Returns of statistics of divorce to be of courts to secretary of state annually. 1882, 194, § 1. RETURNS OF DIVORCES. 26. The clerks of courts for the several counties, and of the made by clerks supreme judicial court for the county of Suffolk, shall, annually, during the month of February, make returns to the secretary of the Commonwealth in relation to libels for divorce in their respective counties for the calendar year next preceding. Such returns shall specify the following details: the number of libels pending at the beginning of the year; the number of libels filed within the year; the number of divorces granted; the number of divorces refused; the number of libels contested; the number of libels uncontested; the alleged cause for divorce in each case; the sex of the libellant and the length of time the parties have been married; and the number of cases in which notice has been given to the district-attorney for prosecution under section forty-four of chapter one hundred and forty-six of the Public Statutes, and the criminal offence for which divorce has been granted in such cases. Secretary to furnish blanks. 1882, 194, § 2. to prepare an abstract and publish in registration report. 1882, 194, § 3. 27. The secretary shall furnish the said clerks of courts with suitable blank forms for the returns provided for in the preceding section. 28. The secretary shall annually prepare from said returns full and complete abstracts and tabular statements of the facts relating to divorces for each county, and embody such abstracts and statements, with necessary analyses, in the annual reports to the legislature relating to the registry of births, deaths and marriages. THE INQUEST LAWS. [The following code supersedes the coroner laws, which were repealed in 1877, abolishing the office of coroner.] DUTIES OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS. medical exami ners. P. S., c. 26, § 1. 1. The governor shall nominate and by and with the advice Appointment of and consent of the council shall appoint, in each county, able and discreet men, learned in the science of medicine, to be medical examiners in such county; and every such nomination shall be made at least seven days prior to the appointment. 2. The number of medical examiners, appointed as provided Number to be in the preceding section, shall be as follows: appointed in each county. 1877, 200, §§ 2, 6. County. For the county of Barnstable, three examiners, being one in Barnstable each of the three districts into which said county is divided for said purpose: namely, district one, composed of the towns of Harwich, Dennis, Yarmouth, Brewster, Chatham, Orleans, and Eastham; district two, of the towns of Barnstable, Sandwich, Mashpee, and Falmouth; and district three, of the towns of Provincetown, Truro and Wellfleet. County. For the county of Berkshire, four examiners, being one in Berkshire each of the four districts into which said county is divided for said purpose: namely, district one, composed of the towns of Williamstown, Clarksburg, Adams, North Adams, Florida, Savoy, New Ashford, and Cheshire; district two, of the towns of Lanesborough, Windsor, Pittsfield, Dalton, Hinsdale, Peru, and Hancock; district three, of the towns of Richmond, Lenox, Washington, Becket, Lee, Stockbridge, Tyringham, and Otis; and district four, of the towns of West Stockbridge, Alford, Great Barrington, Monterey, Sandisfield, New Marlborough, Sheffield, Egremont, and Mount Washington. Bristol County. Dukes County. Essex. County. Franklin For the county of Bristol, four examiners, being one in each of the four districts into which said county is divided for said purpose: namely, district one, composed of the towns of Attleborough, Seekonk, Norton, Mansfield, and Rehoboth; district two, of the city of Taunton and the towns of Raynham, Easton, Berkley, and Dighton; district three, of the city of Fall River and the towns of Somerset, Swanzey, Freetown, and Westport; and district four, of the city of New Bedford and the towns of Dartmouth, Fairhaven, and Acushnet. For the county of Dukes County, three examiners, being one in each of the three districts into which said county is divided for said purpose: namely, district one, composed of the towns of Edgartown and Cottage City; district two, of the towns of Tisbury and Gosnold; and district three, of the towns of Chilmark and Gay Head. For the county of Essex, ten examiners, being one in each of the ten districts into which said county is divided for said purpose namely, district one, composed of the city of Gloucester and the town of Rockport; district two, of the towns of Ipswich, Rowley, Hamilton, and Essex; district three, of the city of Newburyport and the towns of Newbury, West Newbury, Amesbury, and Salisbury; district four, of the city of Haverhill and the towns of Bradford and Merrimac; district five, of the city of Lawrence and the towns of Methuen, Andover, and North Andover; district six, of the towns of