The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-07-08
Office Clerk Circuit Court for Bal
timore County.

10 9rB9 OIL as yi9ta9I JUNE 9TH, 1865.
TNHE undersigned would hereby respectfully
IL call the attention of the citizens of Balti-
more county, to the following sections of an
Act Entitled an Act to provide for the Regis
tration of Births, Deaths and Marriages" in
the several counties, and the city of Baltimore
in this State. '7aa"l ..Hi'Al i.l' s, Z
Section Il! Be it enacted by the General AS
sembly of Maryland, That the Clerks of the
Circuit Courts of the several counties, and the
| Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas Of Balti-
| more city, shall receive and record in books
prepared for the purpose, the following facts
concerning the births, marriages and deaths in
| said county or city, separately numbering and
recording the same in the order in which he
receives them, distinguishing in separate coll
umns: lfd leid i3 A4E t1vft lti NRH . et'
Sec. 2. Re it enacted, That said record books
provided for by the preceding section, shall be
truly and regularly PACED and alphabetically
indexed, in the case of births, with the name
of the child, Gf. it have a name,) and if it have
no name, then with the name Of the father,
if its mother be a married woman, and If its
mother be, unmarried, then with the name of
the mother, in the case of marriage with the
names of both parties to said marriage, and in
case of deaths with the name of deceased, or
if said deceased be an infant without name,
then with name of the father or mother of said
deceased infant.
J Sec g. Be it enacted, That parents shall
give notice of the facts herein required, to the
clerk of the court aforesaid, of the county or
city; in which birth or death may take place;
every householder shall give such notice of evi
cry birth and death happening in his house !;
the eldest person next of kin shall give notice
of the death of his kindred the keeper of a
prison, hospital, almshouse or other public in
stitution, shall give notice of every birth and
death happening among the persons under his
charge; the person solemnizng or performing
the marriage ceremony shall give such notice;
any such person neglecting or refusing to give
such notice for the space of six months after
birth, marriage or death, shall forfeit and pay
agsum not exceeding five dollars. yglfag9. gq
Sec. 4. Be it enacted, That any physician
having attended person during his or her last
Illness, SHALL when requested, within fifteen
days after the decease of such person, forth
with furnish information ofthe duration of the
last sickness, the disease of which the person
died, or cause of death, and the date of the de-
cease as nearly as he can state the same.
Sec. s.. II Be it enacted, That every ssexton,
coroner, undertaken other personk having
charge of the obsequies or funeral rites prelim
mary to the interment of the body of stran-
ger Or friendless person, shall forthwith obtain
and return to the clerk aforesaid of the county
| or city in which the deceased resided or the
| death occurred, the facts required by this act
| to be recorded by said officer concerning the
| deceased any person neglecting or refusing to
make such return within one month thereafter
shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding ten
| dollars. aiIdn4 7ft 3Tat9d us9d 81
| Sec. 6. Be it enacted, That the notice re-
quired to be furnished by sections three and
1 five, according to section one, may for greater
convenience be deposited with any justice of
the peace residing inthe election district where
| in the birth, marriage or death takes place,
and it shall be the duty of the said justice of
the peace to transmit the same to the clerk ev-
cry three months.
Sec. ID. Be it enacted, That the registration
of births, marriages and deaths required by
this act shall be such as occur on and after the
LIST day of July next.fsd9i4 .W naoL
JOHN II. LONGNECKER, Clerk.
July 1.-2t. -i-.on