Your lottor or a* A8 nvaalodb7 tion, ha boon glnn our tbo botr of the Log1rlbtulu orlmbl jurirdlotlon so r r od l xohulYol~ th0 county court to tbo Dlrtdct Court 8ootloa 25

bgbln undod 8b~tiOlb Of U&d bill 8ktO8 ml0 47A Of Artlolo #n 18 Of OaprtOnt jW18dlotian and the Countl Oowt ¶a the oowty vhon the 01 dwth oe- aumd l uthorlt~ to ordo, the Cow&y Clo?k ubd the Itato Re la- trrr i88W oO?tliiOd 8Opr Of Ukf birth Or d.atb qt”tlf f eat. YhOFOin b OhhiLd O? bdtit 18 8bt.d t0 b8 1llOgitiutO.

h8Oh? WtOrkl hOZW, th0 body Of th0 Aot it8Olf 'Iwbd8l

krtmorablc fOW Y. I-Or0 - FIR8 8 #dt.ber th0 Et8k nOfi8tnr BOt @lIT 10881

lWfl8ttW dr811 iam0 & oertltlod.aa~ Of 8nt altth W dUtb OOPtiflWtO WhOtOitt 8 Ohill 0t 8~ ,&Butt 18 t8t8d iljOfiti88tO UR10.8 mob t0 k oort3flo4 ~FV ia wOorod by Comt7 Comrt ln the eeuwty in whteh 0814 hlld V88 born Or died, or by or ap 0 Ob\lrt w ooapotmt ~rl#Q~otlor,, pram or the l.rrrrO~rs or lop1 rid illogltla8to repwmntat1r0 thotooi*’

Tao WorKenef el8uw to the Aot et 194B red8 in p8l.t 8a f0110=81 ‘lhe t8Ot tb8t thOt@ 18 OOlIfUOi8tI 88 t@ the County Court would bavO 8othnrlty

vhotber to enter en c rdo r l UthOri8hl the County Clark or state ~eK~8ttOt to i8NO sottlt1.6 oapiom Of hlrth or dO8th OOttifiato8 O? 1t?Otit18IOtO pat-80~8~ the tmet th8t Ui6 1110 timat pOt@ITI @WnOt mt a OWtifiut8 Of i 8 aitth v Um tOQUO8t ItOt 08tY 8 6Ort1fiO8tO Ot tiOOtb a0 ehtaiaod oxoept upon ardor at the rwrt dlI'Wte8 81) WOr@WIIO~."

Ru?s 61A at fiw1tcry Code ptwlder 8 rothnd tar the d8ta nf the Ot d-Lb dettmdninf Of u)Y and 811 pW@- annr IWIt ptOV1OU817 t~~:atW'Odr 8fId ptOddO8 the sttdO#IOO th8t to Prob~t8 Court in the roletl+o thOroto a-11 b@ uhnittod eotmty wltere the blrtb or datb OF the perman omumd- Cm Uat3 8tO the *flee M the ~Ot%fe COUtt 88ab~tdlhK th. h8tr. brtifiwl to the St8b and the detemd terimtt8tlow(P Rori8tnr~ am ther0W b0 ronamwmkd 8nd pOrt*Otscl. bIqU08t~OIWblyI UIkdOt tie hot aa m81B0d III 1948, the

Count.y Caurt tm 811 0mJntior , dw=ein th8 Siti? 8md Otbifn&l jurlmdlstlan h88 not hoen nirtrlet Court, ttwnm~uved hr. 8ut?mtiLy to 1~91~0 m order toqulrin~ th Rep1 rtror ta flirt oert¶tled oopt nf the oattltis~to OC birth deetb, undot the 0tatOd t8@t8*

the queetlen to bo cletomlnoa in the aa at kr 18 Whether th0 &WIrtt~ COUtt j?k C88m bIIIItpr 8nd 8thOte dall8tlp rltrnted, b8+a 8utbority sdn Aat f3888Od in 1948 t0 tO- t0 180lIO 8 @Ortiftti eOW Or th. qtIit@ th0 sat4 R8Ki8tt8t nuder eondltloa8 tnqulrul about. alrth or de8tb 8etfifiO8tO~ A ew.ft~l aamhatlon or th. Aet Of rermlr th8 t tb~ Only rmterlal chanfl wads in the lo* in quoation lm~rt the *3 m0nai 0 TW Y. c0pn - p8~ a in wlllab ml0

mot48 .o r by tb. county c oula 18 tbo l ow8t l hil(l -80 kn, Or (lid.' na vo rood the uptl.8r tbo body OC tht AOf l 8d tbo emergemy l 18m000 it l pmr~ tkt aI1 Of tbtt~Obt~181tttFt $?I08 m tb0 clw hlI~&O# M8O!I, ln$om~od to gl+o to ttw Powt~ Cow@ or 8ho oomt~ *bon ulo blld wao boln or aoa 88tbWdt7 roqulvo th aort1flo8t00 lm quortian w k i,maod.

It ii OW ttIl8i4Ol'td opini6lI tht rt~P&tt8 tf tit ltko CBo8, th0 t.4 i8lttUFt b80 i&l trot that h @mO oOamtiO8 tttft8 VO #ldd8t%8Sl hU?t f 6870 $WO b,) d+a tbt Dl8tri8t 8Ud OritiVl81 08tt8r th0 AOt Ot 1946 d+Ot k ill 811 OtTi t8 WO'Il tt 811 l thOt COtIlltY mtttr tbO~.cOUIlt~ COUtt8, the powor 8aU wthotlty abtw an oralor roqulrlau She log:*

ttnr to itao ortltio6 sapCoo of bo alrtk odor death oar- t.itloata meet tho m(lltleno lnqnlred *bout-

If thb Co~ml8tun Rad IntoMod tbo Aot fo apply only ta thooo oomtloo In uhi8b the ol+il and ~bim81 jurlodl~tioa h84 aat ttOOn sumnod t@ th0 ti8tl-fOt CWItr it oo11& hot0 oo Pterldo4. I80tobd, boworor, the7 ooniorrd jwlodlotlr that Upsl aOh OTOty CWnty ft taOtO= cOtIT% in tht @ktOe. Court in C88r CowSty tt@ i? toto Oar opinion th8t hmty erder requlrla~ Ltoto 118dt- MO t*sto ~juotify, 18au8 ml 6ortltlo6 430~9 eC blrtb hdu iooU0 8nd (I8liVOr 8 ttBr to 608th. Oortitieateo lnVOlVd :.- . .,

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