Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-09-17
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MINISTRY OF COLONIES
ROY AL ORDERS.
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,,rn,ous ia MADRI ~, lsT n OF AueusT, 1888.
ing Royal order be published in the island where
The Political Chief of Madrid, on the 18th of No.
yembcr last, proposed as proper the modification
Of some OF the Prov, ions OF the Royal orders of
lative to the exhumation and removal Of corpses
from one cemetery to another or to private vault;
ton the praisworthy motives which generally in
duce the soilelfation OF such removals with the
lions which are al the same time required for the
preservation ofthe public health has deiEned to
dom onthe matter, and, in conformity to what the
Board has represented, she has been plea sed to
d,cr r the following reguil,ions:
cannot hc chected without an express license from
tn" Political Chief Of the province where they may
be buried
81. The removal of corpses except to a cemetery
or private vault, shall not be permitted
sd. The exhuuIation and removal of corpses be
fore two years after burial have transpired pro-
4th. To effect the exhumation of corpse within
the time of from two to five years after sepulture
there must preceds the license from the Political
Chief: hrs., the permi ssion Of the ecclesiastical
authority; and: second, a medical e1amina alton,
from which i shall appear that the removal can
not inJure the public health.
eth. This examination shall be made by two pro-
fesSors If the scence Of heal ling, the appointment
9Th. The Professors appointed are required to be
DOCTORS Of Medicine, or members of the Academy
Of Medicine ana surgery OF the ro.ince. when ths
terry of the ca pital where tho Academy has its rs
where there are no doctors. the Political Chief
shall appoint those whom he may deem most suit
7th The certificates which are to be given bv the
Professors appointed shall be given individually:
n case Of Disagreement, third shall be appointed
years, the Political Chief may order its exhuma-
ton and removal, in the manner and on the con-
ditlons that he deems most appropriate, directing
all cases that it shall be done with due decorum
and respect, informing the Political Chief of the
prg tn, Fh1 oh ha, Sut
estical authority
humed 1T any time, and without necessity of the
medical examination prescribed in regulation 4tfi
corphes which may have been buried in fore On
country rec rersa, shall be addressed to her
being first furnished in them Of the circumstance
Of the corpses having been embalmed, or that
then in state Of complete desiccation.
i+th. All expenses occasioned by acts Of exhu-
nation shall be on account of the interested par
18th. The fees to which each Professor will be
pnndins certificate shall be l50 reales vellon in
Madrid. and izl IN other towns of the Kingdom
The Political Chief shall increase this sum to
whatever he estimates to be proper in pro por
u the distance which the Professors ppointed
have to Z" when The examination is Laade in a diff
18th The fees shall be reduced to one half Of
what is established in the foregoing regulation
whenever at Gne and tile same time an csaruina-
uop Of two or more cJcpses is made.
iitk; All The proyisioIis of the Royal Orders OF
the - IN OF MaIc.!, ISL, and list Of February 1876
are repealed. -
1t is likewise the viii Of her Majesty that the
provision in guiatio nth of the going Royar
Older shall he understood to be so modified that
yonr E1cetlency may determine of yeurseIf and
without necessity Vi superior authorize ii on the
cunrse To he tnllowsd IN each Cast ,l
By Royal Urdcs, state fhis 70 your Excellency
for your knowledge and CORE pol,iihg effects
Gtd preserve your Ezcellency many years.
CONCHA
. To lie perior Civil Governors of
Puerto Rico Santo Domingo, and Phil ppines
TRANSLATION
MoST EACELLhNr SIR: The Queen twhom God
preserve iii view Of what has been determined n
the application made for the elimination and re :
muval to New York Of the mortal remains Of Mr.
Charles Rone deposited in niche of the gene rs
cemetery Of the city where You are, has ne,i to
hrcct that, when CAGES OF this kind occur. u. Il
may decide II yourself, with IN the rules prescribed
b. the Royal Order Of the 18th March 1915. and,
notwiths landing what is directed in reguIa ton
tenth Of the saIIe, the cou SC to.be followed =
by Royal Order stato this to Y 4. for your
knowiedse ana CORE pondIng effects God pre-
serve y l.. many yearsi IL = 81 ! :.