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And with respect to burials in the cemetery, be it enacted as follows:

  1. 23A part of cemetery to be set apart and consecrated for burial of members of Established Church.
  2. 24Consecrated ground to be defined.
  3. 25A chapel in connection with the Established Church to be constructed.
  4. 26Bodies when interred not to be removed without lawful authority.
  5. 27Chaplain to be appointed with consent of the bishop.
  6. 28Chaplain to perform burial service when required.
  7. 29Other clergymen of the Established Church may be allowed to officiate.
  8. 30Company to pay the chaplain a stipend approved by the bishop.
  9. 31. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  10. 32Burials in the consecrated portion to be registered by the chaplain.
  11. 33Registers to be subject to the regulations of 6 & 7 Will. 4. c. 86. as to searches, &c.
  12. 33Section 33
  13. 34Clerk appointment for the consecrated part of the cemetery.
  14. 35As to burial of persons not members of the Church of England.
  15. 36Company may allow any burial service to be performed in dissenting chapels.
  16. 37Power to appoint gravediggers, &c.
  17. 38Regulations for ensuring decency and solemnity.
  18. 39No burials under or close to chapels.