Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-11-18

the care or superintendent OF any vault
or burial ground, who shall neglect to pro-
cure such certificate as aforesaid. or hav-
wing procured it, shall neglect or refuse to
return it as aforesaid, shall each, for every
such neglect or refusal, forfeit and pay
the sum of five dollars, which sum shall be
recoverable as debts of the like are. .recov-
cradle by any person who may sue for the
same; all certificates or returns required by
this act shall be signed by the parties so
certifying.
SECTION 5. That this act shall not be
construed to prevent the registry Of any
marriage contracted, or birth or death
happening, previously to It's passage, with
in the limits of this State; nor of the mar
riagc, birth, or death of any person or
persons who may have married, been born,
or may have died elsewhere, but who
were the child or children of citizens Of
this State nor of any marriage contrac-
ted previously or subsequently to the pas
sage Of this act in any other part of these
United States or their territories, or be-
yond the limits Of the same /: PrOrided,
Either Of the parties married were per-
manently residing in this State at the
time, or at some time previously or sub
sequently to such marriage; such regis
trations shall be in the form already pre-
scribed, and shall be kept apart from the
current registrations, and in separate
books, as is already required in the case
of other registrations, but shall be en-
braced in the general index; the proof of
every such marriage shall be as follows,
to wit : in the case of a marriage, by the
person who pronounced it or if such proof
cannot be made, or the marriage shall
have been contracted according to the
manner of the religious society of Friends,
then it shall be made by some one who
was present thereat; in the case of birth,
by some one who has actual knowledge
OF the period at which such person was
born, or of his or her parentage; and in the
case Of a death, by some one who actual
ly saw such person dead, or who has actu-
al knowledge of the fact; such proof shall
be under oath or affirmation, and shall be
in its character satisfactory to the register:
Pr0ridcd further, That should any person
feel aggrieyed at the decision of the regis
ter aforesaid, he or she, or as the case
may be, the next friend or the represen-
tatiye of the person, on whose behalf such
application is made, shall have the right
of an appeal to the Orphans Court of the
proper county, in which case the testimo-
ny so taken shall be sent up with the ap.
peal to the said court, by the said regis
ter, accompanied by written statement
of his reasons for rejecting it as INSULT.
cient.
SECTION g. That no letters of Administra.
ton or letters testamentary shall be granted
by any register upon the estate or effects o
any person hereafter dying within this State
or if granted, shall be valid, until the death
of such person shall be duly certified to the
said register in order that the same may BE-
duly registered according to the forms anC
provisions of this act, or as strictly In COmPll
ance Herewith as it may be in the power o
the party so to do.
SECTION 7. That no appointment of any
guardian to the person or estate of any minoI
hereafter born, by any Orphans Court within
this State, shall be valid, until the date OF the
birth of such minor, and the date of the death
as well as the name of his or her parent o
parents, shall be duly registered according tC
the provisions of this act, as strictly as the
same can be complied with, unless from The
death of any witness, or from some other cause
deemed sufficient upon strict investigation by
I, . thsof
be conveniently made, in which latter case
shall be made as soon as it may be practlca
Bile.
Section 8. That the said books or registers
or certificate duly certified by the register
and authenticated by his seal Of Office, as con
tanning a full copy of the record of any mar
riage, birth, or DEATH shall hereafter be ad
| mitted in any court of this State as prIma ia
Gle proof of any marriage, birth, or death
Provided, howeuer, That should no such re
gistration exist, the proof Of any marriage
birth, or death shall be sufficient, if made il
the manner now or hereafter required unde
; the decisions of the Supreme Court OF thu
Commonwealth.
Section g. That if any register shall not
within fourteen days after an application made
to him to register any marriage, birth, or death
| as aforesaid, register i'll the proper form an'
book, any such marriage, birth, or death, as th'
same shall be certified to him, unless he ha
Sufficient cause, he shall forfeit and pay tht
+ Sum of ten dollars, to be recovered as debt
of the some amount are recoverable, by an
= person who may sue for the same; the persor
agprieyed shall have the right OF appeal pro
vided by the sixth section o! this act; and al
certificates of marriages, births, OF deaths
) duly returned, shall be preserved and filed b.
: the register
Section 10. That if any person shall vii
fully, knowingly, and falsely swear OF afliru
, to, or return any such certificate OF marriage
, birth, or death, or if any register shall wlful
ly and knowingly make, or cause to be mad
in the said books, false entry of such mar
riage, birth, or DEATH the said person or re
} gister SO offending shall be punished by I'm
or Imprisonment, or both, at the discretion q