G-O.MANN 

&noulNopIOFFICE OF THE A’ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Honorable George ':'!. Cox, t5.D. 

State Health Offloer 

Austin, Texae 

Dear Sir: 

Your request ior opinion ha 

oareiully oonsidered by this d 

request as r0ii0ttfst 

Will you pl*aae 

the fallowbgt 

and quaraatin 

ml that three quaranllslmd to oam for 

roughout the State and 

B arisen vhbther any 

the legal right to 

reolate an early ntllng on this 

ains to our National Defense 

utas, 

Artiale &.l8d, Vernon*e Annotated Term Civil Stat 

referring to the dutiee of the Stats Health offloer, 

&&ads In pert as followfdr 

" He shall hare the 2ower, with the 

appro&*oI the State Board of Elealth, to prescribe and promulgate suoh admlnletrative rules 
I 

and rogolationa, not inoondmtont with any law of 

the State, a8 m%y be domed nmmwary tar the OSfeotlve peziornunoe Of the duties 5qessd by this 

or any other law upon t&m State Departuunt of 

Health and it% several offiarra and d$vi%iona.* 

Artiolb 44l9, Vemon’a Annotated Tans Olvll 

utea, reed8 *II Sollorar 

stat- 

*The State Board of Ilsalth ahall hate geaeal 

supervision and 00ntrOl Of %ll mtters pertainlag 

to the health of. oltisens of th;ts State, as pmvidod herein. It shall make a stu6ly or the eauaos 

and preve3Mon 0? inieotion 0f oonta lour diruwa 

affootlzg the live8 of oi t;isene rith & this State 

Article 4427, Vernon’s Annotated Texas Ulvil Statutes, reada aa folla*t 

'Ea%h %ounty bBalt& OffiO6T &all perform 

%uoh duties as have bean nquircrd of oounty PhJI 

sioians, with Felatlon to Oaring ?or the priaoaer(1 in oounty jalle and in saririg for @he iiuaater 

of county paor fame, hoepitalm, dlsoharglng dutie% of aounty quanuitina, and other suoh,dublos 

as m%g be lawfully requized 02 the Oou%ty phy%ioian by the oamiaaioxuma oourt and other oiriaers 

or the oounty and shall disehargs ang addltio%%l 

duties wbloh it say b% proper for oouaty author&- 

ties under the present laws tc require of oounty 

pbyeloians; and in addition thereto, be sh%U. dieoharge suoh dutk %g %hhal.l be presor2brd $9~ him 

under the rulea, regulatIo%% and reqUiwmat8 of 

the Texas State Board ot Health, or tk% preotdeat 

4.‘ f, ?I. 

” .~, _.’ ,.: 
Honorable George W. gear, Y, 'Dr., Page 3 

thereof, and is s~~parsrsd and authorized to satablish, minteia and aaforeo quamntine withes Y 

his county. He shall else be required to aid and 

assist the Stat& Beard of IIoalth In *all orattere 

of looal quarantlue, inspection, dlseaso prenntion and suppression, vital end mortuary statletics and Reneral sanitation within his oouuty; 

ehd he shell at all times report to said State 

board, in suoh maser aad form as it s&all plraorlbe, the preaenoe ot all contagious, lnreotloua 

and dangerous epidaaio dfeeasee within his jurisdiotioa; and hs shall make sach other and furthsr 

reports 11: suoh manner and f-urm and at suoh times 

as said State board shall direot; touohing on 

euoh mtters ae may be proper for said State board 

to direot; and he shall aid said State board at 

all tiates in the enforoement of ita proper rules, 

regulations, rsquircnamte and ordinanoss, and in 

the enforocnent ot all sanitary laws and quarantine regulations within hi8 jurisdiotion.* 

Artialr 4430, Vernon's Annotated Texas Cltil Statutes, urea& as follows: 

