Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-12-31

Section 1. The secretary OF the state
hoard of health shall receive fyom the
town and city clerks the returns of oirths'
marriages and deaths; and from the
county clerks the returns Of divorces ana
shall prepare therefrom such tables and
append such remarks and recommended
tons thereto as he may consider FOR the
welfare Of tho people Of the state. He
shall cause to be published such tables.
remarks and suggestions In o registra-
ton report. together with his report as
secretary Of the state board OF health
during the month OF April. every second |
year, beginning with April, 1906 THIS
registration report shall DO Distributed
with his report a. secretary Of tho state
board of health. After having compiled
the tables, he shall transmit to the secre-
tary of state for indexing. binding ana
preservation said returns OF the Town.
city and county clerks. and for his ser
vices under this act he shall receive the
sum Of two hundred dollars annually.
He shall prepare and send to every town
and city clerk. as often a. he deems
necessary. such blank forms ana certin-
Gates as ore called for in this act; and
each town and city clerk shall once each
year notify each physician, midwife or
other person required to make reports OF
, births and deaths under this act. that he
is prepared to furnish each with the
4 requisite blanks.
Sec. 2. Town and city clerks shall re-
ceive, number and ale, In the order IN
. which they have occurred. all certificates
: of births, marriages and deaths. in their
: respective towns and cities: they shall
= preserve all certificates of births. marrt-
q ages and deaths. and all burial, removal
y and transit permits returned to them I'M
- der this act.
l. Town and city clerks shall at least once
in five years procure all certificates and
permits received by them under the pro-
vision of this act to be bound in volumes
III of convenient size and indexed. and the
= same. as we'll as said certificates and per.
mits before being bound, shall be kept
~ and remain in each town or city clerks
% Office as permanent records. Marriage
70 certificates shall be bound in ono volume
- or series, birth certificates in another vol
- ume or series, and death certificates, bur
ial, removal and transit permits shall b.
nv bound in another.
Town and city clerks shall seminar
nually, in the months Of February ant
. August, transmit to the secretary of tn
:, state board of health, q certified copy o
- each birth, marriage and death certifcat
~, received by them during the six month
~, last preceding the first days Of Januar
M. and July respectively of each year
49, which the copy is made. such copy to
upon blank forms furnished by the sec
,is rotary of the state board Of health.
Ia Town and city clerks shall receive tn
nv sum of ten cents for each birth. marriag
,,o and death certificate certified as above
IT., which sum with the cost of binding tn
,te certificates and permits specified in tn
M section shall be paid from the town {
,ch city treasury.
all Sec. 8. County clerks shall in the mont
for of January in each year, make return
. to the secretary of the state board {
health of the number Of divorces. and II
causes therefor. granted in their respe
tive counties during the year ending {
the last day of December next precedir
a., such returns.
Sec. 4. The state board Of health ms
ED appoint a deputy health officer for al
On town or city. upon the written request
majority of the local board of healt
which deputy health officer shall have
raj authority or duty except to issue certi
Gates of permission for the burial. e
the tombment or removal of dead bodies
to hereinafter provided.
Sec. s. No dead body of a human bel
on shall b buried, entombed or remov
the from any town or city. or otherwise d
een posed of, without certificate Of perm
sion issued and signed, az hereinaf'
Wy provided, by the health officer. excs
in
that II the health officer is out Of to-
or there is no health officer accessit
49,, such certificate may be issued and sigr
e. by the town or city clerk; II there IL
- deputy health officer. appointed As p
vided in section 4 Of this act, for the CT
venienoe of the people of any portion o
town or city, such certificate may
issued and signed by such deputy hea
ach
officer. Provided, however, that If
II certificate of death issued under this
rom states that the cause of death '
smallpox, varioloid, Asiatfc cholera,
plus fever, scarlet fever, scarlatina, di
iberia, or bubonic plague, such certiflc
must be filed with the health officer
there be one, otherwise with some mt
Der of the local board Of health. and
burial, entombment or removal per
10 issued in accordance with v. 8. sec.
THE must be obtained. signed by the per
issuing the same. All certificates Of !
mission for burial. entombment or
AS moval issued under this act shall be
blank forms corresponding in size to
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