OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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Your lottor or tlng the aboro quor-
tion, ha boon glnn our a* A8 nvaalodb7
tbo botr of the Log1rlbtulu orlmbl jurirdlotlon
or th0 county court 0 so r r olxohulYol~
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to tbo Dlrtdct Court
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undod uld 8ootloa 25
8b~tiOlbOf U&d bill 8ktO8
ml0 47A Of Artlolo #n 18
Of OaprtOnt jW18dlotian
and the Countl Oowt ¶a the oowty vhon the birth 01 dwth oe-
a umdluthorlt~ to ordo, the Cow&y Clo?k ubd the Itato Re la-
trrr to i88W l oO?tliiOd 8Opr Of Ukf birth Or d.atb qt”tlf f eat.
YhOFOin b OhhiLdO? bdtit 18 8bt.d t0 b8 1llOgitiutO.
h8Oh? l8 WtOrkl hOZW, th0 body Of th0 Aot it8Olf
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krtmorablc fOW Y. I-Or0 - FIR8 8
l#dt.ber th0 Et8k nOfi8tnr BOt @lIT 10881
lWfl8ttW dr811 iam0 & oertltlod.aa~ Of 8nt
altth W dUtb OOPtiflWtO WhOtOitt8 Ohill 0t 8~
,&Butt18 lt8t8d t0 k iljOfiti88tO UR10.8 mob
oort3flo4 ~FV ia wOorod by tbo Comt7 Comrt ln
the eeuwty in whteh 0814 lhlld V88 born Or died,
or ap 0 Ob\lrt w ooapotmt ~rl#Q~otlor,, or by
rid illogltla8to pram or the l.rrrrO~rs or lop1
repwmntat1r0 thotooi*’
Tao WorKenef el8uw to the Aot et 194B red8 in
p8l.t 8a f0110=81
l‘lhe t8Ot tb8t thOt@ 18 OOlIfUOi8tI 88 t@
vhotber the County Court would bavO 8othnrlty
to enter
en c r do l
rUthOri8hl the County Clark
or state ~eK~8ttOt to i8NO sottlt1.6 oapiom
Of hlrth or dO8th OOttifiato8 O? 1t?Otit18IOtO
pat-80~8~8nd the tmet th8t Ui6 1110 timat
pOt@ITI@WnOt mt a OWtifiut8 Of iv 8 aitth
Um tOQUO8t ItOt 08tY8 6Ort1fiO8tO Ot tiOOtb
a0 ehtaiaod oxoept upon ardor at the rwrt
dlI'Wte8 81) WOr@WIIO~."
Ru?s 61A at uld fiw1tcry Code ptwlder 8 rothnd tar
dettmdninf the d8ta nf the 811 pW@-
birth Ot d-Lb Of u)Y and
annr IWIt ptOV1OU817 t~~:atW'Odr the sttdO#IOO
8fId ptOddO8 th8t
roletl+o thOroto a-11 b@ uhnittod to th8 Prob~t8 Court in the
eotmty wltere the blrtb or datb OF the perman omumd- Cm
the *flee M the ~Ot%fe COUtt 88ab~tdlhK th. h8tr. Uat3 8tO
lbrtifiwl to the St8b Rori8tnr~ and the detemd terimtt8tlow(P
am ther0W b0 ronamwmkd 8nd pOrt*Otscl.
bIqU08t~OIWblyI UIkdOt tie hot aa m81B0d III 1948, the
Count.y Caurt tm 811 0mJntior , dw=ein th8 Siti? 8md Otbifn&l
jurlmdlstlan h88 not hoen ttwnm~uved to the nirtrlet Court,
hr. 8ut?mtiLy to 1~91~0m order toqulrin~ th Rep1rtror ta flirt
8 oert¶tled oopt nf the oattltis~to OC birth or deetb, undot
the 0tatOd t8@t8*
the queetlen to bo cletomlnoa in the aa at kr 18
Whether th0 &WIrtt~COUtt j?kC88m bIIIItpr8nd 8thOte dall8tlp
rltrnted, b8+a 8utbority sdn the Aat f3888Od in 1948 t0 tO-
qtIit@ th0 sat4 R8Ki8tt8t t0 180lIO 8 @Ortiftti eOW Or th.
alrth or de8tb 8etfifiO8tO~ nuder eondltloa8 tnqulrul about.
A ew.ft~l aamhatlon or th. Aet Of 1946 rermlr th8 t tb~ Only
rmterlal chanfl wads in the lo* in quoation 180 to lm~rt the
m0nai 0 TW Y. c0pn - p8~ a
mo t4 8.o rb y tb .county c o ula1 8tbo low8t in wlllab ml0
lhil(l-80 kn, Or (lid.' na vo rood the uptl.8r tbo body
OC tht AOf l8d tbo emergemy l18m000 it lpmr~ tkt aI1 Of
$?I08 m tb0 clw hlI~&O# M8O!I, tbtt~Obt~181tttFt
ln$om~od to gl+o to ttw Powt~ Cow@ or 8ho oomt~ *bon ulo
lblld wao boln or aoa 88tbWdt7 to roqulvo th aort1flo8t00
lm quortian w k i,maod.
It ii OW ttIl8i4Ol'td opini6lI tht rt~P&tt8 tf tit
trot that h @mO oOamtiO8 ltko
CBo8, th0 t.4 i8lttUFt b80 i&l
6870 $WO b,) d+a tbt Dl8tri8t hU?t tttft8 f VO #ldd8t%8Sl
ill 811 OtTi 8Ud OritiVl8108tt8r th0 AOt Ot 1946 d+Ot k
tbO~.cOUIlt~ COUtt8, t8 WO'Il 88 tt 811 lth Ot COtIlltY mtttr
the powor 8aU wthotlty to abtw an oralor roqulrlau She log:*
ttnr to itao lortltio6 sapCoo of bo alrtk odor death oar-
t.itloatameet tho lm(lltleno lnqnlred *bout-
If thb Co~ml8tun Rad IntoMod tbo Aot fo apply only
ta thooo oomtloo In uhi8b the ol+il and l~bim81 jurlodl~tioa
h84 ttOOn sumnod
aat t@ th0 ti8tl-fOt CWItr it oo11& hot0 oo
Pterldo4. I80tobd, boworor, the7 ooniorrd that jwlodlotlr
Upsl aOh 8nd OTOty CWnty in tht @ktOe. cOtIT%
ft 18 taOtO=
toto Oar opinion th8t tbo Court in C88r CowSty ltt@ i?
hmty
MO t*sto ~juotify, 18au8 ml erder requlrla~ th0 Ltoto 118dt-
ttBr to iooU0 8nd (I8liVOr 8 6ortltlo6 430~9 eC the blrtb hdu
608th. Oortitieateo lnVOlVd
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