COMPILED CODE - Iowa Legislature - State of Iowa

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Tit. VI, Ch. 11. VITAL STATISTICS. §§ 1373-1376 a4.
SEC. 1373. Certified copies of records—evidence.
[Repealed by 39 G. A., ch. 229, § 1.]
SEC. 1374. System exclusive.
[Repealed by 39 G. A., ch. 229, § 1.]
SEC. 1375. Appropriation.
[Repealed by 39 G. A., ch. 229, § 1.]
SEC. 1376. Penalties—duty of county attorney.
[This and the twelve preceding sections repealed by 39 G. A., ch.
229, § 1. The twenty-five following sections were enacted by 39 G. A.,
ch. 222, and are evidently in lieu of said repealed sections.]
SEC. 1376-al. State registrar of vital statistics—duties.
1 The secretary of the state board of health shall be the state regis-
2 trar of vital statistics and shall have charge of the registration of
3 births and deaths ; shall prepare the necessary instructions, forms and
4 blanks for obtaining and preserving such records and shall procure
5 the faithful registration of the same in each primary registration dis-
6 trict as constituted in section thirteen hundred seventy-six-a three of
7 this supplement, and in the central bureau of vital statistics at the
8 capital of the state. The state registrar shall be charged with the
9 uniform and thorough enforcement of the law throughout the state,
10 and shall from time to time 1 recommend any additional legislation that
11 may be necessary for this purpose.
[39 G. A., ch. 222, § 1.]
SEC 1376-a2. Clerical assistants—compensation—office—fireproof
vault.
1 The state registrar shall provide for such clerical and other assist-
2 ants as may be necessary for the purposes of this chapter, who shall
3 serve during the pleasure of the state registrar, and may fix the com-
4 pensation of persons thus employed within the amount appropriated
5 therefor by the legislature. Suitable apartments shall be provided
6 by the executive council for the bureau of vital statistics in the state
7 capítol at Des Moines, which shall be properly equipped with fireproof
8 vault and filing cases for the permanent and safe preservation of all
9 official records made and returned under this chapter.
[39 G. A., ch. 222, § 2.]
SEC. 1376-a3. Registration districts.
1 For the purpose of this chapter the state shall be divided into
2 registration districts as follows: Each city, incorporated town, and
3 township shall constitute a primary registration district.
4 The state registrar may combine two or more primary registra-
5 tion districts when necessary to facilitate registration.
[39 G. A., ch. 222, § 3.]
SEC. 1376-a4. Local registrars—appointment—tenure—removal
deputy—subregistrars—duties.
1 The board of supervisors, in and for each county in the state,
2 shall appoint a local registrar of vital statistics for each registration