Section 17-117. Removal of bodies  


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  • a. It shall be the duty of the department
      upon receiving a certificate of  death,  made  in  accordance  with  its
      rules,  to  grant a permit for the removal from the city, of the body of
      the person described in such certificate  if  such  body  has  not  been
      buried.
        b.  It may grant a permit for the removal of the remains of any person
      interred within the city to a place without the city, on the application
      of a relative or friend of such person, when there shall appear to be no
      just objection to the same.