Georgetown, Boxford, Topsfield, and Groveland; district seven, of the towns of Beverly, Wenham, and Manchester; district eight, of the towns of Peabody, Danvers, Middleton, and Lynnfield; district nine, of the city of Lynn and the towns of Saugus, Nahant, and Swampscott; and district ten, of the city of Salem and the town of Marblehead. For the county of Franklin, three examiners, being one in each of the three districts into which said county is divided for said purpose: namely, the eastern district, composed of the towns of Bernardston, Erving, Gill, Greenfield, Leverett, Montague, Northfield, Shutesbury, and Sunderland; the western district, composed of the towns of Ashfield, Buckland, Charlemont, Colrain, Conway, Deerfield, Hawley, Heath, Leyden, Monroe, 1884, 321, §§ 1, 2. Rowe, Shelburne, and Whately; and the northern district, composed of the towns of Orange, Warwick, New Salem and Wendell. For the county of Hampden, four examiners, being one in Hampden County. each of the four districts into which said county is divided for said purpose: namely, district one, composed of the towns of Brimfield, Holland, Palmer, Monson, and Wales; district two, of the city of Springfield and the towns of Agawam, Chicopee, Longmeadow, Ludlow, West Springfield, Wilbraham, and Hampden; district three, of the city of Holyoke; and district four, of the towns of Blandford, Chester, Granville, Montgomery, Russell, Southwick, Tolland, and Westfield. County. For the county of Hampshire, four examiners, being one in Hampshire each of the four districts into which said county is divided for said purpose: namely, district one, composed of the towns of Chesterfield, Cummington, Goshen, Hatfield, Northampton, Plainfield, and Williamsburgh; district two, of the towns of Easthampton, Huntington, Middlefield, Southampton, Westhampton, and Worthington; district three, of the towns of Amherst, Granby, Hadley, Pelham, and South Hadley; and district four, of the towns of Belchertown, Enfield, Greenwich, Prescott, and Ware. County. For the county of Middlesex, ten examiners, being one in Middlesex each of the ten districts into which said county is divided for said purpose: namely, district one, composed of the city of Cambridge and the towns of Belmont and Arlington; district two, of the cities of Malden and Somerville and the towns of Everett and Medford; district three, of the towns of Melrose, Stoneham, Wakefield, Wilmington, Reading, and North Reading; district four, of the towns of Woburn, Winchester, Lexington, and Burlington; district five, of the city of Lowell and the towns of Dracut, Tewksbury, Billerica, Chelmsford, and Tyngsborough ; district six, of the towns of Concord, Carlisle, Bedford, Lincoln, Littleton, Acton, and Boxborough; district seven, of the city of Newton and the towns of Watertown, Waltham, and Weston; district eight, of the towns of Framingham, Wayland, Natick, Sherborn, Holliston, Hopkinton, and Ashland; district nine, of the towns of Marlborough, Hudson, Maynard, Stow, and Sudbury; and district ten, of the towns of Ayer, Groton, Westford, Dunstable, Pepperell, Shirley, Townsend, and Ashby. For the county of Nantucket, one examiner. Nantucket For the county of Norfolk, nine examiners, being one in each Norfolk County. of the nine districts into which said county is divided for said purpose: namely, district one, composed of the towns of Dedham, Needham, Wellesley, Norwood, and Dover; district two, Plymouth County. 1886, 74. Suffolk County. Associate examiner for of the towns of Hyde Park and Milton; district three, of the For the county of Plymouth, five examiners, being one in each For the county of Suffolk, two examiners. For the county of Worcester, eleven examiners, being one in each of the eleven districts into which said county is divided for said purpose: namely, district one, composed of the towns of Athol, Petersham, Phillipston, and Royalston; district two, of the towns of Gardner, Templeton, and Winchendon; district three, of the city of Fitchburg and the towns of Ashburnham, Leominster, Lunenburg, Princeton, and Westminster; district four, of the towns of Berlin, Bolton, Clinton, Harvard, Lancaster, and Sterling; district five, of the towns of Grafton, Northborough, Southborough, and Westborough; district six, of the towns of Mendon, Milford, and Upton; district seven, of the towns of Blackstone, Douglas, Northbridge, and Uxbridge; district eight, of the towns of Charlton, Dudley, Oxford, Southbridge, Sturbridge, and Webster; district nine, of the towns of Brookfield, North Brookfield, Spencer, Warren, and West Brookfield; district ten, of the towns of Barre, Dana, Hubbardston, Hardwick, New Braintree, Oakham, and Rutland; and district eleven, of the city of Worcester and the towns of Auburn, Boylston, Holden, Leicester, Millbury, Paxton, Shrewsbury, Sutton, and West Boylston. 3. The governor may also in like manner nominate and appoint an associate medical examiner for the county of Suffolk, |