PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQ., GOVERNOR. 1135

SEC. 10. Every county registrar shall distribute to all local
and deputy local registrars and other persons within his jur-
isdiction, who, in his judgment, are likely to need them, blank
forms of certificates and returns, supplied to him by the State
registrar of vital statistics, shall execute the provisions of all
local ordinances or regulations not contrary to this act, that
may be enacted to more effectually insure correct registration
of births, and deaths, shall record in the books furnished by the
State registrar of vital statistics such facts as may be therein
required; shall amend his records in red ink as he may dis-
cover mistakes or omissions; and shall immediately notify the
State registrar of vital statistics in writing of such amend-
ments; shall, if possible, keep such records in a fireproof safe.
And on or before the fifteenth of each month send to the State
registrar of vital statistics all certified copies of births and
deaths, furnished to him by local registrars within his county
as provided in section 8.

SEC. 11. No interment of the dead body of any human
being, or disposition thereof by entombment, cremation, trans-
portation, interment or any other manner or form of disposition
shall be made without a permit as aforesaid from the local reg-
istrar, or deputy local registrar of the district where said per-
son died, or otherwise, than in accordance with such permit.

The certificate of death shall be signed by the physician last
in attendance upon the deceased person, excepting in such cases
where the body is viewed by the coroner or an inquest is held
upon the same, in which case the certificate of death shall be
signed by the coroner. In case of death without medical attend-
ance or in case of sudden or violent death in which the coroner
does not deem it necessary to hold an inquest, the certificate of
death shall be signed by the. health officer and in event of the
absence of the health officer to promptly act, then the local regis-
trar or deputy local registrar shall execute and sign a proper and
correct certificate of death from the best information available,
and all such certificates of death shall be presented to the under-
taker or other person authorized to make disposition of the-
body. In all cases of death from smallpox, yellow fever, diph-
theria, scarlet fever or other contagious or infectious disease
dangerous to public health, the interment shall be conducted
according to the rules of the State Board of Health.

The transportation of the body of any deceased person from
one district to another district, or from one county into another
county, or from this State into any other State, territory or
District of Columbia, or from this State to any foreign country,