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

tionorublo

C. J. iiilldo County Auditor, X~ooer County Corpua Chrlatl, Tsxas

_.- ihar Sir:

of thla departa~ r0n0w8:

beroto find oopg OS lotLor fr0.a City Singer, addrossod to C. 3. Hilde, Nuooos County Toxarr which sets forth Nuoaas County rhould gay to tbs City 1 tbo mm or fifty oonta for eaoh b:rth ed tn tho offiae oi the City “negletrar, Corpus 

### Chrlsti,Torar. “Thir offiuo is of 

### the oplnlon that rhfle tho ordinanos as passed by tho City Council oi Corpus

- pristi did not spscirically sst forth a stipulated salary nor zrorido any ooaponaatloa for ths City Ragilltrbf,

would not tho oonolu6ioa be, that ths CO&tpenaatlon aa Citg Socrotarpwas such aa to make lt utmocoreary? Or would Rule !%A whioh reads, *Unlas8 J,ocal Registrar should ba sating as Rselstrar of Births **and** Deaths in aa inoorporstod City *hero tba oompeautlon of the Registrar is otherwlsa flxad by City Ordln-

### an00,’ >e ccnstrwd as :xmi~y tk;t tke .:c~n;:e2s2tion

reoeived :;3 City &crat:,ry should co-7;)t~‘~:t-s fcr the Qu’ti~~sperf.:.rtaed 4s Legistror oi !;irtt,cr Y.d ikqths, snd for thl; reason no CO.apen8~ltiOn ma set out 

### in the ordinance.
"In the oveot gOilT Opinion was that the City of Corpus Chrlsti is oAtitlad to 6 fee or rirty cant8 for eaah of the above roglst.ratlOm, shsuld gayneAt be ado ior such registration &or to Bebru,lry 9, 1943 the date said ordinance was pseaed by the City Coumil, also be:wing in **mind** that the 0rdina:Loo did nothing racrothan m%i?%Ts?



### arwte the 0rfib0 0r 

### City Registrar 0r Vital alw would the payslsnt **bo** made **(if a+,** all) to the Local Registrar or to the City 0r Corpus~

### Christ;, aosuaing ttmt tho nogloot of mentioning ~8

### sp~o1~ioaal

### ary was for tho roaaon thut tho 8alary paid tho City Seorstary ua8 considered 

### eurrlolant to take car8 of 

### the duties ad ircegistrar oi Vital %atiaticr?*

Rule 36ii0r ,Artfcl64477, Vornon*a ;Inuotated Civil Litututa(l,

bororo bolng azonded by Rouse Bill !?o.821, Hcta of the 47th Legislature, 1941, Regular Soosion, mad as Pollows:

"For the purpose of this +?t tho Stlto shall he divided into prt?lary registration dlstriots aa followa: 'Taoh justice of the peace preoiaot and eaoh Zncorporated town of twenty-five hun\irodor more population, aooordlng to the United Statea Census, shall ccnstituto a primary registration diatrtct, provided the Jtato Board of Xealth say oosbfne two or more registration districta, or may divide tho primary registration dietriet ihto two or mre 

### part@ 80 as t0 faoilltato reglstratioae, and in 

### citfesof We&y-rive hundred or raoro,aeoordinq to the last United States Cemx~~ roQOrt.where births and deutbs aso re,@stared in aowrdaucc with the oity ordinance not 

### to ooAfllot uith thin Aot, tho City Clerk shall bo the looal registrar of b1tih.saad **deaths.** *It is hereby doolared to be tho duty of tho ju+tior, Of the peaoo 

### and justice of tho peaoe preoinct, and tho olty olork or aity 8ooretsry in 

### a oity 0r trentg-VHonorable c. J. Mlde, p~ige3 

### 850

t

five **hundred** or mom population to iaeaum a oom**pletr** rooord of rash birth and death that oooura wlthfn their reepaotive juriedfotion,and fe 

### required 

### by thir Aoli*

Xodse Bill 20, 621, **supra, beoaae**  effeotivr June 17, 1941, **and** prOvfdW,iA part,64 **fol10Ws:**

*That Srotlon 3 of Benate Bill No. 46, Chapter U, page 116, Aots Of the 40th L6gielature, lQmt Called &mpI@n, a8 amoaded **by Senate**  Blll No. 20, Chapter 4, Pago 7, Aot8 of the 4lrt Lagielature, Plret Called Seea on, **be** unended 80 as to hereafter reed ea fOllO~r,

8 *3*0. 3. POT the urp08a of thlr **A&** the State shall be divided into P gr mery **rrglstratlon** dietriatr ee r0110wrr Vaoh justice of the peace preolnot and eaoh inoorporetsd town oi two thousand five hundred (2,!500) or aore population aooording to the la& United **Stats8** Cenew ahall **ooastitute a**  

### primary **re~iefratlon** dlstriot, provided the Stat@ Board of Xealth may oomblne two or more registration dfstriots, or map ditide a primary rrgietratlon dlrtriot into two gr more partr, so aa to faOilltato re2lstratlon. and in the **justior of**  the peeoe 

### preoinot the jwtioo o? the psaoa 8hall be looal registrar, and in oitiss of two thousand five hundred **(2,500)** or more, aooordlng to the lest WAfted States Consus Feportr, the oitl olerk **or** olty reoretary shall **bo** the looal registrar of birthr and deaths,
“It is **hereby** deolared to be the duty of the jwtlor of the pesos 

### or the juetioe of the peace pnoinot, **and** ths oity olerk or oity 8eOretary in **a** Oity of two thousand five hundred **(2,800)** Of mr. ~PUlStiOA, - to **aeouro** a ooaplrtr reoord oi oaoh birth anb death that 

### oooura within their respeotive jurisdiotlon, **and** hsvr aSa reoorded iA the OOUAty alerk’8 offior in their rea~sotiva **aountisa** on or before the 10th of the following moath.niionoruble C. 

