PART 6
BOUGUIS CEMETERY
60. In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires—
“the Cemetery” means the Cemetery at Bouguis in the Quarter of Dauphin.
61. The Cemetery shall be open from 6:00 in the morning to 6:00 in the evening for the burial of the dead.
62. The Cemetery shall be under the control of a Custodian appointed by the Governor General for that purpose.
63. The Cemetery shall be kept free from bush, weeds and nuisances of all kinds, and the fences, roads, trenches and walks shall be maintained in proper order and repair.
64. (1) Any person wishing to acquire a right of property in selected land within the Cemetery shall apply to the Custodian who shall grant the applicant a space within the section to be set apart for family burial grounds on payment of the prescribed fee for the land so granted.
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(2) The right of property acquired by such payment shall include the right to erect any railing, tablet, stone or monument.
65. (1) Except in land set apart for family burial grounds as in the last preceding rule, all graves shall be dug in uniform parallel lines and each grave in each section shall be numbered in regular series. A space of 4 feet wide by 8 feet in length shall be allotted to each grave and a clear space of 4 feet shall intervene between the outside lines of each grave and between each grave and the boundaries of the Cemetery.
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(2) No grave shall be less than 5 feet in depth for persons under 12 years of age and 6 feet for other persons. All graves in unappropriated land shall be set out and dug under the order of the Custodian and in all cases 6 hours' notice of a funeral shall be given at the office of the Custodian.
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(3) Any person wishing to enclose any grave in other than land set apart, or to erect any railing, tablet, stone or monument thereon, shall apply to the Custodian and such enclosure or erection having been approved by him or her shall be made under his or her direction, on payment of the prescribed fee.
66. No vault shall be erected or any tree planted in the Cemetery without the permission of the Custodian.
67. The Custodian shall keep in his or her office—
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(a) a diagram of the Cemetery;
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(b) a book showing all lands acquired under rule 64 of these Rules, the numbers and the size of the lots, the sums paid therefor and the names of the allottees;
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(c) a book of similar character showing the graves appropriated under rule 65 of these Rules, the numbers, the sums paid therefor, and the names of the persons buried;
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(d) a Register book of all interments showing the dates of burial, names, sexes, and age of all persons buried in the Cemetery;
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(e) such other books as the Governor General may prescribe.
68. (1) The following dues shall be paid to the Custodian prior to any interment, admission of hearse or carriage, allotment of ground or permission to erect any railing, tablet, stone or monument—
| $ | ¢ |
| For an ordinary interment in the common burial ground. However, the Custodian may in the case of paupers remit this fee | | 48 |
| For an allotment of ground in appropriated land – per square foot | | 60 |
| For a grave dug in appropriated land | | 96 |
| For the admission of a hearse or carriage | 1 | 20 |
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(2) The Custodian shall be entitled to demand and receive the aforesaid dues, and shall pay the same monthly into the Treasury to the credit of the Cemetery Fund and shall send a monthly account of the same to the Auditor for audit.
69. The Custodian shall disburse such sums as may be necessary for the upkeep and maintenance of the Cemetery on approved requisition signed by the Governor General.
70. The Custodian shall be entitled to such remuneration as may be awarded to him or her by the Governor General in consideration of his or her services in connection with the Cemetery.
Note—
Other Cemeteries
1. A Notice published as S.I. 30/1992 declared the Vieux Fort Public Cemetery closed and established a cemetery to be known as the La Tourney Cemetery but no rules have yet been published.
2. A Notice of land selected for a Public Cemetery for the Village of Laborie was published as S.I. 33/1955 in the Gazette dated 17 September 1955, but no rules have yet been published.
3. A Notice of land selected for a Public Cemetery at Desruisseaux in the Quarter of Michoud was published as S.I. 19/1972 but no rules have yet been published.
4. A Notice of land selected for a Public Cemetery for Gros Islet was published as S.I. 29/1972 but no rules have yet been published.
5. A Notice of land selected for a Public Cemetery for Roseau was published as S.I. 18/1972 but no rules have yet been published.