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except when an order of a court of competent jurisdiction shall require the
issuance of a copy of the original certificate of birth.

It shall be the duty of the Clerks of the several equity courts of this
State to transmit to the Bureau of Vital Statistics of the State Department
of Health upon forms to be supplied by the said Bureau a report of each
decree of adoption or adjudication of paternity and a report of the revoca-
tion of any such decree.

1939, ch. 620.

23. The State Board of Health is hereby authorized and empowered
to adopt rules and regulations governing the filing of records of births in
those cases where certificates of birth have not been recorded, and where
it is impossible to obtain an actual certificate of birth from the person in
attendance upon the mother at the time such birth occurred.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 25. 1912, sec. 16. 1904, sec. 15. 1898, ch. 312, sec. 6J. 1912, ch. 696,

sec. 15. 1914, ch. 747, sec. 15.

24. The record 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 repre-
sentative, provided that such examination shall be made in such a way
that the contents of the registers shall not be subjected to risk of damage
or alteration, and 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 sections 16, 18-20, 22-25
and 29 and shall furnish to the State Registrar full data and information
regarding the same.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 26. 1912, sec. 17. 1904, 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. 1937, ch. 410.

25. The county registrar shall receive for performing the services re-
quired 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 warrant of the
County Commissioners. Provided, that in any county where the County
Health Officer or Registrar receives a salary of $800.00 per annum or
more, he shall receive ten cents for each birth or death recorded in his
register, instead of twenty-five cents.

The deputy local registrar shall receive for performing the services
required under this sub-title the following fees: For each proper and
correct certificate of death or birth delivered by him to the local registrar
as provided in this sub-title, the sum of twenty-five cents, to be paid by the
county upon warrant of the County Commissioners.

The local registrar shall receive for performing the services required un-
der this sub-title the following fees: For each proper and correct record
of birth or death as provided in this sub-title, except those transmitted to
him by any deputy local registrar, and for each monthly report rendered
to the State Registrar reporting that no certificates have been received,