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

  • Oliver Warner
Date:
1873
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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 residents or non-residents. All Deaths of persons having a residence in the town but dying abroad should also be registered and returned. Incomplete Return of Death.—It is the duty of the Town Clerk to give to any person making Return of the facts respect- ing a person deceased, a Certificate of such return, for delivery to the Person who is to have charge of the interment. If a burial takes place without such Certificate, and the Town Clerk receives notice thereof, unaccompanied by a full return of the particulars required by law, he should forthwith ascertain and make record of such particulars,—including the Cause of Death as certified by the attending Physician. Concerning Marriages.—As above stated, 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 Mar- riages solemnized elsewhere, 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 thefidl age required by law ; ex- cept 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 the 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 of the Undertaker or Person having Charge of Obsequies or Rites [Preliminary to] Intermenx. It is the duty of such person forthwith to obtain all the par- ticulars 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