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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 rtatl p r tma a Tht. i 

l 8 r 0um8: 

dlrrttiguirhe6 rirltoro, among whoa 

J. OamM7, Dirootor of tho Publio 

Dootor Preston Hunt, Proddentteraal klega8k of the Texam Stat8 

lation; Surgeon LB. 00rr07 urlrtant Ohlef of Domeatio Quarmtino, United 

States Pub110 Health Ben100 WMdqston; 

Asirleaat Surgaoa John P. H&r, oonrultaat 

la Voneroal Dlawso Control of 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 

Health Assoolatloo, 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 lnoludad In thlr 

AOt ohall use an7 Or the funds approprlrted to 

8uah departmoat or bureau, tither dlrootly or 

iadlrootly, r0r tho purpose of t010ph0oin& 

toloqaphlng or dlotrlbutlng olthor b7 haad or 

t&rot@ the malla, an7 lltoraturo, propaganda 

Zottorl, or bullotino, or any other mnttor 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 oiroot ot publiolslng or dlrootlag attention to or tending to 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 ohall maintaln any publloltg dopertat-nt or hart la its 

l mplo7 or under Its dlrsotloa an7 omplo7oo or 

other peroon w:30 has the title or who purornu 

the dutlro or functlono or a publio role$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 propor tunotlon of the 

dopartaont or bureau, or la the interest of the 

general publio, for 8uoh doputmoat or burom, 

through 6ny 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 othorwloo iaoludo the 

name of any lndltldual, offloial or l mplo7oo of 

ouoh department or bureau or OS an7 other dopartmeat or bureau." 

You art ro8pootfull7 adrlood that It 18 the 

oplnlon of thl8 department that tho above quoted rootlon 

of 5.B. 487, hots of the Potty-sixth Le&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 

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS