The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-06-20
CHAPTER lG7.

AN ACT to promote the Science oil
Medicine aud Surgery in the State
Of Iowa.
SECTION I. Be II cndctol Gy Me
General assembly Of the State Of lOtcu,
That it shall be lawful In cities and
counties whose population exceeds one
thousand Inhabitants, for cOroners and
undertakes 70 deliver tO the physi-
ciaRs In this State. and fDr professors
professors and teachers IN medical
colleges aud medical schools, and
teachers, aud physicians To receive the
remains or body Of any deceased person
for purposes Of medical and surgical
study: Provided, That said remain
shall not have hean regularly Inferred,
and shall not have been dressed for In
terineit, Ivy any relatives or friends ol
said deceased, within thirty-six hours
after death:
I'roriaed also, That the remains ol
no person who may be known To have
relatives or friends, shall he so deliv-
cred or received without the consent oi
said relatives or friends: and,
PrOUided, That no traveller or any
person who shalt have expressed de-
sire In his or her last sick ness, that his
or her lMdy may be inferred, shall b.
delivered or received As Aforesaid, but
shall be buried In the usual manner
and,
Iroriied, also, That In case the re-
mains OF any person SO delivered or re-
ceived, shall be subsequently claimed
BY any surviving relative or friend,
they shall be given up TO said relative
or friend for interment: aDd,
Provided, further, That no officer OF
person shall ask, demand, or receive
any cOWpene alton, fee, or reward, In
money or property, or any valuable
thing, as an inducement to deliver up
any dead body, to any person or cor
poratl0O, for purposes Of medical sur
gerry or study:
Eovtded, THAT In al cass. Of bodies
to be claimed under this act, the per-
son whose body b % claimed shall
have been resident TOR nix months
Of the county wherein the death took
place.
SIG. 2. xha. i. shall Be the duty 0.
the said pro6eoeors and teacDssrs. de-
Gently to bury 10 SONS publlc cemetery
the remains Of Ill bodies after they
shall have answered the purposes
Aforesaid, aud for any neglect or vboDa-
ton Of the prOviai0ns Of this seetion,
the party 90 neglectlng shall lprfeit
and pay . psisaIty OF n0s ~ thao tsn
dollars, Or moro thxu my dollars, Tor
the benefit Of the sch00l-fund.
SEC. 3. The remains OF persons "a
may be 80 received by the professors
and teachers a. aforesaid, shall be used
for the purposes Of medical and aurg-
ical study alone, and In this State only.
and whoever shall use such remains
for any other purpose, or slsaii remove
1uch remains beyond the limits Of this
State, or In any n1snnsS tTafz20 Ia tie
same, shall be guilty oI . misdemean-
or, and shall ON conviction be impris-
Oned for torn not exceeding one year
In q ccanty tail.
SEC. 4. That every person who
shall dsliver up the remains Of any
deceased person In violation Of, or con-
trary 70 any or MI Of the provisions
contained Ia the first section Of this
act. and every. perDOn who shall re-
ceive such r0Oaln1, shall be deemed
guilty OF . mlsdemean0F, and shalt on
conviction thereof, be punished a.
provided In section 1860 Of the RevIs-
lon Of 1890. Y3ss
Approved April -. 1879.
CHAPTER l08.
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