District of Columbia Statutes
§ 7-178 — Reception, burial, and identification of ashes of certain cremated indigent persons.
District of Columbia·Title 7 Human Health Care and Safety.·Ch. 1 Public Health.·Subch. IV General Provisions.
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.
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Legislative History
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
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