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 FIFTYSEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 637, 638. 1902. 173 contiguous territory, and shall also overn in the trade conducted between said islands and territory, and in shipments from said islands ` or territory to other parts of the United States: Provided. That this  md law shall not apply in the Philippine Islands during such time as the ppmt B` collectors of customs of those islands are under the ]urisdiction of the War Department. Approved, April 29, 1902. CHAP. 838.-An Act For the promotion of anatomical science and to prevent Aprum,1002. the desecration of graves in the District of Columbia. - Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRe esentattves of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Tgt there shall be, and is Kbficteggolgmwg hereby, created, in and for the District of Columbia, a board for the iorggihieisua tiiiziicontrol of the dead human bodies hereinafter described, and for the §‘(§§{Q,§§f§,Q§P“m““ distribution of such bodies among and to the schools in said District conferring the degree of doctor of medicine or doctor of dental surgery, or both; the Post Graduate School of Medicine, incorporated by an Act of Congress, approved February seventh, eighteen hundred and V°‘· ”· P- 4- ninety-six, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Post Graduate School of Medicine of the District of Columbia;" the medical schools of the United States Army and Navy; the medical examining boards of the United States Army, Navy, and Marine-Hospital Service; and the board of medical su rvisors of the District of Columbia. Said board ,,°*f,f,_'°"°’* °* '·h° shall be known as th; Anatomical Board of the District of Columbia, and shall consist of the health officer of said District and two representatives from each school aforesaid actually engaged in teaching, to be selected by and from the faculty thereof in accordance with the _ by-laws of such faculty, except in the case of the medical schools of the United States Army and Navy, the representatives from which shall be selected and detailed bv the Surgeon—General of the Army and the Surgeon—General of the Navy. Said health officer shall call a meeting of said anatomical board for organization at a time and place to be fixed by said health officer as soon as practicable after the pass P0 I h mm sage of this Act. Said anatomical board shall have full power to estab- °°°"° t ° ' lis by—laws for its government and to appoint and to remove proper oflicers and agents, and shall keep full and complete records of its transactions and of all material facts rtaining to the recei t and distribution of bodie-s.· Said records shalfbe o n at all times ior inspec- ”°°°""- tion by any member of said anatomical boardxinnd by the United States attorney for the District of Columbia. Sec. 2. That every public officer, agent, and servant, and every p,§,£’;;§f,}*§f;s},’gujgofiicer, agent, and servant of any and every almshouse, prison, jail, etc- ' asylum, morgue, hospital, and other public institutions and offices V°*— 2% v· 686- having charge or control of dead human bodies requiring to be buried at public expense, shall notify said anatomical board, or such person as may be esignated by the said board, whenever any dead uman body comes into his possession, charge, or control for burial at public expense. And every such officer, agent, and servant shall, upon D°H°°°’ °' °°'u°"' application by said anatomical board or its agent, without fee or reward, and com lying with the laws and regulations governing the removal of dead lhuman bodies in the District of Columbia, deliver every such body to said board and permit said board or its agent to take and remove the same. The notice aforesaid shall be given in Wrmm °°°°°' writing and forwarded to said anatomical board within twent —four hours after said officer, agent, or servant comes into possession, charge, or control of such body for burial, and shall include such material