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regarded in France as entirely civiL It is surrounded wkb rnany formal precautions , all of * which are detailed ami explained ia the MtmueL At present we are c » rfy considering the form of registration * and ( supposing all
the * publications , consents , &c ^ to be correctly vouched ) the act *> f marriage , as it appears on the register , comprises the following facts or operations : p J The year , month , day , arid hour , of the reception of the act . ' 2 . The quality , &c , of the public functionary , 3 . The place of celebration . 4 . The names , &c , of the married persons . 5 . Mention of the fact of their being of , or under age .
6 . The names , &c , of their respective fathers and mothers . 7 . Their consent to the marriage . 8 . The fact of previous publications of the intended marriage . 9 . Mention of the fact of there having been , or not having been , any opposition , or of its removal . 10 . That the 6 th chap , of the Code , " On the Mutual Rights and Duties of Married Persons , " was duly read to the parties and witnesses .
1 ] . The declaration of the contracting parties of their marriage . 12 . The pronouncing of their union accordingly . 13 . The immediate drawing up of the act . 14 . The names , &c ., of four witnesses present . 15 . Declaration of their relationship . 16 . The reading of the act to the parties and witnesses . 17 . The signatures of the officer , parties , and witnesses . 18 . Mention as to those who cannot sign . The form of the act enumerating all these particulars is necessarily long ,
and if arranged tabularly would probably be much simplified . We may observe , too , that it would seem much better ( especially where the forms are so long ) to adopt one plan , as to marriage registers , of having the register-book printed in blank forms . In cases of deaths , it is the duty of the public officer to attend on the spot , and receive the legal declaration of the fact ; and without his certificate of
this public duty having been performed no burial can take p lace . This visit , of course , supplies a very proper opportunity for ascertaining the cause of death , not only for purposes of statistic inquiry , but for the purposes of investigation in cases of violent death . In such cases the officer ( after call * ing in medical opinion ) transmits information to the Prqcureur du Rou The act drawn up in the register < -book comprises the following particulars :
1 . The year , month , day , and hour , of receipt . 2 . The name , &c , of the officer . 3 . The names , &c , of two witnesses , and their relationship , if any , to the deceased . 4 . The day and hour of death . 5 . The name , &c , of the deceased .
6 . The name , &c , of the . deceased ' s husband or wife , if one is left . 79 The names , &c . of the deceased ' s father and mother , as far as is JWWWf 8 . The place of death . $ , Thp r ^ ing of the act to the parties appearing , JO , TJie signatures by the offiqer apd . parties , 11 . Mention of any reason for not signing . As to births , marriages , and deaths , abundant directions are given in
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1828, page 538, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2563/page/26/
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