760 , ARTICLE 22

1939, ch. 369, sec. 6.

6. If the cause of such death shall be established beyond a reasonable
doubt, such Medical Examiner shall so report and file in his office within
thirty days after his notification of such death. If, however, in the opinion
of such Medical Examiner, an autopsy is necessary, the same shall'be per-
formed by the Chief Medical Examiner, an Assistant Medical Examiner
or by such competent pathologists as may be authorized by the Chief
Medical Examiner. A detailed description of the findings written during
the progress of such autopsy, and the conclusions drawn therefrom, shall
thereupon be filed in the office of the Chief Medical Examiner, or in the
office of the Deputy Medical Examiner in the county where the death
occurred. A copy of the findings and conclusions as to the autopsies per-
formed in the several counties shall also be filed in the office of the Chief
Medical Examiner. Provided, however, it shall be the duty of any Deputy
Medical Examiner to call upon the Chief Medical Examiner or, an Assistant
Medical Examiner, or other persons authorized and designated by the Chief

Medical Examiner, to make an examination or perform an autopsy, when-
ever he deems it necessary or desirable, and it shall be the duty of said
Chief Medical Examiner or Assistant Medical Examiner to go to the
county for that purpose, except in such cases as a competent pathologist is
so authorized by the Chief Medical Examiner to perform such autopsy.
In every case where an autopsy is performed in any county by the Chief
Medical Examiner or Assistant Medical Examiner, the County Commis-
sioners of such county shall pay to the Mayor and City Council of Balti-

more City Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00), and shall pay to said Chief
Medical Examiner or Assistant Medical .Examiner, as the case may be,
his necessary traveling expenses.

1939, ch. 369, sec. 7.

7. It shall be the duty of the Chief Medical Examiner, and the Deputy
Medical Examiners, to keep full and complete records in their respective

offices, properly indexed, giving the name, if known, of every such person,
the place where the body was found, date and cause of death, and all other
available information relating thereto. The original report of the Chief
Medical Examiner, Assistant Medical Examiners, or Deputy Medical

Examiners, and the detailed findings of the autopsy, if any, shall be at-
tached to the record of each case. The Chief Medical Examiner, or in case
of his absence or inability, an Assistant Medical Examiner, and the Deputy
Medical Examiners, shall promptly deliver to the State's Attorney of Bal-
timore City, or the State's Attorney of the county, as the case may be, copies
of all records relating to every death in which, in the judgment of such
Medical Examiner, further investigation may be deemed advisable. The
State's Attorney of Baltimore City, or the State's Attorney of any county,
may obtain from the office of the Chief Medical Examiner, or of the Deputy
Medical Examiners, as the case may be, copies of such records or other in-
formation which he may deem necessary. The records of the office of the
Chief Medical Examiner, and of the several Deputy Medical Examiners,
made by themselves or by any one under their direction or supervision, or

transcripts thereof certified by such Medical Examiner, shall be received
as competent evidence in any Court in this State of the matters and facts
therein contained. A reasonable fee shall be charged for filing insurance
blanks, etc., and all such fees collected by the Chief Medical Examiner
and Assistant Medical Examiners shall be paid into the City Treasury of