Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-04-12

act take effect from and after it's pass
sage, the public welfare requiring 1t.
Passed March 81, 1881.
GEO. 81. MORGAN,
Speaker of the Senate
81. B. RAMSEY,
Sneaker of the House of Representatives.
Approved April 2, 1881.
ALVIN HAWKINS,
Governor.
AN ACT to provide for the registration
of births, marriages and deaths in Ten
nessee.
Section l. Be it enacted by the general
assembly of the State of Tennessee, That
every Justice of the peace, minister of the
Gospel and all other legally authorized
persons solemnizing marriages in this State
shall make a record of each marriage SO
solemnized by him, together with all the
facts relating to the same as required by
the 5th section of this act, and such justice,
minister of the Gospel or other person shall
at the time such marriage is solemnized, de-
liver ON demand to either of he parties so
joined in marriage as aforesaid, a certificate
of such marriage containing all the facts IN
relation thereto required by said nth Sec
ton of this act, and shall within co thirty
days thereafter deliver to the clerk of the
| county court in which such marriage took
place certified copy of such record.
Sec. 2 That every physician, surgeon
| or midwife who may be in professional at
| tendance at any birth or death in this
| State, or in the absence Of any or all OF the
aforesaid parties, the head o. senior mem
! Der of said household wherein said birth
or death occurred, shall within 800
thirty days thereafter, file a written
statement, duly certified to, o.
the fact, together with such other facts
pertaining thereto as are required in sec
| ton of this act with the senior 10y age)
| Justice Of the peace of the civil district II
which said birth or death occurred.
Sec. 3. 1t shall bs the duty of the atore
said justice Of the peace in each civil dis
trict in the State on receiving the returns
| of such births or deaths 10 record the same
| in book properly ruled IN the order IN
which they are received by said justice,
| and once within each and every thirty
| days make and deliver to the county court
CLERK of the county in which such civil
district is located certified copy of such
record.
Sec 4 It shall be the duty Of every
| coroner III this State to keep, ia a we'll
bound book, record Of every inquest held
| in his district, and within thirty days after
the holding Of such inquest be shall deliver
| to the county court clerk OF the county,
wherein said coroner has jurisdiction, a
| certified copy of such record, giving ali the
!
! for other DEATHS.
Sec 5. 1t shall be the duty Of the coun>
| ty court clerks of the several counties IN
| tn State. on receiving the returns of such
! births, marriages and deaths, to record the
same at length in separate books (weli
! bound) to be provided for that purpose by
| the county, with proper indexes thereto.
| The births, marriages and deaths shall be
| mum tertd and recorded in th0 order in
which they are received by the said clerk,
and the record of marriages shall be in
| dexed, using both the name OF the brides
groom and bride. The record Of births
! shall state, in separate 'Iumns, the date Of
The birth, the name Of the child Gift has
any,. thes sex and color of the child,
the place of birth, the Christian
| and surname IL both parents,
| the residence and nativity and kiDship, if
| any, of the parents, the occupation of the
father, and the date when the record was
made; provided that Ill case the child had
! no Christian name, such name shall be OBJ,
tanned and reported by the head Of the
| household wherein such birth occurred
within thirty days after his or her stten--
ten has been called to the fact by the
! senior 10y sge) justice Of the peace, who
shall do so at once upon discovering tho
| omission, and such Christian name shall
be distinctly designated in such repor! as
the Christian name belonging to child
|
| entered by said justice in the blank left for
such Christian name Ia his book Of record
| The record of marriages shall state
| in separate columns the date and place
of marriage, the Christian and surname
of the bridegroom and bride, if widow,
| the color, age and place Of birth Of each,
| the r6s ldenCe OF each at the time of mar
| Rage, the occupation of tho bridegroom,
| ana the name and official station OF the
p rs0n by or before whom they wera mars
RED, the name and residence Of at least
two witness e5 present at such marriage and
| the date when such record was made The
record Of death shall state, in separate eol
umns, the date of the death, the Christian
and surname Of the deceased, the sex and
| color, whether married or single, the age
IN years, months and days, the place OF
death, the disease or apparent cause IF
| desth, the nativity OF the Ceceas d, AID the
| occI patton, if any, and the names and res>
| idenCe OF the parents, and their relations
| ship, if any, If known, and the date when
such record was made The clerks of the
| county courts of the several counts sh all
annually on or before the first day of April
| make and transmit 10 the secretary of ~ ate
certified copy of the records in his office
Of all the births, marriages and deaths res
| ported in their respective counties for the
year ending December 31st. last prec eding,
and each county court CLERK shall receive
| tCr the record OF each birth, marriage and
| death in his office three cents, and three
cents fer each birth and death returned BY
him to the secretary of State TO be paid BY
the county upon the pFesen alton Of a GER
thrate from The secretary of State that the
duties herein imposed upon said county
court clerk have been performed. aud snail
| be- compensation in full for all the services
| required by this act to be performed by
! lin.
| Sec. 6 1t shall be the duty of the Sec
retary of State to receive the returns made
Ia the pursuance of The 9Th section of this
act, and he shall cause the same for each
year to be bound together in one or moro
volumns at the expense Of ths State, and
make indexes thereto, and with the assis-
tsnce of the secretary Of the board Of
health, who is hereby constituted ex
| otficio, the superintendent of vital sta
tistics, shall prepare such tabular statements,
res alts and oeductions therefrom AS will
render them of practical utility, and make
reports thereof annually to the governor of
the State, which report uay be ordered
published and distributed in such manner
rs the legislature may from time t. time
direct,
Sea. :. Nothing contained in this act
shall be SO construed as interfering with
the manner adopted By any municipality
IN this State for collecting such vital statis-
tics. and l. is hereby made the duty of such
municipal authorities to cause to be made
once in every thirty days a transcript of
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