No body shall be buried in said District in any vault unless the coffin be separately entombed in properly cemented stone or brick work, so as to render such vault airtight; such vault, after having been sealed, shall not be opened within 10 years; no body shall be temporarily deposited in any vault for a longer period than 1 month, unless such body is in an hermetically sealed metallic case, nor in any instance for a longer period than 1 year.
(Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1297, ch. 854, § 679.)
Prior Codifications1981 Ed., § 27-122.
1973 Ed., § 27-122.