The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-04-22

together with such other facts per
tanning thereto as are required in sec.
ton 5 of this act, with the senior (by
age Justice of the Peace of the civil
district in which said birth or death
occurred.
Sec. 8. 1t shall be the duty ofthe
aforesaid Justice of the Peace in each
civil district in the State, on receiy-
ing the returns of such births or
deaths, to record the same in a 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 a certified
of such record.
Sec. 4. 1t shall be the duty of
every Coroner in the State to keep in
well-bound book a record of every
inquest held in his district, and with
in thirty days after the holding of
such inquest he shall deliver to the
County Court of the county wherein
said Coroner has jurisdiction certi-
fed copy of such record, giving all the
facts as required in section five Of the
act for other deaths.
Sec. 5. 1t shall be the duty of the
County Court Clerks of the several
counties in this State on receiving the
returns Of such births, marriages and
deaths to record the same at length
in separate books (well bound) to be
provided for that purpose by the
county, with proper indexes thereto.
The births, marriages, and deaths
shall be indexed, using both the
name of the bridegroom and bride.
The record of births shall state in
seperate columns the date of the
birth, the name of the child (if it has
any, the sex or color Of the child,
the place of the birth, the Christian
and surname of both parents, the
residence and nativity, the kinship,
if any Of the parents the occupation
of the father, and the date when the
record was made; Provided, that in
case the child had no Christian name,
such name shall be obtained and re-
ported by the head of the household
wherein such birth occurred Within
thirty days after his or her attention
has been called to the fact by the
senior by age Justice of the Peace,
who shall do so atonce upon discover
ing the omission, and such Christian
name shall be distinctly designated
in such reports as the Christian name
belonging to a child previously re-
ported, and shall be properly entered
by said Justice in the blank left fer
such Christian name in 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 brides
groom and bride; if a widow, the
color, age and place of birth of each,
the residence of each at the time of
marriage, the occupation of the brides
groom, and the name Of the official
station of the person by, or before,
whom they were married, the name
and residence Of at least two witnesses
present at such marriage and the
date when such record was made.
The record of death shall state, i'm
seperate columns, the date of the death
the Christ an and surname OF the de-
ceased, the sex and color, whether
married or single, the age in years,
months and days, the place of death,
the diseased or apparent cause Of
death, the nativity Of the deceased,
and the occupation, if any, and the
names and residence of the parents,
and their relationships, if any, if
known, and the date when such re-
cord was made. The Clerk of the
County Court of the several counties
Shall annually, on or before the the first
day of April, make and transmit to
the Secretary Of State certified copy
of the records in his office, of all tie
births, marriages and deaths reported
in their respective counties for the
year ending Dec. 81, last preceding,
and each County Court Clerk shall
receive for the record Of each birth,
marriage and death in his office three
cents, aad three cents for each birth
aud death returned by hun to the
Secretary of State, to be paid by the
county upon the presentation Of a
certificate from the Secretary Of State
that the duties herein imposed upon
said County Court Clerk have been
performed, and shall be compensa-
ton in full for all the services requir-
ed by this act to be performed by
him.
Sec. 6. It shall be the duty Of
the Secretary Of State to receive the
returns made in the pursuance of the.
fifth section Of this act. and he shall
cause the same for each year to be
bound together in one or more vol
umes. at the expense Of the State,
and make indexes thereto, and with
the assistance Of the Secretary Of the
State Board of Health, who is here
by constituted er o5ieio ''the Super
intendent of Vital Statistics, shall
prepare such tabular statements, re-
Suits and deductions therefrom as viii
render Them of practical utility, and
make reports thereof annually to the
Governor Of the. State, which report
nav be ordered Aplblished and dis