ART. ] REGISTRATION. 97

have a name, ) and if it have no name, then with the name of the
father, if its mother be a married woman, and if its mother be
unmarried, then with the name of the mother, in the case of
marriages with the names of both parties to said marriage, and
in the case of deaths with the name of deceased, or if said de-
ceased be an infant without a name, then with the name of the
father or mother of said deceased infant.

3. Parents shall give notice of the facts herein required, to
the clerk of the court aforesaid, of the county or city in which
a birth or death may take place, every householder shall give
such notice of every birth and death happening in his house,
the eldest person next of kin shall give notice of the death of
his kindred, the keeper of a prison, hospital, almshouse or other
public institution, shall give notice of every birth and death
happening among the persons under his charge; the person
solemnizing or performing the marriage ceremony shall give
such notice; any such person neglecting or refusing to give such
notice for the space of six months after a birth, marriage or
death, shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding five dollars.

4. Any physician having attended a person during his or her
last illness, shall when requested, within fifteen days after the
decease of such person, forthwith furnish information of the
duration of the last sickness, the disease of which the person
died or cause of death, and the date of the decease as nearly as
he can state the same.

5. Every sexton, coroner, undertaker or other person, having
charge of the obsequies or funeral rites, preliminary to the in-
terment of the body of a stranger or friendless person, shall
forthwith obtain and return to the clerk aforesaid of the county
or city in which the deceased resided or the death occurred, the
facts required by this act to be recorded by said officer concern-
ing the deceased; any person neglecting or refusing to make
such return within one month thereafter shall forfeit and pay a
sum not exceeding ten dollars.

SUP. III.