Justice of the peace to hold inquest, etc. (Comp. Laws, sec. 443 et seq.).
And bury the body (Comp. Laws, sec. 447).
Body of one dying of a contagious disease shall not be carried in an open coffin, or be exposed (Laws, 1889, ch. 79, sec. 8).
Body shall not be buried within fifty yards of running stream (Laws, 1891, ch. 93).
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Duty of burial, etc. (Pen. Code, sec. 305 et seq.).
Attempt at sexual intercourse with dead body is a crime against nature (Pen. Code, sec. 303).
Transfer of body of one who died of a contagious or infectious disease shall be in hermetically sealed casket (Laws, 1893, ch. 661, sec. 23).
Bodies of those dying in, or in custody of managers, etc., of any prison, asylum, morgue, hospital, or in possession of undertakers, shall be delivered to medical college of this State, etc., for purpose of medical study, unless claimed by relatives or friends, or friends or relatives do not assent to such disposal, or deceased requested during last illness to be buried (Laws, 1893, ch. 661, sec. 207).
In certain cases bodies of convicts, unless claimed, shall be delivered to certain medical colleges (R. S., pt. 4, ch. 3, secs. 132, 133).