§ 7-178Title 7
Reception, burial, and identification of ashes of certain cremated indigent persons.
The Director of the Department of Human Services is authorized to provide and furnish proper containers for the reception, burial, and identification of the ashes of all human bodies of indigent persons that are cremated at the public crematorium, which ashes remain unclaimed after 12 months from date of such cremation.
Annotations
May 21, 1928, 45 Stat. 669, ch. 659 July 3, 1930, 46 Stat. 975, ch. 848 Aug. 1, 1950, 64 Stat. 393, ch. 513, § 1 Office of Director of Public Health abolished: See Historical and Statutory Notes following § 7-101. 1973 Ed., § 6-115. 1981 Ed., § 6-114.
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