XI. And be it enacted, That where upon any such Inquiry as aforesaid it appears to the General Board of Health that the State of the Burial Grounds in any Parish, or in any Parishes which may be conveniently united for the Purposes herein-after mentioned, and the Circumstances of such Parish or Parishes render it expedient for the Protection of the Public Health that Interments should be prohibited in such Parish or Parishes, except as after mentioned, and that a Burial Ground or Burial Grounds should be provided for such Parish, or for the common Use of such Parishes, the General Board of Health may direct a Superintending Inspector to make Inquiry, in the Manner directed by the Public Health Act, 1848, or as near thereto as Circumstances will permit, into all the Circumstances connected with the Parochial and other Burial Grounds of such Parish or Parishes, and as to the Place or Places in which any Burial Ground or Burial Grounds might be provided, either, within or beyond the Limits of such Parish or Parishes, and as to the Means which might be provided for the Conveyance of Bodies for Interment, and any other Arrangements which might be practicable for facilitating the convenient Interment of Bodies in the Burial Ground or Burial Grounds to be so provided, and as to the Rights in any Burial Ground in such Parish or Parishes, not being a Parochial Burial Ground, which might be affected by the Prohibition of Interments in such Parish or Parishes, and as to the Proportions in which several Parishes (if more than One) should contribute to the Expense of providing and maintaining a common Burial Ground or common Burial Grounds for such Parishes, and into such other Matters as the General Board of Health may think necessary for the Purpose of enabling them to judge of the Propriety of framing a Scheme to be sub. mitted to Parliament as herein-after mentioned, and of the Provisions which should be inserted therein; and such Superintending Inspector shall report in Writing, in such Manner as the General Board of Health shall direct, the Result of his Inquiries in relation to the Premises. XII. And be it enacted, That upon the Presentation of such Report the General Board of Health shall cause a Copy thereof to be transmitted to the Bishop of the Diocese, and Copies thereof to be published, in such Manner as they may direct, in the Parish or Parishes to which such Report relates, and to be deposited with the Minister and with the Churchwardens of such Parish or each of such Parishes, and the General Board of Health shall receive all such Statements in relation to the Matter of such Report as shall be delivered within a Time to be limited by the said Board in this Behalf, and may, where they think fit, cause further Inquiry to be made in relation to the Matter of such Report; and if after such Inquiry and Report, or further Inquiry as aforesaid, it appear to the said Board expedient so to do, they may frame a Scheme in which shall be set forth such Provisions as to the said Board under the Circumstances of each Case may appear proper for providing a Burial Ground or Burial Grounds for such Parish or Parishes as aforesaid, either within such Parish or any of such Parishes, or beyond the Limits thereof, as the Case may appear to require, to be in Law the Burial Ground for the Parish or for each 12 & 13 VICT. 3 A of General Board of Health may direct Inquiries, where it may be expedient to prohibit Interment. Upon Report, Board of Health may frame a Scheme for providing new Burial Grounds. Short Title of this Act. Act may be amended, &c. of the Parishes for the common Use of which the same is or are provided, and for the Maintenance and due Management and Control of such Burial Ground or Burial Grounds; for securing to the Ministers and others having Rights in respect of Burials in the Burial Grounds in which Interment is to be prohibited Compensation by like Rights in respect of Burials in the Burial Ground or Burial Grounds proposed to be provided or otherwise, and for providing and securing Rights in such Burial Ground or Burial Grounds in substitution for other Rights (which in the Opinion of the Board may require to be compensated) in Grounds in which Interment is to be prohibited; for the Election or Appointment of Persons to enter into Contracts for providing such Burial Ground or Burial Grounds, and to maintain and manage the same; for facilitating the Conveyance of the Bodies of the Dead from the Place of Death to such Burial Ground or Burial Grounds; for determining the Proportions in which the Expense of providing, maintaining, and managing such Burial Ground or Burial Grounds, where the same is or are provided for the common Use of any Parishes, shall be defrayed by such Parishes respectively; for prohibiting, after such Burial Ground or Burial Grounds shall be provided, Interment in such Parish or Parishes, except in such Cases as it may appear to the said Board may be specified and excepted; and generally for