After the death of any inmate, the trustees shall convert all such person's real and personal property into money, and turn the same into the state treasury as part of the miners' home fund: Provided, That one hundred and twenty-five dollars of such money or property as came through any particular inmate's estate shall be used for his or her burial, in any such manner as such inmate may have directed, or as the nearest of kin suggest in the event the deceased had not given directions.