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### OFFICE 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 

### youpl*aae the fallowbgt

and **quaraatin**

**ml that**  three quaranllslmd to oam for **roughout** the State 

### and B arisenvhbtherany 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 rulesI and rogolationa, not inoondmtont with any law of

the State, a8 m%ybe domed nmmwary tar the OSfeotlve peziornunoe Of the 

### duties 5qessd by this or any other law upon t&mState Departuunt of Health and it% several 

### offiarraand d$vi%iona.*


### Artiolb44l9, Vemon’a Annotated Tans Olvll utea, reed8 *II Sollorar stat-



### *TheStateBoardof Ilsalth ahallhategeaeal supervision

and 00ntrOl Of %ll 

### mtters pertainlag 

### to thehealthof.

oltisensof th;ts

State,as

### pmvidod herein. 

### It shallmakea 

### stu6ly 

## or theeauaos and preve3Mon 0? inieotion 0f 

### oontalour diruwa 

### affootlzg

the live8 of oit;isene rith & this 

### State

Article 4427, Vernon’s 

### AnnotatedTexasUlvilStat**utes,** 

### readaaa 

### folla*t

'Ea%h%ountybBalt&OffiO6T&all perform %uoh

### dutiesas 

### havebean 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%gbe lawfully requized 02 the Oou%typhy%ioian by the 

### oamiaaioxuma oourt and other oiriaers or the oounty and shall 

### disehargsang addltio%%l duties wbloh it say b%proper 

### for oouaty author&- 

### tiesunderthe 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 makesach other and furthsr reports 11:suoh manner and f-urmand at suoh times as said **State** board shall direot; touohing on euoh mtters ae maybe 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 maybe 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 nwybe 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 Healthi in such mmner end Oow aa rsaid board r8aypresor 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.1direot, touahiag all%morabls George %:. C@x, M. D., Page 4

such nzatters a8 my 

### be proper for said board tc 

### direot,and ha 

### shallaid 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. anJrpkya1ois.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 nasmand 

### eddresoor the orfloe rmnber, age, sex, oolor, and oowpation 

## 0r the diseased person, and the date or the onset of the dia

### ease,and the probable 

### smtr~oof infeotion, provided that the na.m and address OSthe diseaOod person need not be stated, aoept aa **hereinarter** speciffoally required ia Section 3, and provided, further, that all infonaation **and reports**  **consemi** Ing 

### perttons

having venereal dlaeaso shall be held seoret In aooordauoe with 

## pr09leionain 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 awakereports required in this seotion direot 

## cothe 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 

### anddireotedto Ilsko euoh examInatIona Of pereans rsaaonably suspeotod of harlng syphilis, gonmrhea Or ahanoroid as fsmy M&~;~~ttary 

### ror oarrying out the pro9ItaIon~1of



### OIittg to the preralenoe Of 8uOhdI!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 neoeaoaryror the Protection of the pub110 health. In establishing 

### quarantinethe looal health offioer shall desIgnat and d%fIne the limits of the a- in whioh the pereon knownto 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 With**out** 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 excrrtlInatIouand 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 Xamet this tfme infeotad with ; and agree to plaoe myself 

### underthe aedioal oare of siolan or olinio) ~---Ta-&',l~~ phyhours andthat treati!m~ of 1 will remain 

### underthr

se d physician or cllnio until released by the health offleer of or until myease 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 mea statement rr0a? the 

## a098 physician or olInI 

## 0r the medical treatment ayplied in myease, and thereafter will report as ofte;; as *naybe demanded

### of meby the health offIoer.
**I agree further, th.t I wIl1 

### take all pre**oautlons** 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 myabode outside ot his jurlsdiation.

Signature.



### Date *All suah 

### agreementsshall 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 fee 

### are hereby empauered and dimeted to provide suitable plaaes raa! the detention 

### or persons whoamybe subjeat to q?aarantine and uho should be s%((re#ated for the exeaution or tJ%eprovisions 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% es

## pe~5e8 me4mm-ycc th0~r0r4~t or this km.
*Sea. 5. 1. %"hen

### a pemoonapplies to a pbyslaian or other person for the 

### diagnosisor

## traatsent of syphilis, gonorrhea OPohanaroid, it &all be the duty 

## 0r the physician or pereon so aon8ulted to inquire of, and asaertaln from, the pertioa seeking such diagnasia 

### ortreeatmat, 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 upanwhich 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 

## 1880aonduating 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

### andaddress or the diseased poreon and the essential 

### faotsin theease. *ileo. 6, All local and Stats haalth ofiyoara ara direoted to oo-operate with 

### properoifiaiala whose duty it IS to anforae laws diraoted qainst prostitution, and otherwise to use every propar w)nm r0r the reprssalon 

## 0rprostitution.

%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 

### usefor eolioitation for sexual intsraourse would be imposaibla.



### “Seu.8. All information and reporta oonaarn- * persons inreated with vanarea diseases ehall 

### be lnaosessible to the 

## publiaexoept in sa 

## rapa8 publioity my attend tha parformanoe af the duties imposad by the, laws or the State,

“Sea. 

