58 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 49

trar, in person, or by representative, by mail or through the
local registrar.

In the event of an alteration of any certificate of birth or
death the facts shall be properly certified to the State Regis-
trar and entered in red ink over his signature.

A new certificate of birth shall be made whenever the State
Registrar receives proof satisfactory to him:

(a) That the previously unwed parents of a person have
inter-married subsequently to the birth of such person; or

(b) That a court of competent jurisdiction has entered a
judgment order or decree relating to the parentage or adoption
of a person.

Such new certificate for any person shall be in the form
prescribed by the State Registrar, subject to approval of the
State Board of Health, and shall be prepared on the following
basis: Such person shall be treated as having had at birth the
status subsequently acquired or established and of which
proof is submitted; where such person is illegitimate and
paternity has been established by legal proceedings the name
of such father shall be inserted; where such person has been
adopted the name of such child shall be that fixed by the decree
of adoption and the foster parents shall be recorded as the
parents of such child.

When a new certificate of birth is made, the State Registrar
shall substitute such new certificate of birth then on file, if
any. The State Registrar shall place the original certificate
of birth and all papers pertaining to the new certificate of
birth under seal. Such seals shall not be broken except by
order of a court of competent jurisdiction or on written order
of the State Registrar. Thereafter when a certified copy of
the certificate of birth of such a person is issued, it shall be a
copy of the new certificate of birth, except when an order of
a court of competent jurisdiction shall require the issuance of
a copy of the original certificate of birth.

It shall be the duty of the Clerks of the several equity courts
of this State to transmit to the Bureau of Vital Statistics of
the State Department of Health upon forms to be supplied by
the said Bureau a report of each decree of adoption or adjudi-
cation of paternity and a report of the revocation of any such
decree.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect on June 1, 1937.

Approved April 26, 1937.