1550 ARTICLE 43.

the approval of the State Board of Health. All such records shall be made
upon forms prepared and printed by the State registrar of vital statistics
and distributed by him for this purpose. All records of birth or death shall
be plainly written in unfading ink and shall be signed by the person re-
quired to make the record in his own hand writing. And no certificate shall
be held to be complete or correct that does not supply all of the items of
information called for under the provisions of this section so far as it is
possible to obtain the same. And if such items cannot be obtained by proper
and diligent inquiry and search, the word " unknown " shall be entered
after each item so described.

That still-born children or those dead at birth shall be registered as
births and also as deaths, and a certificate of both the birth and death shall
be filed with the local registrar, in the usual form and manner, the certifi-
cates of birth to contain, in place of the name of the child, the word " still-
birth." The medical certificate of the cause of death shall be signed by the
attending physician, if any, and shall state the cause of death as " still-
born " with the cause of the still birth if known, whether a premature
birth, and, if born prematurely, the period of uterine gestation, in months,
if known; and a burial or removal permit in the usual form shall be
required. Midwives shall not sign certificates of death for still-born chil-
dren ; but in such cases, and in the case of still-births occurring without
attendance of either physician or midwife, such still-births shall be treated
as deaths without medical attendance as hereinafter provided.
See sec. 23, et seq., and sec. 238.

An. Code, sec. 11. 1904, sec. 10. 1898, ch. 312, sec. 6D. 1912, ch. 696, sec. 10.

1914, ch. 747, sec. 10.

20. Every County Registrar shall distribute to all local and deputy
local registrars and other persons within his jurisdiction who, in his judg-
ment, are likely to need them, blank forms of certificates and returns, sup-
plied to him by the State Registrar of Vital Statistics; shall execute the
provisions of all local ordinances or regulations not contrary to sections
18, 20-22, 24-26 and 30 that may be enacted to more effectually insure
correct registration of births a'nd 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 over his signature as he may
discover mistakes or omissions, and shall immediately notify the State
Registrar of Vital Statistics in writing of such amendments; shall, if pos-
sible, keep such records in a fire-proof 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 18.

An. Code, sec. 12. 1904, sec. 11. 1898, ch. 312, sec. 6E. 1900, ch. 431. 1916, ch. 691, sec. 11.

21. No interment of the dead body of any human being, or disposition
thereof by entombment, cremation, transportation, interment or any other
manner or form of disposition shall be made without a permit as aforesaid