any such person, and that he has refused or wilfully neglected to deliver the same, the said justices are hereby required to commit such offender to the common gaol or house of correction for the said county or jurisdiction, there to remain without bail until he shall have delivered up the same, or until satisfaction shall have been given in respect thereof to the person in whose custody the same ought to be; and the said justices may grant a warrant to search for such box, key, books, documents, or papers, as in the case of stolen goods, in any dwelling house or other premises

in which any credible witness shall prove upon oath before them that there is reasonable cause to suspect the same to be; and the same when found shall be delivered to the person in whose custody they ought to be.

Registrar and Deputy to dwell in the District, and their Names and Additions to be put on their Dwelling Houses.

XVI. And be it enacted, That every Registrar and Deputy Registrar shall dwell within ths district of which he is Registrar or Deputy Registrar, and shall cause his name, with the addition of Registrar or Deputy Registrar (as the case may be) for the district for which he shall be so appointed to be placed in some conspicuous place on or near the outer door of his own dwelling house; and the Superintendent Registrar shall cause to be printed and pub. lished in the districts which he shall superintend a list of the name and

place of abode of every Registrar and Deputy Registrar under his superintendence.

Register Books to be provided. XVII. And he it enacted, That the Registrar General shall cause to be printed on account of the said register office a sufficient number of register books for making entries of all births, deaths, and marriages of His Majesty's subjects in England, according to the forms of Schedules (A.) (B.) (C.) to this Act annexed; and the said register books shall be of durable materials, and in them shall be printed upon each side of every leaf the heads of information herein required to be known and registered of births, deaths, and marriages respectively; and every page of each of such books shall be numbered progressively from the beginning to the end, beginning with number one; and every

place of entry snall be also numbered progressively from the beginning to the end of the book, beginning with number one; and every entry shall be divided from the following entry by a printed line.

Registrars to register Births and Deaths.

XVIII. And be it enacted That the Registrar General shall furnish to every Superintendent Registrar, for the use of the Registrars under his Superintendence, a sufficient number of register books of births and of Register books of deaths, and of forms for certified copies thereof, as herein-after provided, at a reasonable price, to be fixed from time to time by one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, the cost whereof shall be borne by the union, parish, or place in or for which the Superintendent Registrar is appointed, and shall be paid by the guardians or by the churchwardens and overseers (as the case may be), out of the monies coming to their hands or control as such guardians or churchwardens and overseers, to the Registrar, and shall be accounted for by him to the Registrar General; and every Registrar shall be authorized and is hereby required to inform himself carefully of every birth and every death which shall happen within his district after the said first day of March, and to learn and register as soon after the event as conveniently may be done, without fee or reward save as hereinafter mentioned, in one of the said books, the particulars required to be rtgistered according to the forms in the said Schedules (A.) and (B.) respectively touching every such birth or every such death, as the case may be, which shall not have been already registered, every such entry being made in order from the beginning to the end of the book.

Parents or Occupiers of Houses in which Births or Deaths happen, and Overseers and Coroners in

Cascs of Foundlings or exposed dead Bodies, to give Notice to the Registrar.

XIX, And be it enacted, That the father or mother of any child born, or the occupier of every house or tenement in England in which any birth or death shall happen, after the said first day of March, may, within forty-two days next after the day of such birth or within five days after the day of such death

respectively, give notice of such birth or death to the Registrar of the district; and in case any new-born child or any dead body shall be found exposed, the overseers of the poor in the case of the new-born child, and the coroner in the case of the dead body, shall forthwith give notice and information thereof, and of the place where such child or dead body was found, to the Registrar; and for the purposes of this Act the master or keeper of every gaol, prison, or house of correction, or workhouse, hospital, or lunatic asylum, or public or charitable institution, shall be deemed the occupier thereof.

Parent or Occupier of House required to give Particulars of birth so fur

as known.

XX. And be it enacted, That the father or mother of every child born in England after the said first day of March, or in case of the death, illness, absence, or inability of the father and mother, the occupier of the house or tenement in which such child shall have been born, shall, within forty-two days next after the day of every such birth, give information, upon being requested so to do, to the said Registrar, according to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, of the several particulars hereby required to be known and registered touching the birth of such child.

