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ART. XLIII] REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS. 299
medical attendance 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 executed and signed by the local registrar or deputy
local registrar from the best information available, and all such certifi-
cates of death shall be presented to the undertaker or other person
authorized to make disposition of the body. No person whose duty it
is under the provisions of this sub-title to make out and sign a certifi-
cate of death shall make out and sign more than one certificate of death,
except those authorized to do so under the provisions of this sub-title.
In all cases of death from smallpox, yellow fever, diphtheria, 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 diseased 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, or the transporta-
tion of any dead body from any other State, Territory or District of
Columbia into this State or any foreign country into this State, shall
be under such rules and regulations as the State Board of Health shall
prescribe.
Transit permits shall only be issued by application to the local reg-
istrar or deputy local registrar upon the presentation of a proper and
complete certificate of death, as provided in Section 10 of this Article,
or an application for a disinterment permit, as provided in Section 13
of this Article. The same to be accompanied by a burial permit which
shall be full and legal authority for interment or other disposition in
any part of the State. The burial permit issued as provided in this
sub-title shall be full and legal authority for interment in any part of
this State.
In the event of the death of any person without the jurisdiction of
the United States, or in the event of the death of a person within the
jurisdiction of any of the United States, where such death is not
recorded by the authorities having jurisdiction, a burial permit may be
issued by the local registrar or deputy local registrar at the place to
which such body is conveyed in this State upon presentation of a proper
and correct certificate of death as hereinbefore provided.
See notes to this section in volumes 1 and 3 of the Annotated Code.
1904, art. 43, sec. 16. 1898, ch. 312, sec. 6K. 1900, ch. 431. 1912, ch. 696, sec. 16.
1914, ch. 747, sec. 16. 1916, ch. 691, sec. 16.
17. The county registrar shall receive for performing 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 war-
rant of the County Commissioners. Provided, that in any County
where the County Health Officer or Registrar receives a salary of $800
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