Cap. 17 Art. 3Demands for grants of sites.

(1) It shall be lawful for any person to apply, in writing, to the Superintendent of Public Health for the grant of a site, of the extent of two and one-half metres in length and one metre and five centimetres in width, in such part of any cemetery belonging to the

Government, as, according to a plan made by the Superintendent of

Public Health, is appointed for the construction of private graves, for the purpose of constructing thereon, at his expense, a grave, upon payment in respect of such site of the sum of fifty-eight euros and twenty-three cents (58.23).

(2) The said dimensions shall include such parts of the site as have already, according to the provisions of articles 7 and 8, been occupied by dividing walls constructed by others.

(3) From time to time the Superintendent of Public Health may cause to be constructed private graves on unappropriated sites for disposal to applicants therefor. On an application for the acquisition of a constructed grave, and if such a constructed grave is available, the Superintendent of Public Health shall require the applicant to pay a sum of sixty-five euros and eighty cents (65.80) that shall be inclusive of the consideration for the site.

(4) No such application shall be considered unless it is accompanied by a deposit of the appropriate sum in the office of the Superintendent of Public Health and by a declaration signed by the applicant to the effect that neither he nor any member of his family is the owner of any grave or site for a grave in any Government cemetery:

*See also the Addolorata Cemetery Ordinance (Chapter 18) and Part VI of the Code of Police Laws (Chapter 10). †See Proclamation No. 1 of the 10th May, 1869. mother, the husband or wife, any brother, sister, son or daughter of the applicant.

(5) The amounts of money expressed in subarticles (1) and (3) may be varied from time to time by the Minister responsible for public health by means of a notice in the Government Gazette referable to a period commencing not earlier than four weeks from the date of the notice.