No warrant shall be drawn to pay for the funeral or cremation expenses of a pauper, unless the claim is accompanied by an affidavit showing the cost of the same, that the expenses were incurred for the interment of a pauper in the county, and that the claimant has no other means of obtaining payment.
Code 1858, § 529; Shan., § 675; Code 1932, § 1071; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-920; Acts 2003, ch. 51, § 2.