Vaeh o1t.y health offioer shall perform such 

duties a8 may be required of bin by general W# 

land olty ordinanoer~with regard to the general 

health and sasltation of towns and aitles, and 

perform suoh other duties a6 shall be legally r~- 

quired of hti by the mayor, govering body or the 

ordinanoes of his oity or town, He shall diaohargb 

amI perforn auoh duties as nwy be presorlbed for 

him under the dimotlons, miles, rsgulations and 

sequiremnts of the State Board of Health and Ghe 

president thereof. He ohall be required to aid 

and aesfet the State Board of Health in all natters of quarantine, vital and xcortuary etatfstios, 

inspection, disease prevention and suppression and 

sanitation within his juriediotion. Ne shall at 

all tinas report to the St&e Board of Health 

i 

in 

such mmner end Oow aa rsaid board r8ay presor be, 

the preeenoe of all auntaglow, iufootious and 

dangerous e?idemio diseases within hia jurisdiotion, am% shall make auoh other and ktrther reports in such mamer ahd form aund at such times 

as saiit State board ehfU.1 direot, touahiag all 
%morabls George %:. C@x, M. D., Page 4 

such nzatters a8 my be proper for said board tc 

direot, and ha shall aid said State board at all 

times in the enforoeaent of pwper rules, regulations and require5ents In the euforoesmt of 

all sanitary laws, quarantine regulations aud 

vital statistics oolleation, and perfonn suoh 

other duties as said State board shall direat.” 

Artiole l&&5, Venton’a Annotated Texas Civil Statutes, reads as follows: 

YSyphilis, gonorrhea end ohahoroid, hereinarter 

designsted venereal diseases, are hereby deolared 

to be oontagious, itdeotious, oommunioable, and dangerous to the pub110 health1 

“Seu. 1. anJr pkya1ois.n or other parson who 

5akes a diaghosia In, or treats, a ease or syphilie, gonorrhea or ohahoroid and every superlnteddent or 5auager of a hospitai dirpeasary or eharitable or peztal Institution, in which theX 18 a 

ease of venereal disease, shall report auoh ease 

inmediately, In writing, to th6 looal health offioer, stating the nasm and eddreso or the orfloe 

rmnber, age, sex, oolor, and oowpation 0r the diseased person, and the date or the onset of the diaease, and the probable smtr~o of infeotion, provided that the na.m and address OS the diseaOod 

person need not be stated, aoept aa hereinarter 

speciffoally required ia Section 3, and provided, 

further, that all infonaation and reports consemiIng perttons having venereal dlaeaso shall be held 

seoret In aooordauoe with pr09leiona in Section 8. 

The report shall be enolosod in a erealed envelop6 

and eent to the local health offloer who 6hall report weekly on the prescribed for5 to the State 

hoard of health, all cases reported to hI.5. The 

physIoIarm and others residing in ofties having no 

oity health officer, shell awake reports required 

in this seotion direot co the aousty hsalth orrioer, 

where there is a Oounty health OffIOer Ih the oounty in which they reside, and where there Is no oounty health orfloer, all such reports shall bs smde 

direot to the State Board of Health. 
Honorable George W. Cox, M. D., Page 5 

"990. 2. It ehall be the duty of ersry phyaiolam end 0re9erg oth0r pOrs0n uho examines or 

treats a parson having aypbilim, gonorrhea or chanoroid, to inetruot him in inea8urea for preventing 

the spread of such dieease, and of the neoessitp 

for treatment until oured, and to hand him a oopy 

of the oiroular of Information obtainable for this 

purpose from the State Board or KOaLth. 

YJeo, 3. All city, county, or other health 

ofrioere shall use rrery arailable means to asuertain them exIstenoe of, and to imOstigate all OasOs 

of syphilis, gonorrhea, and ohanoroid within their 

sereral territorial jurIsdIotIoae, and- tc asasstain the souroes or suoh Infeotlons. Loeal heal& 

offlorrf~ are hereby aapowered and direoted to Ilsko 

euoh examInatIona Of pereans rsaaonably suspeotod 

of harlng syphilis, gonmrhea Or ahanoroid as fsmy 

M&~;~~ttary ror oarrying out the pro9ItaIon~1 of 

OIittg to the preralenoe Of 8uOh dI!worrs 

smong pxktitutes and persons assooiated with them, 

all suoh persons are to be oonsidemd within thr 

abore olass. 