and concerning all Matters in relation to such Burial Ground or Burial Grounds as aforesaid, and the Arrangements consequent upon the Prohibition of Interments as aforesaid: Provided always, that all Provisions which shall be set forth in such Scheme concerning the Consecration of the Burial Ground or Burial Grounds to be provided, and concerning the Burial of Members of the United Church of England and Ireland, and the Compensation to be provided for Rights in respect of Burials and other Rights of Ministers of the said United Church which may be affected by the Prohibition of Interment in Parochial and other Burial Grounds, be approved by the Bishop of the Diocese ; provided also, that such Scheme, with the Reports of the Superintending Inspectors in relation to the Matters thereof, shall be presented to both Houses of Parliament forthwith after the framing thereof, or, if Parliament be not then sitting, within Fourteen Days after the next Meeting thereof. XIII. And be it enacted, That in citing this Act in any Act of Parliament, Deed, Instrument, or other Proceeding it shall be sufficient to use the Words "The Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention Amendment Act, 1849." XIV. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed this present Session of Parliament. SCHEDULE to which this Act refers. FORM OF SUMMONS. WE, the General Board of Health, [or We, whose Names are hereunto set, being Two of the Members of the Board of Health,] do hereby summon and require you personally to appear before the General Board of Health, at in the Parish of in same Day, and then and there to be examined, and to testify the Truth touching certain Matters with respect to which the Board is authorized to inquire. Sealed with the Seal of the General Board of Health, [or Day of and LOCAL AND PERSONAL ACTS, DECLARED PUBLIC, AND TO BE JUDICIALLY NOTICED. The following are all PUBLIC ACTS; to each of which is annexed a Clause in the Form following: "And be it further enacted, That this Act shall be deemed " and taken to be a Public Act, and shall be judicially noticed 66 as such." Cap. i. An Act to enable the Blackburn Waterworks Company to raise a further Sum of Money*; and to amend the Act relating thereto. [11th May 1849.] *£20,000. An Act for enabling the Sunderland Water Company to raise a further Sum of Money*, and for amending and enlarging the Provisions of the Act relating to such Company. An Act for supplying the District of Brierley Hill in the Parish of Kingswinford in the County of Stafford with Gas. Cap. iv. [11th May 1849.] An Act for more effectually repairing and maintaining certain Roads in the Counties of Roxburgh and Berwick. [11th May 1849.] [Tolls to be taken only once a Day within the Distance of Six Miles, § 17. Corn going to Mills or Kilns for the Purpose of being manufactured, or returning therefrom, for the Use of Farmers, their Families and Cottagers, residing within a Mile of any Toll bar, exempted from Toll, § 20. Act to remain in force for Thirty-one Years from its passing, § 24.] Cap. v. An Act to authorize the Warrington Waterworks Company to raise a further Sum of Money.* [11th May 1849.] *£8,000. Cap. vi. An Act for better establishing and maintaining the Market Place and Markets at Longton, heretofore called Lane End, in the Parish of Stoke-upon-Trent in the County of Stafford. Cap. vii. [11th May 1849.] An Act for improving the Drainage of Feltwell Second District in the County of Norfolk, and for amending the Acts relating to the same. [11th May 1849.] Cap. viii. An Act for lighting with Gas and supplying with Water the Town and Borough of Darlington and the Suburbs thereof in the County of Durham. [11th May 1849.] Cap. ix. An Act for enabling the Nottingham Gaslight and Coke Company to raise a further Sum of Money*, and for amending some of the Provisions of the Act relating to such Company. *£ 42,500. [11th May 1849.] An Act for more effectually assessing and collecting the Poor Rate and all other Rates and Assessments in the Parish of Epsom in the County of Surrey, and for the better Management of the Business and Affairs of the said Parish; and for other Purposes relating thereto. [11th May 1849.] Cap. xi. An Act for making and maintaining Docks near to Wareham in the County of Dorset, with an Entrance thereto from Wareham Channel. [11th May 1849.] [Saving the Rights of the Corporation of Poole, § 32.] Cap. xii. An Act for better assessing the Poor Rates on small Tenements in certain Parishes and Places within the Union of Kidderminster. Cap. xiii. [24th May 1849.] An Act for the Dissolution of the Argyll Canal Company, and for the Abandonment of their Undertaking. [24th May 1849.] Cap. xiv. An Act to amend an Act for the better regulating and improving the Port and Harbour of New Ross in the Counties of Wexford and Kilkenny. [24th May 1849.] Cap. xv. An Act to enable the Edinburgh and Northern Railway Company to raise a further Sum of Money.* [24th May 1849.] *£ 550,000. |