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8. The records of the clerks of said courts relative to any births, marriages or deaths shall be prima facie evidence in legal proceed- ings of the facts recorded; the certificate signed by said clerk with the seal of his office affixed thereto shall be admissible as evidence of any such record.	Id s 8 Record of births, etc, evidence
0. The clerk aforesaid shall receive from his county or city for obtaining, recording, indexing, and returning 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 Senate; he shall forfeit and pay a sum not less	Id s 9 Fees to clerks of courts
than twenty nor more than fifty dollars, for each refusal or neglect to perform any duty required of him by this act.	Penalty
10. The secretary of the Senate shall at the expense of the State, prepare and furnish to the several clerks of the counties and the city of Baltimore aforesaid, 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 returns on paper of uniform size, and shall accompany the same with such instructions and explanations as may be necessary and useful.	Id s 10 Blank books mid 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 re- sults as will render them of practical utility, and report thereof to each regular session of the legislature, and do all other things neces-	Id s 11 Duty of secre- tary of Senate Tabular results and reports to legislature
sary to carry into effect the 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 nine of this act, and he shall receive	Suits for forfeits or penalties
for the performance of the duties imposed 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 recovery of the forfeitures and penalties imposed by sec- tions three and five of this act.	Id s 12 Suits for forfeitures and penalties.