Registry of Children born at Sea. XXI. And be it enacted, That if any child of an English parent shall be born at sea on board of a British vessel, the captain or commanding officer of the vessel on board of which the said child shall have been born shall forthwith make a minute of the several particulars herein-before required to be inserted in the register touching the birth of such child, so far as the same may be known, and the name of the vessel wherein the birth took place, and shall, on the arrival of such vessel in any port of the United Kingdom, or by any other sooner opportunity, send a certificate of the said minute through the post office to the Registrar General, who shall file the same, and enter a copy thereof under his hand in a book to be kept for that purpose in the "The General Register Office," to be called the Marine Register Book," and shall keep the said book with the other registers, according to the provisions of this Act.

As to Registry after the Expiration forty two Days from the Birth of the Child.

XXII. And be it enacted, That after the expiration of forty-two days following the day of the birth of any child it shall not be lawful for any Registrar to register such birth, save as herein-after is next mentioned; provided that, in case the birth of any child shall not have been registered according to the provisions herein-before contained, it shall be lawful for any person present at the birth of such child, or for the father or guardian thereof, at any time within six calendar months next after the birth, to mak a solemn declaration of the particulars required to be known touching the birth of such child, according to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, and it shall thereupon be lawful for the said Registrar then and there, in the presence of the Superintendent Registrar, to register the birth of the said child according to the information of the person making the said declaration; and in every such case the Superintendent Registrar before whom the said declaration is made shall sign the entry of the birth as well as the Registrar, and for every such_registry as last aforesaid the Superintendent Registrar shall be entitled to have a fee of two shillings and sixpence from the person requiring the same to be registered; and the Registrar, over and above the fee herein-after enacted in respect of every birth registered by him, shall be entitled, unless the delay shall have been occasioned by his default, to have a fee of five shillings from the person requiring the same to be registered; and no register of births shall be given in evidence to prove the birth of any child wherein it shall appear that fortytwo days have intervened between the day of the birth and the day of the registration of the birth of such child, unless the entry shall be signed by the Superintendent Registrar; and every person who shall knowingly register or cause to be registered the birth of any child, otherwise than herein-before is last mentioned, after the expiration of forty-two days following the day of the birth of such child, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence a sum not exceeding fifty pounds.

Births not to be registered after Six Months.

XXIII. And be it enacted, That after

the expiration of six calendar months following the birth of any child, it shall not be lawful for any Registrar to register the birth of such child, and no register of births, except in the case of children born at sea, shall be given in evidence to prove the birth of any child wherein it shall appear that six calendar months have intervened between the day of the birth and the day of the registration of the birth of such child; and every person who shall knowingly register or cause to be registered the birth of any child after the expiration of six calendar months following the day of the birth of such child shall forfeit and pay for every such offence a sum not exceeding fifty pounds. Name given in Baptism may be registered within Six Months after Registration of Birth.

XXIV. And be it enacted, That if any child born in England whose birth shall have been registered as aforesaid shall, within six calendar months next after it shall have been so registered, have any name given to it in baptism, the parent or guardian of such child, or other person procuring such name to be given, may, within seven days next after such baptism, procure and deliver to the Registrar and Superintendent Registrar, in whose custody the register of the birth of the child may then happen to be, a certificate, according to the Form of Schedule (G.) to this Act annexed, signed by the minister who shall have performed the rite of baptism, which certificate such minister is hereby required to deliver immediately after the baptism, whenever the same shall be then demanded on payment of the fee of one shilling, which he shall be therefore entitled to receive; and the said Registrar or Superintendent Registrar, upon receipt of such certificate and on payment of the fee of one shilling, which he shall be therefore entitled to receive, shall, without any erasure of the original entry, forthwith register therein that the child was baptized by such name, and the Registrar shall thereupon certify upon the said certificate the additional entry so made, and shall forthwith send the said certificate through the post office to the Registrar General.

Some Person present at Death, or Occupier of House, required to give Particulars of Death, so far as Supp. No. 144.

known.-Registrar to make Entry of Finding of Jury upon Coroners Inquests.

