Burials Burials
And with respect to burials in the cemetery, be it enacted as follows:
- 23A part of cemetery to be set apart and consecrated for burial of members of Established Church.
- 24Consecrated ground to be defined.
- 25A chapel in connection with the Established Church to be constructed.
- 26Bodies when interred not to be removed without lawful authority.
- 27Chaplain to be appointed with consent of the bishop.
- 28Chaplain to perform burial service when required.
- 29Other clergymen of the Established Church may be allowed to officiate.
- 30Company to pay the chaplain a stipend approved by the bishop.
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- 32Burials in the consecrated portion to be registered by the chaplain.
- 33Registers to be subject to the regulations of 6 & 7 Will. 4. c. 86. as to searches, &c.
- 33Section 33
- 34Clerk appointment for the consecrated part of the cemetery.
- 35As to burial of persons not members of the Church of England.
- 36Company may allow any burial service to be performed in dissenting chapels.
- 37Power to appoint gravediggers, &c.
- 38Regulations for ensuring decency and solemnity.
- 39No burials under or close to chapels.