**OFFICE OF**  **THE A-ITORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  TEXAS **AUSTIN**

Rmotable *. A. Johnson Couaty Attorney T5z1 Green Cdunty San Aaeelo, Term Dear Stir

Tour requeet ror eaaptloaed riatter h a3 quot. 

### rrat your the herolnabors this Qspartnent.
Yenrp Stwaart, dng unable 

### to

uaty Court ai To51Omen

*The Couaty Judge ln psaslng upon the imum 

### orblrth, ec I understand 

### lt fgo;t the bill, ioes RO in his aapaoity ar; e **Bobato Sudee.** %norabla W.A. Johnson, paga 2

N~Lle*tlon. Should them oases bs Cooke.tsd in the Probate Dookst ‘and lf not, houshould thel bs dockstad and thamoord kept of 8ame.w Seatlon 18, Chapter 41, 

### Aotsof the First Called Sasalon of the Fortieth 

### Lq,lrlaturc,ant1nal.l~ l aended b,~: **Sootioa** 1, Chapter 83, **Aotr** of the &Sth Legislature, Regular Zeasioa, reads in part as follows:

reoord of any birth or death that ooCr?rrc~ outside the State of Taxes, not previously re&atered, aay subAt to the Probate Court in the Couaty where he raslclss a record of that birth or death written on the adofted totsas OSblrt5 

### 3nUdesth oertlrlcates. tie ourtifloate shall ba subetpntlated by the afti**dsrit** of th6 maUlosl&tandant pasect ‘3t the tixne oi the birth, or in ease oi **dq?.tA,** the erridavit or tha pby~lolem list in attendtime upon the deceased or. the undertekcr who burled the body. 3hen the afild?rvlt of the mediCe attendant or undertaker **canaot** be meowed, ths oertirioat6 shall be supprted **by** the. 

### arridnrlt of 

### 6OiM parson whowas‘acquafntwl with the fasts aurroundin& the btith or death, at ths .tLxe 

### thebirth or death **ocourrotl,** with a 

### recmd nrrldavlt **of ‘** **aoz~e**

### parson**Vito** Is **aoqaabtsd** with the Bats sutroubline tho blrfh or death, and uho ia not related to the individual by. blood or msrrlaga. . . It the ai:ldntlt herainbefore aentimid of mm person aaqtialnted with the **hate at**  the tlms t&a birth or 

### deathooourred osmiot be 

### a- ' 

### oured, then the County 

### Jutlee shall 

### order8 trial Oi the lssua as to the applicant*8 birth and hear the 

### cddtioe or 

### 5u0huftnrsai38 

### ana00n~iderauah a00uwonts relating thereto as lay be available inolcding tecrtimonyregarding the ramlly history andHonorable R. A. **Johnson** 

### FWP 3

aftor acoh heerln&.ir the Cozrt ox~oltias that it hrs been astabllahaU bayon& Rraamnabla doubt that the epplioant we3 bcrr, wlthir the r;nl$ad Ststea, and at the time and plaoe stated in the aartifiuata he sholl enter jtadgiaent tlndini suoh raots relating to the applloaat whlok JuUeprtnt ahall **be** acoapted 

### in lieu or the

l 

### rri847it n4nti3ned 

### 5bov4, and 

### 5urflalant, and rhell order the Stato Eet$rtrar **to** noaapt the oartlrlc:te or the 

## l pplloant*s birth. . .- 

### (Underscoring

onrs) The above 

### quoted~ro~lrlon~or the atatuta e&raoa 

### the only 

### rulesof procedure governing the Fxobata Court’s authority 

### toaoospt aarti~ioatad of any birth or death, cot prevlcnrsly raglstcrocl, :or re~lstration, and the ieauence 

### 5604eirisd coplsa thtjreof. They are plalu and unaablguous. 36 think thhst the law is p@rteatJy elaar that KUUarn Ecnry **Stewart will**  havo **to seoure**  **a** jud&ment rrom **the hobate**  Cuurt of Kilam Couaty Taxm, the county in wbiah ha was **born** finding t&t ha me born w1thl.n 

### theUa$ted States, and **at** the tlma and ‘la06 stated in the, oartlrloata, and ordering the State Ba&lstrsr to aooopt the oertiflaate 0,’ his birth.



### Iuview0r 

### thetoregoIng, it is the op5.nl-in of thfs depSrtpZant that the County 

### CourtorTomGreen county did not 

### harafurlsdlotlon 

### todeter&no the ~is#mrc and adjudloate the age 

### or Mr.Stewart..

The above quoted Sactim oi Fiousa Sill Zo. 19 plsinly **pratidas** that anp.cltlzan of the Stats of Texas wiahlng **to** rile the faeord or ary birth, not prarl~msly rcgiaterad, 

### atut eubnSt,thename to the 

### ProImteCourt, 

### and it naoetmarily rollcim that said aaaa 

### shdd **be.**cooketod **in** the Frobata Do&et.



### BY J. C. Dar18 Jr.

Assi.tan~ JCD:db AP’t?iZOVD



### Atx: i6,1943 /a/R. FL ?alrahIld AOtine AttOraOy Oeneral 

### 0r Texas.