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

lonorabl. **W.** A. Davis, W. 0. **state** Registrar **Jimto** Board o? Health Austin, Texar

Jarmary ZE, 194 filfng the Fe00 [under the pror latura, itule 81 **0 YOUP**  **idit0~ 0r**  61 **to** eooopt for U8lT 

### ragl~torml* a leas, 46th Leglrrll Statute*) when, thr Pmbate Oourt **rk or**  **by** th. Dsptntr

e nameof the County Judge ia er with IIrtaap.



## w~reoiate your reepondlr& to oyr reqwst **0r** January 28, 1941, for addItiona information by rupp4Ug 1~swith ths moords 

### in your hand@whiti are the **mbJ*ot** **OS** inquiry. There an 

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The partianlar paragraph BZ 8. I).614, tits 1939, Foptj-8ixth Legtrlature, 

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### o? the 6t&e 

### of Texar wishLng 0~ ill* the MO-Honorabl4 W.A. Davis, 94.D. Page 2

ord of any birth or death, not previously **reg** lrtered, maysubmgt to the Probate Court In the **oounty**where the birth or death occur4d, a reoord of that birth or death wrltt4n on the adopted forms of birth and death oertiflaates. The oertIf **ioate** l hall be sub&ant latad by the aff Idavlt of the nedloal attendant present at the time of the birth, or 

### in oara of death, the affldavlt of the phyelolan lart 

### in attend~anoe upon the deoe&sed, or the undertaker whoburled the body. Whenthr affidavit of the medical attendant or undertaker omnnot be secured, the certlfloat4 shall be rupported by the gffldavlt of somaperson whowas aaqualntad with the Iaats surrounding the birth or death, 

### at the time thr blrth or death oooured, wlth e reaond affidavit o? eom4person who 1s 

### l oqualnted rlth the facts eurroundlng the birth or death and whois not related to the Individual by blood or 

### marrlaga. TheProbate Court shall require 4uoh other informatIon or l videnoe as maybe deemed neoerrary to establish the oItIr4n4hID of the Indlviduil filina the oertlfloate. and 

### the truthfulness of the &atemente 

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**tibn 21**  **of thin**  **Aot. Suoh-** certLfied **coplra 8hiill**  be **prim&**faoie evidence in all **Courts** and plao44 of the faote stated thereon. 

### xhe**State Burem**  of Vital Statirtlos shall furnish the forms upon whioh such reoordr are filed, and no other form shall be used for that **purpose.*** (Undsreoorlng oure)In Opinlixs Nos. o-1201, o-1203, and O-1709 we held that the applioatlons oontemplated In the **above rtat**  **ute** should be aoaorded the dignity of probate proceedings, th*t the oas6;e should b4 docketed by th4 probate olrrk 

### anb that all proceedings had in oonneotlon therewith should b4 entered In the minutes of the probate court.



### We held In Oplnlon 

### No:; O-1065 that th,e oounty Judgs I6 4ntltl4a to a fee of Plftr C4ntr (SO+) for rntsrlng

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the order end the oounty olerk is rntltlad 

### to g like f44 for oertlfylng the order and rsoords to the Stats Registrar.

Wefurther points& out In Opinion No. O-1079 that the State Registrar Is **not** authoriced to refuse to rooept :;L;;;ing a reoord of birth which on its f&or 

### III teohnisglly

. Let us examins ths orders In qusstlon in the light of those oplnlonr. Th4ymreon forms provided by 

### theBummu Of

### VitalStPtIStIQS **&IX&** pMId4 88 follOw8:

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### THEBIRTHCERTIFICATE OPAormoe 

### Berman**Yett,** 

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### ttmohedhereto, YIS submitted 

### tothis Court, as : 1 yo;lfl@d for In H. B. No. 614, 40th Leg., R. 9. : 1

. : : : : It is the order of this 

### Courtthat this rsoord : 1 13E



### ACCEPTEDby ths State Registrar for filing 

### in : t the 0tmte 

### BureauOSVltml Btmtlstlos. : : 1 8lgmture (

### Signed) 1 D&e January 27, 1941. 

### Tlirgal JoaepCo.Clp i Of astrop ounty.

. z : : l* . * : 1 : : ~lgnature (Typed) Floml Mltohsll **,County Clerk.**  **: :**  O?l&nLeananCounty. : : By (Signed) 0. w. N~Nasmrm,Deputy. ! : 

### DmteJanuary 27th, 1941.' I 1 I

f : n* 4 4 i : Signature (Stamped) 0eo.~.W~:X~!Wm@%.Go. Judge.1 : Chester Watson.~Deputr - : : Date l-24 1B41.(Signed) of Dallas County.*- tHonor&b14**W.** A. Dsvls, N. 

