PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 1317

damage or alteration, and prompt registry of births and deaths
received by the registrar shall not be interrupted. The County
Registrar shall promptly inquire into the facts when any omis-
sions or discrepancies in the personal or statistical facts are
called to his attention; shall truly ascertain such missing facts

of record and make a certified statement thereof to the State
Registrar, and enter the correction in red ink over his official

signature upon his record. The County Registrar shall further
inquire into and investigate all violations or suspected viola-
tions of this Act and shall furnish to the State Registrar full
data and information regarding the same.

SEC. 16. The County Registrar shall receive for perform-
ing the services required under this sub-title the following
fees: For each full record of birth or death twenty-five cents,
to be paid by the County upon warrant of the County Com-
missioners. Provided that in any County where the County
Health Officer or Registrar receives a salary of $800.00 per
annum, or more, he shall receive ten cents for each birth or
recorded in his register, instead of twenty-five cents. The dep-
uty local registrar shall receive for performing the services re-
quired under this sub-title the following fees:

For each proper and correct certificate of death or birth
delivered by him to the local registrar as provided in this Act
the sum of twenty-five cents, to be paid by the County upon
warrant of the County Commissioners.

The local registrar shall receive for performing the services
required under this sub-title the following fees: For each
proper and correct record of birth or death as provided in this
Act, except those transmitted to him by any deputy local reg-
istrar, the sum of twenty-five cents, to be paid by the County
upon warrant of the County Commissioners, and in the case
where such records are transmitted by the deputjr local reg-
istrar such deputy local registrar shall receive such fee in his
stead. For each transcript of a birth or death as provided in
Section 8 of this Act to be transmitted to the County Registrar
the local registrar shall receive the sum of ten cents, to be paid
by the County upon warrant of the County Commissioners.
The State Registrar shall certify to each County, local and
deputy registrar quarterly, if it shall be considered expedient,
the number of properly executed certificates of births and
deaths received from each County, local or deputy local reg-
istrar for which fees are provided by this Section for the year
or portion of a year included.