Instructions concerning the registration of births, marriages and deaths in Massachusetts : designed for town clerks and physicians / by Oliver Warner.

  • Oliver Warner
Date:
1868
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Credit: Instructions concerning the registration of births, marriages and deaths in Massachusetts : designed for town clerks and physicians / by Oliver Warner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    Of Marriage.—It is the duty of the Clerk to record, not only all the Marriages solemnized in his town, but also, when returned to him, the facts respecting Marriages solemnized elseivhere, if either of the parties married is a resident of such town. Certificate of Intention of Marriage forbidden to Minors.—^The Town Clerk is forbidden, under penalty, to issue Certificate of entry of Intention of Marriage to parties, either of whom he has reason to suppose is under the full age required by law; except upon the application or written consent of the parent or guardian, if any within the State competent to act. Affidavit of Age may be Required.—The Clerk may require from the person applying for such Certificate, an affidavit as to the Age of the parties. Penalty, for false statement by the person so applying, a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars. Penalty.—For each case of refusal or neglect to perform the duties prescribed, he is subject to a penalty of from twenty to one hundred dollars. Duty op the Undertaker or Person having Charge op Obse- quies OR Rites fPreliminary to] Interment. It is the duty of such person forthwith to obtain all the particu- lars required by law to be recorded concerning the person deceased —including a statement (which should be in writing,) as to the Cause of the Death, from the Physician attending during his last illness;—to make return of the same forthwith, to the Clerk of the town in which the deceased resided, or the death occurred, (usually to the latter.) Also, before burial, when practicable, otherwise within seven days thereafter, to deliver the same to the Person having charge of the .actual Interment, (if other than himself.) Duty op the Person having Charge op the Interment. In all cases where the Preliminary Rites have been performed by another, who has failed to deliver the foregoing Certificate before burial, the person last in charge is bound to give notice of such Death and Interment to the town clerk; under a penalty of twenty dollars for neglect. This notice should, if possible, be accompanied with a complete return of the particulars required concerning the deceased.