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garding any birth or death upon demand of the State Regis-
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.

SEC. 19. Any physician who was in medical attendance
upon any deceased person at the time of death, who shall
neglect or refuse to make out, sign and deliver to the under-
taker, sexton or other person in charge of the interment, re-
moval or other disposition of the body, the certificate of death
hereinbefore provided for, shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less
than five dollars, nor more than fifty dollars. And if any
physician shall knowingly make a false certification of the
cause of death, in any case, he shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less
than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars.

And any physician or midwife in attendance upon a case
of confinement, or any other person charged with responsi-
bility for reporting births, in the order named in Sections 14
and 15 of this Article who shall neglect or refuse to file a
proper certificate of birth with the local or deputy local regis-
trar within the time required by this Article shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be
fined not less than five nor more than fifty dollars.

And any undertaker, sexton or other person acting as under-
taker, who shall inter, remove or otherwise dispose of the body
of any deceased person, without having received a burial or
removal permit as hereinbefore provided, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be
fined not less than twenty nor more than one hundred dollars.

And any county registrar, local registrar, or deputy local
registrar, who shall neglect or fail to enforce the provisions of
this sub-title in his district, or shall neglect or refuse to per-
form any of the duties imposed upon him by this sub-title, or
by the rules and regulations of the State Board of Health, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof, shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than
one hundred dollars.

And any person who shall wilfully alter any certificate of
birth or death, or the copy of any certificate of birth or death.