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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0697 and id is 1 raw text is: REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS,. ETC.-AUDITOR'S BOND-
Win. iooth dis. 2. The said Booth, shall be discharged of all liability on account of
charged from all the tickets of fines which may be returned by him to the said clerk,
labty. under the provisions of this act.
commencement 3. This act shall be in force from its passage.
CuAp. 23.-An ACT allowing further title to til sheriff of Marshall county to
pay the militia fines in his hands for collection for tile year 1852.
Passed April 7, 15U.
Shertf of Mar. 1. Be it enacted by the general nssembly, that the sheriff of ]Uarsiiall
shall allowed on. county be andi he is hereby allowed the further time, until the fifteenth
tit 15th Decembo r . ...
to Bettle militia day of December next, to settle and pay thi; militia fines asssesed by the
fines In tith re. regimental court of enquiry for the one hundred and thirty-fourth regi-
giment. mont of Virginia militia, for the year cightecir hundred and fifty-two.
Commencement 2. This act shall be in force from its passage.
CIIA.24.-An ACT aicndingl the fifth section or chapter eighteen of ilie Code,
so as to require the bond of th auditor of public accounts to be filed in the
office of the secretary of the commonwealth.
Passed April 6, 1853.
See Code, p. 109. 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, that the fifth section of
chapter eighteen of the Code be amended and re-enactod so as to read
as follows :
Where hands of § 5. The bond of each of the said officers, except the auditor of
officers flied, public accounts, shall le traismitted and filed in the otlice of the auditor
First auditor's of public accounts. That of the auditor of public accounts shall be
bond. transmitted and filed in the office of the secretary of the commonwealth.
Commencement 2. This act shall le in force from its passage.
CniAp. 25.-An ACT concerning the registration of births, tmarriages and
deaths.
Passed April 11, 1853.
Three registers 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, that from ntd after the
to be kept by first day of January eighteen huidred and fifty-four, the clerk of every
clerk. county ail corporution court shall keep three books, to be called, respec-
tively, the register of marriages, the register of births, and the register
of deatlIs.
Duty of minta- 2. IeaIceforth it shall le the duty of every minister or other persoll
ters, celebrating it marriage, and of the clerk or keeper of the records of atiny
religious society which soelennizes marriages by the consent of the par-
tics iII open congregation, at once to make a record of every marri'go
between white persons solemnized by or before him, and within two
months after such marriage to return a certificate thereof, signed by him,
to the clerk of the court Of tile county or corporation in which the same
Whatsetforth In is solemnized. Such record and certificate shall set forth, as fir its the
his record, sane call le ascertained, the (late atd place of the marriage, the full
nalnes of both the parties, their ages and condition before the tnarriage,
(whether single or widowed,) the pluces of their birth and residence, the
- names of their parents and tile occupation of the husband.
Abstract by 3. The clerk to whom such certificate shall be returned, shall file aind
Icrk. preserve the same in his ollice, and within twenty dlays after receiving
the same, record a ftll abstract thereof in his register of unarriages,
settilng out, in convenient tabular form, all the circumstances therein
stated and the name of the person signing the certificate, and make an
index of the iaoies of both the parties married.
If marriage out 4. If at the time of celebrating nay marriage out of this state, either
ef the state. or both of the parties thercto Ie a resident or residents of this state, a
certificate or statement thcreof, verified by the affidavit of tny person
present at such celebration, may le returned to the clerk of the court of
the county or corporation in which the husband -resides, if lie le such
resident, and otherwise, of the county or corporation in which the wife
resides, and an abstract thereof shall be recorded by him ia the inatuuer
prescribed in the third section.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsva0697&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)