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Home My WebLink About04213 ORD - 05/11/1955AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR OF VITAL STA- TISTICS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI; FI%ING THE TERM AND ENUMERATING THE DUTIES OF SUCH OFFICER; PROVIDING FOR APPOINTMENT; PROVIDIIG FOR THE REG- ISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND FETAL DEATHS WITH- IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS; PROVIDING PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND SPECIFICALLY REFEALIM ORDINANCE M. 3476 AS AMENDED; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION. WHEREAS, the Legislature of Texas, at its 52nd Regular Session in 1951, amended Rule 53a, Article 4477 of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, so as to exempt cities having an ordinance requiring that true and accurate copies of birth, death, and fetal death certificates be permanently filed in the office of the City Registrar; and WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide for the office of Registrar of Vital Statistics of the City of Corpus Christi and provide for the appointment of such officer; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. There is hereby created the Division of Vital Statistics, which,shall be under the direction of the Registrar of Vital Statistics, which officer shall be appointed by the Texas State Board of Health upon a recommender tion of the Mayor made with the approval of the City Council and who shall serve with such salary as may be provided by the City Council. SECTION 2. The Registrar of Vital Statistics is hereby designated, authorized and directed to act as Registrar of births, deaths, and fetal deaths, including the amendment and certification of such records, and such other duties as prescribed by Rules 34a-55a, Article 4477 of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, as amended, and the regulations promulgated by the Texas State Department of Health, and the Registrar or his deputy, as hereinafter provided, shall per- form the duties as required, and shall secure a complete record of each birth, death, and fetal death that occurs within the corporate limits of the City of Corpus Christi. SECTION 3. The Mayor and the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi shall furnish the Registrar of Vital Statistics, in his capacity as Registrar, with the necessary funds and such clerical assistance as may be necessary to maintain an TLI 3 adequate Division of Vital Statistics, and to enable said Registrar to secure com- plete records, and shall provide for the safe preservation of such birth, death, and fetal death records, and their respective amendments. SECTION 4. Certificates of all births, deaths, and fetal deaths occurring within the City of Corpus Christi shall be filed with the Registrar of Vital Sts - tistica in strict compliance with the provisions of Rules 34a - 55a, Article "77, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, as amended, and the regulations of the Texas State Department of Health. SECTION 5. The Registrar of Vital Statistics shall permanently preserve in his office true and accurate copies of each certificate of birth, death, and fetal death occurring within the City of Corpus Christi. SECTION 6. In the transportation and disposition of dead human bodies, as well as the disinterment and the reinterment of dead human bodies, the funeral director shall strictly conform to the statutory provisions and the regulations of the Texas State Department of Health relating to these subjects. SECTION 7. The Registrar of Vital Statistics shall complete, correct and arrange in chronological order the original birth, death and fetal death certifi- cates and shall forward them to the State Bureau of Vital Statistics. SECTION 8. The Registrar of Vital Statistics shall index all records of births, deaths, and fetal deaths and their respective amendments, and shall tabu- late the data contained in such records, and shall make a monthly report to the City Council in such form as may be required by that body. SECTION 9. The Registrar of Vital Statistics may issue to a properly qualified applicant upon the payment of a fee of Fifty Cents ($0.50), a certified copy of a birth, death, or fetal death certificate filed in his office, provided that the restrictions contained in Rule 47a, Article 4477, Revised Civil Statutes, as amended, shall be observed in the issuance of such copies. All fees collected by the Registrar of Vital Statistics for the issuance of certified copies of records of births, deaths, and fetal deaths shall be deposited with the City Treasurer. SECTION 10. The Registrar of Vital Statistics and /or the Deputy Registrar of Vital Statistics shall make application for and obtain appointment as a Notary Public in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, providing that the costs of filing for such appointment shall be paid by the City. Notary fees as prescribed by Statutes of the State of Texas shall be charged for notarising documents, papers, statements and certifications as required in the conduct of the Vital Statistics Division. Full and complete records shall be kept of said fees received and the salary, as established by the City Council, of the Registrar of Vital Statistics and /or the Deputy Registrar of Vital Statistics who shall be appointed as Notary Public shall be reduced by the total amount of said fees, provided that the Registrar of Vital Statistics and /or the Deputy Registrar of Vital Statistics who shall be appointed Notary Public may elect to pay all Notary fees into the City Treasury and receive the full salary established by the Council. SECTION 11. The said Registrar of Vital Statistics shall designate some person as Deputy - Registrar of Vital Statistics, whose duty it shall be to act for said Registrar of Vital Statistics in his absence, to the end that at all times a Registrar may be available for the registration of births, deaths and fetal deaths, and all reports made to the State Bureau of Vital Statistics shall be under the signature of the Registrar of Vital Statistics. SECTION 12. Any person who violates any section of this ordinance, Rules 34a - 55a, Article 4.477, of the Revised Civil Statutes of Teas, as amended, Article 781a of the Penal Code, or regulations as promulgated by the Texas State Department of Health, or any person required by the said ordinance, statutes or regulations to perform any act who fails or refuses to do so, or, shall furnish false information affecting any certificate or record so required under said ordinance, statutes or regulations shall for the first offense be fined not less than Five Dollars ($5.00) nor more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00), and for each subsequent offense not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or be imprisoned in the County jail.not more than sixty days or be both fined and imprisoned. The Registrar of Vital Statistics shall immediately report to the City Attorney any apparent violation of the said ordinance, statutes or regulations brought to his attention, and the City Attorney shall immediately follow such cases with the necessary court procedure, to the end that every birth, death and fetal death shall be registered and recorded in full compliance with the existing laws and regulations, in order to promote and further the compilation and maintenance of true and complete Vital Statistics records concerning such births, deaths and fetal deaths. SECTION 13. If any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase or provision of this Ordinance shall be adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of this Ordinance as a whole or any part or provision thereof other than the part so decided to be invalid or unconatitu- tional. SECTION 14. Ordinance No. 3476, as amended, is herewith specifically repealed; and, all other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION 15. This being an ordinance providing for a penalty in case of its violation, the same shall be published by publishing its caption or title stat- ing its purpose and the penalties for violation thereof as set forth in Section 10 hereof, said publication to be QK&C in the official newspaper of the City; and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its publi- cation. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE / [I -DAY OF MAY, 1955. .+....,.cam -+ /�= THE CITY OF CORpffS� CHRISTI, T" ATTES City secret •y l APPROyIiD, A5 TO L // FORM: f City Att6rney CORPUS RISTI, TEXAS 1955 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS GENTLEMEN: FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATtVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR THE SUSPEN- SION OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCILS I, THEREFORE, HEREBY REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. RESPECTFULLY, MAYOR THE Cl , OF CORP RIST1, TEXAS THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: FARRELL D. SMITH MINOR CULLI W. J. ROBERTS B. E. BIGLER MANUEL P. MALDONADO THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: FARRELL D. SMITH MINOR CULLI W. J. ROBERTS B. E. BIGLER MANUEL P. MALDONADO 4 �_ I ?� MOWN_