1140 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 696]

fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dol-
lars.

And any person who shall willfully alter any certificate of
birth or death, or the copy of any certificate of birth or death,
on file in the office of the State Registrar, or any county
registrar, local registrar or deputy local registrar shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hun-
dred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not exceed-
ing sixty days, or suffer both fine and imprisonment, in the
discretion of the Court.

And any person or persons who shall violate any of the
provisions of this act, or who shall wilfully neglect or refuse
to perform any duties imposed upon them by the provisions
of this act, or shall furnish false information to a phy-
sician, undertaker, midwife, or informant for the purpose
of making incorrect certification of births or deaths, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
shall be fined not less than five dollars nor more than one hun-
dred dollars.

And any transportation company or common carrier trans-
porting or carrying, or accepting through its agents or em-
ployee for transportation or carriage, the body of any deceased
person without an accompanying permit issued in accordance
with the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not
less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars; pro-
vided, that in case the death occurred outside of the State
and the body is accompanied by a burial, removal or transit
permit issued in' accordance with the law or board of health
regulations in force where the death occurred, such burial,
removal or transit permit may be held to authorize the trans-
portation or carriage of the body into or through the State.

That each local registrar is hereby charged with the strict
and thorough enforcement of the provisions of this act in his
registration district, under the supervision and direction of
the State Registrar. And he shall make an immediate report
to the State Registrar of any violation of this law coming to
his notice by observation or upon complaint of any person or
otherwise. The State Registrar is hereby charged with the
thorough and efficient execution of the provisions of this act
in every part of the State, and with supervisory power over
local registrars, to the end that all of its requirements shall be
uniformly complied with. He shall have authority to investi-