542 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 317

on file in the office of the State Registrar, or any county regis-
trar, local registrar or deputy local registrar, 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, or be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding sixty
days, or suffer both fine and imprisonment in the discretion of
the court.

And any person or persons who shall violate any of the pro-
visions of this sub-title, or who shall wilfully neglect or refuse
to perform any duties imposed upon them by the provisions
of this sub-title, or shall furnish false information to a
physician, undertaker, midwife, or informant for the purpose
of making incorrect certification of births or deaths, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof,
shall be fined not less than five dollars nor more than one
hundred dollars.

And any transportation company or common carrier trans-
porting or carrying, or accepting through its agents or em-
ployees for transportation or carriage, the body of any de-
ceased person, without an accompanying permit issued in ac-
cordance with the provisions of this sub-title, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be
fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred
dollars; provided, that in case the death occurred outside of
the State and the body is accompanied by a burial, removal or
transit permit issued in accordance with the law or Board of
Healtk regulations in force where the death occurred, such
burial, removal, or transit permit may be held to authorize
the transportation or carriage of the body into or through
the State.

Each local registrar is hereby charged with the strict and
thorough enforcement of the provisions of this sub-title in his
registration district, under the supervision and direction of
the State Registrar, And he shall make an immediate report
to the State Registrar of any violation of this law coming to
his notice, by observation or upon complaint of any person, or
otherwise. The State Registrar is hereby charged with the
thorough and efficient execution of the provisions of this sub-
title in every part of the State, and with supervisory power
over local registrars, to the end that all of its requirements
shall be uniformly complied with. He shall have authority
to investigate cases of irregularity or violation of law, per-