OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY: GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

**GROVERSELLERS ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL**

Honorable Oeo. W. Cox Stete Health Ottlosr Taxas State Board of Health Austin, Texa8

for an opinion

nlta tlon Reoearoh Foununder the prOYi8iOnB Of statutes of the state oi by: W.1. Hloks, Captain Lewis Dodson, Dr. Ceorgr W.Cox, Robert W.Harding:, ksll, andA. lr. AUtohell, all oltizrnr

opg or tha Artioles of Inoorporatlon Is attaohed hereto. Thepurposes of the ?oundatIon ara stated In Artlola ) of the Artiolas. APrasldont, andBoard of Dlrootora have born Thapurposes are rduortional and oheritrble,
*Under the Chartor, thr Corporation has rightr and powers to reoelvs donations, grants, derloas, glita, 

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pproprIa:Ionr, allotments **0r** money, reel or prraoaal property from IndIviduala, oorporstiona, foun6ationa, and governmental agenolee; andto invest, ra-invest, manage, transrer tltlr by deed or othorwfse,Hon. Oeo. W. Cox, page 2

*The State Department of Health In manyof ita aotivltier promotes or rather assists oltles and oounties In promoting pub110 health aotlvltlea, inoludlng the securing of hospitals, health center buildings, water and sewer systems, garbsge feoi lltles, and the like, In Borneof these projeotr, such as oounty health unita, weeubaldlze or oooperate finanolally In the setting upof euoh health services. Slnoe there ir an unusual demand at this time for further researoh and ror whioh rssearoh faoIlItIea are needed if weare to IndustrIalIze this Stats, and It weare to prepare ourselves for the oarriera with tropical diseases that will be oomlng Into the State, and ii weare to meet some of our present urgent problemmsuoh as typhur oontrol, ebuilding with remearoh faoIlItIes 18 urgently needed. property so reoeived, to oonstruct bulldlngs and faollltlea for the use andbenefit of the Corporation Inwhatever manner the Board of Dlreotora may deolde; and to make flnanoiel grants, granta In aid, grant soholarshipe, oertifloatea of merit, awards, andhonorariums to oerry on its purpose, andto eleot dlreotors, 8eleot and employ personnel and assletanta.
“TheCorporation la enon-profit self-perpetuating membership Corporation with no oapital #took,
“TheFoundation, although still l.nits lnfanoy, la sponsoring atraining oouree for the State Department of Health andhas for Its objeotlve the oonstruotion of a building equipped with laboratory and reaearoh faollltles whioh it is planned to oonstruot on land ownedby the State adjoining our present building and oonnectea with It, and this building with Ite fsollities will beoome the property of the State.. . - 

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*?inoe the Reaearoh Foundation will probably prcrlde moat of the tinanoes for this building and these taoIlitlas wowrite to Inquire whrther or not Z our Department osn assist the Foundation 

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even to the race extent of solioltlng funds along the taameline t&at wehave been 8ollaItIn~ fu8d8 for our other health 8otIvItIes. ‘4sdll appreoIat8 8

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### from you 08 thin subjeot and 8h8U be glad to furnish you with ragother detaIla 8urrounding thir proposed venture that youmayrequ8at.W
Thefollowing quoted statute8 authorize the establirhmaat of the State Department of Bsalth anddefine it8 general power8 and duties%

Artlale 44148, Vernon’s Annotated Civil Statutes!
- “Tobetter proteot and promote the health of the people of Texas, there is hereby sstabll~shed the State Department of Eealth, whIoh Department ahsll oonslmt of aState Board of Kaslth, 8 Stats Health Oifloer andhi8 l dmInIstratlve stair, and whioh ah811 have the gbneral power8 end dutler authorized 

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ltrtlole 44168, Vernon’8 Annotated. Civil Statutea:
*TheState Board of Health shall have the following power8 anddutlrrl “(1) Toeleot, by ama Jorlty vote oi the who18 membership oi the Board, aState Health Ofiloer, who rhall be l

xeoutivo of the State 

### Department of Health, rubjeot to the rurther pr8rIsIon8 oi thlr Aestl 8~4 to rurpend or remove raid ofilorr for good and rutfloient oaune, sustained byamajority oi the Boar4 msmkrshipi provided, that raid officer 8hall not baremovrd until hehas been given 8hearing beforr said 

### Board, If ho so l leot8. Immediately after the appointment oi a now State Board of Health, a8 provided In thir Aot, 8814 Board shall organize, and appoint aState Herlth Olfloer, whoshall serve as suoh, unless sooner 