XXV. And be it enacted, That some person present at the death or in attendance during the last illness of every person dying in England after the said first day of March, or in case of the death, illness, inability, or default of all such persons, the occupier of the house or tenement, or if the occupier be the person who shall have died, some inmate of the house or tenement in which such death shall have happened, shall, within eight days next after the day of such death, give information, upon being requested so to do, to the said Registrar, according to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, of the several particulars hereby required to be known and registered touching the death of such person: Provided always, that in every case in which an inquest shall be held on any dead body the jury shall inquire of the particulars herein required to be registered concerning the death, and the coroner shall inform the Registrar of the finding of the jury, and the Registrar shall make the entry accordingly.

Registry of Persons dying at Sea.

XXVI. And be it enacted, That if any of His Majesty's English subjects shall die at sea on board of a British vessel, the captain or commanding officer of the vessel on board of which such death shall have happened shall forthwith make a minute of the several particulars herein-before required to be inserted in the register touching such death, so far as the same may be known, and the name of the vessel wherein the death took place, and shall, on the arrival of such vessel in any port of the United Kingdom, or by any other sooner opportunity, send a certificate of the said minute through the post office to the Registrar General, who shall file the same, and enter a copy thereof under his hand in the marine register book, and keep the same with the other Registers, according to the provisions of this Act.

Registrar to give Certificate of Registry of Death to Undertaker, who shall deliver the same to the Minister or officiatiag Person.-Coroner may order Body to be buried, and give Certificate thereof.-No dead Body to be buried without Certificate of

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Registry or of Inquest.-Penalty, Ten Pounds.

XXVII. And be it enacted, That every Registrar, immediately upon registering any death, or as soon thereafter as he shall be required so to do, shall, without fee or reward, deliver to the undertaker or other person having charge of the funeral a certificate under his hand, according to the Form of Schedule (E.) to this Act annexed, that such death has been duly registered, and such certificate shall be delivered by such undertaker or other person to the minister or officiating person who shall be required to bury or to perform any religious service for the burial of the dead body, and if any dead body shall be buried for which no such certificate shall have been so delivered, the person who shall bury or perform any funeral or any religious service for the burial shall forthwith give notice thereof to the Registrar: Provided always, that the coroner, upon holding any inquest, may order the body to be buried, if he shall think fit, before registry of the death, and shall in such case give a certificate of his order in writing under his hand, according to the Form of Schedule (F.) to this Act annexed, to such undertaker or other person having charge of the funeral, which shall be delivered as aforesaid; and every person who shall bury or perform any funeral or any religious service for the burial of any dead body for which no certificate shall have been duly made and delivered as aforesaid, either by the Registrar or Coroner, and who shall not within seven days give notice thereof to the Registrar, shall forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding ten pounds for every such offence.

Register to be signed by the Informant. XXVIII. And be it enacted, That every person by whom the information contained in any register of birth or death under this Act shall have been

given shall sign his name, description, and place of abode in the register; and no register of birth or death according to this Act shall be given in evidence which shall not be signed by some person professing to be the informant, and to be such party as is herein required to give such information to the Registrar.

quarterly.-Guardians or Overseers to pay Registrars.

XXIX. And be it enacted, That every Registrar shall make out an account four times in every year of the number of births and deaths which he shall have registered since the last quarterly account, and the Superintendent Registrar shall verify and sign the same; and the Guardians or Overseers of the parish, township, or place in or for which he shall be Registrar, on production of the said account so verified and signed, shall pay to the said Registrar, out of the monies in their hands or power as such Guardians or Overseers, such sums as he shall be entitled to receive on the said account according to the following scale; (that is to say,) for the first twenty entries of births and deaths in every year which he shall have registered, whether the same be of births or of deaths indiscriminately, two shillings and sixpence each, and one shilling for every subsequent entry of births or deaths in each year; and in the case of an union the said several sums shall be charged to the account of the parishes in which such births or deaths respectively shall have occurred. Marriage Register Books to be provided.

