The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-21

to their official notice, and Of the president
j manager or superintendent OF any State par.
t m4 " sharaols or nst
ring In such institution; said report shall con
tain, as far as possible, the full name, sex
age, occupation. residence. color or race
and nativity of the deceased, the cause, the
show whether the deceased was. married OF
unmarried, the name Of surviving spouse, il
any, and where residing, and such other par.
ticnlars as may be required by said board
from said city until q permit shall have'been
| obtained from said health officer, showing
| that the requirements of this section have
been complied with. For every failure to
comply with the provisions of this section the
exceeding ten dollars ($1O)
SEQ. 15 Be ii further enacted, ETC., That
every marriage celebrated in said city shall
be recorded in said office; such record shall
show the full names of the contracting
OF marriage and by whom issued, the names
OF parents Oft contracting parties, the name
OF the officer, priest or ecclesastic celebrating
the marriage, with the date OF it's celebration
shall be 1.-THE duty Of the clerk of the Parish
Court to forward certified copy of the
| licenses authorizing such marriages to said
Office alter having endorsed on such license
the date OF such celebration These licenses
so returned shall be preserved among the
papers Of the board.
SEQ 49,. Be ii further enacted, etc., That It
shall be the duty of said health officer to cause
the registry OF any marriage celebrated prior
TO the passage OF this act, on production of
certificate, duly attested, of the celebration of
such marriage and in case OF the loss Of such
original certificate such registry shall be made
on the production of the affidavits of the con-
tractlng parties and Of at least one of the wit
nesses present, or Of the officer, priest or &C.
cleslastic celebrating such marriage, and a
certified copy of such registry shall be prin,a
.tncte evidence OF such marriage. If shall be
the duty OF all persons charged with making
any returns specified in this act to return with
such reports the fees designated In this act,
and it is hereby made their duty to collect
such fees.
SEQ. II. Be ii further enacted, etc.. That
there shall be collected by the physician, or
midwife, for the recording under this act of
cents, and like fee for any certificate Of any
such record. And for recording any mar
riage the sum of fifty cents, and like fee for
certificate of the recording Of the same.
fees arising from the recording Of births,
deaths and marriages under this act, and all
moneys recovered as penalties for violating
any OF the orders, rules, regulations or ordi-
nanceS OF said board, or derived by said board,
from any other source, shall constitute the
funds Of said board. Such funds shall be kept
by the treasurer, and shall be disbursed, under
the direction Of the board, to meet their
necessary expenses. In case said fund shall
be insufficient to meet all the necessary ex-
debt of and be paid by the cities Of Shreve-
port and Baton Rouge, to an amount not ex-
ceeding twelve hundred dollars $4,000 per
annum except in case of an epidemic when
an extraordinary expenditure may be re-
quired; in which event the city authorities
bn ard of
Health in assessing the amount deemed
necessary to meet the emergency.
SEC. 10. Be ii further enacted etc., That
the said board shall cause to be kept by it's
acts and proceedings, and especially showing
the number and nature of the orders issued
by it or its health officer, and whether the
same have been complied with or not; the
number and nature Of offenses against the
orders, rules, regulations and ordinances of
said board, and the penalties inflicted there
for; the number, age. and sex of persons
gratuitousIy vaccnated by the officer of said
board, and the number of births, deaths and
marriages registered under, this act. Said
gcrlbed from time to time by the Board of
Health of the State of Louisiana, and it
shall be the duty Of the secretary of |
said board to prepare and to forward, |
said State board. in the city of New Orleans, |
@ report OF all the matter and things required |
as aforesaid to be kept in such register, to-
gether with such other matters and things as
may be OF local or general interest, or may be |
required by said State board; and special re-
ports shall be made from time to time when |
required by said State board.
SEC, 20. BE 1t further enacted, etc., That this |
act shall take effect from and after it's pas
sage, and that all acts and parts of acts con-
trary to this act are hereby repealed.
(Signed) LOUIS BUSH,
Speaker of the House Of Representatives.
(Signed LOUIS A. WILTZ,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved March 20, 1878.
(Signed FRANCIS r. NICHOLAS,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
true copy:
WILL. A. STRONG,
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