Tonnage of
Poop and
Forecastle

to be set

tificate of

Registry.

to be an Alteration requiring Registry de novo within the Meaning of this Act.

VI. Provided always, and be it enacted, That the Tonnage due to the Cubical Contents of the Poop and Forecastle, as ascertained in each of the several Rules herein-before prescribed, shall be set forth 5 forth in Cer- separately under distinct Heads in the Certificate of Registry of every Ship or Vessel required by Law to be registered, as well as be included, as aforesaid, in the Expression of the total Register Tonnage of the Ship or Vessel; and that the Length between the Perpendiculars, the extreme Breadth, and the Depth in Midships from the 10 Vessel to be under Side of the Weather Deck to the Ceiling at the Limber Strake Certificate of shall also be set forth in the said Certificate of Registry.

Length,

Breadth, and
Depth of

set forth in

Registry.

Amount of of Register

VII. And be it enacted, That the true Amount of the Register Tonnage to Tonnage of every Ship or Vessel required by Law to be registered, be carved on ascertained according to the Rules by this Act established, shall be 15 deeply carved or cut in Figures of at least Three Inches in Length on the Main Beam of every such Ship or Vessel prior to her being registered.

Main Beam.

Not to alter

Tonnage of

Vessels already registered.

Tonnage, when so as

certained, to

be ever after

deemed the Tonnage.

Measure

ment of Ships in the Co. lonies.

VIII. And be it enacted, That nothing herein contained shall extend to alter the present Measure of Tonnage of any Ship or Vessel which 20 shall have been registered prior to the Commencement of this Act, unless in Cases where the Owners of any such Ships shall require to have their Tonnage established according to the Rules herein-before provided, or unless there shall be occasion to have any such Ships admeasured again on account of any Alteration which shall have been 25 made in the Form or Burden of the same, in which Cases only such Ships shall be re-admeasured according to the Provisions of this Act, and their Tonnage registered accordingly.

IX. And be it enacted, That whenever the Tonnage of any Ship or Vessel shall have been ascertained according to the Rules herein 30 prescribed, such Account of Tonnage shall ever after be deemed the Tonnage of such Ship or Vessel, and shall be repeated in every subsequent Registry of such Ship or Vessel, unless it shall happen that any Alteration has been made in the Form and Burden of the same, or it shall be discovered that the Tonnage of such Ship or Vessel had 35 been erroneously taken and computed.

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X. And be it enacted, That Ships or Vessels built at any of the Ports in any of Her Majesty's Colonies shall be measured by Rule No. 2., herein-before described, and remain so measured, for all the Purposes of this Act, until Opportunity offer for re-measuring such 40

Ships or Vessels at any of the Ports of the United Kingdom agreeably to the more correct Process of Rule No. 1.

XI. And whereas it is very desirable that the Captain and also the Scale of Owners of any Ship or Vessel should have some Scale or Table by Purposes of Tonnage for 5 which they would be able to ascertain the Weight of Cargo received Cargo. on board or discharged from such Ship or Vessel at any Time: And whereas the aforesaid Mode of ascertaining the Register Tonnage by Rule No. 1. affords Facilities for making such Scale or Table: Be it enacted, That the Owner or Owners of any Ship or Vessel which 10 shall be measured by the aforesaid Rule No. 1. may require from the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Customs, and such Commissioners shall upon Payment of such Charges as they from Time to Time authorize to be taken for the Expense of making such Scale or Table cause to be furnished to such Owner or Owners, a Scale or Table 15 of Tonnage for such Ship or Vessel for ascertaining the Weight of Cargo received on board or discharged; and such Scale or Table of Tonnage may be authenticated in such Manner as the said Commissioners may direct, and attached to the Certificate of Registry of such Ship or Vessel.

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XII. And be it enacted, That this Act shall commence and take Commencement of Act. effect upon and from the One thousand eight

hundred and

XIII. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or Act may be repealed by any Act to be passed in this Session of Parliament.

amended, &c.

ARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES.

Formation of "The Metropolitan Burial District"; Sect. 1.

Appointment and Incorporation of "The General Board of Health," for the Purposes of the Act; 2.

Appointment of Secretary, Treasurer, &c.; 3.

Duration of Appointments limited; 4.

Offices to be provided; 5.

Board to provide Burial Grounds, within or without the District, and enlarge and facilitate Approaches; Power to purchase Lands; 6.

Power to Board to purchase certain Cemeteries; 7.

Board to lay out Burial Grounds, and build Chapels; 8.

Chaplains to be appointed with the Consent of the Bishop of London; 9.

A Portion of each Burial Ground to be left unconsecrated, and a Chapel built thereon; 10.

When a Burial Ground is provided under this Act, Notice to be given in London Gazette; 11.

The Queen in Council may, on Report of Board, order the Discontinuance of Interments in Churchyards, &c.; 12.

Inhabitants of Parishes comprised in the District or Part in which Interment is ordered to be discontinued to have Right of Sepulture in Burial Grounds provided under this Act; 13.

Interments in unconsecrated Portions of Burial Grounds; 14.

After Order for Discontinuance of Interment, no Burial to take place contrary thereto; 15.

Saving of Rights to bury in Vaults; 16.

Saving as to Saint Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey; 17.

Power to remove Bodies already interred to the Burial Grounds pro

vided under this Act; 18.

Fees to be paid upon Interments; 19.

231.

a

Management

Management to be vested in the Board; 20.

Board may make Regulations for the general Maintenance and Care of Burial Grounds and as to Order of Interments; 21.

No Body to be buried within limited Distance of Dwellings, or
under or near any Chapel within any Burial Ground; 22.
Register of Burials to be kept, and to be Evidence, and subject to the
Regulations of 6 & 7 W. 4. c. 86. as to Searches; 23.

Certificate of Registry of the Death, or Coroner's Certificate, to be
delivered to Officer appointed to keep Burial Registers; 24.
Board to provide Houses for Reception of Bodies previously to
Interment; 25.

Board to make Provision for conducting Funerals; 26.

Board may appoint Persons to ascertain Deaths and give Aid to Survivors; 27.

Salaries; 28.

Compensation to Incumbents, Clerks, and Sextons; 29.

Payment to be made to the Incumbent for the Time being, who is to account with his Predecessor; 30.

The Commissioners of the Treasury, on the Cession of any Incumbency, may reduce the Annuity payable to Incumbent; 31. Parochial Debts incurred in respect of Burial Grounds to be discharged by the Board; 32.

Compensation in respect of non-parochial Burial Grounds; 33.

Money received by Officers to be paid into the Bank; 34.

Treasurer and others intrusted with Money to give Security for duly accounting for the same; 35.

Payments out of the Bank; 36.

Expenses to be defrayed out of Monies received under the Act; 37. Fees, Payments, and Rates may be mortgaged; 38.

Commissioners of Public Works under 5 Vict. c. 9. sess. 2. may make Advances to the Board; 39.

Money may be borrowed at lower Rates of Interest to pay off Securities bearing a higher Rate; 40.

Power to borrow Money to pay off former Mortgages; 41.

Form of Mortgage; Register of Mortgages; 42.

Repayment of Money borrowed at a Time agreed upon; 43. Interest on Mortgages to be paid half-yearly; Repayment of Money borrowed when no Time or Place has been agreed upon; Interest to cease on Expiration of Notice to pay off a Mortgage Debt; 44. Account Books to be open to Mortgagees; 45. Transfer of Mortgages; Register of Transfers; 46.

Board may form a Sinking Fund for Discharge of Mortgages; 47.

After