[329] M'Gough v. Lancaster Burial Board (1888) 21 Q. B. D. 321; 52 J. P. 740.
[330] Keet v. Smith (1875) L. R. 4 A. & E. 398; rev. (1876) 1 P. D. 73. The bishop himself decides disputes as to monumental inscriptions on stones in the consecrated portion of a burial ground provided under the Burial Acts; (1852) 15 & 16 Vict. c. 85, s. 38. As to the consecrated parts of cemeteries established by companies under the Cemeteries Clauses Act, 1847, see 10 & 11 Vict. c. 65, s. 51.
[331] Sm. Churchw. 52-57. A faculty is not necessary for mere repairs or redecoration where no alteration is made in the structure or the design, nor for trifling additions such as movable seats or hassocks. But a change in the mode of lighting or heating the church ought to be sanctioned by faculty. The grant of a faculty, besides ensuring that all is done legally and carefully, prevents any ill-feeling being cherished in the parish on the score of the alteration having been made without the knowledge or consent of some of the parishioners; since the application for the faculty affords to all who are interested in the matter an opportunity for submitting their views upon it. The regular mode of obtaining the approval of the parishioners to it is by a resolution of the vestry. But the opinion of the vestry is not conclusive; and a distinction will sometimes be made between the votes of those members of the vestry who are Church people and those who are not; see note (3) on p. 89 above.
[332] Rosher v. Vicar of Northfleet (1825) 3 Add. 14; Pitcher v. The Same (1825) Ib. 15.
[333] Adlam v. Colthurst (1867) 36 L. J. Eccl. 14.
[334] Vicar of Tottenham v. Venn (1874) L. R. 4 A. & E. 221, 225.
[335] Re Bideford Parish (1900) P. 314.
[336] Rector of St. Stephen's, Wallbrook v. Sun Fire Office Trustees (1883) Trist. Cons. Judgm. 103.
[337] Re St. Martin's Orgars (1870) Ib. 145. Comp. Rector of St. Stephen's, Wallbrook v. Sun Fire Office Trustees, ubi sup.
[338] Re St. George in the East (1876) 1 P. D. 311.