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 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. REs. 7-9. 1903. 1231 [No, 7.] Joint Resolution Requesting State authoritiesto cooperate with Census 1"¢1>F¤¤W 11. 1903- Oihce in securing a uniform system of birth and death registration. Whereas the registration of . deaths at the time of their occurrence Preamble. furnishes official record information of much value to individuals; and Whereas the registration of births and deaths, with information upon` certainpoints, is essential to the pro ress of medical and sanitary science mdpreventing and restricting absease and in devising and appcrying reme ial agencies; and hereas all of the principal countries of the civilized world recognize the necessity for such registration and enforce the same by general laws; and — . Whereas registration in the United States is now connned to a few States, as a whole, and the larger cities, under local laws and ordinances which differ widely in their requirements; and Whereas it is most important that registration should be conducted under laws that will insure a ractical uniformit in the character and amount of information available from the recordg; and l - Whereas the American Public Health Association and the United States Census Office are now cooperating in an etfortto extend the - benefits of registration and to promote its emciency by indicating the essential requirements of lelative enactments desi ed to secure the proper registration of alfvilseaths and births and tig; collection of accurate vital statistics, to be presented to the attention of the legislative authorities in nonregistration States, with the suggestion that such legislation be adopted; ow, therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of R esentatbves of the United States of America in Congress assembled, mt the Senate and House gow ggégymtu of Representatives of the United States hereby expresses a proval of mqugm rm- uuithis movement and requests the favorable consideration and action of {§’,{,§‘f“’ m '°‘i“"“' the State authorities, to the end that the United States may attain a complete and uniform system of registration. Approved, February 11, 1903. [No. 8.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase 1"¢1>1'¤¤¤’ 21» 1900- gddipignal ground for the postroffice, courthouse, and custom-house at Jacksonville, or. Resolved by the Senate and House of R esentatives of the United States of Arnerica in Congress assembled, mit of the sum authorized mtfggjgjllglgqg to be expended nn enlarging and im roving the post-omce, court- Addmnnnl srouhd house, and custom-house at Jacksonvillg, Florida, the Secretary of the “`f3‘,§`lfflg,,3_ Treasury mav, in his discretion, use not to exceed forty—§ve thousand dollars for the purchase of additional ground: Provided, That such additional ground shall be contiguous to the present site and shall have a frontage on Forsyth and Adams streets of not less than fifty feet and a depth of not less than two hundred and eight feet. Approved, February 21, 1903. [No. 9.] Joint Resolution To provide for the printing of a digest of the laws, February 24. 1903. decisions, and opinions relating to pardons and other acts of executive clemency under the L mted States and the several States Resolved by the Senate and House of R€!}7’68€7lldllL‘88 of the Cbzited States of America in Congress assembled, l` hat there be printed the I*;§$“jf Img em usual number of copies of a digest of the laws and constitutional pro- rexa¤¤¤z_m.aurh6nze<i visions now in effect of the Lniterl States and of the several States, t° be pnmd