Except as herein provided, the Health Officer shall charge and collect from
every applicant seeking information respecting the record of any death or birth,
and shall also charge and collect from every applicant for a certified copy of
any death or birth certificate, a fee of $1 for making the search to determine
whether such death or birth certificate is of record in his office.
Payment of an additional $1 fee shall entitle the applicant to a certified copy
of any death or birth certificate, except that the total fee for the birth
registration card as distinguished from a birth certificate, shall be only $1,
if the same be found of record, and, if not of record, to a certificate so
stating; provided, that local and federal governmental agencies or other
official agencies may obtain such information by direct verification from the
Bureau of Health or receive a certified copy of such certificate free of charge
or fee, upon request by the agency involved or the individual concerned, such
verification or certificate upon such request to be transmitted directly to the
agency and not to the individual; and provided further, that verification of
such record for use in connection with a claim based upon war veterans’ benefits
shall be supplied free of charge or fee to the Veterans’ Administration or to
the State Officer of Veterans’ Affairs for use as evidence of such claim
involving war veterans’ benefits, upon the request of any war veteran or his
duly appointed agent or the Director of Veterans’ Affairs or other agency
processing such claim, such verification to be transmitted directly to the
agency involved and not to the individual; and data relating to war veterans if
requested by the director of Veterans’ Affairs shall be forwarded to said
Director free of charge.
