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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-tifieates

filed dthth. aounty clarkbe filodud properly iadoxod, or shouldthey Ia filed, rooordod in full aad indexed?
Your lottw of Juno 23, 194, requesting an s@~.%o~of this departmmt upon Cho ahow stated question has bean **receiwd,,** Vb quote from your l*ttsras follarlr @lb am intsreatod

in savingas muoh time and wpense a# possiblein the operation of all offioes in this county and would like to have your opinion as to the oonrtruotion of the last paragraph of the remmtly mended law in regard to the recordof birtha to 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 'be filed and properlyindorsd

or if they shouldbe filed, aad reoordodin full, and indexed.“ Rule 538 of A;ticl.4477,Vernon'8 Annotated

Civil Statutes,

roads in part a6 fOllmJ6

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. . . And pnwidod furthor, that the Looal Regirtnr Jhall.SuhEit to thJ oamisaionws8 court or.tha wua'@'auditor, as the oa8o may be, a true.and l oouratooopy of eaoh 'birth aad each death oetiifioato filedwith him ad suoh aopioa *hallba dspesitod in the county olorkPa offioo,and the county al&c #hall k paid for indexing and prssoting euoh reoords, suah oanpensation as may be decided

upon by the oomndsrionwr' oourtO* Rule 51a of Arti 4477, Vernon's Aunotatod

Civil StatabE, prov$dqa i66 pvt6Honorable J. D. Loomy, (O-3748), Page 2

"That the Stat. tipartment of Health shallpreparo, print.axd

supply to all Registrars all blank* aad fo~a used 15 regimterilp, moording and pressrvlPg the returns. or in othemim .oarryiag out the purpossa

of this Aot, aad oath city and iaoorpontod town shall print and supply itr looal **registrar,** and eaoh **county** shall **print** and **6Upply** thm oountyclerk

with permanent

reoord books, ia form l p pmwd by the Stat. Registrar, for the moording of 111 birthsand deatha ooourring withia their respective juri&- diotions, The Stat. Eegintrar ahallprepareand isarra auoh detailedin&.ruotiona a8 may be roquirod

to proour.the uniform obrmrvanoo

of its provisiona

and tlm main+xanoe of a prfoat systemof registz+oag and PO other **forms** shall be umd thaathore approved by the Stat. Department of Health."
It will be notad that Rule 5la of Artialo4477, supra, rpocifioallyprovides

that eaoh oounty #hallprint and supplythe oauntyclerk dth **pemamt** reaordbeokr, in forma approved by the State Eogiotmr, for the **reaording** of all birthsand death8 ooourrimg lithia their mspeotiw jurirdiotionrr Coarideri#g

the ta previriolu

of Artiole 4477, quoted abow, it 18 apprmt thit it am oontmplated w the Legislaturw that maah runty olork should file, indqx +nd rooord in full a copy of raoh birth and death oortifioate dopositod

in his offioe by the oomiarioaers"

oourfi in the parmaaeat

rooord books,~in

form appmwd by the State Wg$stxar, for the reoordlag of a11 births and deathsooourriag within their respeotiw jurisdiotions.

Trusting

that the forogoiag fully answers

your inquiry,,

we are Yourswiy truly

APPROVEDJDL 9, 1941 /&Tr;va;sne6w ATTORHSY

GRMERAL &'/s/ A,+11 WUliam Ard.11Rlli~~lls AssPrhnt

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