Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-02


inal lists sent in by She Tax Collectors, ply
sicians, and others required to make such re- |
turns. A duplicate copy of the above record |
to be prepared and sent to the Office OF the |
Comptroller of the Treasury of the State. on |
or before the 18th day of February of each |
year. which record is 10 embrace the inform
alton collected as above for the year next pre-
ceding. ending the 3Ist of December.
SEC 8. Be it enacted, That the Governor of
the State shall appoint within thirty days
after the passage Of this act, a competent,
well educated person. as Registrar, whose
duty il shall be 30 make from the collected
Statistics in the Comptroller's Office, an annu-
al Report, showing in tabulated form, accom-
panied by any remarks which may be deemed
necessary to illustrate the facts collected,
keeping the statistics of each county separate,
and of each incorporated town separate from
the county; and 10 cause three thousand cop
les OF the report to be printed on or before
the first day of January of each year; to
transmit not more than fifteen or less than
two copies to the Office OF each County Court
Clerk, one of which shall be forever CAREFUL
ly kept in such Office, and the remainder sent
to bis Office distributed to the citizens OF their
respective counties; the remainder TO be dis
tributed to the various State and other libra
ries by the State Librarian. He shall be re
quired to have printed suitable blanks for the
DC, with separate columns for each OF The
items of Information herein required and
send a sufficient number of said blanks TO the
clerks of each County Court for distribution
He shall annex to said blanks such nstruc-
tons as be may deem necessary to secure the
faithful execution of this act. He shall fur
nish within three months after the passage of
this ac:. TO every County Court Clerk. well
bound blank book properly ruled, with head
irer ehr,.- int he
collected by the requirements of Sec. 5, Of
this act. He shall also make a report of pro-
gress birnnialiy 20 the Legislature.
SIC. o. he i enacted, That the State Regis
ter shall receive annually a salary of five
hundred dollars, that the County Court
Clerks shall receive for each record of births,
marriages and deaths five cents, to be paid
out of their respective county treasures.
That the county Tax Collector shall be- euli-
tied to retain ont of the taxes collected by
them five cents ior the entry OF each birth,
death and marriage.
SIC. 10. Be IL enacted, That the said lists of
births, marriages and deaths returned to the
Cleras of the County Courts by the Tax Col
iectors and 9TH rs, as also the original tabu-
lar record herein required TO be made and
kept in the said Office. or duly Certified
copy of any birth. marriage or death. from
either of them. and certified by the keeper of
received in all courts in this State a. frinaa
fdcie evidence of any such birth, marriage or
death therein corded or so certified. The
Register shall cause to be bound the returns
received from the County Clerks aud Others,
in one or more volumes, with indexes there
to, each year to be bound separately; these
records to be carefully kept in the CoInptrol-
ler's Office.
SEC. III. Be If enacted, That any town may
mn iaIn lRvU of. al n at
tain the objects herein contemplated ProUi
ded. they do not conflict with the main and
specific object of this act, viz to secure the
most perfect registration.
SIC. IL. Be Il enacted, That the sum of -
is hereby appropriated 10 more effectually
attain the objects contemplated in this bill.
SIC. IS. Be II enacted, That this act shall
take effect immediately from and alter lis
passage.
This bill, (Senate Bill No. 27s), was passed
on its first reading, February 10th, 1860, and
was referred TO the Commute on the Judi
ciary, and was returned by said Committee
recommending.it its rejection, possibly without
the due weighing and elaboration which the
subject demanded.
For the benfit of those who may desire to
investigate the subject, reference is here made
to some of the sources of information, most
OF which are 10 be found in the State Libra
ry: LIST. English Statutes at Large, vols. Sc,
Z, 60, ~, A, 5, 6.s; I'd. English Parliamenta-
ry Debates, vols. 81, 8. 100. L; Sd. EHcyclo-
pedia Britannica. vol. Is; 4th. Edinburg
Review, vol so 5th. Bentham's Works, vols.
l, 3, 6, 9; 9th. Quarterly Review, vols. 81.
&c, &c 9TH. Report of Sanitary Commission
padia, vol. 10; 9th. Brande's Dictionary of
Science 10Th. Compendium of the United
States Census, $50; 11th. Plymouth Colo
ny Acts of 1859 TO 1916; 18th. See also the
Registration Laws and Reports or the vari-
Gus States, chiefly after the year 1871, though
Kentucky passed a Registration Law IN 1921.