ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 539

issue a permit for the disposition of any body already interred,
entombed, transported, removed, cremated or in any other
manner disposed of except as provided in this sub-title. Each
deputy local registrar shall, on the last day of each month,
transmit to the local registrar all certificates of birth or death
in his possession.

Every local registrar shall, on or before the fifth day of
each month, transmit to the State Registrar of Vital Statistics
in the envelopes furnished for that purpose, the originals of
all certificates of birth or death remaining in his possession on
the last day of the month next preceding, and if there are no
such certificates of birth or death remaining in his possession,
he shall immediately certify such fact to the State Registrar
in writing. The local registrar shall, at the time of mailing
his returns to the State Registrar, mail to the county registrar
a copy of all certificates of birth or death, certified as cor-
rect under his hand and remaining in his possession on the last
day of the month next preceding.

Provided, that the State Registrar may in the event of un-
usual sickness or mortality or for the purpose of legal, legisla-
tive or other inquiry, require of any local registrar returns at
shorter intervals.

It shall be the duty of all local registrars and deputy local
registrars to receive death certificates and issue burial permits
thereon, as hereinafter provided, and accept birth certificates,
and shall note over his signature the date on which such certifi-
cate was filed and shall forward all certificates in his posses-
sion as hereinbefore provided, and shall also perform all the
other duties of a local registrar provided in this subtitle.

No sexton or person iii charge of any premises in which
interments are made shall inter or permit the interment or
other disposition of any body unless it is accompanied by a
burial permit, as provided in this sub-title. And each sexton
or person in charge of any burial ground shall indorse upon
the permit the date of interment, over his signature, and shall
return all permits, so indorsed to the local registrar of his dis-
trict within ten days from the date of interment. He shall also
keep a record of all interments made in the premises under his
charge, stating the name of the deceased person, place of
death, date of burial and name and address of the undertaker.

SEC. 13. Application for a permit to disinter a human body
shall be made to the local registrar or deputy local registrar