1200 HEALTH. [ART. 43

1898, ch. 312, sec. 6 A.

7. The health officers of the various counties and the health
officers of all towns and cities not already by charter or ordi-
nance provided with a registrar of vital statistics shall be ex
officio local registrar of vital statistics, and shall qualify, by
oath, to perform faithfully their duties as such.

1898, ch. 312, sec. 6 B. 1900, ch. 431.

8. Each local registrar shall be empowered, with the advice
and consent of the board of health, to designate competent
persons to the number of not more than two in each election
district, who shall act as sub-registrars, and shall within the
district for which they are appointed issue burial permits and
perform such other services under this sub-title as the local
board of health may direct during the term for which the
appointing registrar was appointed.

1898, ch. 312, sec. 6 C.

9. The record of a birth shall state the date and place of its
occurrence, name in full, sex and color, and the number of the
child, whether living or still born, and the names, color, occupa-
tion, birth place and residence of parents, name and address of
the physician, mid-wife or attendant at the birth. The record
of a death shall state the date and place of its occurrence,
name, age, sex, color, condition, birth place, cause of death,
duration of illness; the names, residence and color of parents,
and the name and address of the attending physician.

Ibid. sec. 6 D.

10. Every local registrar shall distribute to all sub-registrars
and other persons in his district, who, in his judgment, are
likely to need them, blank forms of certificates and returns
required by law to be made to him; shall execute the pro-
visions of all local ordinances not contrary to law that may
be enacted to more effectually insure correct registration of
births and deaths; shall record in the books furnished by the
State registrar of vital statistics such facts as may be therein
required; shall amend his records as he may discover mis-
takes or omissions; shall, if possible, keep such records in a
fire proof safe; shall, on or before the tenth day of each
month, transmit to the State registrar of vital statistics, in
the envelopes furnished for that purpose, the originals of all
certificates, permits and records remaining in his possession
on the last day of the month next preceding; provided, that