Interpretation

In these By-laws, the following words have the meanings hereinafter respectively assigned to them, unless such meanings are repugnant to or inconsistent with the context or subject matter in which such words occur“an open grave” means a burial place the site of which is chosen by the applicant, or over, or to which an exclusive right of interment for a period of twenty years may be conceded. At the termination of each period of twenty years the holder of such exclusive right of interment may be allowed, on written application to the Mayor of the Town Council, to renew that right for a further period of twenty years on payment of the fee for an “Open Grave” in effect at the time of each renewal. This limitation of the exclusive right of interment in an “Open Grave” to periods of twenty years shall not apply to such graves purchased prior to the coming into effect of these By-Laws; “child’s grave” means a common grave assigned for the burial of a child not more than twelve years old; “common grave” means a burial place formed in the ground by excavation and without any internal wall of brickwork or stonework, or any other artificial lining; 48 Public Health “enclosed grave” means any vault or grave lined or cased with bricks, stones, cement, concrete, or any other hard material, in respect of which an exclusive right of interment is conceded; “grave-stone” means any slab, tablet, headstone, monument, tombstone or verge made of stone, brick, cement, concrete, or other hard material or of wood, on or at or surrounding any grave; also the exposed surface or surfaces of any vault or