ART. — .] REGISTRATION.

corded ; the certificate signed by said clerk with the
seal of his office affixed thereto shall be admissable
as evidence of any such record.

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9. The clerk aforesaid shall receive from his county
or city for obtaining, recording, indexing and return-
ing to the secretary of the senate the facts in relation
to a birth, marriage or death, fifteen cents for each
case recorded as the same shall be certified by the
secretary of the seriate; he shall forfeit and pay a

Ibid. s. 9.
Fees to clerks
of courts.

sum not less tban twenty nor more than fifty dol-
lars, for each refusal or neglect to perform any duty
required of him by this act.

Penalty

10. The secretary of the sen'ate shall at the ex-
pense of the state, prepare and furnish to the several
clerks of the counties and the city of Baltimore afore-
said, blank books of suitable size and quality to be
used as books of record and indexes thereto under
the provisions of this act, and blank forms for re-
turns on paper of uniform size, and shall accompany
the same with such instructions and explanations as
may be necessary and useful. ,

Ibid. s. 10.
Blank books
and forms to be
furnished
clerks.

11. The secretary of the senate shall cause the
returns received by him for each year to be bound
together in one volume, with an index thereto ; he
shall prepare from the returns such tabular results

Ibid s 11.
Duty of secre-
tary of senate

as will render them of practical utility, and report
thereof to each regular session of the legislature, and
do all other things necessary to carry into effect the

Tabular results
and reports to
legislature.

provisions of this act ; he shall enforce by suit in the
name of the state the recovery of the forfeits or pen-
alties prescribed in section eight of this act, and he
shall receive for the performance of the duties im-

Suits for
forfeits or
penalties.

posed by this act, the sum of one thousand dollars
per annum; in case of a vacancy occurring in this
office by death, resignation or otherwise, the vacancy
shall be filled by the Governor until a successor shall
be elected and qualified.

Compensation
and vacancy.

12. It shall be the duty of the clerks for the
respective counties and the city of Baltimore to
enforce by suit, in the name of the state, the re-

Ibid. s. 12.
Suits for
forfeitures and
penalties.