of all acts of the township. 

( c ) He shall countersign and certify to the correctness of all warrants ordered by the council to be drawn on the treasury of the township. 

( d ) He shall keep his office in the building where the council meets, or at some place convenient thereto, as the council shall direct. 

( e ) He shall keep a civil register for the township. 

(f) He shall issue upon demand of any person a certified copy of any record within his control, and shall be authorized to charge and receive a fee which shall not exceed, for both the writing and certificate, ten centavos per one hundred words; and the re cords shall, during usual business hours, be open to inspection by all residents of the township and by all officers of the provincial and Insular governments: 

( g ) He shall read all communications from the provincial governor to the president and the council at its next regular meeting after they are received, unless the matter treated of be urgent, in which case the president shall call a special meeting of the council at which the communication shall be read. 

( h ) Upon request of the president he shall prepare at his dictation and for his signature any official communications which the president may desire to send, or any documents or reports which the president is required to furnish. 

( i ) He shall perform such other duties as may be imposed by ordinance of the township council or resolution of the provincial board. 

[1397-20.] 

S ECTION 2315 . Civil Register of Township. — In the civil register of the township, the secretary shall record all births, marriages, and deaths within the township, with the respective dates. In case of marriages he shall further record the previous reside nces of the contracting parties, the name of the person solemnizing the marriage, and the names of the witnesses. In case of deaths the cause of death shall be recorded when known. Physicians and midwives residing within the limits of the township shall im mediately forward to the secretary notification of every birth or death that occurs under his or her professional observation, together with the necessary information for making the proper entry in the civil register. Every person resident within the limit s of the township who is authorized by law to 

