Fees

The following fees shall be charged for graves except paupers’, graves which shall be free of charge– (a) $10.00 (b) open grave (for ten years) 5.00 (c) common grave 2.00 (d) child’s grave 1.00 If, at any time, an “open grave” is lined with bricks, stone, cement, concrete, wood or other hard material, or any vault or permanent structure, other than a surface slab not exceeding twelve inches in thickness, headstone, sculptured monument not exceeding five feet in height including the base Public Health 65 or pedestal, fence, or verge, erected or installed thereon, the person or persons causing such lining, vault or structure to be made shall, before the work is commenced, pay to the Town Council the fee for an “enclosed grave”, less the amount already paid for the “open grave” and the limitation of holding to ten years shall then no longer apply to such grave. In the event of dispute as to the application of this By-law to a particular grave the decision of the Town Council shall be final; the holder of the grave space shall have the right to appear before the Town Council and state the grounds on which he is objecting.