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thereafter shall forfeit any pay sum not ex-
ceeding ten dollars.

thereafter shall forfeit any pay sum not e1
ceeding ten dollars.
Sec. g. Be it enacted, That the notice
required to be furnished by sections three and
FIVE, according to s ction one, may for grea-
ter convenience or deposited with any Justice
OF the Peace residing in the election district
wherein the birth, marriage or death takes
place and it shall bo the duty of the said JUS
tices of the Peace to transmit the same to said
Clerk every three months
Sec. 7. Be it enacted, That the Clerk of
the court aforesaid shall annually on or be-
fore the first day of FEBRUARY transmte to the
Secretary of the Senate certified copies OF
the records of the births, marriages and deaths
which shall have occurred in said county or
city during the year ending on the thirty y-first
of December proceeding.
Sec. g. BE it enacted That the records Of
the Clerks of said courts relative to any births,
marriages, or deaths shall be prima tacie ev-
idence in legal proceedings Of the facts re-
corded: the certificate signed by said Clerk
with the seal of his Office affixed thereto shall
be Adjustable as eviddnas of any such re-
cord.
Sec. 8. BE it enacted, That the Clerk
aforesaid shall receive from his county or ci-
ty for obtaining, recording, indexing and re-
turning to the Secretary of the Senate the
facts in relating to birth marriage or death,
fifteen cents for each case recorded as the
same shall be certified by the Secretary of the
Senate; he shall forfeit and pay sum not less
than twenty nor more than fifty dollars, for
each refusal or neglect to perform any duty
required of him by this act
| Sec 10. Be it enacted That the Secreta-
ry of the Senate shall at the expense of the
State, prepare and furnish to the several
Clerks of the counties and the city of Balti-
more aforesaid, blank books of suitable size
and quality to be used as books of record and
indexes thereto under the provisions of this
act, and blank forms for returns on paper of
uniform size and shall accompany the same
with such instructions and explanations as
may be necessary and useful.
| Sec. II. BE it enacted, That the Secreta-
ry Senate shall cause the returns received by
him for each year to be bound together in one
volume, with an index thereto, he shall pre-
pare from the return such tabular results as
will render them of practical utility, and re-
ports thereofto each regular session of the
Legislature, and do all other things neoessa-
ry to carry into effect the provision of this act
he shall enforce by suit in the name of the
State the recovery of the forfeits or penalties
prescribed IN section eight of this act, and he
shall receive for the performance of the duties
imposed by this act, the sum of one thousand
dollars per annum; in case of vacancy occur
ing in this Office by death resignation or 9TH
erwsc the vacancy shall be filled by the Gov
ernor until successor shall be elected and
qualified.
Sec. 12 Be it enacted, That it shall be
the duty ofthe Clerk for the respective coun-
ties and the city Of Baltimore to enforce by
suit, in the name of the State, for the rccove-
ry of the forfeitures and penalties imposed by
sections three and five OF this act.
Sec 49, Be it enacted, That the registra-
tion of births, marriages and deaths required
by this act, shall be such as occur on and af-
ter the first day of July next.