SECTION 1. In every Parish, the Wardens shall provide a Parish Register, securely bound, in which the Rector or Minister in charge (or, if the Parish be vacant, one of the Wardens) shall record the followingdata: (a) The names of all Communicants in the Parish; (b) The names of all persons Baptized, showingthedate and place of birth, the date and place of baptism, the names of the parents, the names of the sponsorsor witnesses; and the Minister baptizing shall sign the record; (c) The names of all persons Confirmed, showing the date and place of birth, the date and place of Baptism, the date and place of confirmation; and the Minister presenting and the Bishop confirming shall sign the record; (d) The names of all persons Married, showing the date and place of the marriage, the names of both parities to the marriage and of their parents, their ages, their marital status, their residence, their Church status; and the parties, the witnesses and the Minister officiating shall sign the record; (e) The names of all persons Buried, showing the date and place of death, the date and place of burial, the age of the deceased, the cause of death, the last residence of the deceased; and the Minister officiating shall sign the record. (f) The names of all persons who have received Holy Baptism and Confirmation.
SECTION 2. In every Mission, the Warden shall provide a like Register, and like entries shall be made, and signed by the Minister officiating.
SECTION 3. Every person charged with the responsibility of making entries in the Parish Register, shall do so immediately following the performance of the official act to be recorded and with all possible accuracy.
SECTION 4. In every Parish and Mission, the Parish Register shall be kept in a fireproof safe while not in use.
SECTION 5. Parish registers shall be open to the inspection of the Bishop, and he or she may call for any information which they contain at any time. And it shall be the duty of the Bishop to see the Parish Registers, throughout the Diocese, are regularly, carefully and accurately kept and preserved.
SECTION 6. On or before the 1st day of February of each year, the Minister of every Parish and Mission (or, in the case the same is vacant, one of the Wardens) shall make an accurate report to the Ecclesiastical Authority. 33Before filing thereof, this report shall be approved by the Vestry or bishop's committee or mission council. This report shall include the following information: (1) the number of baptisms, confirmations, marriages and burials during the year; the total number of baptized persons and the total number of confirmed persons at the time of the report; the total number of active Communicants at the time of the report, by which is meant those confirmed persons listed on the Register of the reporting Parish or Mission who shall have within the pervious three years made their Communion within the reporting Parish or Mission; (2) a summary of all receipts and expenditures from whatever source derived and for whatever purpose used; and (3) a statement of the property held, whether real or personal, with an appraisal of its value, together with a statement of indebtedness, and the amount of insurance carried. And every Minister not in charge of any Parish, Mission or Congregation shall also report his or her occasional services and if there have been none, the causes or reasons which have prevented the same. This report shall be made complete in every detail and shall be signed by the officers making the same. It shall be made to include all items from January 1 through December 31 of the year preceding; and such parts thereof as the Ecclesiastical Authority may direct shall be published in the Journal of the Convention.