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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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Eonor~blo &nort CulM
County Attorney
xl PM0 corrylty
El Paso, Torrr
mm 86 a baria rot
Wing the oorreoted
;h oert~rioetror a
.d born to them prior
he marriage.
otter of June et in
with a birth orrtiiiostr
trar by Chrrlo Allen and
f20 an ille-
g to le6ltinLst
h OertlriOatO that
her 18 white. The
era married in Las
8 JOU will not. wan
ity Regiwrr i6 requesting me r0r IIB
on a# to the power to legltlmatize a ohild born
of a oolored father and a white mother1 the la w lx-
preasly prohibitingmarriage between auuohprraonr
in thir State.= -
Aftbr df8OWldllt3 this quartion with the writer Of
our opinion No. o-2347 it was decided that the question pro-
pounded in your letter was barioally the same erthet re-
quested in the berore mentioned opinion. A oopy of thir
o p inio n is attached end ma de l part or thlo reply.
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lionorabl. &neat Culnn, Page 8
The City Registrar as a rlnlatarl.l orricer is re-
quired b yltatuto to preron dartsin mlnlaterlal rots. see
Artlelo 4499, Berlrab Civil Statutes aa explained page 3 in
attaohed opinion. Ye are not psaaing upon the legal efreot
of the riling and aooeptanor of thl. oartitloate. sum00 it
to say:
“lou are not oono~rned 4th the leg.1 riiaOt8
of mioh prooedure as to thi lagltfmaop of the ohlld,
its righ8 0r lnberitanoe, or other leg.1 rights
whatsoever and we are not passing upon anr luoh
question.* A. 0. Opinion Ilo. 0-8S49.
You are thareion roapeotrully advised that the
CltT Roeiatrar lhould loeept an& rile tb oertifioate .ooord-
ing to the prooedure outlined in Artiolr 4417 bt the Be+iaed
civil statutes 0r Texas.
Very truly yours
fBI:rw
APPROVEDJUL 2, 1940
ATTORNE-5 GE:NERAL 01''I'3Xb.S
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