Necropolis Act Amendment Act of 1884 No 9a (NSW)

No. XI.

An Act to Amend the "Necropolis Act of 1867."

[2nd April, 1884]

WH E R E A S it is expedient to amend the " Necropolis Act of 1 8 0 7 " Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent	Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council
and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows:—

1. This Act may be cited as the " Necropolis Act Amendment

Act of 188JJ " and from and after its commencement so much of the twelfth section of the " Necropolis Act of 1 8 0 7 " hereinafter termed the " Principal A c t " as limits the annual stipend of the Minister of any denomination for the performance of burial services to the sum of two hundred and fifty pounds the whole of sections sixteen and seven­ teen of the said Act together with so much of any other section thereof as is inconsistent with the provisions of this Act arc hereby repealed but without prejudice to the past operation of the said sections.

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2. Each body of Trustees appointed under the Principal Act shall so far as concerns the portion of land for which they have been appointed have entire control and management thereof for all pur­ poses of the said Act as amended by this Act shall receive all fees charges and sums of money payable under the said Act as so amended shall make all payments authorized by them as such Trustees and shall keep full and particular accounts of all moneys received by them and of all moneys disbursed and of all liabilities incurred by them as such Trustees And each such body of Trustees shall have power to appoint a secretary manager chaplain or chaplains and other officers of the portion of land for which they hare been so appointed whose duties may be defined by rules and regulations to be made under the Principal Act. And it shall be the duty of each such body of Trustees to forward to the Minister of Justice during the month of January in each year an abstract of all moneys received and expended by

them, during the preceding year which abstract shall be verified by a solemn declaration of their secretary or manager according to the form prescribed by law and shall be published by the said Minister in the Gazette.

3. Any rules or regulations made by any such body of Trustees as aforesaid may provide for the performance of the duties of their secretary manager chaplain or chaplains and other officers for the regulation of all persons employed in the Necropolis for the general good order and government thereof and for the enforcement of any rule or regulation made under this Act or the Principal Act by the infliction of penalties not exceeding ten pounds nor less than ten shillings in any case to be recovered in manner directed by such rules or regulations or in default of any such direction to be recovered as by the Principal Act provided.

4. The secretary or manager so to be appointed by each body of Trustees shall have power in respect of any offence committed within the limits of the portion of land vested in such Trustees to prosecute as such secretary or manager for and on behalf of such body of Trustees any person committing any such offence whether the same be an offence under the Principal Act or under any rules and regulations made thereunder or under this Act.

5. Each body of Trustees shall have power to fix the remunera­ tion for his services to be paid to any chaplain or chaplains or officiating Minister of the denomination represented by such Trustees whether by way of annual stipend or by fees or partly in one way and partly in the other and notwithstanding that the stipend so to be fixed shall exceed two hundred and fifty pounds per annum.