Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 141, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1903 — Aid of Poor Families in Burial. [ARTICLE]

Aid of Poor Families in Burial.

The Board of State Charities has received from the attorney-general an opinion that township trustees most aid poor families in the bnrial of their dead. Where relatives claim the body, it mast not be turned over to the State Anatomical Board, bat mast be baried at public expense. Where the body lies nnolaimed, theoorpee becomes the property of the anatomical board and may be of as that board sees fit. -