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Yebzusry 14, 1959
Dr. cob. ‘n. car
Stat0 Board or Eealth
Austin, Texas
Dear Sir:
Chapter 41, Ln:rs.
Le~ialstuze,~rc-
gardbg foes t0 be CO~ectCd
. by th0 Stc?te~
Bs&3trzr for
the isau~nce of ce~tifled
copies
Your request for m ~pirlon 02 the Sollo~iiq
questlcns:
*Are the rO5s'paid *y thz 3. 3. Eureru
of the Census r0r these ~trmscripts, is338d
undar thl? excegt@z to Seotion 21, S.zesOS
Off.l03?
Can the 5t3te ~e&G-mw, r,spointe~
under the euthorizstionof Sect& 4 of
this Act, accept t&e opgointxnt as
*Specicl*,eCt' oi t&c curem OS the CCR-.
sus ard bat at disbursln,recant in hxd-
ling tkese~Sees?"
ecr1g.s OS crrtdfied copies of births end-de&hs Yiithout
payment of the fm herein grescribcd."
Th9 33zkers of tho Lc~:slature izitezidea
thst
the G. S. Zsosus Zursuu &xuld h?ve eocees to the re-
cords of th8 Be&xtrer of Fital Stztiltks &hC obtsin, -
v;ithoutexpemo to the State, tr~msori?tsof births end
deaths if tpey so desired. i%s3v~r, if the -9qistrcr
or ‘Jitm2 3xAehxl 0~3t~.~OtOa with the Euze2u of the
Census to furnish the CrarsarLpts, it nppe?m to us that yS
to Ntill the co3tzsct ::0tia re::uim et 1eost so28
atfort end ~023 of ths ti.z.3of tb3 %,-istmr. Ths
ti=le'reqdreZOS the -?a.@trer a& any eea:rJent be-
1011&g to the St&e cf Texzs, used in.tiieprep2rition
of the trxziaripts,xuld constituteeq-ense to t&e
Stat8 of Teus. .
The canponsztionrecefvc5 frc!at3e ~Ruxxu
of the Census forthc tronsar@tioz of births sna
deaths, ia our o~fnioa, XOtid b3 fCSS Of Ofr'iC8.
Your sowna question arisa3 bocmsa of Lrti-
cl.816, Section 33 of the Corxtitutionof Texes, v:hich
reads SS follolvs: .
-The eccountin~ ofiiczrs of this 3tat.e
shrillneither dzx3 nor zfy o mrrznt upon the
trsazury 3.12
favor oi my person, for salary
or coqensation es agent, officer or appointee,
-..ho
holds et the szlretk2.emy other office or
pooitior?of honor, trust or profit, under thfo
stete or the Unite3 SC,z:tes, exce_otes pre-
scrii%edin this Conetit%tioz. zrov7faea,that
this restrictdo as to the OrY**iinC and pnyin3
of rarxntn upon tke tremury shell not qply
to officers of the Zktioml Cu=rd of Texze,
the 'E!i~ticnul
Cuzrd T%serve; tht!Qfi'ictrsZe-
sew6 Corps dr tihaCr.itedStates, nor to ex-
listed z~enof theXet:oml 023rd, the 22timal
6uera ?ese:ve, ana the Cr~znized3cser*resof
the Unitzd Ljt.ateo.
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Dr. Ceo. 2. Co%, February 14, 1933, ??aEe9
It is the oplnicn of this Gtprt=ent that
t'ceState Zegistrsrcannot accept the agFo13tzz-atof
: %pcaial Age&,* oP the Eu~zsu ol Ceuaua -.kileho is
actTnC 9s r?egistTarof the Eurezu ol Vital Statistics
and is a ssloried State officer.
Youl-svery truly
. 2Y
.. L!orrisZodzes
z!?:o% AssiuLnt
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