Bodies of those dying on vessels in State, shall be buried by master on the shore above high-water mark (Code, sec. 2,002). Bodies of those dying in alms-house, prison, morgue, hospital, jail, or other public institution, which are required to be buried at public expense, and bodies of criminals executed for crime shall be delivered to medical college, etc., and physician or surgeon for anatomical study, unless (except criminals) relatives and friends claim the body or deceased was a stranger or traveller; and such bodies shall not be sent out of the State (Code, ch. 80). WASHINGTON. Coroner to hold inquest, etc. (Hill’s Am. Stat., vol. 1, sec. 245 _et seq._). And bury body, if not claimed by friends, at public expense (Hill’s Am. Stat., vol. 1, sec. 257). Bodies of those dying in poor-house, public hospital, county jail, State prison, etc., which are required to be buried at public expense, shall be delivered to medical college, physician, surgeon, etc., for study, unless deceased requested to be buried, or it is claimed by friends or relatives, or deceased was a stranger or traveller; and such body shall be used only in the State (Hill’s Am. Stat., vol. 1, sec. 2,428 _et seq._). Removal, etc., of body from the grave without authority is punishable (Pen. Code, sec. 208). WEST VIRGINIA. Coroner to hold inquest, etc. (Code, ch. 154). And bury the body at public expense, or if of a stranger, may forward it to its destination or bury it (Code, ch. 154, sec. 8). Removal, etc., of a body from grave is punishable (Code, ch. 149, sec. 13). WISCONSIN. Justice of the peace or coroner to hold inquest, etc. (S. & B. Am. Stat., ch. 200). And shall cause the body to be buried at public expense (S. & B. Am. Stat., ch. 200, sec. 4,877). Dead body of convict shall, if not claimed by relatives or friends, be buried (S. & B. Am. Stat., sec. 4,926). Removal, etc., of body from grave without authority is punishable (S. & B. Am. Stat., sec. 4,592). Concealing death of child which, if born alive, would be a bastard, is punishable (S. & B. Am. Stat., sec. 4,585). A public officer having in his charge a body required to be buried at public expense, shall deliver same to member of State or county medical society, etc., for anatomical study, unless claimed by relatives, or they consent to such disposal, or deceased requested to be buried, or was a stranger or traveller (S. & B. Am. Stat., sec. 1,437). THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS. BY AUGUST BECKER, _Of the Buffalo (N. Y.) Bar_. THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS. BY AUGUST BECKER, _Of the Buffalo (N. Y.) Bar_. POWERS AND DUTIES OF CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS. I. THE CORONER AND HIS COURT.