The Republican journal., 1895-12-26
Chapter 1874.


AN ACE anlendatGry OF and additional to
chapter one hnnGIed and eighteen OF the
PuDnc Laws ot ei siiteall ilundiei ami ninety
0ae, entitled An Act 10 provide for the Reg
i5tration of vital Statistics'
SECT. L. Chapter one hundred and eighteen
, of the public laws OF eighteen hundred anu
ninety-0ue is hereby amended as follows
section four IL amended by inserting after the
word .'city" in the twelfth line the words
where said person died. so that said section
as amended, shall read as follows.
'sECr. 4. Whenever amy person shall die, or
any still born child shall be brought forth III
this siitte, the undertaken, town clerk or othef
person experimenting the burial OF said de-
ceased person, shan obtain from the ply siciall
attending sucn bringing forth OF last sickness
a certificate, duly signed, setting forth al fer
may he: the facts required III The record of D.
DEATH according to section one OF lhls act; and
is shall ba the duty OF the undertakcr, OF other
person having charge of the burial ~ sara de-
ceased person, to ACID TO said certificate the
Gate and place of the proposed burial; alli
having duly signed the same, to forward ii IT,
rltg clerk OF The town or city where said person
died and obtain q permit for burial, and il
case Cf any contagious or infectious disease
said certificate shall be made and forwarded
immediAtely.'
SECT. 2. Section five is amended by inserting
after the WGld "doath' in the Sixth line, tllN
words or from amy other source SO that saio
section when amended, SHAH read as follows:
SECT. d, la Case OF amy deceased person
not having had the attendance OF Il physician
in his or her last sickness, the town clerk may
issue and sign the certificate Of death upon
presentation of such facts as may By uhtaine.
! OF relatives, persons In attendance upon sai0
deceased person during said last sickness or
present at the time OF death, on from any otner
source. and the permit tor burial shah be is
sued upon such information. said certificate
and permit shall not be required before burial
in cases where it Is lmpractleabe TO obtain the
same within reasonable time after dealh but
in all such cases said certificate shall be oh
tanned as soon as practicable after death
SECT 5. Section seven is amended by in
sertin% after the word "city i'll the fifth line
the words where said person died. and also
W inserting after the word "townn in the
twelfth line the words from whom said permit
was o otained, SO that said section when amend
ed, shall read as follows:
SECT. " Except Us provided in section five,
no inferment or disnterinent of the dead body
of any human being, or disposition thereof i'll
amy tomb, vault or cemetery, shall be made
without permit as aforesaid, from the clerk OF
the town or city where said person died. nor
otherwise than in accordance with such per-
nit No undertaken or other person shall as
sst in, assent to, or allow any such interment
OF dsinterncni to be made, except as pro-
yided in section five, Until such permit has
been given as aforesaid; and it shall be the
duty Of every undertaken or other person hav
ing charge OF any burial place as aforesaid,
VINO shall receive such permit, to preserve and
return the same to the clerk OF the town from
whom said permit was obtained within six
days after the day OF burial
SECT. 4. Section thirteen of said chapter is
amended so that said section as amended,
shall read as follows:
SECT. u. The state registrar shall cause the
returns made to him in pursuance OF the pre-
ceding sections eleven and twelve to be ar
ranged ALPHABETICALLY for convenient refer
ence. and carefully preserved in his office.
He shall annually make and publish general
abstract and report Of the returns of the pre-
ceaing year in such form as viii render thcm
of practical utility, not more than two thou
sand i've hundred copies OF which shall be
printed and bound in CLOTH one copy OF which
shall be forwarded to every town. one copy to
each senator and representative, one copy To
each state and territory in the union, and the
remainder to such departments, libraries ana
persons as the state registrar shah direct
SECT. 5. Section sixteen OF said chapter ia
amended go that said section us amended, shall
read as follows:
SECT I6. If any person shall wllfully neg.
ect or refuse to perform any duty imposed
upon him BY the provisions of this act, it shall
be q misdemeanor. and he shall be fined not
more than one hundred dollars for each offense,
for the use Of the town in which the otfense oc-
CURED, and 1t shall be the duty Of the state