It shall be unlawful for any person to bury any human body in the public pauper cemetery except the body of a pauper or the body of any person for whose burial no means, financial or otherwise, can be found or furnished. It shall be unlawful for any person to bury any body in the public pauper cemetery until and unless such person has theretofore filed with the director of public health a sworn statement to the effect that no means, financial or otherwise, has been found for the burial. (Code 1941, Art. 15-5)