04/25/1886
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"If the design of this bill is to restore to the city named the privileges permitted by the law of 1880, it seems to be entirely unnecessary."
"But instead of exacting the bond from the medical colleges, such bond is required of 'every physician or surgeon before receiving such dead body.'"
"The laws by which it is permitted should, in deference to a decent and universal sentiment, carefully guard against abuse and needless offense."
"The measure under consideration does not with sufficient care specify and limit the officers and the parties who it is proposed to invest with discretion in the disposition of dead bodies."