## 9. Any

heath orfioer or other physi

## 0i~nwho

shall 

## wfiruliy rail t0prr0w the&tie8 required or him in this article shall, 

### inaddition to ths finas imposed 

### by law, forfeit his ri&ht and 

### lloenseto 

### praotiaemadioine within this state; and tha distriot 

### aourtaof the 

### stateshall have juriadistion 

## or suitefor the 

## rorrsiture 0r auoh liasnse in suah aasss, and the suit maybe 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 Stat**utes,** 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 maybe presaribed by the Governor or Texas State Board of Health.”

**Sestion C**  **or Rule**  5 **or** the **Sfknltar~ Cods,**  **(Arti** ale 4777, **Vernon ’** **s** Annotated **Texas** Civil Statuten), relating to the quarautine or oertafn namedaontagious dieeases (not inalluding the venereal diseases) provides, amongother 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 de

## tentionor euoh persohe. i

. . Vhan the statute pezlaits,, a health otiloer mayieeue a warrant by 

### virtueOrwhioh 

### a lawful arrest maybe 138310 without affording a prvlkainary .haarIng to the person arreoted. The person de

### tainedmayohallauga the ri ht to aon8inue the 

### detention by having its !I! legal 

### ty inquired ints la a habeas oorpus propeding.
*5inae the legislature my deolara 

### thatproetitution 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 mayvalidly direot **that** pereohs showing upon axasination that they 

### arearraoted with a venereal. diseaaa maybe 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 

### top~vl(Lo 

### forthequarantine 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 OSroasoneblo grounds fax euepiolon. It hae also boon hold that 8uoh **powor** of exmnim**tion oamot**  be oxoreissd **without an**  

### aootmor.*
In the aaao of In Re Homo 109 Ken. 574, 185 P. 14, 8 A&R. 831, 

### thoCourtheldthatoortafn rubn of tho stat. Bwrd of Health 

## orKarmaa, eQopkd en4 

## pobifd0a pur

### want **to** 

### thoetatuto, an6 **palalan** ot (L**oity** obinanoo 

### imama in aooomhnoa with **the** 

### rulea ot **Oh0**

### stat0 Boardor Eoelth uoro 

### notuaroaaonablo **booauro** they ruthoriaed tho laoletlon and 

### treetiwnt ofanon intooted

withvanoroel

**d&a-** -80 .at en irmtltutlon protided by the abate for i8olatSon an4 troatnlont 41 suoh diWa60**

It rrould mari that the 

### panorto 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 poraondotairmd 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 

### herownhoEnrand her ocmffnemont'ln tho hollpitalnors unroasoneblo eote not warranted by a monaoo to the pubI. health. 

# I Wequote 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 

### utkilorau order OSthe oity health offfoar of San Antonfo, by rlrttuo of quaX'- antino rogtiations established in 

### aooor4with 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 mayissue 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 

### thelogellty 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 frontthe 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 **authnr** lty 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 OUTConstitution, is en lnoldont of the pollee power vested in the Le&sleturo WA**a4r** the general power to pass laws. Our statute
**do44** not deolare that the initial order of arrostRonorible George 'h'. COX,Id. IL, Pago 12

shall be oonoluelve;

### nordoss 

### it 4o8lgnato any tribunal to whomone 

### detainedunderan or4e.r of arrest issued by the haalth offloer mayappoal 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 

## the6rreat 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 

### taotanooesbery 

### to authorize her aontlaued Uitentlon and thereby obWin releeao. Paots essential to dotenalno whether she crhould or should not 

### be heldnot bslng erellable ia this ocmrt, 

### it lr ordorsd thet the writ or habeas oorpus prayed for be 

### granted a& that it 

### be **roferrmd** 

### forhearing to Bon. R. 8. S&&or, 

## Judge of the Fifty-Seventh 

### #adfolaldhutrlot bf **TOXR&~**
w4 quota mm th4 4460 0s 1sr~palrtofh00k4,. 

### 2x26.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 

## SearoyBakes,ohid oipo~%oo io at Rouston, br rmatsonof an order lsmed bye'. 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 

