And may direct a chemical analysis and microscopical examination of body (R. L., sec. 2,469).
Superintendents or wardens of penitentiary, houses of correction, insane asylums, poor-houses, and coroners, sheriffs, city and county undertakers, having charge of a body required to be buried at public expense, shall deliver the same to medical college for dissection unless claimed by relatives or friends, and trafficking in such bodies is a misdemeanor (R. L., sec. 6,883 et seq.).
Concealing birth of child, so that it may not be known whether it was born alive or dead, is a felony (R. L., sec. 3,479).
Removal of dead body from grave without authority (except that of criminal executed for crime), for purpose of sale, etc., or receiving such body knowingly, is a felony (R. L., secs. 3,842, 3,845).
Montana.
Concealing birth of child which, if born alive, would be a bastard, is punishable (Crim. Laws, sec. 41).
Coroner to hold inquest, etc. (Gen. Laws, secs. 869, 883).
And bury body at public expense if not claimed by relatives, etc. (Gen. Laws, sec. 881).
Removal, etc., of dead body from grave without authority, and for the purpose of sale or dissection, or from wantonness, is a felony (Laws, 1889, p. 114).