1788 ARTICLE 43

nished for that purpose, the originals of all certificates of birth or death
remaining in his possession on the last day of the month next preceding,
and if there are no such certificates of birth or death remaining in his
possession, he shall immediately certify such fact to the State Registrar in
writing. The local registrar shall, at the time of mailing his returns to
the State Registrar, mail to the county registrar a copy of all certificates
of birth or death, certified as correct under his hand and remaining in his
possession on the last day of the month next preceding.

Provided, that the State Registrar may in the event of unusual sickness
or mortality or for the purpose of legal, legislative or other inquiry, require
of any local registrar returns at shorter intervals.

It shall be the duty of all local registrars and deputy local registrars to
receive death certificates and issue burial permits thereon, as hereinafter
provided, and accept birth certificates, and shall note over his signature the
date on which such certificate was filed and shall forward all certificates in
his possession as hereinbefore provided, and shall also perform all the other
duties of a local registrar provided in this sub-title.

No sexton or person in charge of any premises in which interments are
made shall inter or permit the interment or other disposition of any body
unless it is accompanied by a burial permit, as provided in this sub-title.
And each sexton or person in charge of any burial ground shall indorse
upon the permit the date of interment, over his signature, and shall return
all permits so indorsed to the local registrar of his district within ten days
from the date of interment. He shall also keep a record of all interments
made in the premises under his charge, stating the name of the deceased
person, place of death, date of burial and name and address of the under-
taker.

See sec. 25.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 19. 1912, sec. 10. 1904, sec. 9. 1898, ch. 312, sec. 6C. 1912, ch. 696,

sec. 9. 1937, ch. 49, see. 19.

17. The record of a birth of any child born living shall state the date
and place of its occurrence, name in full, sex and color, and the number
of the child, whether a twin, triplet or other plural birth and the name,
color, occupation, birthplace and residence of parents. A separate certifi-
cate shall be required for each child in case of plural birth. The certificate
of birth shall contain the items specified in this section and such other
items as the State registrar of vital statistics may deem important or
necessary subject to the approval of the State Board of Health. The
record of a death shall state the date and place of its occurrence, name,
age, sex, color, occupation, condition, birthplace, cause of death, dura-
tion of illness, and names, residences, birthplace of parents, name and
address of attending physician and such other items of information as
the State registrar of vital statistics shall deem important or necessary
subject to 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 required 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 can-