Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-21
Ex-senator Objects TO Being Named
% ls the Father of Mrs. Brad
ley's Babies
TOYING 70 CHANGE THE RECORD.
49,, R,eomes a Subject Of Official
"' s.,io, and Correspondence -HardCJ
Fight Being Made

p". ~. children by Mrs Annie NJ
~ n..,lsy from going on record IN the
D' n,v clerks office. To that END no
Gun ,nueed county Clerk James thar
p's section ills Of the Revised stat
u'. " no will be guilty of felony II ne
We hls records to be altered by Ill
s'O", wa recording the amended birth
n ..,ns Mrs. Bradley some time ago
w." ,so amended birth returns In the
hea sosrd OF health office. IN when
ss named senator Arthur browh DIS
,ss father Of her two boys
ARTHUR BROWN BRADLEY
~ original report Of the birth OF
Ips .Nd Arthur Brown Bradley, filed
Me ,'" attending physician, gave the
W W name as Clarence Bradley
ls'p yadleys husband In her amend
ME art which is sworn TO before
"a isp nubIlc Mrs. Bradley named sem
lW"11 rown as the father OF the child
WI ortSlnal report Of the child born TO
Ms Bradley on oct "a, lsVS, aid iiot
',s,sIn the fathers name al all Mts'
v,aSley caused an amended report 10 De
pa IN which she named senator
NV az Ms father Senator Brown at
p ,u"ni 70 prevent the recording OF the
N.p,ded reports In the board OF health
a. hut failed in that. so he tnen
Vn aHeed County Clerk James not TO re-
pV .4 ,be reports when received from
y. c,srk OF the board Of health.
BROWNS LETTER.
7, compliance with a request Tor
easement IN writing IN regard 10 ms
tsmand. Senator Brown wrote the iol-
S."ing letter to the county clerk;
ia rursuance Of your request 10 put
d. wiling what thought about the
ss0l.,fato1 OF births, | take pleasure III
answering you, repeating what saId
verbally ,,.s e,o,,os
n lsss provides who shall register
t,,,ss II reads as follows: "All ply
.i y" ana professional midwIves must
s.ao register Of the time OF each birth
., which they assist professionally, the
-, race and color OF the child, ana
,Ss names and residence Of the par
tap" .p =.
,enort when IL at any birth no ply
scan or midwife attends, the parents
rust make the report
IN other words. you will see that tho
wents have no authority to report ex-
I'M In the contingency that no physl-
,5s or midwife attended. Any report
lam a parent in the event OF such at
,sdance ia unauthorized and void. The
object OF this is manifest, to-protect the
cubic against vicious and improper
claims Of parentage.
Section 1882 provides that the reports
IN cities like ours shall be made to the
bard OF public health and the board
Of public health shall make report to
you the clerk.
Section 2O33 provides among other
things as follows; The county clerk
must carefully examine each report and
register the same birth or death bur
once although II may be reported by
different persons" And YOU VIII further
see that after an attending physician
has registered a birth II Is utterly
beyond the powers for any person 10
change that report for the reason
have above stated,
may add that there Is a furthcr
reason about IT, These public regis
,eTs are for highly beneficial purpose,
They are not intended nor should be
Permitted TO be the medium OF libel
Gus and vicious statement on the part
q anyone whether the statements are
true or false In the matter i referred
you TO- the statement Is very clearly
ibe0us and malicious, and to encum-
Der the register Of births with such filth
Is to degrade the noble purpose OF this
statute.
| also wish TO call your attention to
The statute which is applicable on the
clerk OF the board Of health, but | ap-
lrehend To no one else. Section Ais
provides that any custodian OF any rec
ord, etc, who shall be guilty Of wilfully
destroying, mutIlating altering or fall
sIyDng the whole or any part OF such
record or who permits any other person
10 10 80 Is guilty OF felony.
After the record Of birth Is made TO
make another record OF II Is altering.
call your attention 10 these things
10 pursuance of your request and In
alyance mat Your office may not make
double record, Yours truly,
ARTHUR BROWN,
where failure OF the attending physi-
.lah to act, or properly record, does not
euWolze The parent TO report II he
aNends the parent has no authority.
TOO MUCH FOR JAMES.
County Clerk James submitted the
matter 10 County Atty Westervelt for
aa opinion His letter to the county
attorney follows In part
N reply 10 yours of the 18Th let me
"a! uat lhe facts Of the case, In which
WISH 70 Do advised as to my dutIes
as J understand them, are as follows:
on NOV = 1908, there was filed with
l oy Ihe clerk OF the city board OF
..vallh ana now appears on record, the
.Wio"lhs birth notice. mo. ll0, male,
,msna,'e American, date OF birth, oct. "a,
.TS' rather name not given; moth
o. name Annie Madison Bradley.
SuVui y lmolhersD residence, 81 south
r 9eo'na West, physician, T.. W. Whit |
ol Jan. II, 1904 there was filed with |
.e Vy lh' same official another report
,s@lIl6 ds follows. mo. 3, male, white, |
pi.pl ''ah date OF birth, oct a. 1903. |
tr.ace Of birth, 81 south Second West, |
,S'ueI name. Arthur Brown. Moth.
.nas name Annie Madison. Parents
o osaUsu"' 81 south Second West. At.
55nuIlB physician, Or. u. w. Whitney. |
|%Il'l by Annie NJ. Bradley"
Ml'r having received the first report.
i% co ,I hroWn of this city served mo-
ba Si"n me stating In substance that
a.. l''NS ana recording of the second |
ma would make me guilty OF felony,
49,, IN SUPPORT OF his contention quotes /
VT NJ, lll0 Of tho revised statutes.
me Position taken by the senator Is |
or, Parents nave no authority to re-
by, ,'HS'ept IN the contingency that no
"iSIs'lan or midwife attended, He
sc, ', 'I'll me object OF this Is TO pro-
Won, nr PUBLIC against vicious and i'm.
MI claims Of parentage.
NV, what | wish TO know is would
le .r1 'cuy IN the line Of my duty to
s0l ana record this notice OF Jan. fl.
, |. :, W, or hy so doing would this Office
AM hH'A ing a double record?
on oplilol OF County Atty, Wesler-
on mas lust been received Nv the
'"'y clerk and is as follows:
FROM wEsTERvrrT