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SEC. 11-13.   REPORT OF DEATH REQUIRED.
   Before the sexton of a cemetery permits the body of a deceased person who has died within this state to be interred in the cemetery, he shall require to be delivered to him from the person seeking to bury the body, a copy of the state department of health report of death form which has been filed by the funeral director with the local registrar within whose jurisdiction the death occurred. If the body is transported from outside the state, before the sexton permits the body of the deceased person to be interred in the cemetery, he shall require to be delivered to him from the person seeking to bury the body, a copy of the burial-transit permit issued in accordance with the law and regulations of the jurisdiction where the death occurred. (Code 1941, Art. 15-14; Ord. 7799, Ord. 14351)