(11.) He is chosen by the Church and Cemetery Commission, and the
appointment is confirmed by the mixed Church and School Commission.
In case the latter commission should find reason to delay the
ratification, the grounds of the delay are to be reported to the senate,
which will then order what is requisite.
The oath of the Cemetery Inspector must be taken before the younger
_Herr Bürgermeister_, but his dismissal must be conducted in the same
manner as his appointment.
He must be examined by the Sanitary Board, and must be found by them to
be qualified. He must also be a burgher.
The Cemetery Inspector retains his situation during good behaviour,
exact obedience to the interment regulations, and all other matters
contained in his instructions.
(12.) The sextons and their assistants are under the control of the
Cemetery Inspector.
He has to enforce the regulation that all those employed in the
solemnities of funerals, or in the house of mourning, shall appear in
good black clothes, and that no disorder, negligence, or defect, is
permitted in the cemetery.
He has further to see that on the part of the sextons, or the gardeners,
the neatness of the paths of the cemetery is restored after interments,
as also that of the plantations and flower borders, as quickly as
possible, and also that the mounds on the graves in the common ground
are covered with green turf and kept in a pretty form.
(13.) The interments are to be notified by writing to the inspector of
the cemetery by the Interment Commissary. This notification must be
signed by the Church and Cemetery Commission, otherwise the inspector
may not venture to order the sextons to form a grave.
One of the principal duties of the inspector is to keep a register of
all the interments from these notifications, which register he must
weekly lay before the Church and Cemetery Commission.
(14.) The coffins must, without any distinction, be lowered into the
graves, and the inspector has to see that the necessary ropes are always
in proper condition.
No less important is it for the inspector to be present at an interment,
in order that by his presence nothing may be done by his subordinates,
or by any other person, which should be contrary to the dignity of the
interment or to the regulations.
(15.) The inspector must also inspect the family vaults, graves, and
monuments, and keep a book, in which he enters statements of any repairs
which may be necessary, and a notification of this is immediately to be
sent to the Church and Cemetery Commission, without whose permission no
alteration can be made in the graves.
(16.) The inspector has also the superintendence of the house of
reception.
(17.) It is the duty of the inspector to treat all who have to apply to
him with politeness and respect, and to give the required information
unweariedly and with ready good will.
Under no pretext is he allowed either to demand or receive any payment,
as he has a sufficient salary.