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TOWNS IMPROVEMENT CLAUSES ACT 1847 - SECT 103

On certificate of the officer of health, or two surgeons, &c. filth to be removed.

103. No coffin containing a corpse shall be buried in any grave within the
limits of the special Act, not being a vault or catacomb, without at least
thirty inches of soil between the ordinary surface of such burial ground and
the upper side of the coffin; and if the person having the preparation or the
immediate charge of the preparation of the grave to receive such coffin permit
the coffin to be buried in such grave, or if the person having the control of
the burial ground knowingly permit any coffin to be buried in any grave, in
which there is not left after the burial thereof thirty inches at the least of
soil, measuring from the ordinary surface of such burial ground to the upper
side of the coffin, the person having the immediate charge of the preparation
of the grave, and the person having the control of the burial ground in which
such burial is made, shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty not
exceeding five pounds.

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