17-1326.   Same; sealing burial structure; reinterment.Should any firm, person or corporation fail to hermetically seal suchcrypts or catacombs placed or constructed in such mausoleum, vault,or other burial structure and by reason of such failure or otherreasons, offensive odors or effluvia arise therefrom, the secretary ofhealth and environment or the secretary's designee or the local health officerof the county inwhich such mausoleum, vault or other burial structure shall be situatedshall upon the complaint of any local health officer or resident of thetownship, where such mausoleum, vault or other structure may besituated, compel the sexton or other persons in charge of suchmausoleum, vault or other burial structure to immediately place suchmausoleum, vault or other burial structure in perfect and sanitarycondition or immediately remove said deceased body or bodies therefrom,and properly inter the same at the expense of the person, firm or corporationowning such mausoleum, vault or other burial structure. If no such person, firm or corporation can be found in the county wherethe same may be located, then such interment shall be at the expense ofthe township or city where such structure may be situated.

      History:   L. 1917, ch. 85, § 3; R.S. 1923, 17-1326; L. 1975, ch.462, § 14; L. 1980, ch. 182, § 2; July 1.