Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-02-04

IL, 1858.
|. Be it enacted by the general assem-
bly,, that from and after the first day Of
Janury. eighteen hundred and fifty-four,
the clerk Of every county and corpora
ton court shall keep three hooks, to bo
called, respectively, the register ofmar-
riages, the register of births, and the re-
gistsr of deaths. .Ira
2. Hencefor,h it shall be the duty Of
every minister or other person celebra-
{ ting q marriage, and of the clerk or kee-
per Of the records of any religious soci-
ETY. which soIemnizes marriages by the
'.censsut ofihe parties in open congrega-
tinn, at once to make record of every
marriage between white persons solem-
nized by or before him. aud within two
months after such marriage to return q
certificate thereof, signed by him, to the
clerk Of The court Of the county or cor
poration, in which the same is solemn.
zed. Such record aud certificate shall
set forth, as far as the same can he ascer-
tained, the date and place ofthe marri-
age. the full names Of both the palties,
their age aud condition befnre the mar
riags, [whe,her single or widnwed.) the
places of their birth asd residence, the
names of their parents aud the occupa-
tiou Of the husband. -el iu7
8. The clerk towhom such certificates
shall he returned, shall'file aud preserve
the same in his office, and within twenty
days after receiving the same, record
full abstract thereof in his register of
marriages, setting out,'iu convenient ta-
bular form, oil the circumstances therein
stated, and the name Of the person sign.
ing the certificate, aud make an index OF
the names of both the parties married,
d. If at the time of celebrating any
marriage out of this state, either or both
of the parties thereto be resident or
residents of this state, certificate or
statement thereof, verified by the affide-
vit of any person present a, such cele.
bra,ion, may be returned TO the clerk Of
The court oft county or corposalonin
which the husband resides, ifte be'such
resident, and otherwise, of the county or.
corporation infwhieh wifs-rssides,.
and an abstrac, thereofshallbe recorded
by him in the manner prescribed in the
third section.
S. Ifany minister who shall give bond
in order 10 his being authorized to eel
ebrate marriage in this state, shall fail
to comply with the second section, the
condition ofsuch bond shall be deemed
to be thereby broken, and he shall also
bo subject to the penalty hereinafter pre-
scribed for such failure.
6. Every such clerk of court shall,
on or before the first day of the next
November term of his court. post ut the
from, door of his courthouse copy
of the second section, with statement
ofthe penalties of violation thereof
Every commissioner of the revenue
shall make an annua! registration ofIhe
births end deaths inhis district. When
he asceitains the personal propetty sub
iect to taxation. he shall ascertain the
births and deaths that have occurred in
the year ending on the thirty y-frst day of
December preceding, aud such circum-
stances as lie is hereinafter required TO
record. He shsll ascertain the births
and deaths in each family from the head
ofsuch family, ifpracticable.
s. He shall record in book to be
kept by him for that purpose, so far as
can be ascer,ained, the date and place
of every such birth; the full name oflhe
child, Gift has a name;) the sex and co.
Tor thereof and colorcd, whether free
or slave; also whether the child was born
alive or stillborn; the full name Of the
mother; and il the child be free and born
in wcdIock, the full name, occupation
aud residence of the father if the child
be slave, the namo Of the owner; it,
theru he more than nno child born at
one birth, the fact and number shall be
stated; and any olher circumstances of
interest relating to any birth.
9. Every such commissioner shall in
like manner record in Il book to be kept
by him for that purpose, the place and
date of cvery death in his district during
the yesr ending on the preceding thirty
first day"f December; tho full name, sex.
age, condition, (whethe married or not.
and cnlur Of the deceased; and ifcolored
whether free or slave; also the occnpa-
,ion, Il any, Of the deceased, and his or
her place Of birth, tho names Of his or
parents, and (,f the deceased was mar.
rfied) tho name of the husband or wife;
aud if,he deceased was slave, the name
of the owner; also the disease or cause
of the death, so far as such facts can be
ascertained.
10. The commissioner shall make aud
subscribe an affidavit. upon ench Of the
books SO to be kept by him, to tho eifec,
that he has pursued the directions in
this act according to the best of his skill;
and he shall return his said hooks 10 the
clerk of the court Of his county or cor.
poration on or before the first day Of