M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-05-01
mo. 79.] ANACT
To provide for the Registration of Births
Marriages and Deaths, in Ohio.

mo. 79.l ANACT
To provide for the Registration of Births,
Marriages and Deaths, in Ohio.
SECTION /. BE IL enacted by he General
Assembly Of the STATE of Ohio, That It
shall be the duty of all Clergymen, or other
persons, who shall hereafter celebrate or per-
form the marriage ceremony within this
State, to keep register of all marriages
celebrated by them, showing the names,
ages, residence and place ofbirth of the per-
sons married, whether they were single or
widowed, the time Of the marriage, and the
names of their parents.
SECTION 2. 1t shall be the duty of all
physicians, surgeons and midwives, to keep
a register of all the births and deaths at
which they have professionally attended,
showing, in cases OF birth, the name ofthe
father and. maiden name of the mother. and
their residence, the sex and color of the child
together with its name, if it shall receive
one, and whether born alive or dead. Such
registry shall show, in cases of death-the
time, place, and cause of death the name
age, sex, color and condition Gas to whether
single or married, or widowed), the name
and surname Of the parents, the occupation,
the residence, and place of birth of the de-
ceased. When two or more physicians,
surgeons or midwives, may have attended
professionally at any birth or death, that
physician, surgeon, or midwife, who is old
est, in attendance, shall make The registry.
SECTION 8. 1t shall be the duty of the
physicians, clergymen, surgeons and mid
wives above-named, to deposit in the county
clerks Office, of the various counties in
which such births, marriages and deaths oc-
cut, on or before the fifteenth day of March.
in every year, copy of said registry, embra.
cling a period of one year, ending on the
first day of March, last preceding the time
Of deposit /; and the clerk shall deliver the
same to the assessor of the several town.
ships in each county, at the same time that
the Auditor of the county delivers instruc-
tions and blanks to such assessors.
SECTION 4. 1t shall be the duty of the
assessors, while making their lists of taxa-
Bile property, to ascertain and record. in
list separate from the list of taxable proper
ty, all the births, marriages and deaths,
which shall have occurred within their re.
spective townships, in the twelve months
ending on the first day of March, last prece-
ding the time Of assessment, with all the
items Of time, place, &c., as hereinbefore
directed, to be inserted in the registries, as
provided in sections one and two Of this act.
They shall make strict inquiry of all The
heads of families, and shall use the regis
tries Of clergymen, physicians, surgeons,
and midwives, hereinbefore named, in order
10 obtain correctly the information herein
required. They shall return said list ofl
births, marriages and deaths, with the regis
tries aforesaid, to the clerks of the courts
of common pleas, at the same time that they
return their list of taxable property. The
clerks shall copy said lists in such form as the
Secretary of State may direct, and transmit
such copy to the Secretary of State, on or
before the first day Of June in each year.
The clerks shall receive for their services
such compensation as the county commis-
sioners shall think just.
Section 8. 1t shall be the duty of the !
Secretary ofState, from all the lists of births |
Marriages, and deaths so transmitted to hiind
to prepare tabular statements, showing in a
condensed forVne the information herein |
required to Be preserved-keepine the
statisticssof each county separate, and to
cause two thousand copiesof the same to be
printed in pamphlet form, on or before the
first day Of January in every year; of which
copies, ten shall be transmitted to the clerk
of each county for exchange anddistribution,
at his discretion, and the residue shall be |
disposed Of as the General Assembly shall
from time to time direct. The county clerk,