N.Y. County Law § 832: Burial contracts in Erie county

§ 832. Burial contracts in Erie county. The board of supervisors of

the county of Erie shall have power exclusively, and it shall be its

duty to contract annually with one or more undertakers for the care,

removal and burial of bodies of persons dying within said county, where

there are no known relatives, friends or personal representatives of

such deceased persons in the state liable or willing to become

responsible for the expense thereof and for the conveyance and delivery

of such bodies to and from the public morgue of such county and the

performance of any other acts incidental thereto. Each undertaker, with

whom such a contract shall be made, shall execute and deliver to the

county a bond in such amount, with such sureties and upon such

conditions as the board shall require.