ART. 30. J REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. 269
TITLE XIX.

ARTICLE 30. REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

ARTICLE XXX.
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

1 Facts to be recorded by clerks of courts, and how, record book of births, of mar- riages, of marriage licenses, blank forms to be furnished, record book of deaths 2 Record books, how paged, indexed, etc 3. Duties of parents, householders, prison- keepers, clergymen, etc, to give notice to clerks of courts, penalty 4 Duty of physicians 5 Of sextons, coroners, undertakers, etc 6 Notices may be given to justices, duty of the same

7 Certified copies to be transmitted to secre- tary of Senate 8 Records of births, etc, evidence 9 Fees to clerks of courts, penalty 10 Blank books and forms to be furnished clerk; 11 Duty of secretary of Senate, tabular re- sults and reports to legislature, suits for forfeitures or penalties, compensation and vacancy 12 Suits for forfeitures and penalties

1. The clerks of the Circuit Courts of the several counties and the clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Baltimore City, shall receive and record in books prepared for the purpose, the fol- lowing facts concerning the births, marriages, and deaths in said county or city, separately numbering and recording the same in the order in which he receives them, designating in separate columns,	18SS, c 130, s 1, 1865, c 159 Facts to be recorded by clerks of courts, and how 23 Md 525
First. In the record book of births, the date of the birth, the place of birth, the name of the child (if it have any), the sex and color of the child, the names of the parents, the occupation of the father, the residence of the parents, and the date of the record.	Record book of births
Second. In the record book of marriages, the name, residence, age, color, condition (whether single, widow, or widower), and occu- pation of each of the parties, with the date of record, which said particulars, with the exception of the date of record, shall be ascer-	1860, c 102 Record book of marriages
tained and inserted in the body of the marriage license by the clerk issuing the same, and at the time thereof, and the date, place of marriage, name, residence and official station or title, of the person solemnizing it, shall be duly stated or certified on the back of said license by the person thus solemnizing it, and return thereof made as hereinafter provided; and for all of which said particulars, suit-	Marriage licenses.
able blank forms shall be furnished by the comptroller of the treasury to said clerks	Blank forms to be furnished.
Third. In the record book of deaths, the date of the death, the name of the deceased, the sex, the color, the condition (whether single, widowed, or married), the age, the residence, the occupation, the place of death, the place of birth, the names and place of resi- dence of the parents, the disease or cause of death, the place of burial, and the date of record.	1865, c 130, s 1 Record book of deaths