(a) It shall be the duty of the county to cause a warrant to be drawn upon the treasury of the county in the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75), or one hundred dollars ($100) if the additional sum of twenty-five dollars ($25) is authorized, for each body buried in accordance with the provisions of this subdivision, to be paid out of the funds of the county, and such warrants shall be made payable to the applicant or applicants if the application shows that the funeral expenses have been paid; otherwise, to the undertaker performing the services, with notice to the applicant.(b) Application for such contribution shall be made by the personal representative of such deceased service man or deceased service man's widow, if there be such personal representative, and if no such personal representative has qualified, then by any next of kin, individual or veterans' organization who or which assumes responsibility for the cost of burial of the body. The application shall be sustained by affidavit as to the facts.(c) The application shall be on forms prescribed by the Department of Military Affairs, and shall set forth whether or not the funeral expenses have been paid. The application shall have attached thereto a certified copy of the death certificate, and a certificate by the undertaker who had charge of the burial of the body and to the effect that the undertaker did render such service.1953, July 28, P.L. 723, art. XXI, § 2111. Amended 1957, July 8, P.L. 564, § 1; 1963, June 11, P.L. 123, § 1; 1967, Oct. 9, P.L. 365, § 1; 1971, Dec. 29, P.L. 659, No. 173, § 2; 1980, Dec. 10, P.L. 1156, No. 209, § 2, effective in 60 days.