OFFICE OF THE A’lTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXM 

AUSTIN 

Bollorablr Ror L. Hill 

County Attorney 

Rumlolr County 

Rallinlger, Tax88 

Your t ttor rrqu.8 

partmont on the quostloar I 

r0110wa I 

"I am *nolo r addrrarod 

to IIU ma YC. f 

uhleh ir aoliraidered t rauano* or 

lnaamuah a* this 1s 

for a now, or rsthor 

The lrttrr or Mr. Sobn B. Rayburn, County Clerk, 

refrrrod to in your latter readr in part es followa: 

"We are making a oharge on Old Datr or Dolapd 

Birth Certllloates of $2.00, where the agplloant 

y:;es o oertirled oop~ or the reoorded oartlf- 

. our roes me a8 r0iiowa: 
Honorable ROT 1. Bill., Pago 2 

mm we mdoratand that m are only rntitrra 

to l r00 or $1.00 Probate rooa, 0na 504 tar 0 

outlrlod rope or thr rooordad rortlflaato, mak.lng 

a totml allowed of &JO. 

'ThM (lomrnotuntlon the nrordld( etho 

Oourt Ordor lrruod br bho Oountr &de. 

wo would uk0 t0 ha ii ~0 uo out or iin 

in 8aklng thr abow lietod ohargoa oi $2.00.w 

The T-8 l ta tuta r dealing with Vital Statlatlos 

~0 rOWid 08 RIdOD 3b t0 5%, inOiUOin, Or &&iOiO 4477 

or Varnon’r Amotatod Olril Statutoa ot t-8. 800 ot 

thoao ml.8 hat. bun wrdod by Hour Bill lo. 82l, Houm 

Bill No. 624, and Eonm~ 2lll Ho. 974, roapaotiVol~, or the 

Aoh or thr Torty-Buulth Loglirlrtaro, Regular 808aiOD, 19u. 

Houao Bill Ho. 97L, rupra, aon& othor thins., 

provide that anfoitison or Tour ulshiy to rU8 thr rooox-4 

or w birth or death oorurrln( in the Stat. et Tam, 

not pratlou8l~ rrglatorad, rf auhlt rueh rooofd to the 

Prokto Oourt in the oountr whuo aurh Nrth or duth ooourrod, aad furthu provld.8 that w oit1s.n of thr 8t.t. 

or TOXU rlrhlng to rlla the noord of a~ blrth or death 

ooourrlng outalda tho Stat8 of Tuaa, not prwloua4 nRlatrred, y rub&t rush rmoord to tho Probato OouH ln tha 

oountr rhrro ho roaldor in ocm9llan00 mlththa ht. 

HO\UO ml 80. 624, alrpn lo an ht provldlng ror 

uairoa roar to bo ohar(od for the iuuanoa oi dr1v.d birth 

mu death eortlfluataa br tha Probate Court, tho Clerk thorubt 

and tho State Roglatrar, in thr mount and mannar aa thuoln 

rpoolrl*d. 
bo rotainod br thr Qluk or tho aountr Court ror rooordiy 

8eid birth or dwU rartlrloato. Cutiilod oopi00 or raid 

birth or death oartlfloato 8hall bo lomod br rlthbr the 

Qovntl Qlork or thr State Pogiafru and fro ior aald outlflod ao9f rhall bo Ylitr (SO) Oant8. fk al drtiiled~ooplo8 h 

rhall b prima fo o la lrldanoo in all Court8 and ptoor or 

the root8 rtatad thoroon. No o thu lhu(la ahall ba mado ror 

the lorulnor or muoh dalapd outlrloctaa and oartirlad 

009la8 thoraoi. The State Bureau oi Vital t3tatlatlo8 ahall 

fUrni8h th8 iOrsM upon rhloh ryoh rroordr aro riled, and 

no other ioa ahall bo uaod ior that purpooo . . ." 

It rlll bo noted that the aborr'morrtlonod Aot 

rp~oliloall~ provldo8 the rue to ba 0h~grd by tho Pro&to 

Oourt wd thr Oountr Clork and State Raglatru ror the 

8uviooa mantlonod thu4.n and furthu proridor no other 

oharao rhall bo aadr ior the laauanor of suoh drlapd QUtiiioatr and oortirhd 0097 thuroi. ThUBtOr8, pu ue 

l dvlood that rhan l p9lloatlon la -60, a8 provided in the 

abow mantlonod parwaph of tho Aot, a ire or #l.OO ohall 

br l olleoted by thr Probat. Court, Fiitr Cent8 or uhloh rho11 

br rrtdna~ br thr Clerk of the Countr Court for rooordlng 

raid birth or doath oortlrlocta. The Cauntr Clerk or thr 

State Re&atrar la l uthcul&od to rooolrr and oollrot a fee 

of Pl?tl Cont8 ror l aoh oartlflod $09~ lsrtlod br l lthar of 

thei+ 

TrumtlnR that the fmogoiry ful.4 anowuo four 

lnqulrr, wo or0 

Your8 vu7 tru4 

APZ'ROVED WT 29, 19ir ATTORERY Ul!ZRFUL OF TEXAS 

Orovor Salloro /a/ /a/ 

FIRST ASSI8TANT BY 

ATTORlUiT UICKLRAL Ard.11 Wllllaa8 

AW:LU Aaolotant