District
Registrars,

Deputy
Registrars,

Keister
boxes.

Transfer of
books, etc.,
on removal

of Registrar.

Ch. 29. No.1.| Births and Deaths Registration,

and every such district shall be called by a distinct name,
and shall be a Registrar’s district, and the Superintendent
Registrar shall appoint a person with such qualifications as
the Registrar General may, by any general rule, declare to
be necessary to be Registrar of births and deaths within
each district, and in every case of vacancy in the office of
Registrar shall forthwith fill up the vacancy; and every
such Registrar shall hold his office during the pleasure of
the Registrar General.

9. For every district for which a Registrar of births and
deaths shall be appointed as aforesaid, the Registrar shall
have power, subject to the approval of the Superintendent
Registrar, to appoint by writing under his hand a fit person
to act as his Deputy im case of the illness or unavoidable
absence of such Registrar; and every such Deputy Regis-
trar, whilst so acting, shall have all the powers and duties,
and be subject to all the provisions and penalties herein
declared. concerning Registrars, and in case of the death of
the Registrar shall act as Registrar until another Registrar
is appointed, and every Registrar shall be civilly responsible
for the acts or omissions of his deputy.

10. The Registrar General shall furnish to every Super-
intendent Registrar, for the use of the Registrars under his
superintendence, a sufficient number of strong iron boxes
to hold the register books to be kept by such Registrars;
and every such box shall be furnished with a lock and two
key. and no more, and one of such keys shall be kept by the
Registrar, and the other key shall be kept by the Superin-
tendent Registrar, and the register books of cach district,
while in the custody of the Registrar and not in use, shall
be alway kept in the register box, and the register box
shall always be kept locked.

11. In every case in which any Registrar or Superin-
tendent Registrar shall be removed from or cease to hold
office, all register boxes, keys, books, documents, and papers
in his possession as such Registrar or Superintendent
Registrar shall be given up as soon as conveniently may be
to his successor in office; and if any person shall refuse to
give up any such box, key, books, documents, or papers in