And bury body, etc. (R. L., sec. 1,227).
Body of pauper or unknown, not an inmate of any penal, charitable, or reformatory institution, and not claimed by relative or delivered for dissection according to law, shall be buried at public expense (Laws, 1890, p. 283).
Corpse shall not be conveyed to or from a city without a permit (R. L., sec. 2,119).
Bodies of those dying in city hospitals, city or county infirmaries, work-houses, asylums, charitable institutions, penitentiaries, or jails, which are required to be buried at public expense, shall be delivered to medical college or society for study, etc., unless claimed by relative, or deceased was a stranger or traveller (except tramps) (R. L., sec. 3,763).
Removing body from grave without authority for dissection or receiving such body is punishable (R. L., sec. 7,034).
Body of executed criminal, if not claimed by relative or friends, may be delivered for dissection, etc. (R. L., sec. 7,343, 1).
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Coroner to hold inquest, etc. (Stat., sec. 1,745 et seq.).
And bury the body at public expense if not claimed by relatives (Stat., sec. 1,759).