Show registration of births the estal lili ii ment oi of community records such is those resulting from the leg cration ot of births is one ot of the first evidences tl it a i coin community expects to hive some de gree oi ot permin ency and that the inhibit inhabitants ants do not coi sider them selves is temporary tempora rv resi lents this was as true of the greek and rom in civilizations is ot of our own the necessity for the registration of births is felt in many of the acrivi ties of the modern state or cita the i oes es of registration are legal and social it also may serve in important function in public health administration I 1 ahe he registration of a child 9 birth forms a legal record that thit is f frequent ly IV useful and may be ot of the greatest importance it establishes the date ot of birth and the child a pann parentage tage it may be required to establish the child s age for attendance at public schools or for bermis permission dion to work in states where ed upon child I 1 abor to show in courts of law whether a girl has reached the age of consent or ft bethel individuals have attained the age when they may many with out tl e parent s Q permission to lish age in connection with tl tt e grant ing of pensions military and jury ury auti and voting it may be import ant in connection with the bequeath ing and inheritance of property or to furnish acceptable evidence of gene aloy in papers for foreign travel and in fact may be important and useful in possible events too numerous to mention it is needless to say that the av enge Ame amencia community corn coin coed of Ame american fathers and mothers may prop properly erIv be expected to be more zealous in the care cire of its b babies bibles and their welfare ire than in that thit of inq it cattle horses and d gs even though the animals be of greed stock it is the custom to register the birth of blooded am ani mak mal that their parentage parents ge may be authenticated by carefully careful Iv preserve preserved ed records and ind not a mere matter of neighborhood memory or hearsay there are many more reasons NN why hy a 1 baby 9 parentage and ind rights should be safeguarded and protected by an official registration of its birth th than all there are tor for acor ling tl e I 1 irth and paren parentage tage of a i colt or calt call regis of its time and place of birth is a duty the community owes the chih chili its future citizen it is important to a mother that thit a proper that will be fully cepter ani in I 1 unquestioned in inco conits ot of law shi sinal 11 be made ot of her child s birth and parentage this may be necessary esstry to settle questions ot of lei lem timaly and to determine the I 1 legal egal heirs to property without official birth rec ads the rights of the them in li vidual will he be fre jeopardized leg legal il proceed uie will aften be un necess alv corn child labor laws lains and at III will be impossible of en fore ement there will be difficulty in determining whether those desir ing to cast the ballot I 1 ave ive reached the voting age and other difficult ie too numerous to mention will arise then too birth records show the ad ditinno made t the iopu population lation by natural ir crease and the elements of the population kopul supplying this inci eise registration of I 1 births groi shows s where the babies are and mal es ible such observance vince and prote tion as the health dep to ex ten tend d with birth registration it is possible tor for the health auti bonties to see tint thit the balies and ind their in have proper eire ire and at lention lots of people can lie better stand ing up |