A. W. BRADFORD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
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Sec. 10. Be it enacted, That the Secretary of
the Senate shall at the expense of the State, pre-
pare and furnish to the several Clerks of the coun-
ties and the city of Baltimore aforesaid, blank
books of suitable size and quality to be used as
books of record and indexes thereto under the pro-
visions of this act, and blank forms for returns on
paper of uniform size, and shall accompany the
same with such instructions and explanations as
may be necessary and useful.
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Duty of Sec-
retary of the
Senate.
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Sec. 11. Be it enacted, That the Secretary of
the Senate shall cause the returns received by him
for each year to be bound together in one volume,
with an index, thereto; he shall prepare from the
returns such tabular results as will render them of
practical utility, and report thereof to each regular
session of the legislature, and do all other things
necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this
act; he shall enforce by suit in the name of the
State the recovery of the forfeits or penalties pre-
scribed in section eight of this act, and he shall
receive for the performance of the duties imposed
by this act, the sum of one thousand dollars per
annum; in case of a vacancy occurring in this office
by death, resignation or otherwise the vacancy
shall be filled by the Governor until a successor
shall be elected and qualified.
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Returns to
be bound to-
gether.
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Sec. 12. Be it enacted, That it shall be the
duty of the Clerks for the respective counties and
the city of Baltimore to enforce by suit, in the
name of the State, for the recovery of the forfei-
tures and penalties imposed by sections three and
five of this act.
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Duty of Clerks
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Sec, 13. Be it enacted, That the registration of
births, marriages and deaths required by this act,
shall be such as occur on and after the first day of
July next.
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To take effect.
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