Bodies of convicts to be buried (Rev. C. Stat., art. 3,561).
Vermont.
Justice of the peace to hold inquest, etc. (Rev. Laws, sec. 3,934 et seq.).
Removal, etc., of dead body without authority, is punishable (Rev. Laws, secs. 4,194, 4,196).
Bodies of those dying in poor-house or other public institution, which are required to be buried at public expense, may be delivered to any physician for dissection, etc., unless deceased requested to be buried, or friends or relations request burial, or deceased was a stranger or traveller. Such body shall not be removed from State, and shall be used for scientific purposes only (Laws, 1884, ch. 85).
Virginia.
Coroner to hold inquest, etc. (Code, sec. 3,938 et seq.).
And to bury the body at public expense (Code, sec. 3,946).
Removal, etc., of dead body from grave without authority, is punishable (Code, sec. 3,794).
Bodies of those dying on vessels in State, shall be buried by master on the shore above high-water mark (Code, sec. 2,002).