Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-09-04
VITAL STATISTICS LAW


recent session Of the general assembly
| is now law. The bill failed to reach
the governor within three days Of ad-
journment, and he has been consider
ing it at his leisure. If he had not
signed it, it would have died within
three days after the convening Of the
next session Of the general assembly.
The full text of the new law Is as fol-
lows:
Section l. That the state board OF
health shall establish a bureau Of vital
statistics and provide an adequate sys-
tenn for the registration Of births and
deaths, by formulating, promulgating
and enforcing rules and regulations
prescribing the method and form OF
making such registration.
Sec. 2. That the secretary Of the
state board Of health shall be the state
registrar of vital statistics, and it shall
be his duty to carry into effect the
rules, regulations and orders Of the
state board Of health. The board shall
provide suitable apartments, properly
equipped with fire-proof vaults and
filing cases for the permanent preser-
vation Of all official records.
Sec. 3. That for the purposes of
the act the state registrar shall divide
the state into registration districts, de-
fining and designating the boundaries
thereof and appointing local registrars
in each district
Sec 4. That each local registrar
shall be paid the sum of 25 cents for
each birth certificate and each death
certificate properly and completely
made out and registered with him,
correctly recorded and properly re-
turned by him to the state registrar,
as required by the rules and regula-
tons. And in case no births or no
deaths were registered during any
month, the local registrar shall be en-
titled to be paid the sum Of 25 cents
for each report to that effect, but only
| If promptly made out in accordance
with the rules and regulations. All
amounts payable to a registrar under
the provisions Of this section shall be
paid by the treasurer Of the county in
which the registration district Is locat-
ed, upon certitication by the state reg
istrar. And the state registrar shall
annually certify to the treasurers of
the several counties the number Of
births and deaths properly registered,
with the names Of the local registrars
and the amounts due each at the rates
fixed herein.
Sec. s. That the state registrar
SHALL upon request, furnish any appli-
cant a certified copy Of the record Of
any birth or death registered under the
provisions Of this act, for the making
and certification Of which he shall be
entitled to a fee Of so cents to be paid
by the applicant. And any such copy
of the record Of a birth or death, when
properly certified by the state registrar
to be a true copy thereof, shall be pri-
ma facie evidence in all courts and
places Of facts therein stated. For any
search Of the files and records when no
certified copy is made, the state regis
trar shall be entitled to a fee of so
cents for each hour or fractional part
of an hour of time of search, to be
paid by the applicant. And the state
registrar shall keep true and correct
account of all fees by him received un-
der these provisions, and turn the
same over to the state registrar each
month.
Sec. 6. That any person, firm or
corporation who shall violate any rule,
regulation or order Of the state board
of health relative to recording, report
ing or filing information for the bureau
of vital statistics, or who shall wilfully
sary or reasonable duties imposed upon
them by said orders, or who shall fur
nish false information for the purpose
of making incorrect records for said
bureau, shall be deemed guilty of a.
misdemeanor, and, upon conviction.
shall be fined not less than So nor
more than 500, or be imprisoned 30
days, or suffer both fine and imprison-
ment, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. I. That all laws and parts Of
laws in conflict with the provisions Of
this act are hereby repealed, and no
system for the registration of births
and deaths shall be continued or main
tained in any of the several munich
palities of this state other than the one
provided for and established by this
act.
Sec. s. That this act shall go into
effect on July !, 1914"