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    Stat4 Board of 3Ualth
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         is.aAy, v1tb the rdopU0n doares at th4 Court ma
         sadh~alad~aluigemeyba       opened on.Q uponorder OS
         a .Courb of ~30~4.. Upon reolotptof BQW of eanul-
         nientof crdapfioa;*o6ld R4 Lstrar oi Vftal btatlrticr
         -31   rc8tors tha origina$ napw al tha ah&Ad rpd ?.he
         Aolwl QP hi.8neturol prrent8 or pzwlt to t&a
         rcacmi of birth OS euch ahild. Pravldwl furSher
         that e4optIon rarbauacler sr28tlng 18u pior to tize
         p8r98g4 of W8    Aot, wey be Ngf8t4F44    *it& the
         Bwoau OS VAtal Statiotlos uperasvor~ appli68tm4
         of sither adaptlvo parent or guardlea of the aQepW3
         ouM,   shou th4 Aam    on4 eddr-48894  OS the aatula
         parantai ff knmm, or of the ahibId' next k&n, She
         Qate of bLrth aa4 the noptQOS ruab ahiLd before ud
         a ttalt%qtimr,
                 r        the nma8 an4 ad4romses of foeter
         goats,    to@hdmX’    Wi+& proof   Of adopt;lC#, either bT
         cartLI;ed copy c# the reatml of the aStidwit         OS
         aQoptiori,or the Court or&r OS auoptlon.’
               'phfo58 the only prevtsror~ot our Mv permlttlag a
    roglstretton suah 810the on@ aolrt@apUtsd by the oertlfiaats
    eubaltte4.   TtaWwly        cont45plaScr a legal 44aptio~,  anblays
    doVn apeaitio awquirswsnt;s     whzoh Pwt be fulSil&d prior to the
    regZetration. '&a certifti64t,o      rubritted doe8 not SuUiU   thaw
    r4wlrom6rst8, It L8 not a aertifisd oupy of an osiw of sdop-
    tiOA, &OF 18 it 0 SVOl-A8ppli6asiOA       at 4~thrr adO&lt~VOm4At
    or guar<llm OS ths 846pteQ saJild,8hoViag "?&w zuk@M aad ad-
    dre8w8 QS the mtural parsxitofs,      if Imaun, ar of the awl4@8
    ~clxt k3.q the date of bLrtb aad tha nbm of rush ahIld BISore
    and after adoption, the wunao and Oddro88os OX Somter pawnts,
    together With proof  oi     adoptlea."

              Xt 1s tbercrfarsow opinion that t&4 birth aert%ff-
    oote suba+tted should Aot be noospted by tha State Reg.IrtHw
    En lieu of the osrtlfled aopy of e4aptioo Qooree provtded for
    bg 6aiQ pknagrqih 26 of Rule &7a, ktlalo 4477, V. R. C. f).
               ln vlcw of our anuwur to your Sir&       gwrtian,      it be-
    cozeu unnecessary   to answer ths second.
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