Bodies delivered pursuant to § 34-26-8 unclaimed after the expiration of sixty days may be used for the promotion of medical and surgical science, and the instruction and study of physicians and students of anatomy and embalming in this state. After having served such purpose, the remains shall in all cases receive proper burial.

Source: SL 1909, ch 278, § 3; RC 1919, § 5595; SDC 1939, § 15.1104.