OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

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tion, ha boon glnn our 

tbo botr of the Log1rlbtulu 

or th0 county court 0 

to tbo Dlrtdct Court 

tlng the aboro quora* A8 nvaalodb7 

orlmbl jurirdlotlon 

sorrol xohulYol~ d 

bgbln undod uld 8ootloa 25 

8b~tiOlb Of U&d bill 8ktO8 

ml0 47A Of Artlolo #n 18 

Of OaprtOnt jW18dlotian 

and the Countl Oowt ¶a the oowty vhon the birth 01 dwth oea umd l uthorlt~ to ordo, the Cow&y Clo?k ubd the Itato Re 

trrr to i88W l oO?tliiOd 8Opr Of Ukf birth Or d.atb qt”tlf f 

laeat. 

YhOFOin b OhhiLd O? bdtit 18 8bt.d t0 b8 1llOgitiutO. 

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h8Oh? l 8 WtOrkl hOZW, th0 body Of th0 Aot it8Olf 
krtmorablc fOW Y. I-Or0 - FIR8 8 

l #dt.ber th0 Et8k nOfi8tnr BOt @lIT 10881 

lWfl8ttW dr811 iam0 & oertltlod.aa~ Of 8nt 

altth W dUtb OOPtiflWtO WhOtOitt 8 Ohill 0t 8~ 

,&Butt 18 l t8t8d t0 k iljOfiti88tO UR10.8 mob 

oort3flo4 ~FV ia wOorod by tbo Comt7 Comrt ln 

the eeuwty in whteh 0814 l hlld V88 born Or died, 

or ap 0 Ob\lrt w ooapotmt ~rl#Q~otlor,, or by 

rid illogltla8to pram or the l.rrrrO~rs or lop1 

repwmntat1r0 thotooi*’ 

Tao WorKenef el8uw to the Aot et 194B red8 in 

p8l.t 8a f0110=81 

l ‘lhe t8Ot tb8t thOt@ 18 OOlIfUOi8tI 88 t@ 

vhotber the County Court would bavO 8othnrlty 

to enteen r c r dor l UthOri8hl the County Clark 

or state ~eK~8ttOt to i8NO sottlt1.6 oapiom 

Of hlrth or dO8th OOttifiato8 O? 1t?Otit18IOtO 

pat-80~8~ 8nd the tmet th8t Ui6 1110 

v 

timat 

pOt@ITI @WnOt mt a OWtifiut8 Of i 8 aitth 

Um tOQUO8t ItOt 08tY 8 6Ort1fiO8tO Ot tiOOtb 

a0 ehtaiaod oxoept upon ardor at the rwrt 

dlI'Wte8 81) WOr@WIIO~." 

Ru?s 61A at uld fiw1tcry Code ptwlder 8 rothnd tar 

dettmdninf the d8ta nf the birth Ot d-Lb Of u)Y and 811 pW@- 

annr IWIt ptOV1OU817 t~~:atW'Odr 8fId ptOddO8 th8t the sttdO#IOO 

roletl+o thOroto a-11 b@ uhnittod to th8 Prob~t8 Court in the 

eotmty wltere the blrtb or datb OF the perman omumd- Cm 

the *flee M the ~Ot%fe COUtt 88ab~tdlhK th. h8tr. Uat3 8tO 

l brtifiwl to the St8b Rori8tnr~ and the detemd terimtt8tlow(P 

am ther0W b0 ronamwmkd 8nd pOrt*Otscl. 

bIqU08t~OIWblyI UIkdOt tie hot aa m81B0d III 1948, the 

Count.y Caurt tm 811 0mJntior , dw=ein th8 Siti? 8md Otbifn&l 

jurlmdlstlan h88 not hoen ttwnm~uved to the nirtrlet Court, 

hr. 8ut?mtiLy to 1~91~0 m order toqulrin~ th Rep1 rtror ta flirt 

8 oert¶tled oopt nf the oattltis~to OC birth or deetb, undot 

the 0tatOd t8@t8* 

the queetlen to bo cletomlnoa in the aa at kr 18 

Whether th0 &WIrtt~ COUtt j?k C88m bIIIItpr 8nd 8thOte dall8tlp 

rltrnted, b8+a 8utbority sdn the Aat f3888Od in 1948 t0 tOqtIit@ th0 sat4 R8Ki8tt8t t0 180lIO 8 @Ortiftti eOW Or th. 

alrth or de8tb 8etfifiO8tO~ nuder eondltloa8 tnqulrul about. 

A ew.ft~l aamhatlon or th. Aet Of 1946 rermlr th8 t tb~ Only 

rmterlal chanfl wads in the lo* in quoation 180 to lm~rt the 
m0nai 0 TW Y. c0pn - p8~ a 

mo t4 8 .or b y tb . county c o ula 1 8 tbo l ow8t in wlllab ml0 

l hil(l -80 kn, Or (lid.' na vo rood the uptl.8r tbo body 

OC tht AOf l 8d tbo emergemy l 18m000 it l pmr~ tkt aI1 Of 

$?I08 m tb0 clw hlI~&O# M8O!I, tbtt~Obt~181tttFt 

ln$om~od to gl+o to ttw Powt~ Cow@ or 8ho oomt~ *bon ulo 

l blld wao boln or aoa 88tbWdt7 to roqulvo th aort1flo8t00 

lm quortian w k i,maod. 

It ii OW ttIl8i4Ol'td opini6lI tht rt~P&tt8 tf tit 

trot that h @mO oOamtiO8 ltko CBo8, th0 t.4 i8lttUFt b80 i&l 

6870 $WO b,) d+a tbt Dl8tri8t hU?t tttft8 f VO #ldd8t%8Sl 

ill 811 OtTi 8Ud OritiVl81 08tt8r th0 AOt Ot 1946 d+Ot k 

tbO~.cOUIlt~ COUtt8, t8 WO'Il 88 tt 811 l thOt COtIlltY mtttr 

the powor 8aU wthotlty to abtw an oralor roqulrlau She log:* 

ttnr to itao l ortltio6 sapCoo of bo alrtk odor death oart.itloata meet tho l m(lltleno lnqnlred *boutIf thb Co~ml8tun Rad IntoMod tbo Aot fo apply only 

ta thooo oomtloo In uhi8b the ol+il and l ~bim81 jurlodl~tioa 

h84 aat ttOOn sumnod t@ th0 ti8tl-fOt CWItr it oo11& hot0 oo 

Pterldo4. I80tobd, boworor, the7 ooniorrd that jwlodlotlr 

Upsl aOh 8nd OTOty CWnty cOtIT% in tht @ktOe. ft 18 taOtO= 

toto Oar opinion th8t tbo hmty Court in C88r CowSty l tt@ i? 

erder requlrla~ th0 Ltoto 118dt6ortltlo6 430~9 eC the blrtb hdu 

MO t*sto ~juotify, 18au8 ml 

ttBr to iooU0 8nd (I8liVOr 8 

608th. Oortitieateo lnVOlVd 

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