Wee. b. Upon reoeipt of a report of a caB* 

or venereal dltxxiae, the looal health orfloer ahall 

Institute mmsur06 for proteotion 0r other per8ona 

from InfOOtion by suOh vOn0reall.y diseased perttonl 

“1. Local health orflows are authorized and 

directed to quarantine persona who have, or ara 

nasonably auspeoted or having; syghilia, gonorrhea, 

or ohanoroid, whenever, in th0 opinion of said loeal offioer, or the State Board of Wealth, or iQe 

exeoutive orrioer, quarantine ie neoeaoary ror the 

Protection of the pub110 health. In establishing 

quarantine the looal health offioer shall desIgnat 

and d%fIne the limits of the a- in whioh the pereon known to have, or reasonably #uepented of having syphilis, gonorrhea, or ohaneroid, and his immediate attendant, are to be quarantined, end no 

other person other than the attending physloian, 

shall enter or leave th,e area of quarantine Without the permission or the local health orricer. 
Eonorabls George ;;. Cox, %. D., Page 6 

‘1Jo one but the local health ofrioer shall 

terminate said quarantine, and this shall not be 

done rrntll the quarantined person has become Itoninfeotioua, as deterzined by the local health ofricer or his authorized deputy through olinlcal 

excrrtlInatIou and all neoeseary laboratory tests, 

or until pemIssIon has been given him to do 80 

;;otp State iioard or liealth or Its exeoutive of- 

. 

"2. The looal health orfioer shall inform 

all persons who are about to be released rrom 

quarantine for venereal dlseaae, In case they are 

not oured, what further treatment should be taken 

to coJ&eto their cure. Any person not cured, 

before released from quamntlne, shall be required 

to sign the following stat-ant after the blank 

spaoes have been filled to the mtisraotion of the 

health orrioor: 

“‘I rcssldlng at hereby 

aaknowledgs the iaot that X am et this tfme infeotad with ; and agree to plaoe myself 

under the aedioal oare of 

siolan or olinio) ~---Ta-&',l~~ phyhours andthat 

treati!m~ of 1 

will remain under thr 

se d physician or cllnio until released by the health offleer of or until 

my ease Is transferred, with the approval of wId 

hsaltt orfioer, to another regular lioensed phyaioian or an approved olinia. 

"*I hereby agree to report to the health offioer within four days after beginning treatment 

as above agreed, and wIl1 briog with me a statement rr0a? the a098 physician or olInI 0r the 

medical treatment ayplied in my ease, and thereafter will report as ofte;; as *nay be demanded of 

me by the health offIoer. 

**I agree further, th.t I wIl1 take all preoautlons reco;:&ended by the hafilth dfiosr to prevent the spread or ths above disease to other persous and that I will not perforn'any aotwhiah 

will expose other persons to the above dieease. 
**I agree, until finally released by the 

health officer, to notify him of any ahsnge of 

ac'dress and to obtain his consent before nrorin,g 

my abode outside ot his jurlsdiation. 

Signature. 

Date 

*All suah agreements shall be filed with the 

health officer and kept ineaoese1ble to the publia. 

*The cmmisaiomrs cwts or the various aountiea and the overning body oi al.1 imorporated 

towns and ait f ee are hereby empauered and dimeted 

to provide suitable plaaes raa! the detention or 

persons who amy be subjeat to q?aarantine and uho 

should be s%((re#ated for the exeaution or tJ%e provisions or this law; and suah ammissionsrs aourts 

and gave~ning bodice or inaorpomted aitiee arzd 

fcwns are he,rsbyautliorizedto inaur, on behalf 

or their said aounties, aiti%s or towns, th% espe~5e8 me4mm-y cc th0 ~r0r4~t or this km. 

*Sea. 5. 1. %"hen a pemoon applies to a pbyslaian or other person for the diagnosis or traatsent of syphilis, gonorrhea OP ohanaroid, it &all 

be the duty 0r the physician or pereon so aon8ulted to inquire of, and asaertaln from, the pertioa 

seeking such diagnasia or treeatmat, wðer mah 

pereon has heretorore consulted with, 01‘ hee been 

treated by, eny other physiaism or ~Q;EOL~, a@ ii 

sa, to ascertain the mu& and addreaa or the physiaian ox pexnon leet consulted. It shall be the 

duty of the physician or other person who% the applicant oonsulta to notify the pbysioian or other 

person last aonsulted of the change of advisers. 

Should the phyaiaian or person previously consulted 

fail to receive such notice within ten days after 

the last date upan which the pa'tisnt was instz'uated 

by hti to appctar, it shsll be the duty of suah physiaian or pgreon to report to the loo&l, health offleer the mm% md address of suah voneretrlly diseased persan. 
hanarable George V. Cox, 56. 0.) Page 8 

“2. If an attending physiolan or other psrson kncws cr hae good raaaona to suspeot that a 

person hsoing syphilis, gonorrhea, or ahanoroid 

18 80 aonduating himselr or herselr as to expose 

other persona to inraation, or is about so to oonduet him#Nt or heraelf, ha shall notily the local 

hsalth offiaer of the nams and address or the diseased poreon and the essential faots in the ease. 

