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As to Interments within Churches or Burial Grounds newly erected or formed.
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LXXXIII. And be it enacted, That no Vault or Grave shall be constructed or made within the Walls of or underneath any Church or other Place of Public Worship built in any District after the passing of this Act, and no Burial Ground shall be made or formed within any District after the passing of this Act, without the Consent, of the General Board of Health first had and obtained, unless the same be made or formed upon Land purchased or authorized by Parliament to be appropriated for the Purpose of being used as a Burial Ground before the passing of this Act; and whosoever shall bury, or cause, permit, or suffer to be buried, any Corpse or Coffin in any Vault, Grave, or Burial Ground constructed, made, or formed contrary to this Enactment, shall for every such Offence be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Fifty Pounds, which may be recovered by any Person, with full Costs of Suit, in an Action of Debt.
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