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3539,Tooele County (Utah). County Clerk,Death reports,1898-1905.,"Chronological by filing date, thereunder alphabetical by submitting physician name.","These are report forms completed by physicians or person in attendance at deaths. ""Physicians who attend deceased persons in their last sickness\, clergyman who officiate at funerals\, justices of the peace who hold inquests\, and sextons and undertakers who bury deceased persons\, must each keep a registry of the name\, age\, residence\, and time of death of such person"" (Utah Rev._Stat._57:2031_(1898)). They were used by the clerk to register deaths occurring in Tooele County. Each report contains space for the recording of six deaths. The reports include name of person making report\, number of death\, name of deceased\, date of death\, place of death\, length of residence\, sex\, color\, race\, age\, occupation\, cause of death\, marital status\, birth place\,,last place of residence\, name of informant\, and date filed with clerk. In 1905\, Utah became a registry state and the responsibility of registering births and deaths was removed from the office of county clerk and given to the Health Department with local registrars.",Retain permanently,Public,0.20 cubic foot