PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQ., GOVERNOR. 1133

entombed, transported, removed, cremated or in any other man-
ner disposed of except as provided in this act. Each deputy
local registrar shall at once upon the receipt of the same trans-
mit to the local registrar all certificate's of births or death by
mail.

Every local registrar shall on or before the fifth day of each
month transmit to the State registrar of vital statistics in the
envelopes furnished for that purpose the originals of all certi-
ficates of birth or death remaining in his possession on the
last day of the month next preceding, and if there are no such
certificates of birth or death remaining in his possession he
shall immediately certify such fact to the State registrar in
writing. The local registrar shall at the time of mailing his
returns to the State registrar mail to the county registrar a
copy of all certificates of birth or death certified as correct
under his hand and remaining in his possession on the last
day of the month next preceding.

Provided that the State registrar may in the event of unus-
ual sickness or mortality or for the purpose of legal, legislative
or other inquiry, require of any local registrar returns at
shorter intervals. And provided that in case of births and
deaths occurring in the City of Baltimore, the State registrar
shall not require the return to him of the original certificates
of births and deaths but only such transcripts, tables, figures
and compilations as may seem to him advisable or necessary.

It shall be the duty of all local registrars and deputy local
registrars to receive death certificates and issue burial permits
thereon, as hereinafter provided, and accept birth certificates
and shall note over his signature the date on which such certi-
ficate was filed and shall forward all certificates in his posses-
sion as hereinbefore provided. And shall also perform all the
other duties of a local registrar provided in this act.

No sexton or person in charge of any premises in which inter-
ments are made shall inter or permit the interment or other
disposition of any body unless it is accompanied by a burial,
removal, or transit permit, as provided in the act. And each
sexton, or person in charge of any burial ground, shall indorse
upon the permit the date of interment, over his signature, and
shall return all permits so indorsed to the local registrar of
his district within ten days from the date of interment, or
within the time fixed by the local board of health. He shall
also keep a record of all interments made in the premises
under his charge, stating the name of the deceased person,