The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-05-02
AN ACT.
To provide for the registry Of
births and Sea+hs

SECTION l. Belt enGrted By the General 6s.
sen,tiy OF The State Of Ohio That the probate
Judges OF the several counties of this State
snail keep a arecord of the births and death :
reported to them as hereinafter provided.
IEc Oiftils snail be numbered.recOrtIed n nsf
laiphahetlcaly inleXed. in the order in,
l-Which they are received. and the record
shall state. in separate columns. the dafe
OF making the record, the date and place
! ol Dlrth, the name. sex and color of the
chilu, anu the names and residence of th..
parents. as fully as the same are reported
Ihe deaths shall be likewise nunibere,I
recorded andindcXed.anti the record tbert-
OF sIlall state. III separate columns. so frr
as the same is reported. the date and place.
OF death, and surname of the deceased.cor
ditlOn. fwhether single. married. or witF-
OWed). age. place OF birth. occuDation
names OF parents. 5(whep an infant without
name), disease, direct or indirect cause of
death. color, and last place of residence of
such deceased person, and the date of mall
Ing the record.
SEC. =. 1t shall be the duty of the plysi-
clans and professional midwives TO keep a
registry of the several births in which
they have assisted professionally. which
shall contain as near as the same can he
ascertalned, the time Ofsueh birth. sex and
color of the child,the names and residence
OF the parents; and physicians who have
l.
ness. clergymcn who have officiated at the
funeral. and sections who have buried de-
ceased persons, shall keep a registry of
name, age and residence of such deceased
persons at the time of their deaths. IT
shall be the duty of physicians and profess
slonal mldWlyes to report fully the births
registered by them as required by this act,
to the judge of the probate court of the
county every three months viz: on or be-
fore the second Monday of the months of
january, April. July and October of each
year; IN case there is no physician or mid
WlIe III attendcnce at any birth. then the
parents shall be requested to report TO
the probatejudge within one month. and
physicians, clergymen and sections shall
likewise report fully the deaths registered
by them as required by this act to the
Judge of the probate court of the county
every three months. as above designated.
SEC 3. 1t shall be the duty of the pro
pate Judge of each county in this State
receiving the reports as above specified.
Wlthln hfteen days after the receipt there
OF, TO record the same in book to be pro-
vided by the county commissioners for
that purpose, and to transmit an abstract
thereof,on or before the first Monday of
November every year to the commissioner
OF statistics in such form as shall be Dre-
scrlbed by that officer, who shall file the
same in lis office to be used by him in his
annual report to the legislature.
SEC. 4. Every person who shall neglect
or refuse tocomply with or rviolate the pro
visions of this act, shall forfeit and ay
tor each office [offense1 the sum of ten dol.
lars; to be sued for and recovered. shall be
pald over. one-half thereof to the school
fund and one-half to the party MAKING
complaint thereof
SEC. 3. Every original entry made as
a aboNe described. and copy of such entry
luly certified over the seal of said court.
snail be received in all courts and places
as prIma facie evidence of the facts there
IN stated, and said records shall be open
% the inspection of the pnblic at all proper
hours. "a
SEC. 6. The probate judges shall be enti-
led to receive and charge for all services
lnder this act, like fees are charged and
aNed by law for similar services In other
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SEC. z. That the act entitled ian act to
provide for the gistration of births. mar
'lages and deaths i'm Ohio.'' passed ADril
'th, 1856, be and thesame is hereby repeal =
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SEC. s. This act shall take effect and he in
oree from and after the first day of July,
4. d. 1867.
~ dj p. HITCHCOCK. % ~-
Speaker pro tenn of the House of Representotipe.
= ANDREW G. MCBURNEY.,
President of the Senptc
March Is, 1867.
II p. B. BEIDLER. s"i
Probate Judge, w. CO.