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1901

16. No grave may be re-opened after a corpse has been interred therein, without the written permission of the Medical Officer of Health or other officer duly appointed by the Board for that purpose.

17. The following fees will be charged for each grave-space and intermenta in the various sections of the cemeteries.

Section A. Free.

Do. B. $1 and a dollar

Do. C. $ 2

do.

Do.

D. $ 10

do.

Do.

E. $ 15

do.

Fifty cents for digging, filling in,

and covering each grave.

for digging, filling in, and covering

each grave.

Keeping of register.

Form No. 1.

Application for registra- tion.

Form No. 2.

Inspection of house by Board,

Conditions of registration.

Registration.

PART V.

COMMON LODGING-HOUSES

1. A register of all common lodging-houses shall be kept by the Registrar General in accordance with the Form No. 1 appended to these By-Laws.

2. Before a house can be registered as a common lodging-house, an appli- cation must be made to the Registrar General, in accordance with the Form No. 2 appended to these By-Laws, setting forth the situation of the house, the number of the rooms to be set apart for lodgers, and the cubic capacity of each room so set apart, and for this purpose the schedule or form will be furnished by the Registrar General.

3. The Registrar General shall transmit each application for the registra tion of a house as a common lodging-house to the Board, and the Board shall then cause the house specified in such application to be inspected by one or more of its officers, who shall submit a report to the Board on the sanitary condition of such house and its suitability for use as a common lodging-house.

4.-(1.) Any house to be registered as a common lodging-house must be substantially built and in a good state of repair, the floors must be paved with tiles or cement concrete or with lime concrete rendered with one inch of Portland cement or boarded with planks close-jointed, and all the rooms which are to be used as sleeping rooms must be on all sides above the level of the ground immediately surrounding the house.

(2.) The house-drains must be in good order and constructed in accordance with the By-Laws regulating house drainage, there must be adequate kitchen, ablution, privy, urinal, and ash-bin accommodation, to the satisfaction of the Board; and, except when the supply of water is constant, there must be a proper cistern for the storage of water.

5. When the Board is satisfied that a house sought to be registered as a common lodging-house is suitable for such a purpose, it shall inform the Regis trar General accordingly, who may then register such house as a common lodging-house.

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