A. W. BRADFORD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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3. In the record book of deaths, the date of
the death, the name of the deceased, the sex the
color, the condition, (whether .single, widowed or
married,) the age, the residence, the occupation,
the place of death, the place of birth, the names
and place of residence of the parents, the disease
or cause of dfiath, the place of burial and the date
of record.

Date of death,
&c.. to be re-
corded.

Sec. 2. Be it enacted, That the said record books
provided for by the preceding section, shall be
truly and regularly paged and alphabetically in-
dexed, in the case of births, with the name of the
child, (if it have a name,) and if it have no name,
then with the name of the father, if its mother be
a married woman, and if its mother be unmarried",
then with the name of the mother, in the case of
marriages with the names of both parties to said
marriage, and in the case of deaths with the name
of deceased, or if said deceased be an infant with-
out a name, then with the name of the father or
mother of said deceased infant.

Record book
to be paged,
Ac.

Sec. 3. Be it enacted, That parents shall give
notice of the facts herein required, to the Clerk of
the court aforesaid, of the county or city in which
a birth or death may take place, every householder
shall give such notice of every birth and death
happening in. his house, the eldest person next of
kin shall give notice of the death of his kindred,
the keeper of a prison, hospital, almshouse or
other public institution, shall give notice of every
birth and death happening among the persons un-
der his charge ; the person solemnizing or perform-
ing the. marriage ceremony shall give, such notice;
any such person neglecting or refusing to give such
notice for the space of six months after a birth,
marriage or death, shall forfeit and pay a sum
not exceeding five dollars.

Notice to be
given Clerks.

Sec. 4. Be it enacted, That any physician hav-
ing attended a person during his or her last ill-
ness, shall when requested, within fifteen days
after the deceased of suoh person, forthwith furnish
information of the duration of the last sickness,
the disease of which the person died or cause of
death, and the date of the dlecease as nearly as he
can state the same.

Duty of Phy-
sician,