*ileo. 6, All local and Stats haalth ofiyoara 

ara direoted to oo-operate with proper oifiaiala 

whose duty it IS to anforae laws diraoted qainst 

prostitution, and otherwise to use every propar 

w)nm r0r the reprssalon 0r prostitution. 

%3eo. 7. Phyeloians, haalth ofllaers and 

all other parsons ara prohibited rrasi lest&g oartiriaates or rreadoa from venereal disease, providad this aeotion shall not prevent tha ineuanoe 

or statements or rreedors rrom inieatiourr disaaeer 

written in suah rorn, or given under su6h sareguards, that thair use for eolioitation for sexual 

intsraourse would be imposaibla. 

“Seu. 8. All information and reporta oonaarn- 

* persons inreated with vanarea diseases ehall 

be lnaosessible to the publia exoept in sa rap a8 

publioity my attend tha parformanoe af the duties 

imposad by the, laws or the State, 

“Sea. 9. Any heath orfioer or other physi0i~n who shall wfiruliy rail t0 prr0w the &tie8 

required or him in this article shall, in addition 

to ths finas imposed by law, forfeit his ri&ht and 

lloense to praotiae madioine within this state; 

and tha distriot aourta of the state shall have 

juriadistion or suite for the rorrsiture 0r auoh 

liasnse in suah aasss, and the suit may be XileU 

by any oitizen of the State in a oourt having juriadiotlon, under the ordinary rules or vanue, and it 

shall be the duty of the county and district attorneys to represent the petitioners In such suit+w 

Article b/+51, Vonaon*a Annotated Texas Civil Statutes, reads aa follower 

Vhanevar quarantine is deolared by the Governor or by any aonnty or corporate Wthoritiss in 
Bonerable George W. Cox, M. I)., Page 9 

the State, suoh authoritiss shall aetablieh a 

quaraxitine 8tation or stations where any person 

map be detained for auah length 4f time as, in 

tha disomtioa 0r the quarantine orrioers, the 

pub110 safety my demandi provided, that all ao?mty and suu&loipal quaraatins shell be subordinate, 

eubjaot to and regulated by suah rules and regulations as may be presaribed by the Governor or 

Texas State Board of Health.” 

Sestion C or Rule 5 or the Sfknltar~ Cods, (Artiale 4777, Vernon’s Annotated Texas Civil Statuten), relating 

to the quarautine or oertafn named aontagious dieeases (not 

inalluding the venereal diseases) provides, among other thiags, 

that if in the oplnioo or the looal hsalth arrthoxlty the patient oan not be treated, with reasonable safety to the publio, at home, maid &!atient my be removed ta a aontagioue 

dl8eaee hospital or pest hmue. 

31 Taoaa ~urisprwleaaa, pages 514 and $15, reads 

in part a8 r0u4w 

.--Unties the pollee power the 

y authorize the establishmeat of 

quarantine regulations ror tha proteotlon or the 

publio against aontagion froaa Uose pezwonn whose 

aonditionn Is suoh es to spreab dAdease, and aa 

fnofdent thereto msy authoriae the arreet and detention or euoh persohe. i . . 

Vhan the statute pezlaits,, a health otiloer 

may ieeue a warrant by virtue Or whioh a lawful 

arrest may be 138310 without affording a prvlkainary 

.haarIng to the person arreoted. The person detained may ohallauga the ri ht to aon8inue the detention by having its legal !I! ty inquired ints la a 

habeas oorpus propeding. 

*5inae the legislature my deolara that proetitution is a sourae or ccunnuniaable diseases and 

that its auppresslon is a publio hsalth meutmre, 

and may diraet that reasonable steps be taken to 

supgrass it in the atuner ah& with the latitude 

necressarilg aooorded to the anioWNIuent oi 6anitaI!y 

and hssJ.th statutes, it may validly direot that pereohs showing upon axasination that they are arraoted with a venereal. diseaaa may be pkaoed in quarantine.- 
& 

I 

iioaorablo Qoor40 W. 00x, #. D.# Psgo 1.0 

25 Asmaiean Juk~ntaonoo, pago 312, TO&B in part 

88 follauar 

"For Venomal Diooas~.--The ri@t of tho publit3 authoriti to p~vl(Lo for the quarantine and 

troetmnt of Lsons infooted with a oontaglous 

or oomaunleablm ronoroal diwaso has bosn upheld 

ar a hoalth meeuro. Providona tor tlm dotontion 

and phy8ioal oxamlnatlon of suspeate bare a%fao 

been upheld. Tho oxoroiso of suoh pwr by looal 

authoritio6 ie ~opandoat upon duo delegetlon oi 

leglalatlve authority for auoh purpose end upon 

the oxlstomm OS roasoneblo grounds fax euepiolon. 

