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PART I. ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

TITLE VII. CITIES, TOWNS AND DISTRICTS

CHAPTER 46. RETURN AND REGISTRY OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS

Chapter 46: Section 24. Statements of births and deaths; penalty

Section 24. In any statement of births or deaths printed by a town the name of a child born out of wedlock or of its parents shall not be printed, but the words “child born out of wedlock” shall be used in place thereof. A town violating this section shall forfeit to the mother of such child not more than one hundred dollars.