### removed am above provided, until the laat regular quarterly mortfng Of the Board in 1928; andat ruoh meeting, and l Tery two years thereafter, the State Board of Health shall

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appoint e Stat8 Health CffiO8r, whoshall serve, unless sooner removed as 4bove provided, for a t8l.m **0r** two years end until his sucoessor shall beappointed and shall have qualiiled. "(2) Toinvestigate the conduct oi the work 0r the Stat8 Department 0rHealth, and r0r thl4 purpose to have eoo8ss, at any time, to all books andrecord8 thereof, and to require written or oral inrormation rrom any 0rri00r or employ88 thrreor. "(3) Toadopt rule, not lnoonelstent with law,
ror Its ownprocedure, 4copy or which rules shall be filed in the State Department OfHealth."
Art1018 l+418d, Vernon's Annotated Civil **StatUt8S:** -"TheStat8 Health Officer shall be the 8X8OlltiVe head ol the State Department OfHealth, and he shall, subject to the provisions or thle Act, exeroiae all the powers and dlaoharge all the duties nowvested bylaw Inthe Texas State Department of Health snd the State Health CfiiO8r, aswell as all powers now vested bylaw in any OffiC8r, assistant, director or bureau head of the State Department of Health, excepting only such power4 4s maybe oonrerred by this Act uponthe State Board of Health hereby orsated,Thr state Health CifiO8r, with the approval or the Stete Board ot Health, mayorganizo andmaintain within his Department such dlvl4lona Ofservice es are deemed n808ss4ry ror the orrloisnt conduct 0r the work or th8Dep4rtm8nt. Fromtime to time, he shall appoint directors of such divisions, as well as other employee8
or the Department, and shall designate the duties and supervise the work of sll such directors end emplo 888. Heshall here the power, with the approrcll of the .5 tat. Board ofHealth, to prescribe and promulgate ruoh administrative rules andrsgulationr, not lnconslstent with any law of the State, es mayti deemed n8cesserJ for the 8rr8OtiV8 Periormenoe or the dutle8 imposed by this Br4ng other aw upon the State Department Or Health and its 4ever41 ofiloerr and divisions.".

Hon. Oeo. Weaor, pagr 5

Article l&181, Pomoa'a Annotated Civil St8tUtO8l
*It #hell b8i8WfUi ror the Stuto Deplrtmeht oi Health to accept donotions and oontrlbutione, to bOexPOnded in the interest of the publloT~~lth and the enroroement or publio health laws. COnslicOloner8 Court of any County ~hOl1 hers thr authority to appropriate andexpend money fr- the 

### gvnersl ZYIenues or it8 county **rot** end In behrlt Orpubllr health and srnitetlon Within it8 COUnty."
Art. 

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"%a ?tat* Board oi H88lth 8heil have general **supervision 8&**  **OOIItrOl Or**  **811 Datt8ru**  **perteinihg a**  ;tre~; health 

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. It $:Iall makeI study 

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### or contagious diee8OeO dr90tlng the llvrr of OitiZGa8 within thlo State end Oxoopt O80themlOe provided in this cheptsr 8h8ll havr dlreotlon rnd Oontrol 0r all matter8 of querantine reguletionr aad enforocaent and 8h8ll hrvo full power and euthorlty to prevent the Ontrsnoe of ruoh dlsoO8e8 iron poiut8 without the e‘tete, and 8hPn hare &bootlon andOcntrol over eenitary 

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**ror** de8llnr: with eu disersos within the State 8ridto ruppre88 e*w 8nd prevent their epread. Thepre8idOnt 

### oftheboar4 6kbll have ohm&e ofandsuperintaad the 8dmfn18trrtlfJ~ or Ou matters pertaining to **Stat0** quer8ntlnr.*

WebOlleve the **above sat**  out etatuter provide amp10 euthorlty for the FeOOiving bythe Stat. Ihp8rtmmt oi tlealthr **Or** donetione **ml)13 bontributione**  **to be** used end expended in 

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Howercr, ln thle oonneotlon, wefind no8uthorinitim 

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### prlrate donor Qransot or tha Legldlrture providing ror the oonstruotlon and spulpping **0r** rane by the ‘tat.. In no O@IBO Oould ruoh iaollitlo be o-nstructed upon property of the State of Texrr wlthout proper authorlzatlon bythe .%ato Legllrlaturr, 

# I Trusting the above ratlsraotorily anawem your quertlon, weora four8 very truly,
ATTORN @‘RRRAL OF TEXAS /n b -+--/ A .- n

Robert L. Lattimore ,

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