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Burial Grounds (Scotland) Act 1855
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IXUpon Requisition of Ratepayers or Members of Parochial Board, Meeting of Parochial Board to be convened, to determine whether Burial Ground shall be provided.
Although no Burial Ground in the Parish has been closed by Order in Council, the Inspector of the Poor of any Parish not within Burgh, and the Town Clerk in the Case of any Parish within Burgh, shall be bound, upon the Requisition in Writing of Ten or more Persons assessed for Relief of the Poor of the Parish, or upon the Requisition in Writing of any Two or more Members of the Parochial Board of the Parish, to convene a Special Meeting of the Parochial Board of such Parish, for the Purpose of determining whether a Burial Ground shall be provided under this Act for the Parish; and if a Majority of such Meeting of the Parochial Board shall resolve that a Burial Ground shall be provided under this Act for the Parish, such new Burial Ground shall be provided in the same Manner as if an old Burial Ground had been closed by Order in Council.
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