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REGISTER
OF
MARRIAGES
BIRTHS,
AND
DEATHS,
THE
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Town
of
MASSACHUSETTS.
COMMONWEALTH OF
:
AN ACT
Relating
to the Registry and Returns of
Births,
Marriages and
Deaths.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court
assembled and by the authority of the same, as follows
Section 1. The Clerks of the several cities and towns in for the month next preceding, to the Clerk of the city or town
this Commonwealth shall annually in the month of June, in which the marriage was solemnized; and every person, as
transmit to the Secretaryofthe Commonwealthacertified copy aforesaid,who shall neglectto makethe returnsrequired bythis
oftheir record of births, marriages and deaths, which have oc- section, shall be liable to the penaltyprovided in the eighteenth
curred within their respective cities and towns during the year section ofthe seventy-fifth chapter ofthe Revised Statutes.
next preceding the first day ofsaid month. Sect. 4. Each Sexton, or other person, having the charge
The births shall be numbered and recorded in the order in ofanyburial ground in this Commonwealth, shall, on or before
which they are received by the Clerk. The record of births the tenth day of each month, make returns of all the facts re-
shall state in separate columns the date of the birth, the place quired by the first section ofthis act, connectedwith the death
ofbirth, the name of the child, (ifit have any) the sex of the ofany person whose burial he may have superintended during
child, name and surnameofone or bothofthe parents, occupa- the month next preceding, to the Clerk of the city or town in
tion ofthe father, residence of the parents, and the time when which such deceased person resided at the time of his death.
the record was made. And such Sexton, or other person, shall be entitled to receive
The marriages shall be numbered and recorded in the from the treasury of the city or town to which the return is
order in which they are received by the Clerk. The record of made, five cents for the return of each death made agreeably
marriages shall state in separate columns the date ofthe mar- to the provisions ofthis act.
riage, the place ofthe marriage, thename,residenceand official Sect. 5. The Clerk of each city or town shall be entitled
station of the person by whom married, the names and sur- toreceivefromthe treasuryofsuch cityor town, eight cents for
namesofthe parties, theresidence ofeach, the ageofeach, the the record of each birth and death,provided such Clerk shall
condition ofeach, (whether single or widowed)the occupation, comply with this act in all respects.
names ofthe parents, and the time when the record wasmade. Sect 6. It shall be the duty of the Clerks of the several
The deaths shall be numbered and recorded in the order cities and towns to make such distribution of blank forms of
in which theyare received bythe Clerk. The record ofdeaths returns, as shall bedesignated bythe SecretaryoftheCommon-
shall state in separate columns the date ofthe death, the name wealth.
andsurnameofthe deceased,the sex,condition, (whethersingle Sect. 7. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall pre-
or married) age, occupation, place of death, place of birth, pare and furnish to the Clerks of the several cities and towns
names ofthe parents, disease or causes ofdeath and the time in this Commonwealth, blankbooks ofsuitablequalityand size,
when therecord was made. to be used as books of record, according to the provisions of
Sect. 2. The School Committee of each city or town this act, andalso blank formsofreturns, as herein before speci-
shall annually in the month of May, ascertain from actual in- fied, and shall accompany the same with such instructions and
quiry or otherwise, all the births which have happened within explanations as may be necessary and useful; and he shall re-
such city or town, during the year next preceding the first day ceive said returns, and prepare therefrom such tabular results
ofsaid May, together with the facts concerning births required as will render them of practical utility, and shall make report
by the first section of this act, and shall make an accurate re- thereofannuallytothe Legislature, andgenerallyshalldowhat-
turn thereofto the Clerk ofsuch cityor town, on or before the evermayberequiredtocarryintoeffectthe provisionsofthisact.
last dayofsaid May; and the said School Committee, or other Sect. 8. Any Clerk who shall neglect to comply with the
personauthorized bythemtomakesuch returns,shallbeentitled requirements ofthis act, shall be liable to a penalty of ten dol-
to receive from the treasury ofsuch city or town, five cents for lars, to be recovered forthe use ofany cityortown where such
each and every birth so returned. neglect shall be proved to have existed.
Sect. 3. Everyjustice,minister and clerk, orkeeperofthe Sect. 9. An Act entitled An Act relating to the Registry
recordsofthe meetingwhereinanymarriagesamongtheFriends ofBirths, Marriages, and Deaths, passed on the third day of
or Quakers shall be solemnized, shall make a record of each March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-two,
marriage solemnized before him, together with all the facts re- is herebyrepealed.
lating to marriages required by the first sectionofthisact; and Sect. 10. This act shall take effect from and after its
jeach such justice, minister, clerk or keeper shall, between the passage.
first and tenth days ofeach month, return a copy ofthe record Approved by the Governor,—March 16th, 1844.
Registrar
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Name and Surname of Parents. Occnpation of Father. Residence of Parents. Informant.
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