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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES
Relating to the Registry and Returns of Birth
Marriages and Deaths.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court
assembled and by the authority of the same, as follorc8:
Sr.cttox 1. The Clerks of die several cities anti towns in
this Commonwealth shall annually in the month of June,
transmit to the Secretary of the Commonwealth a certified copy
of their record of births, marriages and deaths, which have oc-
curred within their respective cities and towns during the year
next preceding the first day of said month.
The births shall be numbered and recorded in the order in
which they are received by the Clerk. The record of births
shall state in separate columns the date of the birth, the place
of birth, the name of the ch iild, or it have any) the sex of the
child, name and surname of one or both of the parents, occupa-
tion of the father, residence of the parents, and the time when
the record was made.
The marriages shall be numbered and recorded in the
order in which they arc received by the Clerk. The record of
marriages shall state in separate columns the date of the mar-
riage, die place of the marriage, the name, residence and official
station of the person by whom married, the names and sur-
names of the parties, the residence of each, the age of each, the
condition of each, (whether single or widowed) the occupation,
names of the parents, and the time when the record was trade.
The deaths shall be numbered and recorded in the order
. in which they are received by the Clerk. The record of deaths
• shall state in separate columns the date of the death, the name
and surname of the, deceased, the sea, condition, (whether single
or married) age, occupation, place of death, place of birth,
names of the parents, disease or causes of death and the tune
when the record w s made.
SECT. (2. The School Committee of each city or town
shall annually in the month of May, ascertain from actual in-
quiry or otherwise, all the births which have happened within
such city or town, during the year next preceding the first day
of said May, together with the facts concerning births required
by the first section of this act, and shall make an accurate re-
turn thereof to the Clerk of such city or town, on or before the
last day of said May; and the said School Committee, or other
person authorized by them to make such returns, shall be entitled
to receive from the treasury of such city or town, fire cents fur
each and every birth so returned.
Suer. 3. Every justice, minister and clerk, or keeper of the
records of the meeting wherein any marriages among the Friends
or Quakers shall be solemnized, shall make a record of each
marriage solemnized before him, together with all the facts re-
lating to marriages required by the first section of this act; and
each such justice, minister, clerk or keeper shall, between the
first and tenth days of each month, return a copy of the record
for the month next preceding, to the Clerk of the city or town
in which the marriage was solemnized; and every person, as
aforesaid, who shall neglect to make the returns required by this
section, shall he liable to the penalty provided in the eighteenth
section of the seventy-fifth chapter of the Revised Statutes.
Ste -r. 4. Each Sexton, or other person, having the charge
of any burial ground in this Commonwealth, shall, on or before
the tenth day of each month, make returns of all the facts re-
quired by tine first section of this act, connected with the death
of any person whose burial he may have superintended during
the month next preceding, to the Clerk of the city or town in
which such deceased person resided at the time of his death.
And such Sexton, or other person, shall be entitled to receive
from the treasury of the city or town to which the return is
made, five cents for the return of each death made agreeably
to the provisions of this act.
Stier. G. The Clerk of each city or town shall be entitled
to receive from the treasury of such city or town, eight cents for
the record of each birth and death, prodded such Clerk shall
comply with this act in all respects.
Scc-r G. It shall be the duty of the Clerks of the several
cities and towns to make such distribution of blank forms of
returns, as shall be designated by the Secretary of the Common-
wealth.
Seer. 7. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall pre-
pare and furnish to the Clerks of the several cities and towns
in this Commonwealth, blank books of suitable quality and size,
to be used as books of record, according to the provisions of
this act, and also blank forms of returns, as herein before speci-
fied, and shall accompany the same with such instructions and
explanations as may be necessary and useful; and he shall re-
ceive said returns, and prepare therefrom such taho!lar results
as will render them of practical utility, and shall make report
thereof annually to the Legislature, and generally shall do what-
ever may be required to carry into effect tile provisions of this act.
SECT. H. Any Clerk who shall neglect to comply with the
requirements of this act, shall be liable to a penalty of ten dal- •
lars, to be recovered for the use of any city or town where such
neglect shall be proved to have existed.
Seer. 9. An Act entitled An Act relating to the Registry
of Dirtlts, Marriages, and Deaths, passed on the third day of
March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-two,
is hereby repealed.
Seer. 10. This act shall take efi'ect• from and after its
passage.
Approved by the Governor, ---March 16th, 1844.
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