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§ 148. Burial of members of the armed forces of the United States and
their families; headstones. 1. Burial. (a) The board of supervisors in
each of the counties, or the board of estimate in the city of New York,
shall designate some proper person, association or commission, other
than that designated for the care of burial of public charges or
criminals, who shall cause to be interred the body of any honorably
discharged member of the armed forces of the United States, or the body
of any minor child or either parent, or the spouse or unremarried
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, such counties
or city, as the case may be, shall receive reimbursement for such
expense subject to the reimbursement limitations provided for in
subdivision five of section one hundred forty-one of the social services
law, provided that such expense is otherwise eligible for state
reimbursement pursuant to the provisions of such section.
(c) If the deceased has relatives who desire to conduct the burial,
but are unable to pay the charge therefor, such sum shall be paid by the
county treasurer or other fiscal officer, to the person, association or
commission so conducting such burial, upon due proof of the claim, made
to such person, association or commission of the death or burial of such
person, and audit thereof.
(d) Such interment shall not be made in a cemetery or cemetery plot
used exclusively for the burial of needy persons deceased, and the board
of supervisors of each county is hereby authorized and empowered to
purchase and acquire lands, or to appropriate money for the purchase and
acquisition of lands, for a cemetery or cemetery plot for the burial of
any such persons and also to provide for the care, maintenance or
improvement of any cemetery or plot where such persons are buried or may
hereafter be buried.
2. Headstones. (a) The grave of any such person whose body has been
heretofore or shall hereafter be so interred, or who shall have been
heretofore buried in any of the counties of this state, but whose grave
is not marked by a suitable headstone, if such person has died or shall
die without leaving means to defray the expense of such headstone, or
whose grave shall have remained unmarked for five years by a suitable
headstone, shall be marked by a headstone bearing the name of the
deceased, the war in which he served, and, if possible, the organization
to which he belonged or in which he served.
(b) The headstone at the grave of the spouse or surviving spouse of
such honorably discharged member of the armed forces of the United
States shall contain the name of the deceased, the war in which his or
her spouse served and, if possible, the organization to which he or she
belonged or in which he or she served.
(c) Such headstone shall be of such design and material as shall be
approved by the board of supervisors.
(d) Where a headstone or the foundation thereof as herein provided,
shall have become damaged by accident or the elements, it may be
repaired, provided the expense is less than the cost of a new headstone.
(e) The board of supervisors of the county of which such deceased
person was a resident at the time of his or her death is hereby
authorized and directed to audit the account and pay the expenses of
such burial and headstone, and a reasonable sum for the services and
necessary expenses of the person or commission so designated. In case
such person shall be at the time of his or her death an inmate of any
state institution, including state hospitals and soldiers' homes, or any
institution, supported by the state and supported by public expense
therein, the expense of such burial and headstone shall be a charge upon
the county of his or her legal residence.
(f) Where the providing of a headstone is authorized in any case
pursuant to this section, and in lieu of making such provision as
hereinbefore set forth, the board responsible for payment of the cost
thereof may make application for a headstone in such case to any
officer, board, body or agency of the United States required by or
pursuant to the laws thereof to furnish a headstone without charge to
mark the grave of the deceased person in such case and, in the event
such headstone is accordingly furnished, may audit the account and pay
the expense incident to the obtaining and for the erection thereof,
including any necessary transportation charges, in an amount not in
excess of the maximum sum authorized to be expended for a headstone as
provided in paragraph (c) of this subdivision.
3. Reports. It shall be the duty of the person or commission in this
section provided, prior to the annual meeting of the board of
supervisors to make an annual report to such board of supervisors of all
the applications since the last annual report for burial and the
erection of tombstones as provided herein, together with the amounts
allowed.