PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQ., GOVERNOR. 1137

next succeeding the birth furnish the local registrar or deputy
local registrar of the registration district wherein such birth
shall have taken place, proper and correct certificate of birth as
required by section 9 of this act.

SEC. 14. In the event of the birth of any child without the
attendance of either a physician or midwife, it shall be the duty
of the father, coroner, householder, keeper of any workhouse,
house of correction, prison, hospital, reformatory, almshouse,
or other institution, master or other commanding officer of a
ship or vessel and the conductor, of any railroad train to report
in writing, four days next succeeding the birth, to the local reg-
istrar or deputy local registrar of the registration district
wherein such birth occurs the full name of the mother, the full
name of the father, if it can be ascertained, date, hour and place
of birth, and the sex and color of the child, and it shall .be the
duly of the local registrar or deputy local registrar, to whom
such report is presented, to immediately investigate the same
and to execute and send a proper and correct certificate of birth
as provided by section 9 of this act.

And all physicians, midwives, informants or undertakers, and
all other persons having knowledge of the facts, are hereby
required to furnish such information as they may possess regard-
ing any birth or death upon demand of the state registrar, in
person, by mail or through the local registrar.

SEC. 15. The records of births and deaths shall be preserved
by the county registrar, and shall be open to inspection for
proper purposes by all city, town or county officials, by the state
registrar or his accredited representative, provided that such
examination shall be made in such a way that the contents of
the registrars shall not be subjected to risk of damage or altera-
tion, and the 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 omissions 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 violations of this
act and shall furnish to the State registrar full data and infor-
mation regarding the same. The contents of the register or a
copy thereof duly certified by the county registrar, shall be
prima facie evidence in all courts, and for all purposes of the
facts relative to any birth or death therein recorded, and shall