It hae also boon hold that 8uoh powor of exmnimtion oamot be oxoreissd without an aootmor.* 

In the aaao of In Re Homo 109 Ken. 574, 185 P. 

14, 8 A&R. 831, tho Court held that oortafn rubn of tho 

stat. Bwrd of Health or Karmaa, eQopkd en4 pobifd0a purwant to tho etatuto, an6 palalan ot (L oity obinanoo 

imama in aooomhnoa with the rulea ot Oh0 stat0 Board or 

Eoelth uoro not uaroaaonablo booauro they ruthoriaed tho 

laoletlon and treetiwnt of anon intooted with vanoroel d&a- 

-80 .at en irmtltutlon protided by the abate for i8olatSon 

an4 troatnlont 41 suoh diWa60** 

It rrould mari that the panor to qrurnatino would 

aleo gtvo the power to oxenin, en4 treat in2ootod pomono. 

Soo Rook m. Carnoy, 226 Hioh. 280, 22 A.L.R.1179.~ Iiawovor, 

in thla ease, a danago euit bmu4ht against a hoalth off&- 

oor by a poraon dotairmd by suah oifloor, tho Court held 

that it was a quontlon ior tho jury to dotewho whothor 

tho rofuaal of the right of quarantine sf tho patient in 

her own hoEnr and her ocmffnemont'ln tho hollpitalnors unroasoneblo eote not warranted by a monaoo to the pubI. 

health. 

I We quote from the oese of 3% Pert. Hardoastle 

208 S. W. 531 (Toxns Oourt of Orlmiaal Appeal@), at) iolfwre~ 

“This is a habeas oorpw proceeding in whloh 

the relator is held utkilor au order OS the oity 

health offfoar of San Antonfo, by rlrttuo of quaX'- 

antino rogtiations established in aooor4 with 

ahapter 85 o? the Aots of the Fourth Oal.lod .%aslon of tho Thirty-IWth Legislature uador e 
r 

~nmeblo Osorgo 3. 00x, M. D., wo U 

statement of’ the order of errest that, aooordfag 

tc tho information of the health off’lcer, relatar 

is afieoted with gonorrhea. 

n 

. . . 

“The Legislature, under the polloo powor, 

has authority to authorize the ost~blluhmont of 

quarantine wgulatlons ior the prctootlon or the 

pub110 against contagion from those porsoaa uhooo 

ooudltlon 1s suoh es tc 6proad dlsoe~o, and, inoidont thoroto, to authorize the erroat end dotoutloa of such poreonei end suoh, we uedorstead, Is 

th4 purpose of the statute In quotition. Under its 

terms, the propor hoelth offloer may issue e warrent by vlrtus of whioh a lawful arroet may bo 

aedo without prsllmfnery thereto efrordlng the 

poroon ef?ooted e hoaria; but If, after arre,st, 

euoh person chellengos the rl&ht of the edhorltloo to oontieus the dotontloa, the fundommtal 

law eeoorda him tho right to hare the logellty of 

hls dofontlon inqulrod Into bra proper ccurt In 

e habeas oorpus proooodlng. The law denies to no 

one restrained of his liberty wlthcut a h%erlng 

the right to prove In some tribune1 that tho hots 

justlfylng his xoatrelnt do not oxlst. Ruling 

Case Law, vol. 6, p. 435, 8 449. The hoalth au* 

thorltleo oeuuing the arrest of relator dorlvo. 

their parror to do 80 front the Uiogod sxlstoaoo 

of the faot that the relator la effooted with tho 

disoame montlonod, aed that bar dote&Ion Is roe 

qulrod in the pub110 lntoroet to prevent conte&ion. 

