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 228 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Gus. 5, 6. 1898. receivers to previously collect from the settler the full price of the lands covered thereby, be, and the same are hereby, coniirmed, if, upon examination by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, the same are found to be otherwise regular and in compliance with said Act and the Acts supplemental thereto. Approved, January 18, 1898. January 25, 1898. CHAP. 6.-An Act For the regulation of cemeteries and the disposal of dead bodies 'LL;; in the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United naman; coiumm. States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the pas- ,B§§$Q‘;'f‘““ °f °°'“°‘ sage of this Act no person or persons shall lay out any new cemetery, L¤·¤n¤¤- or part of any cemetery, within the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, nor in said District within one mile and a half from the boundaries of said city; no person shall, in said District lay out any cemetery, or part of any cemetery, within less than two hundred yards of any dwelling house except with the written consent of the owner, lessee, and occupier of such house, nor without a permit to do so from ‘ the Commissioners of said District} ‘ wane, underdrsin- Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of the owner or owners of any cemi¤¤·°‘°- etery or cemeteries in said District to inclose such cemetery or cemeteries in said District with good and sufficient walls or fences to prevent entrance thereto or exit thereirom except by gates provided for that purpose. Such cemetery or cemeteries shall, if required by the Commissioners of said District, be underdrained to such a depth as will prevent water remaining in any grave or vault therein. rm, gave spam, Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of the owner or owners of any cem- °*“· etery or cemeteries in said District to divide the area to be used for graves into lots of reasonable size, to be permanently designated by conspicuous marks, so that the position of each may be readily determined; each lot to be duly numbered; a plat of such cemetery showing the area so divided, the division into lots, and the number of each such lot shall be filed in the office of the surveyor of said District; the grave spaces hereafter laid out for the burial of persons above ten years of age to be at least eight feet by three feet, and those for the burial of children under ten years of age, at least six feet by two feet, or, if pre- ‘ terred by said owner or owners, one-half the measurement of the adult grave space, namely, four feet by three feet. Register. Sec. 4. That it shall be the duty of the owner or owners of any cemetery or cemeteries in said District to cause to be kept in the officc of the superintendent or person in charge of such cemetery or cemeteries a register showing the number of each lot, the name, age, cause of death, and date of burial of each person or persons buried in any such lot or grave space, and the number of the burial permit authorizing such burial; in cases of disinterment said register shall show the date of such disinterment and the number of the odicial permit therefor, opposite the name of the person whose remains are disinterred; such register shall be, at all times. open to inspection by duly authorized representatives of the health department and of the police department of said District. s..p.»rg¤e»m1.~m_ of Sec. 5. That it shall be the duty of the superintendent or person in m·:·x¤n vdi¢€.D· C. human beings in the District of Columbia, to register his or her name at the office of the health department of said District, giving full name, residence, and place of business, and in case of removal from one place to another in said District to make change in such register accordingly. ,_1·;·rnn¤¤€¤rg:r»¥;·;l Sec. 6. That no dead body of any human being, or any part of such §,.,c{f" ‘°“ “ body, shall, in said District, be removed from place to place. interred, disinterred, or in any manner disposed of without a permit for such removal, interment, disiuterment, or disposal granted by the health
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