No. 144. AN ACT To annex a portion of land in Horse Valley, in the county of Franklin, to Saint Thomas township. WHEREAS, There is a portion of land at the head of Horse valley, situate between the lines of Saint Thomas and Peters township, in the county of Franklin, and which heretofore has not been taxed by either of said townships; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the portion of land situate as aforesaid, at the head of Horse valley, between the lines of the townships of Saint Thomas and Peters, in the county of Franklin, be and the same is hereby annexed to and made part of the township of Saint Thomas, and shall be liable and subject to the provisions of all acts of assembly relative to the said township of Saint Thomas. APPROVED-The eighth day of March, Anno Domini one thou sand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 145. A SUPPLEMENT To an act to incorporate the Strasburg and Millport Turnpike Road Company, passed the twenty-third day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, so much of the thirteenth section of an act, entitled "An Act regulating turnpike and plank road companies," as exempts persons going to and from church, or other places of public worship, from the payment of tolls, be and the same is hereby repealed, so far as relates to the Strasburg and Millport turnpike road company. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The eighth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty, WM. F. PACKER. No. 146. AN ACT For the registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths in the city of Phila delphia. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Books for regis- from and after the first day of July next, the city commissioners tration to be fun of the city of Philadelphia shall supply the health officer with officer. separate books, in which he shall register, in the manner hereinafter directed, the returns made to him of the marriages which may be contracted, and of the births and deaths which may Abstracts to be occur within the said city; he shall also cause an abstract of made to city the same to be made in the month of February next ensuing, councils, &o. and annually thereafter in said month, to the city councils, through the board of health, which abstract shall contain a statement of the marriages solemnized, and of the number of births and of deaths, with the reported causes thereof, which have occurred in the said city during the year next preceding the first day of January, with such other information and suggestions in relation thereto, as he may deem of practical utility for the pro motion of public health, and of general interest to the city. Daty of olorgy- SECTION 2. That it shall be the duty of clergymen of all de nominations, of clerks or keepers of the records of all churches and religious societies, as also of every magistrate, and of other persons by or before whom any marriage may hereafter be solOf physicians. emnized or contracted, and of every practising physician, and of every practitioner of midwifery, and of every undertaker and of sixtons. superintendent or sexton of any cemetery or burying ground in the said city of Philadelphia, on or before the first day of July next ensuing, (the day in which the law goes into effect,) to report his, her or their names and places of residence to the health officer, at the office of the board of health; and it shall of bealth officer. be the duty of the health oflicer to have the same properly re mon. gistered in index form, in suitable books to be furnished to the city commissioners at the order of the board of health. In the event of any of the persons above specified removing to any other place of residence, it shall be their duty to notify the Lealth officer of the fact within thirty days after such removal, except where the persons removing shall cease to act in such official capacity as makes them subject to the provisions of this act. Section 3. That whenever any person shall die in the city of Certificate of perPhiladelphia, it shall be the duty of the physician who attended sons dying to be furnished. during his or her last sickness, or of the coroner, when the case comes under his notice, to furnish, within forty eight hours after the death, to the undertaker or other person superintending the burial, a certificate, setting forth, as far as the same can be ascertained, the full name, sex, color, age and condition (whether married or single) of the person deceased, and the cause and date of death. Section 4. That no person having the charge, as sexton or Persons having otherwise, of any vault, burying ground or cemetery within the charge of bary. said city, shall inter, or allow to be interred, or place, or allow to cemetery, duty ing ground or be placed, in any vault, burying ground or cemetery, the dead of. body of any person ; nor shall any undertaker or other person remove the dead body of any person who has died in the said city, and bas not been buried, to any place beyond the limits of the said city, without first procuring the certificate of the attend- Physician or coring physician or of the coroner. To said certificate the under. oner’s certificate, relative to. taker or other person having charge of the body shall, as far as can be ascertained, add the occupation of the deceased, the place of birth, the ward, street, and number of the house in which the death occurred, the place and date of interment, and where the deceased is a minor, the full names of the parents. In case any person shall die without the attendance of a physician, or if the Persons dying physician who did attend at the time of the death refuses or without the atneglects to furnish a certificate as aforesaid, it shall be the duty physician, relaof the undertaker, or of any other person acquainted with the tive to. facis, to report the same to the health officer, who shall be authorized to give a