Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-04-23
LAWS OF TENNESSEE

Peace, minister of the Gospel, and
all other legally authorized persons
solemnizing marriages in this State,
shall make a record of each mar
riage SO sOlemnized by him, togeth-
er with all the facts relating to the
same, as required by the fifth sec
ton of this Act, and such Justice,
minister of the Gospel, or other
persnn, shall, at the time such mar
riage Is solemnized, deliver, on de-
mand, to either of the parties so
joined in marriage, as aforesaid, a
certificate TO such marriage, con-
tanning all the facts in relation
thereto required by said fifth sec
lion of this act, and shall, within
(3O) days thereafter, deliver to the
Clerk of the County Court in which
such marriage took place, a certifi-
ed copy of such record.
Sec. ,. That every physician,
surgeon or midwife who may be in
professional attendance at any birth
or death in this State, or in the alb
sence OF any or all of the aforesaid
parties, the head or senior member
of said household wherein said
birth or death occurred shall, with
in (30) days thereafter, file a writ
ten statement, duly certified to, OF
the fact, together with such other
facts pertaining thereto as are re-
quired i'm section ) of this act, with
the senior (by age) Justice of the
Peace of the civil district in which
said birth or death occurred.
Sec. 3. 1t shall be the duty of
the aforesaid Justice of the Peace
in each civil district in the State,
on receiving the returns of such
births or deaths, to record the same
in a book properly ruled, in the or
der 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 u certified copy OF
such record.
Sec. 4. 1t shall be the duty of
every Coroner in this State to keep
in a weIl-bound book a record of
every inquest held in his destrict,
and within thirty days after the
holding of such inquest he shall de-
liver TO the County Court of the
county wherein said Coroner has
jurisdiction a certified copy of such
record giving all the facts as re-
quired in section five of the act for
other deaths.
Sec. 5. 1t shall be the duty of
the County Court Clerks of the sew
eral counties in this State on receiV-
ing the returns of such births, mar
riages and deaths to record the
same at length in separate books
(Vell bound) to be provided for
that purpose by the county, with
proper indexes thereto. The births
marriages and deaths, shall be
numbered and recorded in the or
der in which they are received by
the said Clerk, and the record Of
marriages shall be indeXed, using
both the name of the bridegroom
and bride. The record of births
shall state i'm separate columns, the
date of the birth, the name of the
child Off it has any, the sex and
color of the child, the place of the
birth, the Christian and surname of
both parents, the residence and ma
tivity, and kinship, if any, of the
parents, the occupation of the faith
er, and the date when the record
was made; Provided, that in case
the child had no Christian name,
such name shall be obtained and
reported by the head of the house
hold 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 at once upon
discovering the omission, and such
Christian name shall be distinctly
designated in such report as the
Christian name belonging 20 a
child previously reported, and shall
be properly entered by said Justice
in the blank left for 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 bridegroom
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
bridegroom, and the name and Off
cial station of the person by, or be-
fore, 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, in separate columns, the date
of the death, the Christian and sur
name of the decreased, the sex and
color. whether married or single,
the AGE in years, months and days,
the place of death, the disease or
--a,N a,f,-o Of 1Dofb fhn no+iui
~ of the deceased, and the Occupa-
ton, if any, and the names and
residence of the parents, and their
relationships, if any, if known, and
the date when such record was
made. The Clerk of the County
Court of the several counties shall
annually on. or before the first day
of April, make and transmit to the
Secretary of State a certified copy
of the records in his office, of all
the births, marriages and deaths
reported in their respective cOun-
ties for the year ending Dec. 81.
last preceding, and each County
Court Clerk shall receive for the
record OF each birth, marriage and
death i'm his office three cents, and
three cents for each birth and death
returned by him to the Secretary
of State, to be paid by the county
upon the presentation of a certifi-
cate from the Secretary of State
that the duties herein imposed up
on said County Court Clerk have
been performed, and shall be COM
p~ensation in full for all the services
required by this act to be perform
ed by him.
Sec. g.. 1t 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 volumes, at the expense of
the State, and make indexes there
to, and with the assistance Of the
Secretary of the State Board of
Health, who is hereby constituted
er OffciO, "'the Superintendent of
Vital Statistics" shall prepare such
tabular statements, results and de-
ductions therefrOm as will render
them of practical utility, and make
reports thereof annually to the
Governor of the State, which report
may be ordered published and dis
tributed in such manner as the
Legislature may from time to time