REGULATIONS For the MANAGEMENT Of the BURYING-GROUND Approved of, and ordered to be printed, by the Magistrates and Town Council 2d August 1832.
Duties of the superintendent. I. The superintendent shall be in attendance on the Ground, or in the office, from the hour of ten to twelve in the forenoon of every lawful day ; and shall make arrangements so as to be accessible at all reasonable hours. II. The undertaker, or individual ordering a grave, shall, as soon as possible after the decease of the per- son to be interred, give notice to the superintendent, of the day and hour when the funeral is intended to take place. III. The undertaker, or individual ordering a grave, shall furnish to the superintendent-- the NAME and DESIGNATION of the deseased, the AGE, PLACE of BIRTH, CAUSE of DEATH, CLASS of COFFIN and DEPTH of GRAVE ; and these particulars are to be entered into the Record kept by the superintendent, and signed by the person ordering the grave. IV. All dues to be paid to the superintendent when the order for a grave is given, who shall grant receipt for the same, and account for these payments to the Hospital Factor weekly. V. The superintendent shall be careful that all stones and remains of the coffins thrown out in digging graves, be removed, and the bones seperated from the earth, and carefully placed in the bottom of the grave from which they were dug, immediately after the making of the grave is completed. The superintendent shall also see that the planks and spokes are kept in a pro- per condition, and that at funerals the planks are pro- perly placed. VI. When two of more funerals are fixed for the same day, the superintendent shall intimate the same to the undertakers , &c, that they may, if possible, fix upon different hours for the funerals : But when two or more funerals take place at the same hour, the super- intendent shall have, at least, two sextons, or assist- ants, ready at each funeral of an adult person ; and, at least, one at that of every child ;- the assistants to be paid from the ordinary dues of the sextons. VII. The sextons shall, under the direction of the superintendent, be employed in removing stones, &c, and in keeping the Ground and roads in proper order, without any payment beyond their ordinary dues.
TABLE OF DUES TO BE PAID UPON FUNERALS, AND FOR ERECTING GRAVE-STONES.
No stone shall be erected or revised without permission, in writing, from the Hospitalmaster or Factor, after an examina- tion by the superintendent, and the dues for such erection or revising shall have been previously paid to the Factor.
The ordinary depth of graves to be five feet, when the state of the ground renders this practicable ; and when required beyond that depth, they are to be paid for according to the following scale, --the depth to be measured from the surface of the ground at the center of the grave.
In cases of extreme poverty, when a certificate is produced from two Elders, stating, from their own personal knowledge, the inability of the relatives of the deceased to pay the Hospi- tal dues, the Hospitalmaster may order them to be remitted.
Although the Magistrates and Council are desirous that the burials of the extremely poor shall be conducted free of all expense, except the nett charge for digging the grave, the Superintendent is instructed that every attention be paid to the decency and order of these funerals, and that the registra- tion be completed in the same manner as at funerals where the highest dues are paid.
The Magistrates and Council earnestly request that the particulars required by the Third Article of the Superintend- ent`s Duties be carefully furnished, as the value of the regis- ter for reference will depend solely upon the fullness and ac- curacy with which these particulars are recorded.
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