XXX. And be it enacted, That the Registrar General shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Rector, Vicar, or Curate of every church and chapel in England wherein marriages may lawfully be solemnized, and also to every person whom the Recording Clerk of the Society of Friends commonly called Quakers, at their central office in London, shall from time to time certify in writing under his hand to the Registrar General to be a registering officer in England of the said Society, and also to every person whom the President for the time being of the London Committee of Deputies of the British Jews shall from time to time certify in writing under his hand to the Registrar General to be the Secretary of a synagogue in England of persons professing the Jewish religion, a sufficient number in duplicate of marriage register books, and forms for certified copies thereof, as herein-after. provided; and the cost of all such books and forms shall be paid by the Churchwardens and Overseers of the parish or chapelry out of the monies in their

as such Churchwardens and

Overseers, or by the Registering Officer or Secretary respectively to whom the same shall be furnished.

Marriage Registers to be kept in

Duplicate.

XXXI. And be it enacted, That every clergyman of the Church of England, immediately after every office of matrimony solemnized by him, shall register in duplicate in two of the marriage register books the several particulars relating to that marriage according to the form of the said Schedule (C.); and every such Registering Officer of the Quakers, as soon as conveniently may be after the solemnization of any marriage between two Quakers in the district for which he is Registering Officer, and every such Secretary of a synagogue, immediately after every marriage solemnized between any two persons professing the Jewish religion, of whom the husband shall belong to the synagogue whereof he is Secretary, shall register or cause to be registered in duplicate in two of the said marriage register books the several particulars relating to that marriage according to the form of the said Schedule (C.); and every such Registering Of ficer or Secretary, whether he shall or shall not be present at such marriage, shall satisfy himself that the proceedings in relation thereto, have been conform able to the usages of the said Society, or of the persons professing the Jewish religion, as the case may be; and every such entry as herein-before is mentioned (whether made by such clergyman or by such Registering Officer or Secretary respectively as aforesaid) shall be signed by the clergyman or by the said Registering Officer or Secretary, as the case may be, and by the parties married, and by two witnesses, and shall be made in order from the beginning to the end of each book, and the number of the place of entry in each duplicate marriage register book shall be the same. Certified Copies of Registers of Births and Deaths to be sent quarterly, and the Register Books when filled, to the Superintendent Registrar. XXXII. And be it enacted, That in the months of April, July, October, and January, on such days as shall from time to time be appointed by the Registrar General, every Registrar shall make, and deliver to the Superintendent Registrar of his district, on durable materials, a true copy, certified by him

under his hand according to the form of Schedule (D.) to this Act annexed, of all the entries of births and deaths in the register book kept by him since the last certificate, the first of such certificates to be given in the month of July in the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, and to contain all the entries made up to that time; and the Superintendent Registrar shall verify the same, and if found to be correct shall certify the same under his hand to be a true copy; and if there shall have been no birth or death registered since the de livery of the last certificate, the Registrar shall certify the fact, and such certificate shall be delivered to the Superintendent Registrar as aforesaid, and counter signed by him; and the Registrar shall keep safely each of the said register books until it shall be filled, and shall then deliver it to the Superintendent, Registrar, to be kept by him with the records of his office.

Duplicates and certified Copies of Registers of Marriages to be sent to Superintendent Registrar.

XXXIII. And be it enacted, That the Rector, Vicar, or Curate of every such church and chapel, and every such Registering Officer and Secretary, shall, in the months of April, July, October, and January respectively, make and deliver to the Superintendent Registrar of the district in which such church or chapel may be situated, or which may be assigned by the Registrar General to such Registering Officer or Secretary, on durable materials, a true copy certified by him under his hand of all the entries of marriages in the register book kept by him since the last certificate, the first of such certificates to be given in the month of July One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, and to contam all the entries made up to that time, and if there shall have been no marri entered therein since the last certificate,

shall certify the fact under his hand, and shall keep the said marriage register books safely until the same shall be filled; and one copy of every ́such register book, when filled, shall be delivered to the Superintendent Regis trar of the district in which such church or chapel may be situated, or which shall have been assigned as aforesaid to such Registering Officer or Secretary, and the other copy of every such r book kept by any such Rector, Vicar,