OFFICE OF THE AVORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Ga.naavllle, Tax86 

Dear Slrr 

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ad8 0 follovsr 

llaenws shall be 

lcera of the Beard and 

riot 

oertlf'lad oopy shall be 

Clerk US the County in 

resaes aIxl office i.8 auIlta1nn.ton is ropucsted aa to vhether the 

abow mentioned pro~lslon, or any other provislan 

or th0 lav, wkes 1t mandatory upou oolmtiea to 

furnish a record book to be used by 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 ltuanasa under this Act aballexplre on 

the thirty-first day as Au&ust of sach year and 

ahall be renaved then or thormftar br the Board, 

upea payant OS ~~nsv&l Sac to be wt 821aw~X4 by 

the Board OS not more thux FUteea DoUar8 (&i), 

a nd th s p r wenta tlo of evu 5d8nl co atafactery to 

a a fdBwr d,t.b a tth a sa fduo o nwa ,& theywr 

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 oozuaoutlve mrm~l, 

upon a 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 osrtrilad aopy !&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 8ame u-s !xsde licenre* under this Act.” 

It will be noted that the f&going sooticn of Houis 

Dill Eio. 20, supro, does mt raqulre ltoenres OS chlropraotors 

to ,bo recordad-in ths aSfL00 OS 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 lloeiueo ntsldea 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:clal OUBE~~X 

?I the cfflcar. 
lxx tb was 0s 8xelaan V* chavallller, 14 To%. 399‘ 

It la atatoda 

(I 

. . . tha filifng. by the party, ia our prmtl08, conatato alaply fn j3lacing the paper fn the 

hmxds OS the olerk, to be pruaorvad aad kapt by h3.m 

Sax his oltlalal 8wtody, as 1111 aruhlvo or rword, 

of vhloh US offiue beowss theucotorvsrd t&e anly 

proper rclpo81torya The@ tb anaent moda of cllagpapershas gcma l.ntodiswe, the g?.tnrsmalogy 

OS th0 ancleat practloo :a retaaea. ui Uu cm 

s3pro6siow 'to file,' *to put 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 danato the paper plroed vlth the Clerk, 

ub d l a mfg aby o d 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 authorlass a 

r 

ty to ill&it, 1t aimpLy Man8 that be 

shall p 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 your questlan, you are respoatfully adviaed t&at It ia our opinion that tha lloemes oS chlropraotora 

l r a not required by 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 Yours very truly 

Al'TOr?SEY GERBUL OF TEXAS 

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