### aeldhealth 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 quarantineat 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 maybe 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 OSsome 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 OSthe oontautions OSthe relator, and hold themwlthcut

bids any suapaot, or persons detained, Sroffiperfeot 

## r2tdi05 or treatment by any reputable physiokn while in the auetody OSthe **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

fourohll4nn, the ;roungemt being18 monthsold, but the 

### reoorddi8olose8 that xhe 

### deallnw 

### tolive 

## 4th them,sttitlngthst ah*p*r*rr the iire or 

### the streets. Ehe 1.r ahbun to be a oommonprorti

### tutcandn street walker unrilllng to stay et homeand preferring to live **by** the profligate we 

## 0r hex body. 

### Teatfxonyma adduoedshowingnamerousbeetowelsof oamal favor8upon soldlerrand 

## Other**persons,** 

## also t&etr*lrtor 186**artlloted**



## "Thewrit 

## lr dismlswdan4relator reminded to the oust&y of the ohleiof policeor the elty 

### orHouston,subjwt to theor&err 

### or @heoiag 

### healthofricer

## Ofsaid

## Olt&" Wn6er8oorlng 0~~4)



### The tendensyat Judlol~len4 publlo 

### opinionto tranrlatetherarlm, aalur popull 

### rupremalexfthepubllo 

### health18 thrhi&eat law; endwhenevera pol%o*ro@atlon isreamoaablydamonstmted tobs a prosioter or publio 

### health, all oonetltutlonallp 6uaraa~tee4

rightsumst giveway, to bs warlrloed, 

### wlthoutoompensetlonto the cevner~-80Tledesun, State axI Fedeml Control or **Pwmons**end **Property,** t 

### 3.69.

**YOU**

### have lnrorxd 

### PI that themdoral CWrern&at 18 ocutexnplmting a health 

### projeotwhcrebjr the Ir.der81 

### Oarevnme& will plea@ et the 4l#poml ai‘ the Texem

### Sbte Boardof Keelth three quarentlne etatione and/o* hospitals for the 

## purposs

of detaining**on4** 

### treatilyprortituteslnfmoted 

### with 

## venerealdlseesor. These **propormd quarantine**  **strtioaa** sad/or 

## hospitalsw4rcs

romer c C 0 ompo lowto inthe3tate 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*nsportLnglnrooted prortltutm 

### to said 

### quarantinestations

### l aCL/or hospitals. 

## The%*te Board

### or Eealthhes

## brocld ml4Isnkla% power withreepeatto public health umtters. ':?athink the~onorebloGeorge PI.Cox, M. D., Paa@ 15

State 

### Boar4a? Eecrlth ha8 authority 

### tomakerules, 

### rogulotlono aad omIo~8prrnldin~Tar the8otobllohwnt of theae 

### quoxontlne ntotiona and/or bo*pltolo; preritlbg for the arrest eml r.xonl

### nationor ln?eetwI wostltuter upon OrUero oi the looal heoltb 

### ruthorltleo

ao uell a8 otete health authorities providing for 

### thefoouanoaat ordom of ammitwnt 

### by thefez-4 oueOealthoutborltles aomitting infeoted pxootltateo to ml& quarantine statlone 

## ma/or hospital Sor dotentianOS& treatmenttprorid

### lagouthorltjr

ror 

### peooeotriearo**to** 

### make ormottsand exeouh erdor8lenfdllylacuedby the rariouo heoltb oftioerol one pmleing la 

### general011 reasonableandneoossaryruler

## ane rogulrtlonarhlehthe Ptote

### BoardofBecllth doema neooarory 

### and odtloobletosarr)r

### outthodoairedpurposesct eoollng with 

### the 8uppw~oloa ot temrbol eisoooe8.

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

## A8WP.d in the 

## l rrirsmtir0, fi 8uah orrioorr lmro 

### author**hod** 

### to tako.owh l

### otlon**br** 

### preporrule8 

### aa0regulotloao of the Stat0Eoam%of iieolth ad ma& offieorrwro fur~lahd with proporrPrront8**and/or writton**  **ordoro Soowd**  **by** 

### the proper 

### healthauthorltiea under proper rulea and ngulotlono pramlgatea by tho **stati** Board of **Beolth.**



### Tho **raamnablonoos** 

### and legtpfitl o? tho VoriotIo or**dam** 

### detainin@pe~sous**at** 

### 8oibbompltolswill bedotemlaed by the pattloulrr **iootcl iA**  8aoh MI 

### andmy W 

### inpuixod**into** by habeas oorpur

. **supra**

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



### Yourrvery truly

ATTOEI’YEY

Olk%XRAt

OFTZKAS

**Wm. 8.**  **FannlPg[** Aosl8tant