The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-06-23

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a New law WIN 60 Into Effect
July i relative to Record
ing Births and Deaths.
At the last session OF the leglsla-
ture a new law was enacted that will
hereafter cause the recording Of all
births aud deaths that occur in any
county Of the state. Clerk of Courts
Cattrell has received his supply OF
blanks which cover all the points in
the vital statistics law, which is un-
der the supervision of the depalt-
ment of history OF South Dakota,
and requires the registering Of every
birth or death that occurs within
Dawson county within a specified
tiTe.
This law goes into effect July j,
when 1T will be the duty of every
physician In the state to register
with the clerk of courts of the county
in which he resides every birth and
death which occurs within his pIac-
t:ce. Blanks for the compliance OF
the Law can be secured free OF charge
of the clerk Of courts, and every JUS
tice of the peace Is expected to keep
himself supplied with blanks. When
ever a citizen reports a birth, at
which no physician attended, the
justice must. make his informant
sign The blank and swear to its
truth, Below is published some of
the most important sections of the
law, which are worth perusing in
view of what is required of the pub
lie in general:
Tn and after ths first day of July,
1906, it shall be the duty of every
physician, or other authorized person
at the birth OF a child, to make With
In ten days after the event of the
birth. a record OF the facts required
herein. upon blanks provided by the
state for that purpose; provided, that
if the said child shall not have been
specified, then in such case all other
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itified as herein required, and the said
child shall be named within sixty
da s after it's birth, II living, and.
such name Shall be certified and re-
ported by the parents, or by q of
them, or by the nearest Of kin, or
by the householder, in which the
birth occurs, in like manner all here
in required.
Section II. From and after the
first day of July 1905, it shall be uI-
lawful TO bury the corpse of any per-
son dying within the state. or to re-
move the same therefIom, without
first having obtained a burial or
transportation permit therefor, as
heleinbefore provided.
Section Is. 1t shall be the duty Of
the physician who last before death
,Sees the person whose corpse is to be
buried. or transported from the state,
to make a primary death certificate,
upon blanks provided by the state for
such purposes, which certificate shall
contain the name, nativity, age,
date of death and place of residence
of the deceased, and If an infant
the name and residence OF its par
tents, and the length OF time deceased
had resided IN this state; together
with the cause of death and duration
OF the fatal illness. and any contrib-
uting causes that may have had any
effect in bringing the disease to a
fatal issue.
Section 10. This primary death
certificate, so made. shall he taken
to a Justice ofSthe peace of the county
in which the death occurred, who
shall note the same upon bis docket,
L o1ad iccI7nW IN 20 ynNnnI fhopafnraa
burial certificate or transportation
permit as requested; provided, that
such transportation permit shall com-
ply With the rules for the transpOrta-
tion OF cOrpses established by tie
state board OF health; and he shall,
within three days thereafter, traIs-
nit the primary death certiticates to
the CLERK OF courts of his county.
Section 20. In cases of accidental
death, or when no physician OIL other
authorized person was present before
the death occurred, the next of kin
of said deceased, or any ciLiZen cog
infant of the facts, must at once
make oath to the same before a JUS
tice of the peace of the county where.
in the death occurs, who, ii satisfied
Ethat the death was due to natural.
causes only, shall make out the pri-
mary death certictiate, noting his
source OF information on the same,
and issue a burial permit as herein
before required. But ii the justice
is not satisfied that the death was
solely due to natural causes, he shall
at once notify the coloner OF the
county, who from his investigation
OF the facts shall Issue the primary
death certificate thereiroin. INC tile
the same with the clerk of curtis.
Section %. Any undertaken, sex
ton, keeper of a cemetery or other
person. who shall bury or transport
any corpse, without first having OBJ
tanned a burial or transportation
permit as provided for in this act,
shalt be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor, and upon conviction thereof