20, 1848; P. D. 5808; 0. L. Vol. 3, p.:184)"
liehave before us a situationanalagousto that in the case of Coopersbergvso'Taylor, supra, and as in that ease,the generalstatute here, in.regardto the issusnceof certifiedcopiesof recordsin the Comptroller'sDeparizsentmust be read in conjunationwith the specific provisionsIn Section 31, SenateBill Ro. 38. J
The PublioWelfare Bill of 1939 was enactedsubsequentto Art- icle 3722 and by the expresslanguageof the bill it is providedthat 'all rebordsooncem.iageny applicantor reaipientcontemplatedby this Act ehall be confidential*"In the opinionof this Department,this latter enactmentexceptsand excludesthe particularrecordsmentionedtherein fran the operationof Article 3722. Having determinedthat the Xrrant Register-Piled in your office is confidentialand not open to inspeotion by the generalpublic, and since it is a record contemplatedby the PublicrelfareAct of 1939, it ia the opinionof this Dspartmentthat you would not be authorizedupon applicationoP an individualto make certifiedcopies of this traYarrant Register. In answeringthis last ques- tion,.wehave assuaedthat the term "individualsin this questionrefers to the generalpublic,and our answer is based upon this assumption. Ho&able George H. Sheppard,Wge 6 VO-2122)
Trustingthat this satisfaotoriiy amwere ycnlrquestion, we am
Yours very truly
ATTORNEYGENERALOFTEMS
BY s/W<er _~ R. Koch
Walter R..Kooh Assistant BY AkuY7ED APR 20, 1940 s/Harry A. ShuPord
6/ Grover Seller6 Harry A. Shuford FIRSTASSISTANT ATTORNEYGENHRAL
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