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AN ORDINANCE, amending Articles 148 and 149,
Chapter 14, of the Revised Ordinances of the City of Beaumont,
providing for reports of births and deaths by practicing phy-
sicians, and burial permits.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City council of the City of
Sec. I.
Beaumont;AThat Articles 148 and 149, Chapter 14 of the Revised
Ord,inancegof the City of Beaumont be, andthe same are hereby
amended, so as to read as follows: -
ARTICLE: 148:
That every practicing physician of this city is
hereby required, whenever a patient under his care dies, to
furnish a certificate .of such death, and the cause thereof, to
the City Health officer, who r9 eg stem _it in a book kept for
that purpo-se., The certificate shall as near as possible
state the age, sex, color, residence and place of birth, as well
as the occupation of the deceased, and whether married or sin-
gle if known: And every physician or mid -wife attending at
the birth of a child shall furnish a certificate of such birift
to the City Health Officer, who shall register it in a book
kept for that purpose. S>>ch certificate shall shovr the sex of
the child.
When any person dies without the care of a physio an
the City Health Officer shall record such fact, and state as
near as possible the age, sex, color, residence and place of
birth, and occupation of the di eceased,' and (tether mprried or
single, if known.
ARTICLE 149:
The Ciia�
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ty ` ,,,shall issue to the
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person burying the deceased, a burial,"'
ea°Mit before deceased
shall be buried. No person shall bury any body without first
having been furnished with such buriUermit,, and it shall be
SMITH, CRAWFORD & SONFIELO
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- the -diXty - of -the sexton -or the superintendent of cemeterx,V
in the city, to make a report once in each week to the City
Health Officer, of the names of all persons buried in their res-
peetive cembteries, during the preceeding week, and any person,
violating . any of the provisions of this and the preceeding
Article, shall be deemed guilty of a mis—demeanor, and upon
conviction shall be fined in any sun, not to exceed One Hun
Bred (#100.00) Dollars.
AVE -0, II. That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in con—
flirt with this ordinance be, and the same are hereby repealed;
and that this ordinance shall be in force and effect from aiid_ _
after the date of ids passage and approval.
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