The matter of ordering autopsies and dissections of dead bodies, or exhuming the same for that purpose or other purposes, is a matter of so much public importance that it has been regulated in nearly all of the United States by statutory enactments, which together with the other statutes relating to the subject-matter of this article are hereunto appended. The author of this article is greatly indebted for assistance in preparing the same, and in compiling these statutes, to Mr. Amasa J. Parker, Jr., of the Albany, N.Y., bar. APPENDIX. _Statutory Regulations Concerning Dead Bodies._ The coroner has power to hold inquest and direct autopsy, Ala., Code, sec. 4,801 _et seq._ Ariz., Pen. Code, sec. 2,309 _et seq._ Ark., R. S., sec. 692. Cal., Pen. Code; sec. 1,510. Col., Mill’s Stat., sec. 870. Conn., Gen. Stat., secs. 2,005, 2,008. Del., R. S., ch. 33. Fla., R. S., secs. 3,011, 3,019. Ga., Code, secs. 590, 591, 4,101 _et seq._ Idaho, R. S., sec. 8,377. Ill., S. & C. Am. Stat., v. 1, 606. Ind., R. S., secs. 5,878, 5,879. Iowa, McCl. Am. Code, sec. 487. Kan., Gen. Stat., secs. 1,780, 1,784. Ky., Gen. Stat., ch. 25, secs. 3, 11. La., Voorh. Rev. L., sec. 653. Me., R. S., ch. 139, sec. 1. Md., Code, art. 22, secs. 3, 4. Minn., Gen. Stat., sec. 1,011 _et seq._ Miss., Am. Code, sec. 816. Mo., R. L., sec. 2,438 _et seq._ Mont., Crim. L., secs. 869, 883. Neb., Consol. Stat., sec. 3,144. N. H., Pub. Stat., ch. 262, sec. 1 _et seq._ N. J., Rev. Stat., p. 170 _et seq._ N. C., Code, sec. 657. N. Dak., Comp. Laws, sec. 664 _et seq._ Ohio, R. L., sec. 1,221 _et seq._ Oklahoma, Stat., sec. 1,745 _et seq._ Ore., Crim. Code, sec. 453 _et seq._ Pa., Bright Pen. Digest, 1536, sec. 37. R. I., Pub. Laws, 1884, ch. 420, sec. 17. S. C., R. S., secs. 711, 2,664 _et seq._ Tenn., Code, sec. 6,139 _et seq._ Va., Code, sec. 2,928 _et seq._ Wash., Hill’s Am. Stat., v. 1, sec. 245 _et seq._ W. Va., Code, ch. 154. Wis., S. & B. Am. Stat., ch. 200. Wyo., R. S., sec. 1,879 _et seq._ Medical examiner shall hold inquest and direct autopsy. Mass., Pub. Stat., ch. 26, secs. 10, 11. R. I., Pub. Laws, 1884, ch. 420. Justice of the peace shall hold inquest and direct autopsy. Mich., How. Am. Stat., v. 2, sec. 9,583 _et seq._ Nev., Gen. Stat., sec. 225 _et seq._ N. M., Comp. L., sec. 443 _et seq._ Texas, Code Crim. P., art. 988 _et seq._ Vt., Rev. L., sec. 3,934 _et seq._ Wis., S. & B. Am. Stat., ch. 200. And may order a body to be disinterred for the purpose of holding such inquisition. Ark., R. L., sec. 718. Cal., Pen. Code, sec. 1,510. Del., R. L., ch. 33. Ga., Code, secs. 590, 591, 410 _et seq._ Idaho, R. L., sec. 8,377. S. C., R. S., sec. 2,687. Texas, Code Crim. P., art. 989. And when not claimed by friends and relatives, to bury the body decently, and when the property of deceased is not sufficient to defray expenses, this may be done at public expense.