Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-04-05
An Act
10 rrOVide for hs Registration Of Births, Ma,
riages and Deafhs,

rlGges and DEANS.
Beiisaalid by he S,na'e and Honse Of RspraelL IL,
| Of he Stats Of Delaware in General Assembly MT
SECTION The Recorder OF Deeds In each Of the q IN
lies Of this State, shalt or before the first Jay OF Ju'
A. D. 1851, procure three suitable books. In which rrs
lively IN r,c0rd Births Marriages and Deaths and shal
record all such Births, Marriages and Deaths In salt lie
cord Books respectively the same may be returned
lodged In his Office for that purposei for which service h
ha receive from county cent for every ton words
every year Thereafter furnish an abstract Of such reeod
for the preceding year containing the number Of ah
with the reported causes aIiangal according 10 th'
diseises; the numb Of Ma rages soleinnEed he nlu
Der Of ihH, and such other information and Husges
lions hs nay deem Of practical utility for the promo
tiOn OF public health aud Of general Interest TO the
muniiy and shall the same to be published In
newspaper OF his county ftheu be none publ ahui la
his county then Ia newspaper In OF the othe
COUNTESS for which eupy he shall be paid 1t the rat,
above provided. The Levy Court shall also allow
reasonable conf en- Aun for such publication, aud for tn
VI such books and blank certificates as shall BE- nece
sary to carry out the PROVISIONS Of this act The books
provided by the Reeorder shall be separate aud alsne
shall BE- resp etiyey entitled "Tho l,eistetof Births
"The Register of Marriages." and "Ihe Register q
Deaths AID shall each he furnished with an Index The
10 b0tto with appropriate headings as follows; father
name, mothers name, color, occupation, nation, child
name, living atiltborn date aud place Of birth
date Of certificate, date OF registration.
sKrriON . Whenever child "a born alter tbs hts day
q July d. 1851 1t shall 10 the duty q the attending
Phys clan. or II there b. no Ply ecan, OF the Father
II no Father living then or the Mother or it thr child 10
slave, then Of the MASTER OF V there n no maser then
Of the Mistress to make out aud tile win SAID Recorder
Certificate In the prescribed in tho foregoing Secun
within TIRES months after the aid bliih to be by hiu
corded prescribed In said seron said Certificate shall
be sqned y tbe person ding TIN same Ii any such Ger
tcate shall contain molr than one birth The Recorder
shall record said births under the litter vt the alphabet
Ia shirh thcy rss,e,,v lsionr and If any Ctracsi,
hall not be made in due form as above preserbsd tho
Firth or r therein certified shall 10 registered or 10.
cordial 20 ~ 10 conform 10 the form prescribed as far as
practicable and liz record need not be literal copy only
tLat it conforms the certified AL cetihe,l
returned 10 said Keeoler III III DO filed by him 10 pha
Beca order under the letter OF the alphabet to whieh
the name Of the party making such certificate belongs
SECTION g. The Register Of Deaths shall each page 10
ruled from ton to bottom so as to form columns with al
propiAte he dngs aows' Name, date OF death pare
III residence cause death, nation sex color age
patton condition Tree or slave hurried Or single nalae OF
parents ate Of certificate date OF egstratpn Whenever
any person shall die It shall b. the duty II the attending
Physcan Of tho Coroner heu the case shall come un
der his notice make cut under his baud aud to furnish
within week Ailer the death, 10 the seNan othrl
person having charge Of the bufl place. Utr.hcatu Of
such death according to the form In This Section pre-
ssrbed
SEXTON No person having charge Sexton rothei
wise Of any vault butylug ground cemetery shall In
ter or allow to 10 Inferred or place or aow bs placed
in any vault buryipg etonnl or cemetery or private
burying grounds ths dead hody OF any person without
procuring such Certificate ~ prescribed the preceding
seiinn and IL There shall m no physcsu in Attendance
or no Coroner then the Sexton in charge the vault
burynr ground cemetery, private butying gtouuds
Whsrv The interment shall he made the body placed
all himself prepare Certificate according to the iorm
prescribed In the preceding Section aud all such Certh
Gates shalt 10 by said Sexton filed within three monlhs
In The tee the Recorder Of Deeds for that county II
any Certificate shall contain than one death, the
Recorder shall regster such deaths under the letter OF
Ina alplabet TO witch they rpspdcliVelY belong: aud
Any Certificate shall not he 10 due FORM above pre-
scibed the death OF deaths therein certified shall he
gs;eed by the Recorder in such TO conform to
said form AS far as practicable aud registry
be literal copy. only that il shows the facts certified
al such certificates shall To filed In alphabetical order
aforesaid.
