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has been prepared by me strictly In accordance with the rul the State Board of Health of South Dakota for trans rt&.
Uou by railway, and, in confora/�t'j(y with said rullleJ`L -
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TRANSIT PERMIT No ..................................... PASTER
Station Saggagemen must enter hereon a description of the Ticket, the Exact Route and via what Junctional Points
the Ticket Reads which Is held by the Passenger In charge of the Remains.
Special Instructions—A burial case containing a corpse must not be received for transportation, unless the person in
charge of the remains presents a certificate of the attending physician, coroner, or permit from the Board of Health, and
an undertaker's certificate that the body has been prepared for burial according to the law of the state. Neither will It
be received it any fluids or offensive odors are escapl m the case. Agents will dVVVeeeyyy,,, the certificate and this paster
at the D of tion and t them securely on the a b3>rl6afore shipping.
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4k CORPSES
Rule 21. (a) A corpse will be checked under an "Excess Baggage Check" endorsed "Corpse," and showing form and
number of ticket, and transported in baggage service provided a first-class adult ticket, limited or unlimited, is presented and
that portion thereof reading to destination of check surrendered to the checking baggage agent, who will transmit same with
his report to the Accounting Department of his company; also provided the corpse be accompanied on the same train by an
escort. Minimum fare for one-way ticket for any corpse is $1.00.
(b) A corpse will be accepted for transportation only on presentation of legal form of transit permit, properly filled out
and signed, showing that the body has been prepared for shipment in accordance with the law.
(c) A corpse will be checked only upon presentation of a regular one-way first-class adult ticket or the return portion
of a first-class adult round-trip ticket.
Exception—Tbe return portion of a half -fare ticket originally issued for the transportation of a child, when presented to-
gether with one additional half -fare ticket, will be honored for the checking of the corpse of a child.
The contract and each coupon of a ticket presented for the transportation of a corpse must bear the word "Corpse" writ-
ten or stamped with ink.
(d) A corpse will not be checked beyond a station at which a wagon transfer is required, except where special authority
Is given. The escort of the corpse will be required to make arrangements for such transfer.
(e) When a corpse is checked to a non -agency station the carriers assume no responsibility for the care of the corpse
at such destination.
(f) Each corpse box (having not less than six handles) must be plainly marked, showing name of deceased, destination,
route and w whom consigned.
(g) Escort will be required to present a separate ticket for his own transportation; contract and each coupon of the
ticket to be marked "Corpse Escort Excess Check Form ...... No.........
(h) Baggage of the deceased may be checked upon presentation of the corpse ticket in accordance with the rules and
regulations herein contained governing the transportation of taggage of a passenger.
(f) A corpse will not be accepted or transported if it be offensive or if fluids are escaping from the case, notwithstanding
the presentation of permits or certificates.
(j) When a casket and dead body presented for shipment in baggage service weighs more than 500 pounds, the excess
weight will be charged for at current excess baggage rates.