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the sum of twenty-five cents to be paid by the county upon warrant of
the County Commissioners, and in the case where such records are trans-
mitted by the deputy local registrar such deputy local registrar shall re-
ceive such fee in his stead. For each transcript of a birth or death as pro-
vided in Section 16 of this Article to be transmitted to the county registrar,
the local registrar shall receive the sum of ten cents, to be paid by the county
upon warrant of the County Commissioners. The State Registrar shall
certify to the County Commissioners of each county annually, or oftener,
the number of properly executed certificates of births and deaths received
from each county, local or deputy local registrar for which fees are pro-
vided by this Section for the year or portion of a year included.

The State Registrar shall certify on each certificate the total amount
owing to each county, local, or deputy local registrar for that county for
the period covered by such certificate, provided that the State Registrar
shall certify separately the number of incomplete, defective or belated cer-
tificates, and for such incomplete, defective or belated certificates a fee shall
be certified equal to one-half the amount of compensation provided in this
Section for proper and correct certificates and records of births and deaths.

Local and deputy local registrars are entitled to receive a fee of twenty-
five cents from the applicant for each burial permit issued upon the presen-
tation of a transportation permit from the District of Columbia or any
other State, and for each disinterment permit issued in accordance with
the provisions of Section 20 of this Article.

An. Code. 1924, sec. 27. 1912, sec. 18. 1904, sec. 17. 1898, ch. 312, sec. 6L. 1912, ch. 696,

sec. 17. 1929, ch. 560.

26. The State Registrar may upon request furnish any applicant for
proper purposes a certified copy of the record of any birth or death regis-
tered under the provisions of this sub-title, and any such copy of the rec-
ord of a birth or death, when properly certified by the State Registrar to
be a true copy thereof, shall be prima facie evidence in all courts and places
of the facts therein stated. For each such certified statement he shall
receive a fee of fifty cents, together with payment for the time of search, if
over half an hour, at the rate of fifty cents an hour, to be paid by the appli-
cant. Provided that no charge shall be made for a copy of any certificate
requested by any person formerly in the military, air or naval service of
the United States Government, when such certificate is to be used in con-
nection with any claim such person may have against the said Government,
nor shall any charge be made for any certificate requested by any officer,
agent, commission, board or bureau of the United States Government or
the State of Maryland, or any county or municipality of this State.

Cited but not construed in Baltimore v. State, 173 Md. 270.

Cited but not construed in State v. Hecht Co., 165 Md. 424.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 28. 1912, sec. 19. 1904, sec. 18. 1898, ch. 312, see. 6M. 1912, ch. 696

sec. 18. 1920, ch. 317, sec. 19.

27. Any physician who was in medical attendance upon any deceased
person at the time of death, who shall neglect or refuse to make out, sign
and deliver to the undertaker, sexton or other person in charge of the in-
terment, removal or other disposition of the body, the certificate of death
hereinbefore provided for, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than five dollars, nor more
than fifty dollars. And if any physician shall knowingly make a false
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