sRoTIos g. The Register OF Marriages. shall bs ruled
with columns from top to bottom with appropriate head
ings as folIoWs Puli name OF husband Occupation resi-
deuee nation age when married. residence birth place
fuli name Of wife when married. residence birth plAre
~ h w, Nj ti,r rhst nsrre narents of narties
az
the marriage ceremony employed name Of last named
person date Of certificate date OF registration by Re-
erorder
srrroS Ii shall Ia The duty Of every Cergyman and
every Magistrate and Of the CLERK or Keeper u tue records
Of n yins and other societies and Of every other Dor.
a 10 ar hefore whom any marriage NAV hereafter be
sosm5sd or eSntractsd 10 make faithful return Of the
same within thne months hy filing certificate In the
s nihd in fla tarsgolnr eSn 10 the oiee Of tbe
az Dsads ~ the cnunty in which such marriage
NJ ia soamnged or contracted: and ali such Cer1-
~. 81 ye,,Tna 10 aid Recorder shall be filed by him
in alnhabetlrnl order as Aforesaid
slcrioS The 10 ks Of Registration kept by the Re-
trated by the seal Of his oe as containing copy OF the
record of any birth marriage Or DEATH shall hereafter H.
aditted in nny court Of fhe State as primo fqcia evil
r., s. ~ ssid ,narriava birth ar DEATH
sterlos & me Recorder shall receive fty cents for
rsntng rtia.t or certified COPY Of the record OF any
1890 MIN ar death and ten cents lar making =
asch n, sithar msrrsss birth or oath which sums
gii ha Nall h. narv anniving tr tLe cerneAte or
I'LL i,ItsJeisns ci,r,yf,nn and LAWYERS Without
siule =" rnss''i'h'' Ne's' niV" @''' '"''' "'"'"'
ehs,sg 7, shall bs lhe duty of Clergyman Of ali de-
i.p ~ fa.t nv Ies,eTs al ths rsrorda of ali
cbnr.hss ma rsaions siets as also Of every MaKls-
49,, ia ~ bsr rsrsons Nv or l.ior, ,Fhon, any mar.
u i sau a. oS,,Igad mr. rontrncted ami og
s ,s may MD Of eyery SuperIptendepi
~ S rs;na,srv or hutyin Mace IN ar befre
a. gt ~, ~ az ini L igsi snd lsrea fer az ali sneh
] az n ,, ncc,uy ma nosnns herein mentioned Ia
persnas ~ may "'snly ,is @ i f an ~
XIX aeoer a. paes Of Ia county in vhih such person
sns " IN, ani i, shs hs INA d,v ~ IA ia
" h sy ,h sasns ,,,,rartv registsrs1 In inJsY
oru't ~ ne s'1 ,i, az Pnois I, IL v Mn nrovI
~ NJ sos T., ta svsut AZ snv ~ lie nnrsnns ahov
w. Ia a., a. =, ,fb.r plsc. az ,ssiJenrs h ,hal
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MI, Nv srtr sch rs,n val sxrent whsn tle narson
ayyin .hs css IA aei IN snrh ofieisi esnscitv \
nates tIem snbset "a ths urovislons Of This act
evTtns 10 Pys raron who mas been herrbv raouIred
O., , ~ g fb,,tb ~ ,toatb "a Ina Rnc,rler AMI
~ N i,,,,iv ',t st,rI a retrn in ius farm, shal
sa., ~, s, tis v, Conrt iio s,,,n nf ter
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