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OFFfCE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Honorable 'W. A. Devllr 

Stste Regi8traT 

:;tsts Eosrd o? lJeaLth 

Austin 2, Ten8 

Dear Sir: 

four reoent IDtter r 

oplnlon'el8 to the pger II 

lng with 8 Dintriot Court 

dlvIdoal on your reoortlrr. 

if neither method 

aglotrer how to p-rooourt order,.* 

snd 

nt to your inquiry e8 to birth 

if3 aa~rOllOW6t 

State Department of Health ohall ’ 

end supply to 611 reglatrerrr~:; 

tom used In regimtarln@, reoording and preservIrq the returns, crt,.ln otherwlee 

oarryiug out the puTpose d thla Aot, end esak 

olty end incorporated town shell print 2nd @upply its local registrar, and each oounty shell 

print end supply We County CleSk ~~.~lt.b pemnsnent 

reoord books, in forn e,proved by the Stats ReglsWar, for the TsoordIng of all blrtha and deeths 
plaaotiable '3. A. Davis, Pe(re i3 

596 

oooarrlng within thalr reapeatlve Jurladiotlona. 

The State Registrar ahall prepare and leaue auoh 

detailed instruotiona ss 6my be required to psocure the uniform obaervanoe of lta provlalona alld 

the melntenanoe of a perfect system oi re~latratlon; and no other' tom6 shall be wed than those 

approved by the State Dupertment d Health. Xe 

shall osreruny oumlne the oertlfVioa~te8 raoelved 

monthly Srom the loos1 re$latjrara~, and lf any.suoh 

are lao&plete or tmastlafao~ory be shall require 

6ueh further lnformtlon to be aupplled as may be 

ne8easary to~.arke the ~fmord oomplate and aatlafa6tory. And aU phyaloiana, midwives, lnlormanta, 

or undortskerr, end all other’pereona herind: knorled&e of the faota, are hereby required 'to supply, 

upon s form provided by the State Departad? of 

Health, or upon the orIgina oortlfioate, auoh luiomatlon as they say poaaeaa regardlm eny birth 

or deeth,~ upon demend of the~Sfata Registrar la 

parson, by mall, or through th& loeel regletrer; 

by the name of deoedenta, and in.the oaae of births, 

by the namea of rathers and mothore. + * +* V.A.O.S., 

lOiN, Artials 4477, Rule bl-a. (Onderaoorln$ ours). 

Our penal statutes provifie that reaorda are to be 

kept lntaot end that the alteritp of tbe rkaords without outhorlty of law 16 6 artnina offense (F. 0. 19e6, Art. UOZ); 

and the atatute further deolares that the altering of reoordrs 

or oertiiloatea of reoords to be a forgery (Y. C., lB85, Art. 

1006). However, Vital ~tstlatlo Statutes (I?ul* 51-a of Artl016 4477) authorize amendments to woertlfloate o? birth or 

death, after ita soceptanoo for raglstretlonW. But in doing 

SO, the reslstrar should not Interpolate anythlnF not in the 

iustrumunt recorded et the time of the orl&ml moor&. Tbe 
597 

goaorebla t?. A. Davis, Page S 

amendmod of the moor& should not be ma& by oresurea and 

~terlineations upon the oertlfioaten, bat by annmxlng tIw 

Smendmmt. that is the oourt jud@mmt. to the orlp5,nel oertiri0ete, - So that tba whole matter wlil appear. 

m C. J., 619 n. 23; MO n. 68). 

(Rroorda, 

m, tbererore, answer roar first quartlon 9i'noa~ thet 

;a, that the ohlld*a no* l houl& not be atrloken from the birth 

Sartlfloate and the new mm altt4n ia. 

%a anewor rour aeoond wmatlon in the afflmntlve 

and l u~~eat that sttaohad to th4 erl&ial o~rtlPioeto should 

be a oertlrlad oopy of the oourt*S mder ohan&n(r tbr ohlld*a 

ruma topqther with a atatmnmat in the SoUon~ or l inila r 

fOr a 

Cause I9 

triad - I-- * 

=?ha Qay e? 10 In 

0. 

~ ;tyc~~r~o;~ 

an order wee laau~d’ am; RiaOorrnty, T4ra8, ohangFO . 

*This l fataaent and 81 oertirie6 o,opy cb th4 

oourt’a order la ettashed to the orklnal - birth 

oart if loate oi 

l.u oomplianaa with the purpose and ori%? 01 rid 

, 

oourt 1x1 said oauaer 

*On this - &Y or 8 lV-* 

j ralRIl4d) 

Reglatrar.w 

Xn view of our ansu4r to Jroar aeoond qu48ti45, it 

la not aaoeeaary for us to anzswer your third qoSStlo& 

Yours vary truly