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**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 



## Dr.x. A.Davfa stateB~l8trar Tuas Stat, Board of Health Austin, Texas

a the above que8- irthmoor& oi

e of Dallar Oouaty, 

## tiri0as, anaazphotostatlo birth of the saidSean

the City of Dfilla8, INlaO Looal Registrar thereof, are ml direoted to remove iron the **U8** birth OertifiOEitO **8hCfWiw** rth of the 8aidminor, JEM FINLEY, to be Hay =8t, 1927, aad to enter a **OOtmOt** mooti of saidbirth shoring same to be the OoFroot fiat.0

thereof, towit, 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 thedate 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 anotherWitlW84, 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 regietratlonby the looai mgI8trar, and no other r44ordmad0 In **purouanoo ai**  thl8 **Aot** 8hal.l bo altered or ohanged IA aAy r+ 8peOtathenrIes than w thaaaendWAt8 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 arrangedalphabetioallp, In tbs oa8o oi doatha, bl the n4n14OC 6044d4At8,aAd IA the Oa8e Oi births, br the mm@ of fathom and mothorl.

. . .* %%IB8OAt4AO4 last **qUOt4d. OViden**  the iZlt4StiOn Oi the Legislaturethat birth and death orrtliloatertIlod by the state RegI8trar 8hoAldaot be ther4aft.rramoved or dr etroywd,but should be 'pOrnWmAtly Pre84mOd". **But** thepre04dl11g 84AtOAO4prOTld48 4A OXObAOit4234thOdOr 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. southernMethobi8t U&vorsity (Dalla8**Court** of CivilAppeal8). 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~ togotherwith IA8 order or Juago Barwood, **OOll8titUt44** a nlld 8aeAdmeAtwithin themea~lng ai Rulr 5la of krtlole l&77, suprae

It 18 therefore our opinion that the orl.&lnal birth reooldof Joan Finley should not be r4AoveQ or destroyed,but that It shouldbe oormotsd to ahow the true date of birth,

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Dr. ff. A. DaTi8, pago 3

Mar 21, 1926; and that the dslaywd oertffioak or birth together**with** the oertlriod oopy **0r** JudgeB~00a*8 order: rhoua be filed a8 an ameant to the original Inrtruaent.

**YOU8Ve?7 tklaly**  Al'TOiwsy

GiQURAL OB TEXAS

7. R. Allen **A88:8tWlt**