certificate of death as aforesaid, provided it be not a case requiring the attendance of the coroner. Every sexton or other person having charge of any vault, burying ground or cemetery within the said city, and every undertaker or other person who shall remɔve any dead body from or out of Removing dead the said city, shall return the said certificates to the health officer bodies, relative before twelve o'clock M. on the Saturday of every week, accompanied by a schedule of the same; which returns shall be pub. lished weekly by the health officer, in such manner as may be designated by the board of health. SECTION 5. That in case any physician, or the coroner, shall Physician or correfuse or neglect to furnish such certificate as aforesaid, he shalloner refusing to forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars for each offence; and cate, penalty for. every undertaker, sexton or other person removing the dead body of any person, or having charge of any vault, burying ground or cemetery, who refuses or neglects to perform any of the duties required by this act, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence the sum of twenty-five dollars, which sums shall in every case be recoverable in the manner and for the uses prescribed in an tendance of a act, entitled “ An Act for establishing a health office, to secure the city and port of Philadelphia from the introduction of pes tilential and contagious diseases, and for other purposes." Persons practis- Section 6. 'That every person practising midwifery in the city ing midwifery, aforesaid, under whose charge or superintendence a birth shall hereafter take place, shall keep a true and exact register of such birth, and shall enter the same on a blank schedule, to be fur. nished by the health officer. This schedule shall contain a list of the births which have occurred under his or her care during the month, and shall set forth, as far as the same can be ascertained, the full name of each child, (if any name shall have been conferred,) its sex, color, the full name and occupation of its parent or parents, the day and place of its birth; and the said schedule shall be delivered, duly signed by the practitioner, in the form of a certificate, on the first day of each and every month, to the health officer, or to any other authorized person calling for the same. In case the birth of any child shall have occurred without the attendance of a physician or of a practitioner of midwifery, or should no other person be in attendance upon the mother immediately thereafter, it shall then become the duty of the parent or parents of such child to report its birth to the health officer, in the manner and form and within the period above required. Persons autho- Section 7. That it shall be the duty of every clergyman and rized to perform every magistrate, and of the clerk or keeper of the records of mony, duty of. all religious and other societies, and of every other person by or before whom any marriage may hereafter be solemnized or contracted, to make a faithful return of the same, at the expiration of every three months, to the health officer, in the form of a certificate, which shall set forth, as far as the same can be ascertained, the full name of the husband, his occupation, the place of his birth, his residence and age, the date of marriage, the full name of the wife previous to the said marriage, and her age, the color of the parties, and the place where, and the name of the clergyman or other person by whom, the marriage ceremony was performed. ECTION 8. That every clergyman, and every magistrate, and gymen, magis clerk or keeper of the records of all religious societies, trates, physi. every cians, &c., to re- and every practising physician, and every person practising midport place of resi- wifery in the city aforesaid, and every undertaker and superindence, penalty for. tendent or sexton of any cemetery or burying ground in the city of Philadelphia, who shall neglect or refuse to leave his or her name and place of residence at the health office, as herein provided, and who shall refuse or neglect to perform any other of the duties required as aforesaid, shall forfeit and pay, for each offence, the sum of ten dollars, to be recovered in the manner and for the uses prescribed in an act, entitled “ An Act for establishing a health office, and to secure the city and port of Philadelphia from the introduction of pestilential and contagious dis eases, and for other purposes." Certificates to be Section 9. That the books or registers kept by the health admitted as evi- officer, or a certificate duly certified by him as containing a copy dence in court. of the record of any marriage, birth or death, shall hereafter be admitted in any court of the state as prima facie evidence of said marriage, birth or death. 7 Refusal of eler Section 10. That the registry of marriages, births and deaths Registers, how to shall be kept in separate books; and there shall be general in- be kept. dexes to the record of all marriages, births and deaths, which indexes shall also be kept in separate books. Section 11. That the health officer shall receive, for the use Fees of health of the board of health, fifty cents for granting a certificate or officer. certified copy of the record of any marriage, birth or death, and ten cents for making a search for either a marriage, birth or death, which sums shall be paid by the party applying for the certificate or search ; but the said registers shall at all times be accessible to physicians, clergymen and lawyers without charge. Section 12. That in order to secure uniformity and dispatch To secure uni. in the registration herein provided for, the books shall contain, formity of regis tration, &c. upon the margin of each page, printed titles, with corresponding blanks, for suitable entries for marriages, births and deaths, in the order, to wit: MARRIAGES. BIRTHS. DEATHS. |