### J. Nildo, pago 4 

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Rule 32&, .=tlole 4477, **Vernon ’** **s** motetad Civil **Statutes,** pertalna to **fees** for 10081 registrars. It providea:

-That euoh loo61 raglatrar shall be paid the sum of fifty (AC$) 

### oeatafor aeoh birth e8d death oartlfloata 

### properlycud oompletely **made** out and r8- glaterad with him, end oorreotly 

### recorded end promptly returned by him to the State Buraau of Vital Statistloa, es required by this Aot, ulesa auoh looal reglatrer ahell be eotlng aa a registrar of bfrtha and deatha in an lnoorporeted olty 

### where the OompeAaetlon of tha raglatrer la othermlrra flxad by olty 

### ordhenoe. *The 3teto 

### R~egiatrar shall annually oertlfy to the oounty oommfaaio~era~ oourt or oounty auditor, es tb aeaa aey k, thr mmber of blrtha and death osrtlfloater filed by aaoh local raglatrer at tha rata ilxad herein, **and** 

### providedthat tha State Registrar may **ran** dar auoh atetemanta monthly or **quarterly** at tha dlaoretlon of the State Bok?U o? Haalth, end the 

### oommlssloners* **oourt** or oounty auditor, as tha oesa map **bo,** shall audit auoh atetament and tha oouaty traeeurer~ahell pay auoh faaa aa are approved 

### by the oozmlaalonara~ aourt 

### or the aourrty

audbtor, et the timb auoh atetsmnt la laauad. 

### “ad provided further, that the juetloa of tha praoe, olty olerk or seorrtary, and thr appointed local reglatrcrrahell aubalt to tha 

### comlaalonera~ court 

### or oounty auditor, aa tha ease may bo, a **true** and aoourate oopy of 

### saoh blrth end death oartltloateriled with him, and auoh oo~lsa shall baar hi8 ill8 data and aignatura $A'!t$ell b8 depoalted 1A the OOUAty olerk'a 

### ~Pficr.

Ii tha City of 

### CorpusChriati he8 aotuelly p&l tha City Heglatrer the teea provided by Rule 3;Jiz, augTa, th8A 

### NueoeaCounty la not liable to the local rsglatrat or tha City of Corpus Chrlatl for tha raglatratlon fear. Thla proposition la disouaaad in our Opfnfon No. 04594,a 00~7 of whloh ia 

### 8Attloeed for your oonvenfenoe. 

### Xowover,'ifthe City R8gletrer hea not 

### beenpaid the feea provided by Hula X3.4, and 

### ha8 logally 

### asrved LLS 10061 reglatrar under tha provlalona of **Artiolr 4477,**  thrn the aounty 

### i8 liable to aald local raglatret for auah fees. In no event 

### 18 the county liable to the City of **Corpus Christ1**  **for** said fees. The compansetlon paid to the city **olerk** or seoretarywho aota 88

### RonorsbleC. J. Wilde,pnge 3

looel registrar, does not oompraaet0 him for 

### his esrvicea88 looal re&atrer 

### underArtiole 4477. The dutiesand 

### obllgatloaa oP a olty olerkor **oeoretary** 

### are esperatoanddiatlnotordlnerlly Prom thoseof a looalregistrar,althoughnot **neosssarily** 

### laoompatlbleand oonillotlngr Purthermore,the **statute** 

### la explicit on the pointthat eaoh looalre&fatrershall**be** 

### paidthe mm oP fifty **oenta** for 

### eachbirthand deathoertlPloeteproperlyand completelymade **out and**  

### registered with him, and oorreotlyrbaordedand promptlyreturnedby him to the StateBureauofVital Statlstloa, unlesshe comeswithin the eroeptlonoontaified In Rule 3U.
Prom the PaOtSstatedin **your** 

### letteraad the letter ot the City i\ttorAoy, it la 

### apparentthat the alty olerkor 

### aeoretary arnln6 

### 08 registrar of VitalYtetlatioareorlvea a Plxed salary. Thld salarylapreawmbly oompeneatlon Por 

### the perfonnanoe of 

### dutiesand obllgatlonl, of theofiloeof olty olerkor l

eoretary. Them lanomention 0r 

### oompenmtion iA the form o? salaryor fees to theolty olerkor reglatrarPortha performmoorof dutiesand 

### obligationsOS a reglatrarotVital 3tetlatloa. This belAgtrue,as above stated,it la our opinion that the oouaty 

### la liableto said rs~atrer Por feesprovldodby Bulo BSA l

u#ra,where auoh reglatrarperformsall dutiesand requlremen~aimposeduponhim as looalregistrarby rrtiole4411.

?or a moredetalleddlaousalonof this pmpoaltlon we rePeryou to our O~IAIOAHo. O-2308,a 

### oopyof whloh la en

### oloaed. Yours 

### very truly ATTORNEYGImERRhL

OP 'pExU3

Br Jii?A~~

nrdellWlllla5a &aalataAt AU:IsP 

### Enala.