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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. |