Body must be buried within four days, and if death was from contagious disease, within twenty-four hours and in a tightly sealed coffin which must not be reopened (Gen. Stat., sec. 607).
Wardens, superintendents of poor, and other persons having control of bodies shall deliver same to medical college committee, for dissection, unless claimed by relatives or friends, or relatives or friends do not consent, or one detained as a witness or on suspicion of having committed a crime, or deceased requested to be buried (Gen. Stat., sec. 678).
Mississippi.
Body of paupers and strangers to be buried (Am. Code, secs. 3,145, 3,146).
Coroner to hold inquest, etc. (Am. Code, sec. 816).
Removal of body unlawfully and wantonly, for sale or receiving same, is punishable (Am. Code, secs. 1,023, 1,024).
Missouri.
Coroner to hold inquest, etc. (R. L., sec. 2,438 et seq.).
And shall bury the body, if not claimed by friends, at public expense (R. L., sec. 2,456).