Mahomedan Cemetery - resumed by Government [1858-1867]
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abutting on the North side
thereof on Bonham Road and measuring thereon three hundred feet; on the
South side thereof on ground now in the possession of the government and
measureing thereon three hundred and fifty feet; on the East side thereof on
gournd now in the possession of the Government and measuring thereon four
hundred and sixty-five feet; and on the West side thereof on ground now in
the possession of the Government and measuring thereon four hundred an
sixty-seven and a half feet; which said piece or parcel of ground contains in
the whole three acres, two roads, thrity-one perches, and twenty-five square
yards
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ORDINANCE No. 1 OF 1867.
Mahomedan Cemetery (Resumption of Possession) Ordinance, 1867.
AN Ordinance for enabling Her Majesty to resume Possession
of the Mahomedan Cemetery. [10th August, 1867.]
WHEREAS by an indenture dated the 10th day of October, 1858,
and made between Her Majesty the Queen, of the one part, and
Sheik Mosdeen, Mahomed Arab, and Seik Jumma, of the other part, all
that piece or parcel of ground decribed in the Schedule to this Ordi-
nance was granted by Her Majesty unto the said Sheik Mosdeen,
Mahomed Arab, and Seik Jumma, to hold the same for all the estate
and interest by the said indenture granted upon trust as a burial ground
for the Musulman community in Hongkong; and whereas the said
premises have been used as a burial ground in accordance with the
trust aforesaid, but it has become expedient that no further burials
should take place therein; and whereas Her Majesty has been pleased to
grant another piece or parcel of ground for the purpose of being used
as a burial ground for the Mussulman community in Hongkong, in lieu
of the piece or parcel of ground first hereinbefore mentioned, and also
a sum of two thousand dollars to be laid out thereon in necessary works
for rendering the same suitable for the purposes aforesaid:
BE it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice
of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. this Ordinance may be cited as the Mahomedan Cemetery
(Resumption of Possession) Ordinance, 1867. 2. From and after the commencement of this Ordinance, all the estate
and interest of the said Sheik Mosdeen, Mahomed Arab, and Seik
Jumma and the Mussulaman community in Hongkong in the said piece
or parcel of ground granted by th said indentrue of the 10th day of
October, 1858, and described in the Schedule to this Ordinance, and
hereinafter called the old cemetery, shall absolutely cease and deter-
mine, and the said indenture shall become null and void as if the same had never been made.
3. the Surveryor General shall amend the register in the Land Office
in the the presence and under the direction of the Colonial Secretary by
cancelling therein all matter in any way concerning or relating to the
said premisese comprised in the said indenture.
4.-(1) From and after the commencement of this Ordinance, it shall
not be lawful to bury the dead in any part of th old cemetery.
(2) Every person who after such time as aforesaid buries any body, or
in anywise acts or assists in the burial of any body, contrary to this enact-
ment shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, being convicted thereof,
shall be liable to fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or to imprison-
ment for any term not exceeding three months.
5. the remains of any body buried in the old cemetery and any
monument or gravestone therein may be removed on application to and
by leave of the Governor-in-Council.
SCHEDULE.
DESCRIPTION OF THE OLD MAHOMEDAN CEMETERY.
all that piece or parcel of ground situate, lying, and being ain the sub-district
of Victoria called Sei-Ying-Poon in this Colony, abutting on the North side
thereof on Bonham Road and measuring thereon three hundred feet; on the
South side thereof on ground now in the possession of the government and
measureing thereon three hundred and fifty feet; on the East side thereof on
gournd now in the possession of the Government and measuring thereon four
hundred and sixty-five feet; and on the West side thereof on ground now in
the possession of the Government and measuring thereon four hundred an
sixty-seven and a half feet; which said piece or parcel of ground contains in
the whole three acres, two roads, thrity-one perches, and twenty-five square
yards, and is registered in the Land Office as Inland Lot No.582 in the names
of Sheik Mosdeen, Mahomed Arab, and Seik Jumma. A.D. 1867. Ordinance No. 8 of 1867. Short title. Cesser of estate and interest in old cemetery of Mussulman community. Schedule. Amendment of register relating to old cemetery. Prohibition of burials in old cemetery. Removal of remains of body, etc., from old cemetery. Section 2.
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