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218 ORDINANCE No. 2 OF 1847.


Church.


tion to be in all such cases it shall and may be lawful for the trustees to issue a
deprived of
his pew monition to every such defaulter or offender, and in case such defaulter
or sittings.
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.
Trustees 11. And it is further enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for the
authorized to
permit the major part of the trustees , with the previous consent of the Governor and
erection of
monuments with his approval of any proposed epitaph or inscription , to permit any
with the
previous monuments to be erected or placed in such parts of the said church as
consent of the
Governor. 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 monu
ment 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.
Bodies not to
be buried 12. Provided always and it is further enacted , that it shall not be
within or near
the church. lawful to bury any body within the said church or within the enclosed
ground about the same.
Trustees to 13. And it is further enacted , that it shall be lawful for the trustees
collect all
dues to the for the time being , or the major part of them, and they are hereby required
church and to
appropriate to collect and gather, or cause to be collected or gathered , all sums of
them in
payment of money which shall be due for pews or sittings in the said church , and all
salaries,
repairs, &c. 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 .

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