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without a permit, as aforesaid, from the register or sub-register
of the district where said person died, or otherwise than in
accordance with such permit, the certificate of death shall be
signed by the physician last in attendance upon the deceased
person, or by the health officer or coroner in case of death with-
out medical attendance, or of sudden or violent death. In all
cases of death from small-pox, yellow fever, diphtheria, scarlet
fever or other contagions or infectious diseases dangerous to
public health, the certificate of death shall be forwarded imme-
diately, and interment shall be conducted according to the rules
of the State board of health.

1900, ch. 431.

6K. The local register shall receive for performing the services
required by sections 6B and 6E the following fees: For each full
record and return of a birth or death, twenty cents, to be paid
by the county upon warrant of the county commissioners; for a
permit to disinter a human body, except when required for the
purpose of legal investigation, twenty-five cents, to be paid by
the person to whom such permit is issued; for a copy of the
record of a birth or death, twenty-five cents, together with pay-
ment for time of search, if over half an hour, at the rate of fifty
cents an hour, to be paid by the person to whom such copy is
furnished. The State register shall certify to each local register
quarterly, or oftener, if it shall be considered expedient, the
number of properly executed certificates of births and deaths
received from such local register for the year or portion of year
included; provided that cities having a population of five thou-
sand inhabitants or over shall have power to fix the compensa-
tion of local registers for the duties required by this article.

Infectious Diseases—Small Pox.

1900, ch. 337.

31. No teacher in any of the public schools of this State shall
receive into such school as a pupil any person who has not been
successfully vaccinated; and it shall be the duty of all teachers
in the public schools within ten days after the beginning of the