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**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS**
**AUSTIN**

**3r. 0.0.**  **1. 00x,**  **M.D. stw**  **muh orrf00r**  state 

### Board ot Health &uLortin,

Torar

Your repuo*t f 

### ed qoertloa

ha@ **been r**  

### letter ,attaohti

rlth 7 thr above rtat

### l p r t m a a t.

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### dlrrttiguirhe6

rirltoro,

among whoa J. OamM7, Dirootor of tho Publio Dootor Preston Hunt, Proddent

### teraalklega8k of the Texam Stat8 

### lation;SurgeonLB. **00rr07** 

### urlrtant 

### Ohlef of Domeatio Quarmtino, United StatesPub110Health Ben100 WMdqston; Asirleaat 

### SurgaoaJohn P. H&r, oonrultaat la VoneroalDlawso Controlof the Unit4 State8 

### Pub110 Health 

### Serrloo:Dootor 

### J'raaoea 0. Robert,

### 24.1

Dr* 0oo.w. 00x, psgo L



### Ro~loaal

Modloal Conoultant 

### of the ChflRren~o Bureau,

Row Orloaao;and 

### maa7 other notablet.

-we l xpoot thlo to,bo the brat 

### program that 

### her odor bson 

### hold bf the 

### Tcrao Ststo Publlo HealthAssoolatloo, and wo ~111 be aost harp7 to too 70~ ia 

### l

ttondanoo. *I;indost personal regarda.“



### "9ln0.r.17

yours

Wo

### art iaformod

tha,t four lnqul~ ztforo to paragraph 

### 4 on page 150 of &B. 487, Aotc of the Tortfwlrth 

### Loglolaturo,

wP1:lOh road@ M followat 310 dopartmeat 

### or bureau 

### lnoludadIn thlr 

### AOt ohalluse an7 Or the funds approprlrted to 

### 8uah departmoat

or bureau,titherdlrootly or iadlrootly, r0r tho 

### purposeof t010ph0oin& toloqaphlng or dlotrlbutlng olthorb7 haad 

### or t&rot@ the malla,an7 lltoraturo, propaganda Zottorl,

or bullotino,

or any 

### othermnttor i&ted or 

### wrlttoa,or to moko any radio rpoooh or 

### opooohor,

whether 

### tranroribod or not or an7 other rpeooh 

### or opooohor under an7 okmstanaoo whloh 

### hat the oirootot publiolslng or dlrootlag attention

to or tendingto pu~lioizo or 610 mot 

### attention

to any 

## indideucrS, oftloial or 

### omplo7oo

of euoh dopartznsat or 

### bureau,or 

### ot on7 other dopsrtmat or bureau. 

### It 10 further Fro- 

### *id04 that no departneat or 

### bureau ohallmaintaln any publloltg



## dopertat-nt

or hart la 

## its l mplo7 or 

### under Its dlrsotloa an7 omplo7oo or 

### otherperoonw:30

has the title or 

### who purornu 

### the dutlro or functlono or a publiorole$og agant 

### publlolt7

aesat 

### or press agent. proviiod, however 

### , that nono ot the88 rtidri@- tlon8 

### ohall aTpi in thr ovoat it booomoo 

### no-

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## Dr.Goo. u. 001, pqo II

ooaoar7, in the oplnlon oi tho head of the dopertmoat 

### or bureau, a8 

### a proportunotlon of the dopartaont 

### or bureau, 

### or la the interest of the 

### general

publio,for 8uoh doputmoat or 

### burom, through6ny of its l 

### thorlsod agontr,to isrut an7 rtatemoat8 or lmpmt say information**by** tho usual mothodr, and in 80 doing, raid rtatamont8 shall b8 isrum or information imparted in the naao or auoh department or bureau and shall be l8auod under or hart l ttaohod thereto the name or the orrioial or agent authorized to lrruo the **aims, but**  l



### h4ll 

## not othorwlooiaoludothe name of any lndltldual,offloial 

### or l mplo7oo of ouoh department or bureau or OS an7 other dopartmeat or bureau."
You art ro8pootfull7adrlood that It 18 the 

### oplnlonof thl8 department that tho above quoted rootlon of 5.B. 487, hots of the Potty-sixthLe&rlaturo, or 

### l n7 othor ototuto8 OS this state, do not prohlblb 7our dopartment rrom rending tho abort 

### quoted propo8od letter to the Clt7 Health Ofrloorr, Oount7 Health Offioor8 and other person8 lnteroatod in ylublia health, inviting thaP to attend the S.oronteonth Annual k5ootln&

of the Texar State Pub110 Hocrlth 

### Aasooiatlon.~ Trusting that the iorogolng full7 anawor8 7our inquiry,wa romaln
Your. very tru17 A'ITORWEY GEOBRU OF TkXAQ

AWrob Ardoll wllliem8 Aauirtant

ATTORNEYGENERAL OF TEXAS