45:9-54 - Receipt of bodies from other counties - New Jersey Statutes

45:9-54.  Receipt of bodies from other counties
    Any association organized under this article may apply for and receive from  any county in this state dead human bodies which may be required to be buried  at the public expense and are not claimed by any kindred or relation, as  provided in section 45:9-49 of this title, and any public officer or agent, or  any person in charge of a public institution as enumerated and set forth in  said section 45:9-49 may deliver such body under the restriction of such  section to any association organized under this article in any county in this  state.  When any such association shall have been organized in any county, no  body shall be removed to another county until the association or associations  within said county has an opportunity to receive it.