IV – 10] BURIAL GROUNDS

STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS [Original Service 2001]

BURIAL GROUNDS Act No. 20 of 1869

BURIAL GROUNDS An Act to amend the laws relating to public burial

grounds. [Commencement 14th April, 1869]

[This Act may be cited as the Burial Grounds Act.] 1. That the several burial grounds in the Island of

New Providence which are now under the charge of the respective vestries of the parishes of Christ Church, St. Matthew, or St. Anne, and which come within the provisions of the Act of Assembly, 13 Vic. c. 5, whether purchased before or after the passing of such Act; as also the burial grounds respectively acquired under the provisions of the Acts 27 Vic. c. 37, 29 Vic. c. 21, and 30 Vic. c. 14, shall, from and after the passing of this Act, be under the charge of the Board of Public Works for the Island of New Providence, and the freehold right thereto shall vest in the said Board as provided for with respect to other public lands by the 28 Vic. c. 13, subject nevertheless to the provisions of the several just before mentioned Acts regulating the ceremonial use of such burial grounds.

2. That the several public burial grounds on the Out Islands shall vest in and be under the charge of the Board of Works for the respective islands or districts in which such burial grounds are situated.

3. That the said Board of Public Works for the Island of New Providence, and other Boards within their respective districts, shall have full power and authority to make rules and regulations for the care and management of the burial grounds under their charge, for defining the manner in which admission shall be obtained to such burial grounds, and for regulating the making of graves and the erection of vaults and tombs therein; and the said Boards shall be invested with all and singular the same powers and authorities which are now by law vested in vestries or other Commissioners in respect of and over the several burial grounds aforesaid, and shall also have

20 of 1869

Short title.

Burial grounds to be under the charge of the Board of Works.

Out Island burial grounds.

Board of Works in New Providence and Out Islands to make rules for the management of burial grounds and the erection of vaults and tombs therein.

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further and full power and authority to impose fees on burials and fees on the erection of tombs and vaults and to receive and enforce the recovery of such fees.

4. That all fees received by the said Boards under the authority of this or any of the other Acts of Assembly hereinbefore referred to shall be applied towards the maintenance and improvement of the particular burial grounds in respect of which they were received.

5. That the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th Sections of the 13 Vic. c. 5; the 1st, 4th, and 11th Sections 27 Vic. c. 37; and the 6th Section of the 29 Vic. c. 21, as also so much of the remainder of the said Act and of the Act 30 Vic. c. 14, as vests in the vestry of the parish of Christ Church any power or authority in respect of and over the burial grounds in these Acts referred to, shall be and the same are hereby repealed.

How fees received are to be disposed of.

Repealing clause.