OFFICE OF THE AVORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN



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### llaenws shallbe lceraof the **Beard** 

### and

riot 

### oertlf'lad **oopy shall**  **be** Clerk **US** the County **in resaes**  **aIxl office**  **i.8** auIlta1n

### n.ton is 

### ropucsted

aa to vhetherthe abow 

### mentioned

pro~lslon,or any other provislan or th0 lav, wkes 1t mandatory upou oolmtiea to furnish a record book 

### to be usedby the Dlstrlot Clerk for recording lioenaes lsswd to ohiropraotars.”Ronorable R. A. Hwlrath, pa&w 2

fOl3 Seotlsn 6 QS Hawe Bfll So. 20; eupra. rsads aa .ovs : 

### ‘All ltuanasaunder this Act aballexplre on the thirty-first

day as 

### Au&ustof sach year and 

### ahallbe renaved

then or thormftar br the 

### Board, upeapayant OS~~nsv&l Sac to 

### be wt 821aw~X4 **by** the 

### Board OS not more thuxFUteea DoUar8 (&i), a n d t hs p rwent a tl ou

of ev 5d8n co

l atafactery t o a a fdBwrd, t.ba tt ha sa fduo onw a ,&t heywr pwzadlng the 

### ap#.laation for remeual,

attended aeIp(I Post Gradlnte oourae setlslaotory to the Board axadh at laaat one four-day or maa% e&lcatinrul refro&mr oourse w lnoutute aa ocmducted 

### by the 80~4 under t&e rulm OS tDs iiaard axxd/or the Tax&a State Chlrograotlo Aasoc~atlon Inoarporat6d~ perldad th8t the Beard may grant renmral Zlcenaa,but not oozuaoutlvemrm~l, 

### upona ahowing

sattataotory

to the Hoard t&w. attand8nw 

### upen raid oducMamal ama VW uaavoltibly

pruve11t8d;

phW.ded wRsee &all be nwbered, Oi&md by tb oSftoers OS the Rwrd sad **8tto8tad** by tha Soal. **A** osrtriladaopy !&all **be** flied **Vlth** UW **OiStFiOt** CiWk **Or** th0 CcnUrtT Ux whloh the Iioensae re8fddS M offi is Proinkfnadr Ran~81 feeear m&l1 ba appliad 

### by UN Bosrd %ll

**ttrs~rslpo~maonor** 

### 8lxd to the saw purpere 68 provLded’

for 

### in SatSl0S~tbf.S tit. %OU+Qer the Beard may, in lta Qisorsti@a,\IOlva a~ 

## romit anyparttwdll.seuehfoss fur anjone year; proitidad that no dlacrlnxlnatl~ in tha oqLleot;lng, llolvlng cr r%mltting; of 8ameu-s !xsde licenre* under this Act.” It will be noted that the f&going 

## sooticnof Houis Dill Eio.

20, supro, does mt raqulre ltoenres OS chlropraotors to ,bo recordad-inths 

### aSfL00OS the dfetrlat,alQk Ln which the 12asr~sc?e

reeldes or 

### siei3calm an offloo. iiouau

&ll Ro. 20, 

### sups, does n3U zaqulre the rooordlng 3t chiropraotwsB licenses 2% q 

### rastanca but aersl;l

requires Chat a crrtlf:ed 

### copy sballbe l'lled vIth the dlatrict clerk OS the county ln vhich the lloeiueontsldea and ofSit La mafntalned. Uh%PO tha law wthorlzes or requires a pwty to rile 9 paper, It ~uply IM)~RS

t%sr; ha 3hal.l

3lac0 1; in -Sm 0ff:clalOUBE~~X ?I the cfflcar.lxx tb was 0s 8xelaan V* chavallller, 14 To%. 399‘ It 

### la atatoda

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**. .**  **. tha**  **filifng. by**  **the** 

## party,**ia our**  **prm** tl08, conatato alaply fn j3lacing the paper fn the hmxdsOS the olerk, to be 

### pruaorvad aad kapt by h3.m Saxhis oltlalal 8wtody, as 1111 aruhlvo or 

### rword, of vhloh US offiue beowss theucotorvsrd t&e anly proper 

### rclpo81torya The@ tb anaent moda of cl

### lagpapershas gcma l.ntodiswe,the 

### g?.tnrsmalogy OS th0 ancleat

practloo

:a retaaea. 

### ui Uu cm s3pro6siow 'to file,' *toput ofi flle,b 'to tnka orf the rilaa,'

ite., ixa 'Sllud tha thresd. 

### otrrag,

or 

### vlro uaod in 

### anoluxt praotlwr for eonnrotirig the papers together. Tha term ‘ file’ la 

### also **wad** 

### to danatothe paperplroedvlth the Clerk, ub d l a mf g a od 

### by t&e ler to h&a ~Sflaialkeeplng. A file is a rsaord ot t&e Court. lt la the duty of the U&e?& uhma a paper 1s thu plaoed la hla awtedy, or ttlled* vlth him, 

### to eauloc~e upoa 

### it the date oi Ltr raosptlon, ad retain lt in us oif+lOsI subjsot to inspmtlr;P by 

### vhowwvor It aaj f~wrw&utd tJW la vhst la rawat by hia ‘flllxt@

. Hut vhsre the lav requires OF author

### lass a r ty to ill&it, 

### 1t aimpLy Man8 that 

### be shallp es It in the 

### @Sflaial owtody 

### of the **Clsrk.** That 

### la all tb8t 1s’ rsQulrsd 

### of buni

. . .' (Also HO Tena Jurisprudewo, Volume 36, pm&s bg and authorltlea

### olted.)
In mauar ts yourquestlan, you are respoatfullyadviaedt&at It ia 

### our opinion that 

### tha lloemes oS chlropraotora lra not requiredby larr to **ba** rooOrded. Tb?refbre, it tr not necessary Sor tha county to purchase a rooord book Sor that purpose. The 

### statute moly requlrw 

### chu Ucmaaa to 

### S11a a oertiflad

oopy OS his license vlth the diatPLOt OierX of the acunty in vhldi the 1:cenaee real&38 asd siisizxtaL.Im eu offlae. 

### :,
. ..>-.la, 16, 19s Yoursvery truly 

### Al'TOr?SEY

GERBUL OF TEXAS

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