If those faots do not exist, tho offloor has no 

jurlodlotlon to oontlnue the rostrelnt and the 

oourt in the habeas oorpus proouodirg has authnrlty to lnauire wbothor the feota osesntlel tc jurladiotlon exist. 

566, 17 9. w. llll. 

Ex perte Dogonor, 30 Tex. Aipip. 

1) .but the pcwor to estebllsh quereutlno, 

es oxl&:nt under OUT Constitution, is en lnoldont 

of the pollee power vested in the Le&sleturo WAa4r the general power to pass laws. Our statute 

do44 not deolare that the initial order of arrost 
Ronorible George 'h'. COX, Id. IL, Pago 12 

shall be oonoluelve; nor doss it 4o8lgnato any 

tribunal to whom one detained under an or4e.r of 

arrest issued by the haalth offloer may appoal 

for a hearing. The Pair aad rmoonable lntarpretatlor, of the statute u&$r whioh relator is 

held, we think, is that whioh aooorde the health 

otfioer the pomr to order the 6rreat arid d&antlon, leaving to the porclon detained the right to 

lnvok4 the d4olsfon Of the ostebllehod judicial. 

trlbumls of tha atate on queetione raised, either 

of faot or law, involving the validity of the detention. 

We ~~ualudo that under the act of the Lsgl#- 

lature in queatlon the relator Cad the right to a 

hearing an writ of habeetr oorpus, and therein to 

prove the nonexiatenoe of the taota nooesbery to 

authorize her aontlaued Uitentlon and thereby obWin releeao. Paots essential to dotenalno whether 

she crhould or should not be held not bslng erellable ia this ocmrt, it lr ordorsd thet the writ or 

habeas oorpus prayed for be granted a& that it 

be roferrmd for hearing to Bon. R. 8. S&&or, Judge 

of the Fifty-Seventh #adfolal dhutrlot bf TOXR&~ 

w4 quota mm th4 4460 0s 1sr~palrto fh00k4,. 2x2 6. w. 

956, (T4xaa Cowt or Crlmlnal Appmle) as t'ol1c~s1 

"This la en original applloatlon for writ of 

habeas oorpue sued out by' the rsletor, Oraoe Brooks, 

who IS dotalnad by Searoy Bakes, ohid oi po~%oo 

at Rouston, br rmatson of an order lsmed bye'. io hn 

Ea. Holt, U. S. P. B. S., dlreotor of sanitation, 

and chief h4alth ofrioer of eald alty or Eoustan, 

whlOh Order directs that the reletar be oonflned 

at the aft? faw until dleahe~go4 by aeld health 

0fTiaer. A oopy of' aaid Ord4y is attaotQd to tho 

epplloatlon, and it la eubatantially atat4d thoroin that relator hse bsoa eramiaed and is lnl’eotcd 

with syphilis, and Is ordered into quarantine at 

the said lnun~clpel tam, there to be detainmd until 

released by order of sal,d health offloor. 

n 

. . . 

*The fourth oontentlon la that thora have been 

nutmrous testa given relator elnoo her oonfitiament, 
Honorable George W. Cox, I& D., Page 13 

and that som of the same ahmed positive and. 00~ 

negative reeults, hothing fs thus presented for 

our deoieion. IS relator is Sree from syphilis 

or gonorrhea she may present her applloation Sor 

writ oS habeas oorpus to the looal oourts under 

the authority of ex Parte haardoastle, deolded by 

us at this tena, and it Sree therefrom may be dlscharged. The oourts will understand that the health 

orfloers have no right or power to hold In quarantine oiriaens who do not show the presence OS some 

or the diseaaee named in ohapter 85 or the Aots or 

the Fourth Called 5ession oS the Thirty-FlSth Leglalature. 

* 

. . . 

3% have Oarefully oacamlmd all OS the oontautions OS the relator, and hold them wlthcut 

bids any suapaot, or persons detained, Sroffi perfeot 

r2tdi05 or treatment by any reputable physiokn 

while in the auetody OS the orfioials chargea with 

the eniorcanent or the law; and nothing which deprives any persona so conlined for treatment of a 

speedy hear%@ at the hands or the court if thare 

be oppression or detention without a oauae. The 

objeot oS the law ia not punlahment Sor the unrortunatee who are aSSlioted with these maladies, 

so easily trensmltted and 80 SearSul in results, 

but the well-being of these aud the remainder or 

the people. 

