Daily national Republican., 1863-09-16
ROYAL ORDER.

MADRID, 1st OF August, 1868.
ILLUsTRIous sIRt The Queen (whom God
prescrveD has dcigned to direct that the fol.
lowing Royal Order be published in the island
where you are;
The Political Cherof Madrid, on the 18th Of
November last, proposed as proper the nodll-
cation Of some of tho provisions Of the Royal
Orders of 2ith Of March, ls45, and 2lst of Feb
ruary, 1916, relative to the examination and re-
moval OF corpses from one cemetery to another
or to private vault; and her Majesty tho
Queen, taking into consideration tho praisc
worthy motives which generally induce the sp.
licitation OF such removals, with tho view of
reconcriug those motives with the precaution,
which are at the same time required for tho
preservation OF the public health, has duigncd
to hear the report OF the Sanitary Board of the
Kingdom on the matter, and, iu conformity TO
what the Bosrd has represented, she has been
pleased to decree the following regulations:
lst. Tho cxhulnation and removal of corpsps
cannot lie effected without an express license
from the Political Chief of the province where
they may he buried.
I'd. The removal of corpses, except to a
cemetery or private vault, shall not be per-
mitted.
! 3d. The exhumstion and removal of corpscs
before two years after burial have transpired
is prohibited.
ith. To effect the exhum alton of a CORPSE
within the time of from two to tvc years after
sepulture, there must precede the license from
the Political Chief: first, the permissi of the
ecclesiastical authority; and, second, a medical
examination, from which 1t shall appear that
the removal cannot injure the public health.
nth. This examination ah. all h,, md, B.,
professors OF the scieuce OF healing, the ap.
pointment of whom shall appcrtain to the PO.
litical Chief.
9th. The Professors appointed are required
to he Doctors of Medicine, or members of tn,
Academy of Medicine and Surgery of til,
province, when the corpses which are to bo cN
huined are in the cemetery OF the capital wher,
the Academy has its existence. II the ex hu
nation Is to be made In towns where there ar,
no doctors, the Political Chief shall appoint
those whom hc may deem most suitable.
It'll. The certificates which are to be given b,
the Professors appointed shall be given indi.
vidually; in caoe Of disagreement, third shall
be appointed.
9th. Alter a cOrpse shall have been buried
tive years, the Political Chief may order its OK
humation aud removal, In the manner and OF
the conditions that he deems most appropriate
directing in all cases that ii shall be done will
due dscorun and respect, Informing the Polili
cal Chief OF the province TO which the corps,
is to be removed, and obtaining previously In,
consent OF tue ecclesiastical authorities.
9th. Corpses which are embalmcd may b,
exhumed al any time, aud without necessity o
the medical examination prescribed in regula
tion ith.
10Th. solicitations for the removal to Spai,
OF corpses which may have been buried In
foreign country, or rice rsrsd, shall be ad
dressed to her Majesty through the medium n
All hahn Hr.t T,r,, ,t.l,..
them Of the circumstance VI the corpse hayin.
been embalmed, or that, having been bure(
more than two years, they are then 10 u stat,
of complete desiccation.
llth. All expenses occasioned by acts of cx
humatlon shall be on account OF the interested
parties.
l2rh. The fees to which each Professor viii
be entitled for the nc; Of examination and tn,
corresponding certificate, shall be 100 real
ycllon IN Madrid, and l29 In other towns of TIN
kingdom. The Political Chief shall iucreas,
this sum 10 whatever he estimates Il
be proper, in proportion 10 the distance whicl
the Professor appointed may have to 20, whel
the examination is made in u different town
from that In which they reside.
18Th, The fees shall bc reduced to onu.hal
Of what 10 established in the foregoing rugula
ton, whenever at one and the same time an cx
animation ol Two or more cOrpses is made.
18th. All the provisions OF The Royal Order
OF sith OF March, 1915, aud 2lst OF February
1876, are repealed.
II Is likewise the will OF her Majesty that tn,
provision In regulation 10Th OF the iorvgoiu.
Royal Order shall be understood to bu so mod
ihed that your Excellency may determine o
yourself, and without necessity OF superlo
authorization, the course TO he followed in eacl
case.
By Royal Ord.r, | state this TO your Excel
lency for your knowledge and corrcspoudiu,
effects.
God preserve your cxcellcncy many years.
CUSCHA.
To the Superior Civil Governors OF Puerto Rlcr
santo Domingo, and Philippines.