New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-30
no, 10
AN ACT

In addition to the laws now in force rela-
tive to the Registry of Births and Deaths,
having for its object to compel the regis
try Of all marriages, In the office OF
Recorder of Births and Deaths, in the
parish of Orleans and providing for the
issue of marriage licenses.
SECTION |. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the
State of Louisiana in General As
sembly convened, That the present Re-
corder of Births and Deaths for .he parish
OF Orleans, and his successors in Office,
shall hereafter be known as the Recorder of
Births, Marriages and Deaths, for the par
tsh of Orleans. They shall take an oath
before any competent authority faithfully
to perform all the duties imposed upon them
by law for the registry of births, marriages
and deaths, a duplicate or certified whereof
they shall transmit to the Secretary of
State, who shall keep the same on file III his
Office.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, etc, That
1t shall be the duty of the said Recorder to
register marriages contracted and celebrated
in New Orleans after the passage of this act
in separate book. The record of each
marriage shall contain the names of the con-
tracing parties, the names Of their fathers
and mothers, or tutors, as the case may be;
the Place of their nativity, their age, the
date OF their license, or the names of the
witnesses, and by whom issued; the name
of the Justice Of the Peace, or officer. priest
or eccle5iastic celebrating the said marriage;
the GATE of its celebration, the names of
the witnesses; and for such registry the Re-
corder shall be entitled to demand one dol.
lar, and for each certificate of registry de-
livered the said Recorder shall also be en-
titled to receive one dollar.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, etc., That
it shall be the duty of the officer. Justice of
the Peace, priest, or ecclesiastic celebrating
any marriage to return the license author
izing said marriages to the Recorder of
Births, Marriages, and Deaths after having
Endorsed on said license that the said mar
rage has been celebrated, and the date of
said celebration. It shall be the duty OF
said Recorder to preserve the said licenses
SO returned to him.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, etc., That
it shall be the duty of the Recorder to
register all marriages, prior to the passage
of this act, on production to him Of a GER
tifcate, duly attested, of the celebration Of
such marriages, or of the affidavits of the
contracting parties and one of the witnesses
present at such celebration, IN case the
original act has been destroyed or mislaid,
and that g certified copy of such registry
shall be prima facia evidence Of such
marriage.
SEC. S. Be it further enacted, etc., That
it shalt be the duty of all parties contract
ing marriages in the parish Of Orleans, to
register the act of celebration of their said
marriages within ten days, in the Office of
Recorder of Births, Marriages. and Deaths,
and for any violation of the provisions of
this act fine of not less'than ten nor more
than twenty-five dollars shall be imposed
by any Justice of the Peace within the city
OF New Orleans. The recovery OF said fine
shall be sued for by Che Recorder.
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, etc., That
the Recorder Of Births, Marriages and
Deaths, for the parish of Orleans. shall have
concurrent power with other officers now
designated by law, in the parish of Orle ans,
to issue marriage licenses, and to receive