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No. 4S.] AN ACT
To provide for the Registry of Births and Deaths.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatires oj the State of Louisiana in General ilssembly con-
Recordof birthsand vened, That it shall be the duty of all the Parish Recorders of the
deatha to be kept br State to record all the births of white persons in a book bound and
Recorders. kept for that purpose, by order of dates, and likewise to record all
deaths of white persons in another book kept in the same manner.
Delay for receiving SEC. 2. BC it fitthe enacted, &C., That it shall be the duty of
declarations ofbirths. the Parish Recorder to receive declarations of births within eight days
from the birth. They may however extend that delay to two months
after the birth, when a declaration could not be made sooner, on ac-
count of the persons who are to make the same living at a distance or
being prievented by sickness or other lawful impediment.
Birth, by whom de. Sic. 3. Be it further enacted, d&c., That the birth of a child
lared, and how re- shall be declared by his father, or in case the father could not make
the said declaration, by any other person who may have been present
at the birth of the child, and the said birth shall be immediately re-
corded in the presence of two witnesses.
Record, what to Soc. 4. Be it further enacted, &c., That the said records shall
contain. contain the day, hour and place of birth, the sex of the child, and the
first name or names given to the child, the first iame or names, pro.
fession and residence of the father and mother, and the names of the
witnesses.
Declarationofdeath, SEe 5. Be itfurther enacted, d'c., That deaths shall be recorded
by whom to be made- by the Parish Recorders, upon the declaration of two witnesses, who
shall be, if possible, the two nearest relatives or neighbors of the de.
ceased, or when a person shall have died out of his house, the person
at whose house he shall have died, with a relation or another.
Record of declara. SEC. 6. BeC it further enacted, &C., That the record of deaths
,[on of death, what shall contain the name in full, age, trade and residence of the de.
to COnlatii. ceased, the name in full of the surviving consort, if the person deceased
was married, or a widower, or a widow, the name, age, profession and
residence of the declarants, and if they be relatives, their degree of
relationship. The same record shall contain, as far a. the same may
be ascertained, the christian names, profession and residence of tle
father and mother of the deceased, and the place of his or her
birth.
Record of births SEC. 7. BC it further enacted, &c., That there sihall be kept, for
and deaths for free the recording of births and deaths of free people of 0olor, hooks
people of color. similar to those which shall be kept for white persons, and the fortuali.
ties above prescribed concerning white persons shall be observed with
respect to people of color.
Out of tiseparoh of SEc. 8. Be it further enacted, &c., That no person out of the
orlean.,d'o'iers' 'ih of Orleans shall be under any legal obligation to have a birth
or deiths recorded. or death recorded.
Delay for declaring SEC. 9. le it furtihcr nacted, ('C., That thle birth of every free
births in N.Orleans. child in the parish of New Orleans shall be declared therein within
Penaltyfornotcon. thirty days, as provided in the preceding sections. Every person
forming to pame. offelnding against the provisiins of this section shl:1 pay a fine if 1ntil
less than live nor more than ten dulats, one-half for tbo benefit (if the
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