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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTINI
gollorableY. D. Bryan
cmty Attorney, hst¶n county
~llvllle, Texas
mar sir: opinion Ilo. O-7086
Rex Under
the oounty olerk
~sxrs, &s.autharl$y to recoa the sboveuatlomd &
strumoats ,aad +f ~80, ia vhat records should they be
plaoed .l
gonombls W. D. Bryan, page
The ooplea of the instruments referred to by you In
aaid request are ~II follovsx
QASIC: Ltr Hqa 1421~3G4neral Hospital, APO
465, dtd 26 Jul 45. Subjt Roquost for Urrirge.
201-Voskanp, Audrey A. (0) (26 Jul 45) 3rd Ind. wU/kcmn
&DQlJAlWS,UWISDSTAl3CS FORCES, IRDIARURU TERATRR,
APO 885
9 A-t 1945.
TOi Ccmundlug Osneral, Base Seotlon, U.S.F., I.&T.,
APO 465.
"1% Permiaslon to mrrJ on or riter date of this
lndoreeaiont under the provisions and rostrlotloaa, OS
Ciraulrr 37, this Eeadquartors, 19 April 1945. Appll-
cud* a,ttentioa vi11 be direote~ partlculmly to pars-
graph e&or Clroulrr 37;
‘2. It 1s d&red that..thls e ll&lon be returned
bf~Wlorsqmentth.reon indiaatingte f? &to andplroe that
rrrlage vas oonsummated.
*BT COMJURD OF LIEUlZRAlfT QRNElUL UliXXSRt
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3‘“3::
'57172/2Cl-Vosbrap, Audre; A. (0) 4th lad. Adm/VCI/jdl.
HmD@JARl’RRs BARR BECTIOR, IICDIX BUiUU TRRATRR, Iso 465,
1s hguot 194%
Toi Comnandlng OfSLoer, l&nd Qenenl Hospltrl, IBT,
APO 465.
Attention is invited to 3rd Xndorsanent for oacnplirnoe.
BY ColQullD OF ~RIQADISCR QHRERAL LIElILMDt
xaj. Slg Corps,
Aart Dir. Adm Div.
gmorable W. 0. Bryan, pags 3
"Mason E. Teylor
MA3OR R. TAYLOR
26 Lt, MAC
Peru Offloor
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UXITHD STATRS ARMY
“THIS that on the l3oveatssnthday or Alqlmt
CERTIFIRS
in the year 1945 Henry Gustav Sohonenberg and Audmy
Ann Vodump vem by PLO .rraltedin Holy Xatrlaony at
lCalalkuada,Indie, sccolding to the Ordlmu~ce OS Qod
awl the Lovs of the Btate of Authority O&.1.% Theater.
lUltM SSeS
Paul Y. Blcme~or Eduln~..Klmbrough
Ruth FLrsohlng ChaplaIn, United States J.r?~y.~
4~U.U'
AAide 4606, VO=-'~ IPnokt0d Cl~ll StrtUtaej whloh
bas to do vith the rsoording oi ~~rrlaga llosrmse~'by a county
clerk, xyada as follows:
'Reoord and mtumqf lloerue. The Clerk-rhll
mcord all lliaenrea ~0 lmued by him In 8 Well bound
.book kept for that purpom. It aball be the duty of
th0 pen~80ie~mi~ing the fit08 0rPrtriPonJt0 in-
dona the mame on the lloe~i~urd iMurn it to the
countr olerk vltbln slxt~.dnyr-rtter thq oelebntlon
Uof0;~i.d; suah return till be reoordedvlth‘the
.
Artlole 6591, vhlab has to.do with the dutler oi the
county ale* +s a reoomlep, 1r.m ?ollovrr
lR e a o r .daCounty
?s olerkl mbell be the reoordera
for their mspootlve oouutlesj they rhll provide and
kse in their offloem veil bound book6 In vhloh they
a& record all lmtmmenta of vrltlng ruthorlmd or
mqplmd to k reoomled'ln the oounty olerk'e oiiloo
ln the namer herel.tufter provided.'
Bonoreble W. D. Bryan, pugs 4
In further preaorlbl same of the duties of the county
T 1 provides as followst
clerk as a recorder, Article 19
'Recorders. They shall be ax-ofSIoIo recorders
for their several oountlom, snd (16 such shmll reoord
In suitable book6 to be procured for that purpose all
dseda, mortgage6 and other ln6trumants required or
perPItted by law to be moordedl thay shall be the
kespers OS suoh reoord book6, snd shall keep the
aame properly Indexid, arrrtlgsdsnd preserved."
Under the above stetutss, a oounty olork 18 rsqulred to
record all Mrr?.age licenses Issued-by him, but he 1s not raqulrod
to record aerrlege lIcen6es issued by 6.n offlof.61 of some other
county, state or.aouutry.' lie flad no statute prohlbltlng his re-
cording a merrldga lloen6s Issued by 6u oMIol61 OS soae other
county, strte or country; neither do vo find 6 st6tuteI;pai~l~;Uly
authorizing hia- recording of 6u.d marriage llaensos.
oplnIon, however, that he 1s prmlttad to xwoord suoh n6&8g6
lIoen6esS inaludlng thet heiulxaabove miermd to and.sot' out,.@
th4 book ordInarlly used tor that. purpose,.or in the Ds'ed Reaords.
Beton roooptlng such U&se for reaoti, it 16 our'
Mther oplnlon that the oounty clerk should roqulre m~affldavlt,
prw- rokuovledged for reoord~~s pmsorlhed in Artlolms 6607
snd.663 , frm.eaeh OS the parties nuod in said lloonse.tbat
they am the ldantlcrl p6rtles mod thdw3.a. Ii either of said *
p6r?les 1s ~dead, then said llaense sbauld: b6 rooeptod upon such
rfildavlt ~belng nurde by the one survlvlng: