Every physician practicing medicine within the corporate limits of the Town of Clayton shall within 24 hours after the death of any patient under his or her charge report the same to the Town Physician, giving the name, age and occupation of the deceased and the cause of the death, who shall thereupon issue a permit of burial or transportation; and no undertaker or other person shall bury or transport any corpse without the burial permit.
(Ord. 16, passed 6-18-1908)