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ORNEYGENEFCAL
OFTEXAS
Ron&able J, D. Looney
Cou&y Auditor
Borio County
Boaton,Texas
Dear Sir6 Opinion Boo.O-5748
R.6 Should aopi.8of birth and daath
oa-tifieatesfiled dthth. aounty
clark be filod ud properlyiadoxod,
or shouldthey Ia filed, rooordod
in full aad indexed?
Your lottw of Juno 23, 194, requestingan s@~.%o~of this depart-
mmt upon Cho ahow stated questionhas bean receiwd,,
Vb quote from your l*ttsras follarlr
@lb am intsreatodin savingas muoh time and wpense
a# possiblein the operationof all offioesin this county
and would like to have your opinionas to the oonrtruotion
of the last paragraphof the remmtly mended law in regard
to the recordof birthato be kept by ths County Clerk and
as shown in 'Sec.20, or Rule 53a, of Art. 4477, R.C.S.
1936' of thir law.
"The point in quartionir whetheror not tha oopio#of
the rooordnfiled with the County Clerk rhould'befiled and
properlyindorsdor if they shouldbe filed, aad reoordodin
full, and indexed.“
Rule 538 of A;ticl.4477, Vernon'8AnnotatedCivil Statutes,roads
in part a6 fOllmJ6
I. . . And pnwidod furthor,that the Looal Regirtnr
Jhall.SuhEit to thJ oamisaionws8 court or.tha wua'@'au-
ditor, as the oa8o may be, a true.andloouratooopy of eaoh
'birthaad each death oetiifioatofiledwith him ad suoh
aopioa*hallba dspesitodin the county olorkPaoffioo,and
the county al&c #hall k paid for indexingand prssoting
euoh reoords, suah oanpensationas may be decidedupon by
the oomndsrionwr'oourtO*
Rule 51a of Arti 4477, Vernon'sAunotatodCivil StatabE, pro-
v$dqa i66 pvt6
HonorableJ. D. Loomy, (O-3748),Page 2
"That the Stat. tipartmentof Health shall preparo,
print.axdsupply to all Registrarsall blank* aad fo~a
used 15 regimterilp,moording and pressrvlPgthe returns.
or in othemim .oarryiag out the purpossaof this Aot, aad
oath city and iaoorpontod town shall print and supply itr
looal registrar, and eaoh county shall print and 6Upply
thm oountyclerkwith permanentreoord books,ia form lp
pmwd by the Stat. Registrar,for the moording of 111
birthsand deatha ooourringwithia their respectivejuri&-
diotions, The Stat. Eegintrarahall prepareand isarraauoh
detailedin&.ruotionaa8 may be roquirodto proour.the un-
iform obrmrvanooof its provisionaand tlm main+xanoe of a
prfoat systemof registz+oag and PO other forms shall be
umd thaathore approvedby the Stat. Departmentof Health."
It will be notad that Rule 5la of Artialo4477, supra, rpocif-
ioally providesthat eaoh oounty #hall print and supplythe oauntyclerk
dth pemamt reaord beokr,in forma approvedby the State Eogiotmr,
for the reaording of all birthsand death8 ooourrimglithiatheir mspeo-
tiw jurirdiotionrrCoarideri#gthe ta previrioluof Artiole4477,
quoted abow, it 18 apprmt thit it am oontmplated w the Legislaturw
that maah runty olork shouldfile, indqx +nd rooordin full a copy of
raoh birth and death oortifioatedopositodin his offioe by the oomia-
rioaers"oourfi in the parmaaeatrooord books,~inform appmwd by the
State Wg$stxar, for the reoordlagof a11 births and deathsooourriag
within their respeotiw jurisdiotions.
Trustingthat the forogoiagfully answersyour inquiry,,
we are
Yours wiy truly
&'/s/ A,+11 WUliam
Ard.11Rlli~~lls
APPROVEDJDL 9, 1941 AssPrhnt
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GRMERAL
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