The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-04-11
MARRIAGES, BIRTHS AND DEATHS.

MARRIAGES, BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
The Duty Of CIerg.nen, Physicians,
justices, E.id1:ves, Etc, 30 Make
Certificates,
We insert tn, following circular for the
benefit Of all concerned:
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE,
MADISON, Wisconsin.
TO The Registers Of Deeds Of tie seccral
Counties cftte State:
Fer the sake Of uniformity, which is not
only desirable but important in the matter
IF the proper prcsentati"" OF records ia
TINS once, It Is hoped YOU viii strictly OBJ
serve the following instructions in making
returns of marriages, births and deaths, to
j this Office. Ii. BREEsE,
Secretary of State.
CHAPTER 10, of the registration Of
marriages, births and deaths.
/ SECTION /. Each Register of Deeds in
/ the several counties Of this State, shall be
supplied with separate books, in which he
/ shall register, in the manner hereinafter
directed, the marriages which may have
been contracted and The births and deaths
which may hate occurred within the
county.
SEC. >. 1t shall be the duty of every
clergyman, justice Of the peace, clerk and
of any other person or society, by or before
whom any marriage may hereafter be sol
emnized or CONTRACTED, to make at once a
record Of the same in book to be kept for
the purpose, and within thirty days after
such marriage, to return the same in the
form Of certificate, duly signed by the
person SO certifying, to the register of the
county in which such marriage shall have
been solemnizel or contracted, which said
record or certificate shall set forth, as far
as the same can be ascertained, the full
name OF the husband his occupation, and
the name Of his place Of birth ANA resi-
dence, the full name of the wife previous
to the said marriage, the names of the
! parents Of said husband, and of the parents
Of SAID Wife also the colors Of the parties,
and the time, place, where and ceremony
by which such marriage was contracted,
and if pronounced by any clergyman or
other person as aforesaid, the place Of resi-
dence Of such person.
SEC 3. It shall be the duty Of every
physician under whose care birth ohul.
hereafter take place, to make at once 4
Tor the purpose, and 10 return the same
duly sIglcl By him, or in the form Of
certificate, to the register of deeds Of the
county in which said birth shall have taken
place IN the manner and within the period
directed by the preceding section. which
said record and certificate shall set forth.
As far a. The same can be ascertained the
fall name Of such child, if any name should
have been conferred, its sex. color, names
Of any other child or children living, the
full name as well as the occupation OF its
parents, aud for better identification the
full name previously to marriage Of the
mother Of sach chill, the lay, hour, and
place in and At which such birth occurred.
In ease such birth shall have occurred with
ont the ~uperintcndence Of any person, ana
should no physician Or other person be in
attendance apon the parent immedistcly
thereafter, it shall then become the duty of
1He parent or parents OF such Chill to re
turn the same TO the register, in the man
ner, form. ana within the period above re-
quired.
SEC. /. Every physician or surgeon
who shall hereafter be in attendance at the !
period Of the death Of any individual, dying
within the State, shall make at once
record Of such death, in a book KEPT by
Inn for that purpose, and .hall return the
same duly signel, IN the form of a ccrtifi- !
cat,, u the register of the county in which .
such individual may have resided at the /
time Of the Heath in the manner and with
IN the period directed in the second section
Of this chapter: which record and cer.if
cate shall set forth, so far as the same can
be a>certainel, the full name, sex, and
color OF the person deceased, and his or her
axe, and also the name Of his or her pa
rents, the occupation, place Of birth, the
period, place and disease, or cause Of death.
and if within his knowledge, the name of
the burial ground in which inferred, and if
married at the time of death, the name of
the husband or wife, as the case NAV be
Al certificates or returns required by
this chapter shall be signed by the parties
50 certifying,
SIC. 5. Any clergyman, justice of the
peace, physician, or other person, who shall
neglect TO comply with the provision of
sections ,, ), i, and II of this chapter,
shsll forfeit fer such neglect, sum of not
less than fifty ner more than one hundred
dollars.