communicable and dangerous to the public health, no permit for the removal or other disposition of the body shall be granted by the Registrar except under such conditions as may be prescribed by the State and local Board of Health. If a certificate of birth is incomplete, he shall immediately notify the informant and require him to supply the missing items. if they can be obtained. He shall then number consecutively the certificates of birth and death in two separate series, beginning with number one" for the first birth and the first death in each calendar year, and sign his name as registrar in attest of the date of the filing in his office. He shall also make a complete and accurate copy of each birth and death certificate registered by him, upon a form identical with the original certificate, to be filed and permanently preserved in his office as the local record of such death, in such manner as directed by the State Registrar. And he shall, on the fifth day of sach month, transmit to the State Registrar all original certificates registered by him during the preceding month. And if no births or no deaths occurred in any month. he shall, on the fifth day of the following month, report that fact to the State Registrar on a card provided for this purpose.

Sec 19. Compensation of local registrar. Each local registrar shall be paid at the rate of three ($3.00) dollars per day of the time actually required in carrying out the provisions of this act. At the end of each quarter he shall make out an itemized bill for his services and forward the same to the State Registrar for his approval, and if approved by him he shall return the same to the local registrar, who may thereupon present the same to the Board of County Commissioners for approval, and the same shall be paid by the county; but no bill for services of local registrars shall be paid until first approved by the State Registrar.

Sec. 20. State Registrar to furnish copies. Fees. That the State Registrar shall, upon request, furnish any applicant a certified copy of the record of any birth or death registered under provisions of this act, for the making and certification of which he shall be entitled to a fee of one ($1.00) dollar, to be paid by the applicant. And any such copy of the record of a birth or death, when properly certified by the State Registrar to be a true copy thereof, shall be prima facie evidence in all courts and places of the facts therein stated. For any search of the files and record, when no certified copy is made, the State Registrar shall be entitled to a fee of fifty (50) cents for each hour or fractional hour of time of search, to be paid by applicant. And the State Registrar shall keep a true and accurate account of all fees received by him under these provisions, and turn the same over to the State Treasurer, at the end of each quarter.

Sec. 21. Penalties. That if any physician who was in medical at

tendance upon any deceased person at the time of death shall neglect or refuse to make out and deliver to the undertaker, sexton, or other person in charge of the interment, removal, or other disposition of the body, upon request, the medical certificate of death hereinbefore provided for, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. And if any physician shall knowingly make a false certification of the cause of death in any case, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. And any physician or midwife in attendance upon a case of confinement, or any other person charged with responsibility for reporting births, in the order named in section thirteen of this act, who shall neglect or refuse to file a proper certificate of birth with the local registrar within the time required by this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. And if any undertaker, sexton, or other person acting as undertaker, shall inter, remove, or otherwise dispose of the body of any deceased person without having received a burial or removal permit as herein provided, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. And any registrar, or deputy registrar, who shall neglect or fail to enforce the provisions of this act in his district, or shall neglect or refuse to perform any of the duties imposed upon him by this act or by the instructions and direction of the State Register, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. And any person who shall wilfully alter any certificate of birth or death, or the copy of any certificate of birth or death, on file in the office of the local registrar, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. And any other person or persons who shall violate any of the provisions of this act, or shall wilfully neglect or refuse to perform any duties imposed upon them by the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. And any common carrier, carrying or accepting through its agents or employees for carriage, the body of any deceased person without an accompanying permit issued in accordance with the provision of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; any person convicted of a misdemeanor under the provisions of this act, shall be fined in any sum not less than ten dollars nor more than two hundred dollars; provided, that in case the death occurred outside of the State and the body is accompanied by a certificate of death, burial, or removal or transit permit issued in accordance with the law or Board of Health regulations in force where the death occurred. such death certificate, burial, or removal, or transit permit may be held to authorize the transportation or carriage of the body into or through the State.

Sec. 22. Further duties of local and State Registrars. That local registrars are hereby charged with the strict and thorough enforcement of the provisions of this act in their districts, under the supervision and direction of the State Registrar. And they shall make an immediate report to the State Registrar of any violations of this law coming to

their notice by observation or upon complaint of any person, or otherwise. The State Registrar is hereby charged with the thorough and efficient execution of the provisions of this act in every part of the State, and with supervisory power over local registrars to the end that all of the requirements shall be uniformly complied with. He shall have authority to investigate cases of irregularity or violation of law, personally or by accredited representative, and all registrars shall aid him, upon request, in such investigations. When he shall deem it necessary, he shall report cases of violation of any of the provisions of this act to the prosecuting attorney of the proper county, with a statement of the facts and circumstances, and when any such case is reported to him by the State Registrar, the prosecuting attorney shall forthwith initiate and promptly follow up the necessary court proceedings against the parties responsible for the alleged violations of law. And upon request of the State Registrar, the Attorney General shall likewise assist in the enforcement of the provisions of this act.

