Honorable George 3. COX, Page 5

Ta'ailure

to dimlay ceriiificate
"Sec. 4. Tb.3iaZ.lum 0: sny person,"iim, corporation,aomion carrier or essooiationencszed in any of the busluesssa desoribed In this at, to display at the pZaoe where eny of the oper- &ions of suchbusluozsen an, being conduoted, a valid health or regis.t,'ation oortiilccte,cs requiredby this Act, ror etch person ezzployed in, m, or about saoh place, sha3 be prl%a la&e evldews that the said person, I%mI cor,sOratiou, cm zon oerrier or aesool~tlon,in viol~.tl~,n 0r raquirements cielled

for by this Act, railedto :e+i?e the exhibl$tin of the pre-employzwnthealth certifiioete., of suoh person end reiled to institute **end** have nade of suchperson, actual tnd thorough ezuitiatlona ueoeesary to the findings or freedomrroisoonuunicable diseases at iztervslsci tine not exceeding six aonthe.' Pen&g Yieo. 5. .'Ehoever violates auy provision of thlo Aut shallbe fined in an emount not exaeedlng 90 Hundred Dollars ($200). Eeoh'aator omission in violation 0r ‘%myor the provisionsor this Artiole, shall oonstitute a.separete ofTense and ahall be punishable 'eshereqebove gresoribed.

Partial invalldl~
"Sect.6. If any provision, seotlonor pert or this Act Is deoiaredunoonstltutionelor held invalid; or the applicability thereof to any person or cirounstanoes Is held,lnvaIid, the oonstltution- &lity or thb remainder or the Act end the eppllaatlon t%reof to the persons and other oirouustanaes shall not be eiieoted thereby, snd to this end the prodsions of this Aot are deolared to be severable."

rirsti It is !ni.n to see that this eotmakes it unlawful, E- for propr etors to work or employ ewlopees wita in- .;cor cantagiouedleeese; seoond, iOr proprietors to i:$&nloyees who did not haha ovw to such e%Ployersvalid he&t:-&ljifi~atee; third; ror pr0prletors~railing'torequire phpicsl e~atlons 0r employees; fourth, ror 

### Panuraotur*rsZonorhble C+orce ?C. Cox, ?z;e 6

cz veziors of candies or =lautieotused sweets to sell to xrsfis who do act heva v&id l?L.th oeH.i~loats's, 

### or who tie not have display oeees as rcTsi:edby law, and fifth, e+nst proprietor3 ror rr:lins to display oertifioetes.

It is equally cioz, however, that the eot d-3 not, by its term, and In plain laugucge, oaeete ofienses egxbst either physiaiau, mployer or employee for improper or ne@igent iosuanoeof health ae,-tl~icete3.
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There are oerteiudelini-;e rules of'statutory 

### oonstruction, and other equally imil::ar rules &overning the interoretatloaor 0rMnal statutesto whioh we must adhere. As &ted in 12 !&eras Jkrisprudenott

222: "ThePenal Code provides #et the design oi emoting it is *toderine in plain lsngusge ova-y ofiense',;

that 'noperson shell.be punished for au offensewhioh is notmade peril by the plaiu isport of thewords or e law*; and that a peael law must be rega?*ded eswholly inopsrative ii it is so inderiuitelyframed or or such'doubtful constructionthat it oannot be understood, either frou the language in whioh lt I.3 expressed or from some otherwritten law of the state; and the ConstItuticn,gu3r3nteee't0 every citizen the right to !mc.wthe nature snd oharaoter of the eoousatlons a&nst him."
On peie 224 of the sue book, it is.said: ko warax& a conviotion the cot or omission must be plainly and uazistaketlyklthiu the definition of the statute, ssdnithin both the letter and spiritor the law, aha ir'there is any fair doubtwhether the statute embraces It, that doubtmust be resolved in favor of the aooused; There osn be no oonstructiveortenses, and where the statute expressly limits the punishment to certain qlasses oi persons, or ror the,doing of certain acts, pnlythose brought by the faots within suoh definition are amenable . . 're
In our oonversationwith you, 'youstated that it cas your ICea that perhaps these physicianswho were .guilty or the .praotic~sindiaated, could be punished ormade menable to the punishment provided in Artiole 705-C,Vetion's Annotated Zenal Code; by holding them guilty es aoomtplloes

### or eooessories.Honorable

ZTortbthe contained Oeorge M. 00x,Page 7

6e believe that it till onlybe neoessary *o set derinltionof 2sr;ooxcpllce~ end ueocessory3 es in Artiole 

### 70 end Article 77 of the Penal Code. Artiole 

### 70 rends a3 roxtovis: 

### *Anaooomplioe is on0wkoIs not present at the comis3ion or an orreLse,but ~220,betore the eot is done, advises, oommands or en

### 3ourQe8 another to oomlt the orrense; or The agreeswith theprlnoipel orrender to aid hlm in oommitting the Offense, though he may not have glven.suoh aid; or,
, Tiho prqnlses any ‘reqrd, revor or 

### other inducement,or threatens any injury in order to proaure the oommission 

### or the,orrense;or Tiho prepares arms or ail of any kind, prior to tho oommisaion.oran offense'ror the 

### purpose or asslating the principal in 

### the exe**oution** 

### or **the~sane.~** A.&iole 77.ofV&non*b Awiotated Penal Code, in derlzing an e&essoq; reeds in part as rolloti:.

%n adoessory IS’ one, ;??~.a,kuom tlmt an oirense has **been** cosmitted,'oonoealsthe'. oiioz@er, or'gives'hdm any other aid inorder the% he may evade an arrest 02 trial Or the executionof his 

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. . .* You be .thereiore respjo”.iully ‘advised,and it is the ODinion Of this DeDartment. that Artiole 705-C Or Vernon*s ¬ated Penal Code, does not-oreate an oirense for whioh physialansmay be proseouted ror the negligent or Improper is**suanc9** of health bertifloates; nor may such physiolans be prosecuted as aaoomplioesor aooessories,
Yours very truly
xJ?TomEY G2mmL .OFpxAs