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4. : : : *4 4 l : x : slgnsturs (Stampsd) J. E. Abernmth~,Co.~dg4~ t Of Oollln County. a : 1 Dots 

### J&n. 23, 1941. : **I :** 

The statute9r4vld4sthat *the Clerk of ths arid Oourt shall forward the c4~tlfIo&te to the State Bureau of Vital 8tmtlstIoe with an order from the court to ths State Rsglstrmr that the rsoord be, or bs not, mooOpted. n 

### Wehsve polntsd out that ml1 proo4salags under B. 8. Ro. 614 should **b4 rii44,**  **400k4t44** and 4ntar44 in the minutes. Themost Seas5.bls msan4for the olrrkto dlsoharge the duty lmpored open him by th4 **statuts** would be to iorwmrd to ths Stats R4gIstrmra oertlfled oopy of th4 oountr 

### Judge18order.Inass4 M hare held thmt hs is sntltle4 to issa for suoh mot snd it Is 

### ouropinion that the State Reglstrmr should rooept for filing a csrtlfloits forward44 him ar provldsd In A. B. No. 614 when It 1s rooompmaled **by** the oounty olsrk’r osrtlfled OOPT

### of snorder 

### of the 

### oountyJudge.

Th4 0141%ha6 **not** don4 this In the or44re vhlsh v4 hays numbered 1 an4 2. The firstpurports sot tob4 

### the or&r OSthe county J'udg4, but th4 Ord4r 0f th4 **oOUtit~** dllerk

‘hlnsslf; the sooond purports to **b,r** the order 

### of the 

### County Olsrk through his dsputy.

It Is our opinion madyou are mdrlsed that the State Regletrmr is zot muthorl~sd to soo4pt for filing reoords OSdelayed rrgistrmtlon of birth when aoaompmnladby mnorder of th4 'oounty olerk or hIs deputy that they be soospted, and not aooompmnlsd by &I!order (or aertIflsd sopy thereof) from ths oounty judge. **We mre** **not to**  be understood 8s holding that th4oounty clerk or his 

### deputymsy not forward a certified oopy of the order of the oouaty 

### Judge. Indssd, w4 believe this Is thr oorr4ot proosdure.



### 9mlerNo.3 b4arr the stamps& 

### signatureofth4 Oounty

### Judge ben4mthwhloh Is th4 wrltt4n 6lgnature of 8 clerk in his offiae. Order 

### No. 4 **beam** the stsmped signs

### turs ot th4 County Judge clon4.Bonorablo W.

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The tests the State Reglatrar rhould employ In Q~IIOB of thle ohraoter ehould be: Are the rsoortlr fair on their face 

### and do they appmr to oomefrom oompetent 

### l uthorltj? If ther are fair on their faor and do appear to 

### oome iromcompetent authority thay ehould be aooepted.

It la well settled that a printed or staaped 

### rlgnaturoof 

### a Judgeoroourtoffloer **irruing an**  

### ardor**or,** writ Ir a sufflolent authentloatlon, fulfIllIng the rrqulmlent of a aigmture, where suoh signature har, In offrot, been adoptad by the Issuing offlorr. 38 A. L. R. 703; Wlller 

### T. State (l890--Slgnatur8 of proreoutlng attorney typed on the Indictment), 36 Tex. 

### CrlmRep. 47, 35 E. W. 391; Tenement House Department v. Well (1QlB -- Bubber etamp rignature) 76 **Xlro. 275,**  134 N. Y. Supp. lOd!Z$Loughron v. Bonnlwrll Ii904 -- StenoI slgnaturm of Ju@tIos 

### .of the praor) 125 Iowa 516 106 A. St. Rep. 319, 101 H. W. 26?i Blrder

:: i?y$: 'i0"9 -ihhg y 374 43 L J Q B g 5 133 Jud 4’4 slgnrturs irprr44rd br olerk), SOL: T. x.‘S.‘37i 22 &k. bp e iO&OOi V: &4ii (i602-- **probata** ofder of r&r and IsInute;'unaignsd by **Judged 95**  

### Tex. **582, 60**  **0. w.**  **775.**

Moreover, while 

### a **Judge**or pub110 oiilolal y not delegate alroretlonary dutirs, mera meohanIoa1 or mInIaterlal dutlor (suoh aa the 

### rotof writing a nam.) may**be** delegated to others. Hoeohm, **(1890)** aeor. **667-568;** Opinion

It ir therefore our further oplnlon and you are 6drIaed that the Btate **Registrar** $8 authorlted to aoorpt **ior** tiling 

### rroordrot belayed regIstrationa of birth a8 qrovldob in 8. B. No. 614, aupra, whenaooompanIrd by 

### order6of the oounty **Judge**bearing hIe rtamprd olgnature an&the written rlgnatura of him olsrk, or, bearlng hi8 atamped signature alone. 

# BY
D. Smullen JD$:LW j" Aaslstmt ~3?ClASURES