“In the instant aaae relator is ehown to be 

a married woman, nith a hard-working husband and 
Honer4ble Qe~rge 'II. Uox, Y. D., Page ,U 

four ohll4nn, the ;roungemt being 18 months old, 

but the reoord di8olose8 that xhe deallnw to live 

4th them, sttitlng thst ah* p*r*rr the iire or 

the streets. Ehe 1.r ahbun to be a oommon prortitutc and n street walker unrilllng to stay et 

home and preferring to live by the profligate we 

0r hex body. Teatfxony ma adduoed showing namerous beetowels of oamal favor8 upon soldlerr and 

Other persons, also t&et r*lrtor 186 artlloted 

"The writ lr dismlswd an4 relator reminded 

to the oust&y of the ohlei of police or the elty 

or Houston, subjwt to the or&err or @he oiag 

health ofricer Of said Olt&" Wn6er8oorlng 0~~4) 

The tendensy at Judlol~l en4 publlo opinion to 

tranrlate the rarlm, aalur popull ruprema lexf the publlo 

health 18 thr hi&eat law; end whenever a pol%o* ro@atlon 

is reamoaably damonstmted to bs a prosioter or publio health, 

all oonetltutlonallp 6uaraa~tee4 rights umst give way, to bs 

warlrloed, wlthout oompensetlon to the cevner~ -80 Tledesun, 

State axI Fedeml Control or Pwmons end Property, t 3.69. 

YOU have lnrorxd PI that the mdoral CWrern&at 

18 ocutexnplmting a health projeot whcrebjr the Ir.der81 Oarevnme& will plea@ et the 4l#poml ai‘ the Texem Sbte Board of 

Keelth three quarentlne etatione and/o* hospitals for the 

purposs of detaining on4 treatily prortitutes lnfmoted with 

venereal dlseesor. These propormd quarantine strtioaa sad/or 

hospitals w4rcs romer c C 0 ompo lowto in the 3tate or 

Texas. xe tmdor4tand further that the Federal oOveri8ment Is 

to pay all ~xpenserr of maintaining the hospltslr mab/yx puersntlns rtationre a8 -11 an all wpemer ai tr*nsportLng lnrooted prortltutm to said quarantine stations l aCL/or hospitals. 

The %*te Board or Eealth hes brocld ml4 Isnkla% 

power with reepeat to public health umtters. ':?a think the 
~onoreblo George PI. Cox, M. D., Paa@ 15 

State Boar4 a? Eecrlth ha8 authority to make rules, rogulotlono 

aad omIo~8 prrnldin~ Tar the 8otobllohwnt of theae quoxontlne 

ntotiona and/or bo*pltolo; preritlbg for the arrest eml r.xonlnation or ln?eetwI wostltuter upon OrUero oi the looal heoltb 

ruthorltleo ao uell a8 otete health authorities providing for 

the foouanoa at ordom of ammitwnt by the fe z-4 oue Oealth outborltles aomitting infeoted pxootltateo to ml& quarantine 

statlone ma/or hospital Sor dotentian OS& treatmentt proridlag outhorltjr ror peooe otriearo to make ormotts and exeouh 

erdor8 lenfdlly lacued by the rariouo heoltb oftioerol one 

pmleing la general 011 reasonable and neoossary ruler ane 

rogulrtlona rhleh the Ptote Board of Becllth doema neooarory 

and odtlooble to sarr)r out tho doaired purposes ct eoollng 

with the 8uppw~oloa ot temrbol eisoooe8. 

It IS thororore our spialon that yaw quootlon 8houl.6 

b a l A8WP.d in the l rrirsmtir0, fi 8uah orrioorr lmro authorhod to tako.owh l otlon br prepor rule8 aa0 regulotloao of 

the Stat0 Eoam% of iieolth ad ma& offieorr wro fur~lahd with 

propor rPrront8 and/or writton ordoro Soowd by the proper 

health authorltiea under proper rulea and ngulotlono pramlgatea by tho stati Board of Beolth. 

Tho raamnablonoos and legtpfitl o? tho VoriotIo ordam detainin@ pe~sous at 8oib bompltols will be dotemlaed by 

the pattloulrr iootcl iA 8aoh MI and my W inpuixod into by 

habeas oorpur . 

supra . I 

(Sot br Porte Breoko and lk Parte Eorboo~tle, 

Yourr very truly 

ATTOEI’YEY Olk%XRAt OF TZKAS 

Wm. 8. FannlPg[ 

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