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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Dr. x. A. Davfa 

state B~l8trar 

Tuas Stat, Board of Health 

Austin, Texas 

a the above que8- 

irth moor& oi 

e of Dallar Oouaty, 

tiri0as, ana azphotostatlo 

birth of the said Sean 

the City of Dfilla8, INlaO 

Looal Registrar thereof, are 

ml direoted to remove iron the 

U8 birth OertifiOEitO 8hCfWiw 

rth of the 8aid minor, JEM FINLEY, to be Hay =8t, 1927, aad to enter a OOtmOt 

mooti of said birth shoring same to be the OoFroot fiat.0 thereof, to wit, Ha? 218t, 1926.” 

The Otiy substantial difraIWn0e between th8 taOt8 

~+OWFI by the original birth oertlrloato and those ahown by 

the delayed osrtifioata 18 thet, wherea the fOri!Wr show8 the 
date or birth to have been May 2l, 

The delayed Orrtl is 8worn to by the 

the latter 8-8 It 

arr Eay 21, 1 26. 

IdaWirO, -8. -% illlen B, &@Irh, and another WitlW84, and 

wan evidently prepared La oonteraplation of Judge Hamood* 

order. 

Rule 5la of Art1014 l&77, V. R. 0. S. 1925, oited 

by you, proorldes :A part3 

" that AO oertlfloate 0r birth or doath 

after it: &o4ptaAoo for regietratlon by the looai 

mgI8trar, and no other r44ord mad0 In purouanoo 

ai thl8 Aot 8hal.l bo altered or ohanged IA aAy r+ 

8peOt athenrIes than w tha aaendWAt8 prOpOr 

dated, sIgA.d, and witAO884d. Thr stat4 RMI8trPr 

shall rutthor arrange, bind, and ponarmentl~ pre8Sm4 the o4rtlri8at48 in a 8~8tOWtiO manner, and 

ahall,proparo~,aAd tiAtaIA a 4omprOhOA8ltO lAdOX 

of all birth4 and death8 regleteredl said Index to 

be arranged alphabetioallp, In tbs oa8o oi doatha, 

bl the n4n14 OC 6044d4At8, aAd IA the Oa8e Oi births, 

br the mm@ of fathom and mothorl. . . .* 

%%IB 8OAt4AO4 last qUOt4d. OViden the iZlt4StiOn Oi 

the Legislature that birth and death orrtliloater tIlod by 

the state RegI8trar 8hoAldaot be ther4aft.r ramoved or dr 

etroywd, but should be 'pOrnWmAtly Pre84mOd". But the pre04dl11g 84AtOAO4 prOTld48 4A OXObAOit4 234thOd Or 4AOAalAg thO 

original reoord to make It speak thd truth. 

**tammlaant* moan8 the aot 0r freeing fr0m ratit8, 

the aot or making better or ahanging for the better, oarreotlani laproronrnt; rbiornntIoA.* Copah t. southern Methobi8t 

U&vorsity (Dalla8 Court of Civil Appeal8). 290 S. W. 256, 

"The tom *aaondwnt~ implIe euoh an addition or oh-e 

rltiin the 11~08 of the origIAa1 Inetrummt a8 wIl1 4riMt a~ 

improvemeAt or bettor oarry out the Qurpo848 for whioh it 'Ia4 

rrama. * Livemom T. mite (Cal.) 36 P. 424 426; 9x part. 

3oo JM, 228 P. 927, 94l. The delayed oartliloato of birth 

8UbPLittOa ror riling, takm~ togother with IA8 order or Juago 

Barwood, OOll8titUt44 a nlld 8aeAdmeAt within the mea~lng ai 

Rulr 5la of krtlole l&77, suprae 

It 18 therefore our opinion that the orl.&lnal birth 

reoold of Joan Finley should not be r4AoveQ or destroyed, but 

that It should be oormotsd to ahow the true date of birth, 
. . . - ., 

i%i?& 

Dr. ff. A. DaTi8, pago 3 

Mar 21, 1926; and that the dslaywd oertffioak or birth together with the oertlriod oopy 0r Judge B~00a*8 order: rhoua 

be filed a8 an ameant to the original Inrtruaent. 

YOU8Ve?7 tklaly 

Al'TOiwsy GiQURAL OB TEXAS 

7. R. Allen 

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