OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF 'TEXAS AUSTIN
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'~&A y&r' +fniiJh 'u4et .g. 'j$:hl& *kAg CitiZOAor the &de of.Tsxar~.~'rafere t0 oitizsnshipat the time I$ the,birth, '-'~*'(a) or b'~pereon' XA the ofiae, born in TBZBS, but whose praatsr reside in Terse at the.time of h,iebirth,.aA4.who remov- ~34from Tests imme4latalyafter the birth, iA view of the laA@uWJe Or the 2. JV.A. hvia, State Registrar, Page l!
Su_ortmeCourt in Cobba VI)Coleman, 14 Terns 594, to the wx00t that '"BYB~ QitfZOA Or %X?@ ia AOt t0 be taken %A the reatrioted 88~0 as 4eei@Wiing ~oklythe nntivs boxm or naturalize4oltlzm, but in lts~gen- SZVA~&OOSptitiOAaAd n~AniA& ae dem- or$ptive'of the inhabitantsot the 00untrY*. is much a ~ersoa entitled
"(3)' xi the qusatlon or oitlzenahl~ is to be 4etermiAe4as at the time ho? birth under H. B. 014, is the amend- XU0Atto H. Be 614 passed by the 47th Le&Uilature,providing that 'say oiti- 2en or the State 0r T~IUNJwiehing t0 rile the moor4 or any birth . . that ooourre4 outside or the State 0r Tem~', etc., a nullity, or should the phrase 'any oitiaen or the,State or Texas' OOIltainOd illthillOtiOAdlllOAt XObtfi t0 the oltizanshipat the time the ap- plloation is rilsd, or If It should relate only to citizenshipat the time of the birth, should it be OOArind to those persons born outsids or Texae 4~4 whom parents were Oiti2eAE of Taxad at the time of their birth?:~ *A birth oartitioateis considered a atate- ment ot the.facts surroundina; the btrth onthe date or the birth. "8. Can a eubsequent event uffeot the, faota exis.tiAgOA the date or the birth, an4 should suoh a eubsequent~' event be written kit.0a birth re- cord? " "IPhenthe aertiiioatehas been ooneider- e4 by the Court an4 additional eVideAOB, -_.. 8s Aec- amary, has been submitted 'to establish the OitiZeAAhipof the individualf% oerti- ri09t6)),as deiined by you Dr. W. A. Davis, State Registrar, Page 3
"C. Should the Court Order state that the citizenshipof the person whose birth oertiricsteIS rile4 as4 the truth- rulness 0r the statementsmade in the oertificatehave been establishe4?* House Bill No. 624, Aots of the 47th Legislature, Regular Seaslon, 1941, is an aot amending Section 1S oi Sen- ate Bill No. 46, Chapter 41, page 116, Aota of the 40th Legis- lature,,First called Session, as asands by Seotion 2 of House Bill No. 614, Chapter 2, page 346, General Laww of ths 46th Legislature,to provide for unir0m ree to be oharged for,issuance of delayed birth an4 death certificatesby the probate oourt, the olerk thereor an4 the State Registrar, and deolariog an emergesoy. House Bill No. 974, Aote of the 47th Legislature,Regular Session, 1941, ie an.aot to amend Seotion 18, Chapter 41, Aots of the 40th Legislature,First Called $esaioA, as atJleA$edby %OtiOA 2 of House Bill No. ~614,Acts of the Regular Session or the 46th Legislature, to provide that any oltisen or Texas wishing to ills the re- cord 0r any birth,or death oaourring inside the State or Texas, not previouslyregistered,may-submit such record to the