Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-01-25

i fifty cents per hOur or traction OF
an hour necessarily consumed in
making such Transcript and to a
fee of twenty-five cents for the GER
tifcate, which fees shall be paid by
the applicant.
Sec. 19-That each local registrar
supply blank forms Of certificates to
such persons as require them. Each
local registrar shall carefully exam
inc each certificate of birth or death
when presented for record in order
to ascertain whether or not IL has
been made out in accordance with the
provisions of this act and the instruc-
lions of the state registrar; and II
any certificate of death is incomplete
or unsatisfactory, it shall be his duty
to call attention to the defects in the
return, and to withhold the burial
or removal permit until such defects
are corrected. All certificates, either
of birth or DEATH shall be written
legibly, in durable black ink, and no
certificate shall be held to be COM
plete and correct that does not sup
ply all of the items of information
called for therein, or satisfactorily
account for their omission. If the
certificate of death is properly exc
cuted and complete, he shall then is
sue burial or removal permit to the
undertaken; provided that in case the
death occurred from some disease
which is held by the State Board of
Health to be infectious, contagious,
or communicable and dangerous to
the public health, no permit for the
removal or other disposition of the
body shall be issued by the registrar,
except under such conditions as may
be prescribed by the State Board Of
Health. If a certificate of birth is
incomplete, the local registrar shall
Immediately notify the informant,
and require him to supply the mis-
sing items of information if they can
be obtained He shall number con-
secutively the certificates of birth and
death, in two separate series, begin
ming with number for the first birth
and the first death in each calendar
year. and sign his name as registrar
in attest of the date of filing in his
Office. He shall also make a COM
lplete and accurate copy of each birth
and each death certificate by him in
record hood supplied by the state
registrar to be preserved permanent
ly in his Office as the local record, in
such manner as directed by the state
registrar. And he shall, on the tenth
day of each month, transmit to the
state registrar all original certificates
registered by him for the preceding
month And if no births or no deaths
occurred in any month he shall, on
the tenth day of the following month
report that fact to the state registrar
on a card provided for such purpose.
Sec. 2O.-That each local registrar
shall be paid the sum of twenty-five
cents for each birth certificate and
each death certificate properly and
completely made out and registered
with him, and correctly recorded and
promptly returned by him to the
state registrar, as required by this
Act. And in case no births orssno
deaths were registered ,dB-'ns any
month, the local registrar shall be
entitled to be rail the sum of TWEEN
ty-five cents Tor each report to that
effect. h., only if such report be
made promptly as required by this
Act. All amounts payable to To-
cal registrar under the provisions of
this section shall be paid by the
treasurer of the county in which the
registration district is located, upon
certification by the state registrar.
And the state registrar shall annual
ly certify to the treasurers of the sew
eral 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. 21.-That the state registrar
shall, upon request. supply to any
applicant a certified copy of the rec
ord of any birth or death registered
under provisions of this Act, for the
making and certification of which he
shall be entitled to fee of fifty cents
to be paid by the applicant. And any
such copy of the record of birth or
death, when properly certified by the
state registrar, shall be prima facie
evidence in all courts and places of
the facts therein stated For any
search of the files and records when
no certified copy is made. the state
registrar shall be entitled to a fee of
fifty cents for each hour or fraction
al part of an hour of time of search.
said fee to be paid by the applicant.
And the state registrar shall keep a
true and correct account of all fees
by him received under these provi-
state treasurer: Provided, That the
state registrar shall. upon request of
any parent or guardian, supply, with
out fee, certificate limited to
statement as to the cate of birth of
any child when thu same shall be
necessary for admission to school, or
for the purpose of securing employ
ment. And provided further, that
ha Int De-
obtain, without expense to the state.
transcripts or certified copies of
births and deaths without payment of
the fees herein prescribed.
Sec. 22.-That any person, who
| for himself, or as an officer, agent,
or employee of any other person, or
of any corporation or partnership,
| (a) shall inter, cremate, or other
wise finally dispose of the dead body
of a human being, or permit the
same to be done, or shall remove said
body from the primary registration
district in which the death occurred
or the body was fodnd, without the
Authority of burial or removal per-
nit issued by the local registrar of
the district in which the death oc-
Cured or in which the body was
found; or Obj shall furnish or fail
to furnish correctly any information
in his possession, or shall furnish
false information affecting any certi-
| ficate or record, required by this
Act; or (c) shall willfully alter, 9TH
erwise than is provided by section
IS of this Act, or shall falsify any
certificate of birth or death, or any
record established by this Act or Cd
being required by this Act to fill out