1891_public laws_130_2
CHAPTER 129 An act to dispose of the unclaimed dead bodies of convicts. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: '
That for the purpose of aiding and promoting the study of anatomy in this state the board of directors of the penitentiary are hereby directed to turn over to the state medical school estab- lished at the University. or any other medical institution or college in this state, under such rules as they may prescribe, the dead bodies of all convicts, except such as shall die of small-pox or scarlet fever or any other contagious disease, and which are unclaimed by relatives after due notice.