Harris Sr., George Form vs.IL NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
OFFICIAL BURIAL (OR REMOVAL) PERMIT
sr' This Permit can be signed only by the Local Registrar (Deputy or subregistrar) of the Primary Registration District (Town,
Village, or City) in which the death occurred after the FILING and acceptance of a CORRECT AND COMPLETE CERTIFICATE OF
DEATH, LEGIBLY WRITTEN IN DURABLE BLACK INK _ Registered No._
Disc No ..1.....Co ylllageor City
` (If city, gi treet address)
Name of deceased.... - � — Vete an `
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271(14,, e, married, widowed,
Sex olor divorced• (wnte t�word) �-�a e e PcW� " �7,...Iu
Age..,.S, - Years( onths (s) ays Bi p1 4-a, * f",
Cause of Death ����� � ct.s ,- .
Certificate was signed by�'"1et4( l I)
Address .—
Place of Burial (or Removal). /4 ..
(If body le to be temporarily 1 ,fill in e I r)
Cemetery �ez- Date of Bu•.al - )----19 ly.
(If body is to be tempora ly he d,fill In space later)
Th4 Certificate of Death containing the above stated particulars, having been presented to me, after careful exami-
nation, the same appearing to be COMPLETE, CORRECT, AND SATISFAC!'ORY AS REQUIRED BY LAW,
I have accepted the same for registration, h ye recorded it in my Local Rec d with the above fated Registered
Num on the basis the " HEIST A PERMIT
to
(Name) ddre )
the ....., to hold tempora ' and t e hod
(Untie r r person baying charge of corpse) (Inter,re e,or otbe than
Dated .... .. .f ....19..., ..�f— (Signed) '
Local Registrar
This Permit is sufficient r the Removal (and Interment or Cremation) of a body to any peat of the 'fate (subject to local
cemetery or other regulations),unless removal is by common currier. in which case a Transit Permit (VS No. 62) is renuired.
ENDORSEMENT OF SEXTON OR PERSON IN CHARGE OF
PREMISES ON WHICH INTERMENTS OR
CREMATIONS ARE MADE
Date of_./a-e'C' 1'" was 19 C/
tateAti e ment or cre tion) `
eate
(Name of Cemetery,Crematorium, etc.)
Section Lot No Grave No
(Signed) Af
(Person in cha e)
Person in charge must return this Permit to Registrar of his District within
SEVEN (7) DAYS from above date. If no person is in charge, the UNDER-
TAKER MUST SIGN ABOVE STATEMENT, write across the face of the
Permit the words "No person in charge," and FILE PERMIT WITHIN
THREE (3) DAYS with Registrar of District in which cemetery is located.
EXTRACTS OF THE VITAL STATISTICS LAW
§ 375. Permits for burial or removal of dead bodies. The body of any person
whose death occurs in this state or which shall be found dead therein shall not
be interred, deposited in a vault or tomb, cremated or otherwise disposed of or
removed from or into any registration district, or be temporarily held pending
further disposition more than seventy-two hours after death unless a permit for
burial, removal,or other disposition thereof shall have been properly issued by the
registrar of vital statistics of the registration district in which the death occurred
or the body was found. No such burial or removal permit shall be issued by any
registrar until, wherever practicable, a complete and satisfactory certificate of
death has been filed with him as heretofore provided; * * *. When a dead body
is transported from outside of the state into a registration district in this state for
burial, the transit or removal permit issued in accordance with the law and health
regulations-of the place where the deg-+th occurred shall be given the same force
and effect as the burial permit herein provided for. No registrar of vital statistics
shall receive any fee for the issuance of burial or removal permits under this act
other than the compensation provided in this article. Provided, however, that the
state commissioner of health shall have power to promulgate rules with reference
to the removal of bodies of persons whose deaths occur on trains, boats or other
carriers engaged in the transportation of persons within this state.
§ 379. Duties of undertaker. In each case the undertaker, or person having
charge of the corpse, shall file the certificate of death with the registrar of the dis•
trict in which the death occurred and obtain a burial or removal permit prior tc
any disposition of the body. * * * The undertaker shall deliver the burial permit
to the person in charge of the place of burial, before interring or otherwise dispos•
ing of the body; or shall attach the removal permit to the box containing the
corpse, when shipped by any transportation company; said permit to accompany
the corpse to its destination, where if"within the state of New York, it shall be
delivered to the person in charge of the place of burial.
§ 381. Interments. No person in fharge of any premises on which inter•
ments or cremations are made shall inter or permit the interment or other dispo•
sition of any body unless it is accompanied by a burial, cremation or transit permit
as herein provided. Such person shall endorse upon the permit, the date of inter•
merit, or cremation over his signature, and shall return all permits so endorsed tc
the registrar of his district within seven days from the date of interment or ere.
mation. He shall keep a record of all bodies interred or otherwise disposed of or
the premises under his charge, in each case stating the name of each decease(
person, place of death, date of burial or disposal, and name and address of the
undertaker; which record shall at all tin es be open to official inspection;provides
that the undertaker or person having charge of the corpse, when burying a body
in a cemetery or burial ground having o person in charge, shall sign the buria
or removal permit, giving the date of burial, and shall write across the face of the
permit the words "No person in charge," and file the burial or removal permit
within three days with the registrar of the district in which the cemetery is located
SEXTONS and UNDERTAKERS violating the law relative to the return of per.
mite are liable to a penalty of NOT LESS THAN FIVE DOLLARS NOR MORE
THAN FIFTY DOLLARS FOR THE FIRST OFFENSE. The law will be enforced