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

shall be properly equipped with fire.
proof Vault and filing cases for the
permanent and safe preservation of
all official records made and returned
under this Act.
! Sec. 3.-That for the purpose of
this act the state shall be divided into
registration districts as follows: Each
city, each incorporated town, and
each township, shall constitute a pri-
mary registration district; provided,
that the State Board of Health may
combine two or more primary regis
tration districts when necessary to IA
ciliate registration.
| Sec. 4-That within ninety days af-
| ter the taking effect of this Act, or as
soon thereafter as possible, the State
/ Board of Health shall appoint a local
registrar Of vital statistics for each
registration district in the state. The
term of Office of each local registrar
so appointed shalt besfour Years, and
until his successor has been appoint
ed and has qualified, unless such Of
/ flee shall sooner become vacant by
death, disqualification, operation of
| law, or other causes; provided, that
| in cities where health officers or 9TH
er officials are, in the Judgment of the
State Board of Health, conducting eff
fective registration of births and
deaths under local ordinances at the
| time of the taking effect of this Act,
such officials may be appointed as reg
istrars in and for such cities, and
shall be subject to the rules and reg
ulations of the state registrar, and to
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vacancy occurring in the Office of To-
cal registrar Of vital statistics shall
be filled for the unexpired term by
the State Board of Health At least
ten days before the expiration of the
term of office of any such local regis
trar, his successor shall be appointed
by the State Board of Health.
| Amy local registrar who in the judg-
ment of the State Board of Health,
| fails or neglects to discharge effic-
iently the duties of his Office as set
forth in this Act, or to make prompt
and complete returns of births and
deaths as required thereby, shall be
forthwith removed by the State Board
of Health, and such other penalties
may be imposed as are provided un-
der section 22 of this Act.
Each local registrar shall, immed-
lately upon his acceptance of appoint
ment as such, appoint deputy whose
duty it shall be to act in his stead in
case of his absence or disability; and
such deputy shall in writing accept
such appointment and be subject to
all rules and regulations governing
local registrars. And when it appears
necessary for the convenience of the
people in any rural district, the local
registrar is hereby authorized, with
the approval of the state registrar, to
appoint one or more suitable persons
to act as subregistrars, who shall be
authorized to receive certificates and
to issue burial or removal permits in
and for such portions of the district
as may be designated; and each sub
registrar shall not, on each certificate
over his signature, the date of filing
and shall forward all certificates to
the local registrar of the district with
In ten days, and in all cases before
the third day Of the following month;
provided, that each subregistrar shall
be subject to the supervision and con-
troll of the state registrar, and may be
by him removed for neglect or fail
ure to perform his duty in accordance
with the provisions of this Act or the
rules and regulations Of the state reg
istrar and shall be subject to the same
penalties for neglect of duty as the
local registrar.