OFFICE OF THE AVORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Ga.naavllle,Tax86
Dear Slrr
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ad8 0 follovsr
llaenws shall be
lcera of the Beard and
oertlf'ladoopy shall be
riot Clerk US the County in
resaes aIxl office i.8 auIlta1n-
n.tonis ropucstedaa to vhetherthe
abow mentionedpro~lslon, or any other provislan
or th0 lav, wkes 1t mandatory upou oolmtiea to
furnish a record book to be used by the Dlstrlot
Clerk for recording lioenaes lsswd to ohiroprao-
tars.”
Ronorable R. A. Hwlrath, pa&w 2
Seotlsn 6 QS Hawe Bfll So. 20; eupra. rsads aa
fOl3 .ovs :
‘All ltuanasa under this Act aballexplre on
the thirty-firstday as Au&ust of sach year and
ahall be renavedthen or thormftar br the Board,
upea payant OS ~~nsv&l Sac to be wt 821aw~X4 by
the Board OS not more thux FUteea DoUar8 (&i),
a ndth sp r wenta tloo fev5d8nc
u latafactery
o to
a a fdB wr d,t.b a tth a sa fduo o nwa ,& th e y wr
pwzadlng the ap#.laationfor remeual,attended
aeIp(I
Post Gradlnte oourae setlslaotory to the
Board axadh at laaat one four-day or maa% e&l-
catinrul refro&mr oourse w lnoutute aa ocm-
ducted by the 80~4 under t&e rulm OS tDs iiaard
axxd/orthe Tax&a State ChlrograotloAasoc~atlon
Inoarporat6d~ perldad th8t the Beard may grant
renmral Zlcenaa, but not oozuaoutlvemrm~l,
to the Hoard t&w.
upon a ahowingsattataotory
attand8nw upen raid oducMamal ama VW
uaavoltiblypruve11t8d;
phW.ded wRsee &all
be nwbered, Oi&md by tb oSftoersOS the Rwrd
sad 8tto8tad by tha Soal. A osrtrilad aopy !&all
be flied Vlth UW OiStFiOt CiWk Or th0 CcnUrtT
Ux whloh the Iioensae re8fddS M offi is Proin-
kfnadr Ran~81 feeear m&l1 ba appliad by UN
Bosrd %llttrs~rslpo~maonor 8lxdto the saw purpere
68 provLded’ for in SatSl0S~tbf.S tit. %OU+Qer
the Beard may, in lta Qisorsti@a,\IOlvaa~ romit
anyparttwdll.seuehfoss fur anjone year;
proitidad that no dlacrlnxlnatl~in tha oqLleot;lng,
llolvlng cr r%mltting; of 8ame u-s !xsde licenre* un-
der this Act.”
It will be noted that the f&going sooticn of Houis
Dill Eio.20, supro, does mt raqulre ltoenres OS chlropraotors
to ,borecordad-inths aSfL00 OS the dfetrlat,alQk Ln which
the 12asr~sc?ereeldes or siei3calman offloo. iiouau&ll Ro.
20, sups, does n3U zaqulre the rooordlng 3t chiropraotwsB
licenses 2% q rastancabut aersl;lrequires Chat a crrtlf:ed
copy sballbe l'lled vIth the dlatrict clerk OS the county ln
vhich the lloeiueo ntsldea and ofSit La mafntalned. Uh%PO
tha law wthorlzes or requires a pwty to rile 9 paper, It
~uply IM)~RSt%sr;ha 3hal.l3lac0 1; in -Sm 0ff:clal OUBE~~X
?I the cfflcar.
lxxtb was 0s 8xelaanV* chavallller, 14 To%. 399‘
It la atatoda
(I
. . . tha filifng. by the party, ia our prm-
tl08, conatato alaply fn j3lacing the paper fn the
hmxds OS the olerk, to be pruaorvadaad kapt by h3.m
Saxhis oltlalal 8wtody, as 1111aruhlvo or rword,
of vhloh US offiue beowss theucotorvsrd t&e anly
proper rclpo81torya The@ tb anaent moda of cl-
lagpapershas gcma l.ntodiswe, the g?.tnrsmalogy
OS th0 ancleatpractloo:a retaaea. ui Uu cm
s3pro6siow 'to file,' *to put ofiflle,b 'to tnka
orf the rilaa,'ite.,ixa 'Sllud tha thresd.
otrrag,or vlro uaod in anoluxtpraotlwr for eon-
nrotirig the papers together. Tha term ‘file’ la
also wad to danato the paper plroedvlth the Clerk,
ub dla mfg aby
odt&e ler to h&a ~Sflaialkeeplng.
A file is a rsaord ot t&e Court. lt la the duty
of the U&e?& uhma a paper 1s thu plaoed la hla
awtedy, or ttlled* upoa it
vlth him, to eauloc~e
the date oi Ltr raosptlon, ad retain lt in us
oif+lOsI subjsot to inspmtlr;P by vhowwvor It aaj
f~wrw&utd tJW la vhst la rawat by hia ‘flllxt@
. Hut vhsre the lav requires OF author-
lass a ty to ill&it, 1t aimpLyMan8 that be
shall pr es It in the @Sflaialowtody of the Clsrk.
That la all tb8t 1s’rsQulrsd of buni . . .' (Also
HO Tena Jurisprudewo, Volume 36, pm&s bg and
authorltleaolted.)
In mauar ts your questlan,you are respoatfully ad-
viaed t&at It ia our opinionthat tha lloemes oS chlropraotora
lr a not required by larr to ba rooOrded. Tb?refbre, it tr not
necessary Sor tha county to purchase a rooord book Sor that
purpose. The statutemoly requlrw chu Ucmaaa to S11a a
oertifladoopy OS his license vlth the diatPLOt OierX of the
acunty in vhldi the 1:cenaee real&38 asd siisizxtaL.Im
eu offlae.
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16, 19s
Yours very truly
Al'TOr?SEY
GERBUL OF TEXAS
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