XIII. Circular addressed to the presidents or treasurers of county medical societies of Pennsylvania, April 14, 1886, accompanying petition to be sent to the House of Representatives and Senate, signed by influential citizens of their counties, petitioning Congress to enact national health legislation.

XIV. Circular addressed, April 5, 1886, to the clergy in the diocese of Bishop Whitehead. Letter from Bishop Whitehead expressing his approbation of the work and objects of the State Board of Health, accompanying "circular to the clergy" and other circulars.

XV. Circular addressed, April 21, 1886, to the clergy in the diocese of Bishop Howe, with letter from Bishop Howe expressing his approbation of the work and objects of the Board of Health, accompanying "circular to the clergy" and other circulars.

XVI. Circular addressed, April 7, 1886, to the clergy in the archiepiscopate of Archbishop Ryan, with letter from Archbishop Ryan expressing his approbation of the work and objects of the State Board of Health, accompanying "circular to the clergy" and other circulars. Copies made, 296; copies sent, 296.

XVII. Circular addressed, April 3, 1886, to the clergy in the diocese of Bishop Stevens, with letter expressing his approbation of the work and objects of the State Board of Health, accompanying "circular to the clergy" and others. Copies made, 210; copies sent, 210. Circular No. 25.

XVIII. CIRCULAR ADDRESSED TO ALL BOARDS OF HEALTH IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.

STATE BOARD OF HEALTH, EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
PHILADELPHIA, April 30, 1886.

To the President and Board of Health of . . .
GENTLEMEN: I am informed that copies of the Report of the National
Board of Health for 1885 have been delivered to the Senators and
Representatives for distribution. It would be well for you to make
formal application at once to the member from your district for such
number of copies of this document as you may need.
Yours respectfully,

(Signed)

BENJ'N LEE, Secretary.

XIX. CIRCULAR ADDRESSED TO ALL MAYORS OF CITIES AND BURGESSES OF BOROUGHS IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA ACCOMPANYING MODEL ORDINANCE.

STATE BOARD OF HEALTH, EXECUTIVE OFFICE, PHILADELPHIA.

DEAR SIR: I enclose a copy of a model sanitary ordinance adopted by this Board for the guidance of municipal authorities throughout the State, with the request that you will take an early opportunity to bring it to the notice of your council and urge its adoption, with such modifications as your and their wisdom may suggest. Unifor.nity in health legislation in all our cities and boroughs will make it doubly effective. I also desire you to observe that the enclosed regulation for slaughter houses, etc., gives your council the control of the districts immediately outside of the corporate limits, and authorizes you to require all such establishments to obtain a permit from you in order to carry on their business. Your council would do well therefore to prepare a book in which such permits could be recorded, and to assign the duty of issuing and recording the same to a particular clerk, to be called the permit clerk.

I have the honor to be, yours respectfully,

(Signed)

BENJ'N LEE, Secretary.

XX. Circular addressed to newspapers, stating that the spring meeting of the State Board of Health will take place at Philadelphia, and announcing the subjects to be discussed before the Sanitary Convention in connection with it.

XXI. Circular addressed to the clergy in the diocese of Bishop O'Hara, April, 1886, with letter from Bishop O'Hara expressing his approbation of the work and objects of the State Board of Health, accompanying circular to the clergy and other circulars.

XXII. Circular addressed to the public press, stating the objects, work and transacted business of the Board during the year preceding. XXIII. Circular addressed to the clergy in the diocese of Erie, accompanying printed circulars and letter of Bishop Mullen expressing his approbation of the work and objects of the State Board of Health. XXIV. Circular addressed to the clergy of the Methodist Episcopal Church, accompanying printed circulars and letter from Bishop W. F. Mallalieu, expressing his approbation of the work and objects of the board.

XXV. Circular addressed to secretaries of State Boards of Health, notifying them of the existence of cases of small-pox in this State.

APPENDIX N.

CIRCULARS AND FORMS.

1. Blanks for the Registration of Marriages: for the use of Clerks of Orphans' Courts.

2. Blanks for the Registration of Physicians: for the use of Prothonotaries.

3. Form of Affidavit for the Registration of Physicians.

4. Regulation in regard to the Abatement and Removal of Nuisances.

5. Circular addressed to the Clerical Profession.

6. Provisional Regulations for Slaughter Houses, Bone-boiling Establishments, etc., amended.

7. Form of Permit for Bone-boiling Establishments, etc.

8. Model Ordinance for the Better Preservation of the Public Health in Cities and Boroughs.

9. Model Rules for Boards of Health in Cities and Roroughs.

10. Blank Form of Instructions to Inspectors.

I. BLANK FOR THE REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES.

RETURN OF MARRIAGES in the County of.

from the

. day of.

. to the

made to the SUPERINTENDENT OF VITAL STATISTICS, in accordance with the State Laws, by

NOTICE TO CLERKS OF ORPHANS' COURTS IN PENNSYLVANIA.

AN ACT relating to marriage licenses, providing for officers herein indicated to issue licenses to parties to marry.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted, &c., That from and after the first day of October, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, no person within this Commowealth shall be joined in marriage until a license shall have been obtained for that purpose from the clerk of the orphans' court in the county where the marriage is performed, which said license shall be in form as follows, to wit:

To any minister of the gospel, justice of the peace, or other officer or persons authorized by law to solemnize marriage:

You are hereby authorized to join together, in the holy state of matrimony, according to the rights and ceremonies of your church, society, or religious denomination, and the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, A B and C

of

D

D

Given under my hand and seal of the orphans' court of said county Anno Domini one

thousand

at

this

day of

-, Clerk.

For which said license the said clerk shall receive the sum of fifty cents.

The license shall have appended to it two certificates, numbered to correspond with the said license (one marked original and one marked duplicate), which shall be in form as follows:

in marriage, in accordance with license issued by the clerk of the orphans' court of county, Pennsylvania, numbered

(Signed)

Minister of the Gospel, Justice of the Peace or Alderman. And the certificate marked "original" shall, by the person solemnizing the marriage, be given to the person married, and the certificate marked duplicate" shall be returned to the clerk of the orphans' court of the proper county, as provided in section four of this act : Provided, That in all cases in which the parties intended solemnizing their marriage themselves, no such marriage shall take place until the clerk of the orphans' court of the proper county shall certify their right so to do in declaration in the following form:

day of

Legal evidence having been furnished to me, in accordace with the act of Assembly approved the one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, this certifies that I am satisfied there is no legal impediment to you joining yourselves together in marriage.