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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

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 en-
velopes furnished for that purpose, the originals of all certifi-
cates, permits and records remaining in his possession on the
last day of the month next preceding ; provided, that the
State Registrar may in the event of unusual sickness or mortality,
or for the purpose of legal or legislative inquiry, require of any
local registrar, returns at shorter intervals.

6 E. In all cases of death where no physician was in attendance,

Record to be
made.

the coroner, undertaker or other person in charge of the inter-
ment of such dead body, shall make record, as far as possible,
of the facts required in a certificate of death, and shall forward
the same to the nearest registrar or sub registrar, within tive
days. In all cases of death from small-pox, yellow fever,
diphtheria, scarlet fever or other contagious or infections
disease dangerous to public health, the certificates of death
shall be forwarded immediately, and interment shall be con-
ducted in accordance with the rules of the State Board of
Health.
6 F. Application for a permit to disinter a human body shall

Application
tor permit
to disinter

be made by the presentation to the local registrar of a certi-
ficate o'f death properly made and containing the facts required
by law for record of a death. Upon receipt of such certifi-
cate the registrar shall issue a permit for the disintertnent. No
disinterment of the body of any deceased person during the
months of July and August shall be issued, except when
required for the purpose of a legal investigation ; nor shall any
such permit be issued in cases where death was caused by
infectious or contagious disease except by permission and
under the direction of the local board of health.
6 G. Every midwife who shall have professional charge of

Certificate to
be furnished

the mother at the birth of any child where no physician is in
attendance, shall within the four days next succeeding the
birth, furnish the registrar or sub-registrar of the town or dis-
trict wherein such birth shall have taken place, a certificate
stating, from the best information which can be obtained, the
name, if such a child has a name, the place and date of birth,
its sex, the name of the father and the maiden name of the
mother, the ages, color, residence and nationality of the
parents, the occupation of the father, number of the child and
the name and address of the attendant.
6 H. Parents shall give notice to the registrar of their city,
town or county of the birth or deaths of their children ; every