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Be'en we publish an article from the Hamilton Spectator on the law recently enacted by the Local Legislature, ‘pro viding for the registration of births, mar riages and deaths, in the Province of Ontario. We invite the attention of those charged to carry out the law, to its pro visions, which are stringent. The want of a law making it compulsory on parents, clergymen, physicians and others, to re gister births, marriages and deaths, has long been felt in the country, and we are pleased to know that provision has at last been made for the defect. We again invite a perusal of the following able arti cle on the subject: ‘The statistics of births, marriages and deaths are to the statesman what the pulse of the patient is to the physician; they indicate the general condition ‘of the body politic; they reveal its morality, prosperity and health fulness, or the reverse, and are important data for his guidance in framing general laws. But a correct record of births marriages and deaths is also an important matter in the interests of individual members of the community; very important interests have been compromised, not infrequently through carelessness or want of proper system in keeping such recrets. Every novel reader knows how often the fate of the hero turns upon the discovery or con cealment of some musty old parish register, which has gone into worm-eaten retirement We fear that those matters have not received in this country, that strict attention which is desirable. We hope, therefore, that the law passed at the last session of the Provincial Gegtataane will be found efficient provid ing a remedy which will leave no ground for future comvisint and no necessity for future legistation. The Provincial Secretary has shown commendable alacrity in having the Bill published and circulated, together with the necessary forms and instructions to make its meaning obviously clear. For the purposes of the Act, each County, City and Town is made a Registration Dis trict, and each Clerk of thes Peace is consti tuted a District Registrar; every Township in ‘a County, every incorporated Village and City or Town is a Registration Division, the Muni cipal Clerk of which is Division Registrar. The father of any child born within the Pro vince, or in case of his absence or death, the mother, or in case of the death or inability of both parents, any person standing in the place of the parents, or, if none such there be, then the occupier of the house or tenement in which to his knowledge such child was born, or the nurse present at the birth, shall, within thirty days from the date of such birth, give notice thereof to the Registrar of the Division in which such child was born, giving such infor mation as is pointed out in Schedule A, of the Act. . The responsibility of giving notice of a death to the Division Registrar is thrown, first of all, on the occupier of the house in which it took place, or if the occupier be the person who shall have died, then anyone residing in the house. If the death has not taken place in a house, then any one present at it, or hav ing a knowledge of the circumstances attend ing it, must give them notice. In any of the above cases, the notice is to be given within ten days from the date of the death. In addi tion to this, every medical practitioner attend ing a patient who afterwards dies, is to certify to the cause of death, according to a blank form to be obtained from the Division Regis trary, and which it is made the physician's duty to apply for. Every clergyman, minister, or other person authorised to celebrate marriages , is required to give notice to the Division Registrar of every marriage, within ninety days from the date thereof with such information regarding it as the Act requires and notwithstanding any pre existing Act, he is not bound to make any other return of marriage then this. The penalties for negligence on the part of those who are required to make returns to the Registrar are as follows: ‘If any householder, head of a family, cler gyman, physician, or other person or persons required by this Act to report births, mar riages and deaths, refuses or wilfully neglects to do so within the time named, such persons shall, for each and every offence, forfeit and pay a sum of not less than one dollar, nor more than twenty dollars and costs, in the discre tion of the presiding Justice before whom the case shall be heard; and it shall be the duty of the Division Registrar to prosecute all such persons so neglecting or refusing to make the required reports.’ Those who wish to become critically ac quainted with the provisions of the Act will, of course, have to consult the text, but the above are all the features which it is absolutely necessary that the general public should know. All the fees which were required from parties registering under the old act have been done away with. It will only be necessary further to point onthat under the provisions of the Act, Mr. Thomas Beasly City Clark becomes Division Registrar for this city and all notice of births, marriages and deaths must be taken to him. Joseph Fennell, Esq, Deputy Reeve of West Gwillimbury; post office Bradford. A. H. Browning, Esq., Reeve of Monck, post office Allport. Jas. Goalsons Esq., Reeve of Medonte, post office Coulson. George Clarke, Esq., Reeve of Tiny; post office Waverly. La nuel Fraser, Esq., Reeve of Tay; post office Penetanguishene George Davis, Esq., Reeve of Essa; post office Ivy. Robert Teggart, Esq., Deputy Reeve, Essa; post office West Essa. . John Fisher, Esq., Reeve of Tessorontio; post office Everett. George Nolan, Esq., Reeve of Tecumseth; post office Tottenham. Thomas Fisher, Esq. Deputy-Reeve of Tecumseth; post office Thompsonville. Collwell Graham, Esq., Reeve of Mulmur; post office Primson. . ; Paul Gallagher, Esq., Deputy-Reeve of Mulmur; post office Mansfield, W. H. Thornbury, Esq., Reeve of Nottawa saga; post office Creemore, H. Neelands, Esq., Deputy-Reeve of Notta Wasaga; post office Creemore. . R. B. Hannah, Esq., 2nd Deputy-Reeve of Nottawasaga; post office Stayner, Georges McManus, Esq. Reeve of Mono; post office Mono Mills. George Harshaw, Esq., Deputy Reeve of Mono; post office Orangeville. Charles Harvie, Esq., Reeve of Orillia and Matchedash; post office Orillia. Join Hogg, Esq., Reeve of Collingwood; post office Collingwood. J. Al. Jackson, Esq., Reeve of Morrison; post office Severn Bridge. John Steele, Esq., Reeve of Oro; post office Steele. James Johnston, Esq., Deputy-Reeve, Oro, post office Rugby. P. Small, Esq., Reeve of Adjala; post office Ballycroy. P. D. Kelly, Esq. Deputy-Reeve of Adjalas post office Loretta. Robert Leadlay, Esq., Reeve of Vespra; post office Midhurst. James Quinn, Esq., Reeve of Orillia; post office Cilia. William Switzer, Esq., Reeve of Sunnidale; post office New Lowell. J. W. Willson, Esq., Reeve of Bradford; post office Bradford. John McEvoy, Esq., Reeve of Flos; ~ post office Hillsdale. — The Council having been called to order by the clerk, proceeded to elect.warden. On motion of Mr. Quinn, seconded by Mr. Gallagher. That W. D. Ardagh, Esq.. Reeve of Barrie, he elected. Warden of the County of Simcoe for the current year. It was moved by Mr. Neelands, seconded by Mr. Hannah; That John Hogg, Esq. Reeve of Collingwood, the Warden of the County of Simcoe for the current year. It was moved by Mr Terguson, seconded by Mr. McManus; That Geo. Davis, Esq., Reeve of Essa, be the Warden of the County of Sim coe, for the current year. There being no more nominations, the clerk put the first motion according to Standing Rule No. 1. The first motion was carried by a vote of 22 to 14, and the clerk declared W. D. Ardagh Esq., Warden. ‘ EVENING SESSION. The Council met at seven o'clock, pursuant to adjournment. The Warden in the chair. The members all present. The following were received and read :— County Treasurer’s Reports; Auditor's Report; Accounts of Board of Public Instruction, Junior Circuit, amounting to $71.40; ditto, Senior Circuit, amounting to $255.46; com munications from J. B. McGarin; and a Peti tion from Mr. Thompson of Esquesing, On motion of Mr. Atkins, seconded by Mr. Graham, the several documents were referred to their respective Committees. On motion of Mr.Ferguson, seconded by Mr. McManus,—That the Warden do appoint a special committee of five, for the purpose of considering the propriety of doing away with the Fall Session of this Council,—the Warden appointed Messrs. Ferguson, McManus, Swit zer, Hogg and Jackson. On motion of Mr. Atkins, seconded by Mr. Graham, the Council adjourned until nine o'clock tomorrow morning.
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Barrie Examiner
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Thu, Jan 27, 1870
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