24 February 1887
The Atlanta Constitution
AN ORDINANCE

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND GENERAL council of Atlanta:

Section 1. From, and after the passage of this ordinance, the board of
health shall cause to be kept, at some convenient place, a book for the
registration of all deaths, as hereinafter provided, occurring in the city of Atlanta.

Sec. 2. In all cases of death occurring in the city of Atlanta, the
attending physician shall give a certificate, according to a blank form
prescribed and furnished by the board of health; stating name, age, sex,
color, nativity, occupation, condition (married, single or widowed),
residence and date and cause of death of such deceased person, to the
family or person in charge of the dead body, and, in case of sudden death
or any death where there is no attending physician, the city physician in
the ward where the death occurs, when requested, shall, after satisfactory
investigation, or any other physician, who has investigated the facts may,
when applied to, give such certificate; and the coronor or other officer
acting in his place may likewise give such certificate in cases coming
under his notice. If any person authorized to issue such certificate
cannot state the cause of death, he must certify that it is unknown.

Sec. 3. When such certificate is presented to the board of health, or to
the person designated by them, a permit shall be issued for the burial or
removal of such deceased person, and, the certificate shall be filed and
the facts therein set forth shall be duly recorded.

Sec. 4. If the body of any person who has died, without the limits of the
city of Atlanta, shall be brought into this city for burial, a certificate
in due form shall be presented, and a permit shall be issued as provided
in the case of persons who die within the city. But the record shall show
that such person is a non-resident, and the death shall not be charged to
the mortality of the city, unless said deceased person should be a
resident of this city, death having occurred during a temporary absence
only from home.

Sec. 5. No sexton or superintendent or person in charge of any cemetery
under the jurisdiction of the city of Atlanta, shall bury or remove from
said city the body of any deceased person, without first obtaining such
burial permit, and no undertaker or agent of any railroad, or conductor of
any railroad train or agent or employee of any express company or any
other person shall remove the body of any deceased person who died in said
city, or that may have been brought into said city for burial, beyond the
limits thereof without a permit from the board of health or from a person
designated by them.

Sec. 6. Any person who shall violate any of the foregoing sections of
this ordinance, shall, upon conviction in the recorder's court, be fined
not exceeding one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not exceeding thirty
days, either or both in the discretion of the court.

Sec. 7. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this
ordinance are hereby repealed.

Adopted by council February 21, 1887.

J. H. GOLDSMITH, City Clerk.



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