Sec. 23. Appropriation. That the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the State Board of Health and vital statistics for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act for the years 1905 and 1906.

Sec. 24. Repeal. Sections 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035 and 2036 of the Revised Statutes of Utah, 1898, and sections 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23 of chapter 45, laws of Utah, 1899, are hereby repealed. Approved this 16th day of March, 1905.

CHAPTER 121.

REVENUE FOR COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

An Act providing revenue for common school districts where the revenue from the State, county, and district school tax is insufficient.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Utah:

SECTION 1. Where school revenues insufficient State money to be paid for school and teachers. That in those districts of the State where the revenue derived from the State, county and school district tax levies are insufficient, to enable the school trustees to employ a teacher for a period of at least twenty-eight weeks; and the Board of County Commissioners of the county in which said school district or districts are located has made the maximum school tax levy, (to-wit:) four mills; that the school district trustees have levied the maximum rate, to-wit: five mills; and that there is not a sufficient amount from the allotment.

of State and county school moneys to raise the fund for the payment of teachers to the sum of three hundred dollars for the current school year. the County School Superintendent shall make report thereof, giving the amount available in such district for the payment of teachers in the school year, verified under oath, to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, not later than the 31st day of March in such year. The State Superintendent shall by the 15th day of April of such year, make report to the State Auditor, State Treasurer.and the State Board of Examiners of the school districts so reported to him, with the county or counties in which they are located, and the names and addresses of the County Superintendents thereof. And there shall be paid out of any moneys in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sufficient sum to make the amount available, for the payment of teachers in each of such school districts aggregate three hundred dollars for the school year, for the use of the school district so applying therefor. Provided, that school is maintained in the district at least twenty-eight weeks in the school year.

Sec. 2. How paid. Said moneys for the districts in each county shall be paid to the County Superintendent of such county, for the use of such districts, on the certificate of the State Superintendent; said moneys to be used exclusively for the payment of teachers; and the said County Superintendent shall, within thirty days from the time of receiving the State warrant for his county's portion, file with the State Auditor proper vouchers, approved by the District trustees and signed by the teacher or teachers employed. He shall before October 1st of each year refund any unused portion of the amount to the State Treasury.

Sec. 3. Appropriation. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act, there is hereby appropriated from any fund in the State Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of six thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary; provided, that if the six thousand dollars so appropriated, is insufficient to meet the requirements of this act, each district so affected shall receive a pro rata apportionment of the fund so appropriated.

Approved this 17th day of March, 1905.

CHAPTER 122.

COAL MINE INSPECTOR.

An Act providing for the appointment of a coal mine inspector defining his duties, fixing his salary and providing for the inspection of coal and hydro-carbon mines; providing for the health and safety of the persons employed therein,and for the protection of of the property connected therewith, and repealing chapter 2, title 42 Revised Statutes of Utah, 1898, as amended by chapter 85, laws of Utah, 1901.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Utah:

SECTION 1. Inspector of hydro-carbon mines. Term. For the purpose of securing an efficient and thorough inspection of coal and hydrocarbon mines within the State of Utah, and to provide for an adequate enforcement thereof, the Governor shall appoint, by and with the consent of the Senate, one Mine Inspector for coal and hydro-carbon mines. The Inspector so appointed shall hold his office for a term of four years from the date of his appointment and until his successor.is appointed and qualified. Provided, that such Inspector may be removed at the pleasure of the Governor. In case of resignation, death or removal, the vacancy shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired term.

Sec. 2. Salary, how paid. Instruments and stationery. The said Inspector of coal and hydro-carbon mines shall receive a salary of two thousand ($2,000) dollars a year and actual necessary traveling expenses incurred in the proper discharge of his official duties, to be paid quarterly by the State Treasurer out of any moneys appropriated for that purpose, on the certificate of said Inspector of Mines showing service rendered, and also on presentation of the certificate of said Inspector of coal and hydro-carbon mines showing a statement of all moneys received by him for fees, and the actual amount necessarily expended for actual traveling expenses for the quarter; and on persentation of such certificates the State Auditor shall issue his warrant for the amount thereof, to be paid out of any appropriations aforesaid. He is hereby authorized to procure such instruments and stationery from time to time as may be necessary to the proper discharge of his duties under this act, at the expense of the State, which shall be paid by the State Treasurer upon accounts duly certified by him and audited by the proper department of State.

Sec. 3. Eond. Qualifications of Inspector. Before entering upon the discharge of his official duties, the Inspector shall give a bond to the State in the sum of ten thousand ($10,000) dollars, to be approved by the proper officers, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties. Said bond shall be deposited with the Secretary of State. The person so appointed must be a citizen of Utah, and must have attained the