St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1913-05-02

LEGISLATIVE SESSION
name Of the medical attendant; the time and
place Of interment; the name and address Of
the undertaken; that a certificate OF death
complying with the law has been filed in his
. pilsia; an Of a tha Sody. f He e eha1l SIGN IL 0t the p Ssr-
init officially, date 1t the day of issue. and
|a ai1ing t It tS the ,w %nde sba31 ao1 or person 80 t ebe
person in charge of the place of burial. Or
when the body is transported by common car
i1fe; to the or p pa1spn d, ace9mpany of tho IT, BODY eSt0l is
made. Provided, that when the body is
transported from without for burial within
ance with the law Of the state where the death
occurred shall be accepted by tho local reg
istrar Of the district in which tho inter1ment
is made In place of q certificate of death
and a burial permit issued accordingly, with
the fact that the body is brought In for In
torment endorsed thereon.
Sec. Z. UNDERWRITERS. Every person.
firm, or corporation selling a casket, shall
chaser, purchasers post office address, name
of deceased, date Of death. and place Of
death Of deceased, which record shall be open
to inspection Of the state registrar at all
times. On the first day of each month the
person, firm; or corporation. selling caskets
shall report to the state registrar. each sale
for the preceding month, on q blank pro-
yided for that purpose; provided, however,
that no person, firm or corporation. selling
be required to keep such record, nor shall
such report be required from undertakers
when they have direct charge Of the dispo-
sitian Of p dead body.
casket at retail; and not having charge of
reg ihs Gase Calling a no attsn tn5n'se ae t ly tn req saase
ments Of tho law. a blank certificate Of
death ana the rules and reguilations Of the
or other disposition Of q dead body.
SONS IN CHARGE OF PLACES OF. The
body OF any person dying. or found dead. IN
this state, or the body Of a stillborn infant.
not be Inferred or otherwise disposed
of, or removed from one registration district
to another. or held for more than seventy
proper certificate Of death has been filed ana
q permit issued as provided for by this act.
The sexton or person in charge of any ceme-
not inter. nor permit the interment or other
disposition of the body Of a deceased person
p pn5,i ID r as 'sSa,1 q k burial ! Permit psen1a a. as h. herein Ell,
terments. or other disposition of the body,
made on the premises under his charge. stat
Of death. date of burial and the name and
address Of the undertaken. Such record shall
be open to public inspection at all times.
. Sec; 2 l. personal PEE ANps g~r4T1sr1oAh
AND PRESERVED. An superintendents,
other hospitals. alm.houses, charitable or
persons resort for confinement, treatment Of
q e!si l.%:: s5:!1i. q e -: ' %aRs "a BY pse! ssSs'' q
ticuiars relative 70 tho inmates now in. or
hereafter admitted to thsir institutions. that
s Birth '' sna Death t. be ero ss:s:d t y ts b. 9 ssIs sst. f f
admitted for medical treatment Of disease the
physician in charge shall specify, in tho req
ord. the nature Of the disease and where It
Sec: 10: State BOARD OF HEALTH TO
The State Board Of Health shall prepare,
provide and furnish to tho local registrars,
and other persons requiring them. oil blanks,
rying out the purposes Of this act.
Such blanks, forms and books shall DO fur
n MI led, at the expense Of the state and print
vtded: that the books Of record for the local
registrar shall be paid for by the city, VII
trict and furnished by tho state at actual
cost. These books shall be- substantially made
and shall contain. space for. recording all Of
births and deaths.
Sec; II. STATE REGISTRAR TO PRE-
TIoN IN CERTAIN cXsEss The state res-
systematic manner. all original certificates Of
birth and death returned to him and main
tain a suitable index Of the same. He may
to be used as an Identifying designation in
connection with the name. He shall pre-
pare and issue necessary instructions for the
use OF local registrars. physicians, undertake
ers and others required to furnish Information
under the provisions Of this act.
fuse 81 to sny obtain sain s na5of FURNISH, Of f fbs into f1ai o. re- =
REQUIRED. the State Board Of Health may OBJ
tain the same by other means and the rea-
city. village or town where the expense IS
necessarily incurred.
SEQ. IL. FEES OF LOCAL REGISTRARS.
Each local registrar shall receive, from the
county in which his district is located, a
each death certificate. He shall receive the
same fee for each monthly report card Of no
births pitt q or de deaths haying occurred in his dis;
%afteenth Of the month foGowins THAT that the to
first day Of March. the state registrar shall
tabulate all the facts shown in the returns
Of local registrars as having occurred during
Of the district court Of each county a certi-
fed copy Of such tabulation. so far as the
same relates to tho vital statistics Of such
shall file. index and preserve such certified
copy, and the same shall be prima facio eyi-
in. Such tabulation shall show the whole
number of births and deaths, and reports of
no births or deaths having occurred, trans
year, but no fee shall be paid for mo. report
cards If a report of a birth or death for that
month IS received later.
Upon the receipt and the fling Of such cer~
tilted copies the clerk Of court shall issue to
voucher for the amount due him as shown
by such tabulated statement. Upon the pre-
lsentation Of such voucher to the county
Shall be issued by him. The forms o of in
deSes and indexing shall be prescribed by
the state registrar and made in a suitable
All statistics of births and deaths shall be
so .indexed without other compensation than
the clerks salary, except, that in counties
shall be paid five cents by the county, for
each name SO indexed.
RECORD AS EVIDENCE. FEES FOR
MAKING. The state registrar, or any local
registrar, shall furnish any applicant there
for a certified copy Of the record Of any birth
or death recorded under the provisions Of this
act. for the making and certiacation of
% OF sftv ne ec5 nfall to be be entitled na'd b to rec receive ssn, = fee
Such copy of the record Of q birth or death,
when certified by the state or local regis
be prIma facie evidence Of the facts therein
stated in all courts in this state.
The state registrar shall keep a correct
aecount Of al fees or moneys received by
pay the same over to the state treasurer at
the end of each month.
Sec. "A. PENALTIES. Any person who
shall violate any of the provisions of this
act, or shall wilfully neglect or refuse to
shall be guilty Of a mtsdemeanor and. upon
conviction thereof, shall be fined not more