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BAPTIST
BURIAL GROUND,
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WOODSTOCK, ONTARIO.
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
R. H. BURTCH, - - Chairman.
R. W. SAWTELL, - - - Sec.-Treas.
W. PAVEY, E. TOPPING.
E. GROVES,
C. C. CARRYER.
5Moobj5tock :
Sentinel Steam Presses, Dundan Street.
1877.
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BURIAL GROUND,
WOODSTOCK, ONTARIO.
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BOARD
OF TRUSTEES.
R. H
. BURTCH,
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Chairman.
R. W
. SAWTEI.L,
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- Sec.-Treas.
W.
PAVEY,
E.
TOPPING.
GROVES,
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C.
CARRYER.
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WOODSTOCK
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1877.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
Passed hy ihe Trustees on the 2^nd dmj of MaVy 1877.
FOR the Preservation and Improvement and the
General Management of the Baptist Burial Ground in the
Town of Woodstock.
Whereas by a general Act of the Province of Ontario
passed in the 36th year of the R«ign of Queen Vietoria,
Chap. CXXXV, for the regulation and management ot
Cemeteries and Church Prop€rty,certain requirements are
therein set forth to enable Trustees to hold such property ;
and whereas the Trustees of the Baptist Burial Ground of
the Town of Woodstock have complied with such require-
ments to enable them to hold the property accepted by
them in trust for the purpose of a Burial Ground, and the
mtnagement thereof.
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ect. The Trustees of t]ie TW; + r> ''"''''^^^i' mention-
Town of Wooastook cioter&L?-:'fer^i" "'^
p. m and "t such'^thelZtt'th: rh''-^^''^' ''^ ^:30
"'"' Trustees shall appoint. ^ Chairman of the
2. That the Sfici'ptni-,r t
rate account of ail reS ''"^'ir^'' «!•*!! keep an acou
der to the Trusteis rst ftem "'/ .t''^"'?"'"™'-''' ''»'' m
such other times as thp^^ thereof quarterly andit
register of all co'v'ancTs m^TJ^- t«^ ^h'^" ^t^
the name of the grantee date a, ^ „' Tn^.tees, sho;ving
conveyance, and a de3cHnH7„ consideration of each
veyed He shall also keef a ?cc°oH '^f .r*,"' '""^ '<'* -»
of the Trustees. ^ '^"'""^'' of all the proceedings
f^Y^^^y'^^^'^'^^^fTLt "'^'Y' «' *e close
pouitedfor that purpose wh. fn^^' "''^'^ shall be ar,-
tiienext™eeti„s^?the1'V.rsfee3 ' '""^'"' '^' ••«^"'' »t
the ^^^>^^:^::r:^ t^lf^f be executed ,„
•ssue the same; and all lots "hln h^L^'"P°'*'«''C'l to
%-Iaws, Rules and Re<rXio ', " t '**''' '"''J'^c' *« all
tnne be made by the said Tr^stoe^ ""^^ ''''"" *""« *«
e.cl4v!tt';rtC„a'is"^. ,!.° ?'*t ^ '"* - '"*s for the
^ 510 ; half lot, as, ,r, o^lsTSrLtf ,aS
inte™ent^tt^^^^^^^^^ on any lot or
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n* to make a
er mentioii-
'->und in the
3VVS ; —
Monday in
ear, at 7:30
man of the
p an accu-
'j and ren-
^^y, and at
lal] keep a
3, showing
^n of each
e lot con-
'oceedings
the close
^-H be a[)-
result at
Jilted by
^ered to
ct to all
time to
3 for the
or them
ot ^12,
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^ lot or
d from
thejot
7. That persons requiring quarter lots shall not l)e
allowed to select the same from unbroken lots unless by
the consent of the Committee.
8 That no erection of any kind shall be put up
around any grave or lot until the design shall have been
submitted to and approved by the Trustees, or some per-
son appointed by them to inspect the same.
<). That no interment shall take place without a per-
nvit from the Secretary-Treasurer (-r one of the Trustees,
and all interments shall be under the immediate direction
cf the Sexton, whose duty it shall be t(^ have the grave
dug and to take the general charge of the proceedings,
and no other persc^n shall dii'ect or interfere with inter-
ments.
10. That in the planting or ornamenting of lots,while
the Trustees will not unnecessarily interfere with individ-
ual views, yet they reserve to themselves the right to de-
cide in all cases on the suitability of such planting or
oruaiuenting, and they shall have the power to remove
from any lot or lots any trees or shrubs which tliey may
deem unsightly or objectionable.
11. That owners of lots shall not be at liberty to as-
sign or transfer the same without the consent of the
Trustees obtained in writing, and upon payment being
made to the General Fund of one dollar for every quarter
lot ; two dollars for every half lot ; and four dollars for
every whole lot. _,p>i-ir
12. That when the owner of a lot has left the district
and been absent for a period of twenty years, and no in-
terment has taken place during that time on such lot, the
snid lot, or the portion not used, shall revert back to the
Trustees and may be resold by them.
13. That at least eight hours' previous notice of all
interments shall be given to the Sexton, and the following
charges shall be paid to the Secretary-Treasurer at or be-
fore the interment : —
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For opening and closing each adult's grave $2 50
For opening and closing each child's grave, under
12, $1.50 ; when the ground is frozen 2 00
For removal of each adult 5 00
For removal of each child, under 12 3 00
Single grave for adults may be procured at $4.50
each ; and for children, under 12 years of age. $3.50 each,
which said sum shall include the Sexton'a charges. All
graves shall be at least five feet deep. ,
Persons wishing to have lots graded, sodded, trimmed
and neatly kept during the Summor may make arrange-
ments with the Secretary-Treasurer for the same. All
such work must be done by the Sexton in charge, or un-
der his control by special permission of the Trustees.
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RULES CONCERNING VISITORS.
1. Children will not be admitted to the Burial Ground
unless under the charge of parents or guardians, or some
other person who will be held responsible for their con-
duct.
2. All persons are prohibited from picking any flow-
ers, either wild or cultivated, or breaking any tree, shrub
or plant in the said Burial Ground.
3. All persons are prohibited from writing upon, de-
facing or injuring any monument, fence or railing, or
other structure in or belonging to the said Burial Ground.
4. Any person disturbing the quiet and good order
of the place by noise or other improper conduct will be
compelled instantly to leave the grounds.
N. B. — Chap. 67, Consolidated Statutes of Upper
Canada, Section 29, enacts as follows : —
" Any person who (1) willfully destroys, mutilates,
defaces, injures, or removes any tomb, monament, grave-
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atone or other structure placed in a cemetery, or any
fence, railing, or other work for the protection or orna-
ment of a cemetery, .• of any tomb, monument, grave-
stone, or other structure aforesaid, or of any cemetery lot
within a cemetery ; or (2) willfully destroys, cuts, breaks
or ^'njures any tree, shrub or plant in a cemetery ; or (3)
playd at any game or sport in a cemetery; or (4) discharges
fire-arms (save at a military funeral) in a cemetery; or (5)
who willfully and unlawfully disturbs persons assembled
for the purpose of burying a body therein ; or (6) who
commits a nuisance in a cemetery shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and shall upon conviction before a Justice of
the Peace, or other Court of Competent Jurisdiction, he
punished by a fine of not less than four dollars, nor more
than fifty dollars, according to the nature of the offence. "