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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE OF COLUMBARIUM OF THE PARISH OF ST. CHRISTOPHER'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH ("St. Christopher's") 1. The buyer of a niche is granted the original right of use, which includes the interment of the cremated remains of two persons in a niche. 2. At the time of purchase, the Buyer shall designate the person or persons (by name, not as a class) whose cremated remains may be interred in the niche. During the Buyer's lifetime, the Buyer may, from time to time, change the designation of the persons whose remains may be interred, by notice in writing delivered to and accepted by St. Christopher's. The Buyer may also designate one other individual who, upon the Buyer's death or incapacity, shall exercise the same right of designation. The right to designate persons whose remains may be interred ceases with the death of the Buyer and any named designee. 3. Buyers must be natural persons or the personal representatives of deceased or of incompetent persons. Only one individual may be considered the buyer of a niche. 4. Buyers rights to the niche may not be assigned, transferred, or inherited, without the written consent of St. Christopher's and shall not be subject to the claims of creditors. 5. If there has been no interment in the niche five years after the death of the Buyer, St. Christopher's may repurchase the Buyer's rights, subject to the availability of funds in the Columbarium Fund. St. Christopher's shall pay no more than eighty percent (80%) of the sum paid by the buyer. 6. Cremated human remains only may be interred in the niche. Ashes deposited in the niche shall be placed in a sealed container acceptable to St. Christopher's. Any such container must be of suitable size for placement in the niche and shall be within the usual bounds of good taste. The name of the person whose ashes are placed in the container shall be marked on or placed within the container. St. Christopher's shall maintain a separate record of all interments and may require appropriate information for this purpose. 7. A religious service shall be held at each interment. A member of the clergy of St. Christopher's shall be present and shall conduct the service, except that, in the discretion of the Rector of St. Christopher's, supervision of the service may be delegated to another member of the Clergy. A representative from St. Christopher's shall be present at all such services. 8. Names and birth and death years of each person interred in a niche may be placed on the face of the niche on plates approved by St. Christopher's. The size, type and manner of lettering shall be determined by, and applied by, St. Christopher's. No other inscriptions, flowers or other ornamentation are permitted on or around the Columbarium. Access to the Columbarium is subject to the control of St. Christopher's. 9. Remains may be removed from the niche only upon the written consent of St. Christopher's, and the Buyer and the spouse, if any, of the person interred, or, if neither is living, of the personal representative, if any, or the next of kin of the person interred. In any such instance, a receipt must be signed by the party so acting, indemnifying St. Christopher's against all liability. No refunds will be granted. All removals shall be under the supervision of a representative of St. Christopher's. 10. On default of possibility of a valid use of the niche, the Buyer's rights shall lapse and all interest in the niche shall revert to St. Christopher's. A reasonable determination by St. Christopher's that such default has occurred shall be binding on all parties. 11. The right of the Buyer to use a niche shall cease if the present church property is no longer owned by St. Christopher's, the present church edifice is demolished or destroyed or if in the determination of the Vestry of St. Christopher's it is no longer feasible to maintain the Columbarium. In the event of such termination, all interred remains may be removed in accordance with the procedures described in paragraph 9. If, after reasonable notice, such remains are not removed by representatives of the person interred, St. Christopher's shall have the right to remove and dispose of them in an appropriate manner, and thereafter no right of use of the Columbarium shall exist in the Buyer or in any other person. 12. All notices to the Buyer of a niche shall be sent to the address set forth on the reverse side of this agreement unless Buyer, or the designee of Buyer described in paragraph 2, shall otherwise advise St. Christopher's in writing.