Title 38, Title 38: MILITIA--SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND MARINES

38:17-2. Appointment, supervisor of veterans' interment 38:17-2. The board of chosen freeholders in each of the counties shall appoint a suitable person who shall be a resident of the county, as supervisor of veterans' interment; provided, that in making such appointment an honor…

38:17-2.1 Identification of indigent deceased person; determination of veteran status; definitions. 2. The county medical examiner, or a designee, shall be responsible for the positive identification of an unidentified indigent deceased person. The supervisor of veterans' interme…

38:17-3 Restriction as to interment; headstone; definitions. 38:17-3. Any interment provided for by sections 38:17-1 to 38:17-8 of this title shall not be made in any cemetery or plot used exclusively for the burial of pauper dead, but may be made in a county veterans' cemetery o…

38:17-4 Liability for expenses of burial, cremation; exemptions; definitions. 38:17-4. The expense of the burial or cremation and headstone shall be borne and paid by the county in which the deceased shall be resident at the time of death, up to a cost of $250. The State shall pr…

38:17-5. Payment of expense; tax levy The board of chosen freeholders of the several counties shall annually place in the tax levy a sum sufficient for the purposes aforesaid.

38:17-6. Graves to be in proper condition; headstone; tax levy If the graves of such veterans mentioned in section 38:17-1 of this title, in any of the counties, shall be in a state of dilapidation or decay, or shall not be marked with headstones, or any county shall not own buri…

38:17-7. Board may issue bonds to raise funds If in the judgment of any board of chosen freeholders the amount required for the purposes mentioned in section 38:17-6 of this Title, if placed in the tax levy for one fiscal year, would be too burdensome on the taxpayers of such cou…

38:17-8. Issuance and sale of bonds; limitation on amount The bonds mentioned in section 38:17-7 of this Title shall be issued and sold in accordance with Title 40, chapter one, of the Revised Statutes. No board shall issue bonds in excess of one hundred thousand dollars, for the…

38:17-9. Graves to be decorated--expense; tax levy The supervisor of veterans' interment shall annually, on the thirtieth day of May known as Memorial Day or as near to such day as possible decorate, or cause to be decorated with suitable flags the graves in which are interred th…