OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

Honorable Earry Nor, Chaiman State Soard of Control Auetln, Texas

Dear Sir:

with t&o bon

civil Statutes,: 1925, derind to the State Tuberculosis

with tuberbulosiswho citizena of this State end of vrhioh he or she co.xea

at the of:their azplicationwith the hsrelnaftcrprovide&, shall snid institutions. A citizen is defined to ba 6113personwho 13 resided therein with the bona tide intention of being a citizen thereof for e period of txslve months next preceding the date of suoh aypllcotion.n

Xe undarstaad thet in the nd.z.inistratlon of the ict a .queetlonh&n Seen raiseda~ to whether nn alien rssic?ent Wt born or caturaiized ia the United States, may be ad.aittedhoonorable Barry Knox, ifagei?

to the fnetitution.

The term~~ofti?ml",like "rdsidence* lind"domicile* 18not alkays casgblrr or precise definition, but my in dirftrentcircumstancesbe used in different sensea. The follosin Snalysis ia found in 14 C. J. ii., 2. 1127:

*It La not R term of exact naaning; it is cap ble of xora zmnings than one, and has baenvariously defined. In its primary sense it si@af~ies oae,who ia vzsted with the freedom and priVile@?S Of A City, a f?X?t?Ma Of A city, as distingpiahed fro3 a foreii;oert or one not antitlod to its frmchises; an inhabitantof a city, A tov2nsman. In 61impax samis, the t.orm denote8 om nho, as **A** zznbar **Of A**  Wition or **Of** a body poiftic of A sovereign state, 0~s allegiance to, and may claim raciarocal protection frOEI, ftS ~,~QXZL%?Jlt ;Erndit ia 8oxEtimQasaetine& 68 onfm

wh3 is do.niciledin a country, and who is a citizen, although neither native nor naturalized, 1.n

such A senst,

that ha takea his legi1 status from such conntry. .* .w * 

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Law ‘citizen’ ,is PATiOus defined a8 one who haa a right'to iote for re~reseatntion in congress and other ,publia olficore, and who is qualified to fill oflices within ths gift 02~the people; one OS the sovereigngsople; a constituentmamber of the sovereignty,s~nonymue with ths people; **A** xmbsr of tha oivil state, entitled to all its ?rivileF;es; tree inhabitnnt born within the United Sates, or naturalizedunder the Lsrs of conl;rcan; in a **polltlcal** sense, one who has the ri&ts and privileges of a citizen of **A** state or of the United Gtatos.
*The particular meaninS of the rord *cit.lxen~ is Sraquantly depandsnt on the context In Ahich it ia iound, and the rrord eiust 01~zyysbe takea in the sense which best harmonizeswith the subject mtter in which it is used. Une my ba considered a aitizen for 00za yurpooos and not a clt,izon for Other 2urpoaes, as, for instance, ior commercial **WX~O.%S)** nnd not for political pur;:osoe.
There is some confusion in le& nomenclature, in resgcct of the tor;;?s loitizsn*, *inbabitantV,fbnorable’

Harry Knox, Page 3

a0a *msihnt.* 'Citizen' ia not neceasarilg synonymus orea~,coavertiblc tern,, with *Inhabltont’ Gr"rH3idont', an& ill 50x8 Caael3 the ai5tiuCtiOu iS fKZ;3Gd.CZt. 'Citizen is, however ( soPetlrnes usea S~Gtlj?XJZiSly with such term without eny inglioatton of political or civil grivilegsa. It nay indicatee gergDnent reaiaCnt, or ona who renalne r0r a timI, or fro3 ttiae to tim.”
The Legislrtture io this iastanoe has $ivcn a partieulerdeiinition to the tern *citizean in the statute. Airs &efrneQ inkrticlo 3240 it depends upon aCtu%l rcsideaoe v;ithin

the state for a period of twelve goutho next preceding
th0 aatn of aapliontioa coupledwith the bona fide ictetition of “baing 9 citizsnb of the state.

.It ~A11 be noted that Article 3240 does not provide for a bona **fid3** intention to becom a oitizan, but of beins a oftizan. Ordinarily atze ‘aLtfzu5~hip

cont~~plntesmenshlg in the mt5a Ztstes, by birth or haturalkation, on’lof the state by dmicile or resideace. Evidently the Legialaturc dlrf **not** have aliens in mind G~sn enacting this Hxitute, but **~35** macerued with establiahinga rosi&mce requiremst which would probably be xor’o or less pamanent In it3 character. ft is apparent that the purgo%eof **i;ha** liaitatlon is to erafet;uard **G@OS** t .s!i&mition iato the state in order to necure tha benefits provided, aad to deny adtittsnce tr, transient persons who ZBY be within the stateonly teqmarily.

Two inplicationsaway be drawn fro= the lene-aage

usea. It nay be reasombly contended that eiriCQ **Citixne Of** **’** thaiJnlted

States obtain etate citizenshi>by residence slthic th0 state, the definition pr6-33~;~0363 t%‘iited

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**Citi** re~hig and only attmgts to glaos a restriction u?on the period of actual renidcaoewithin the statu of cltizess **of** the baited Statesnho coz into ycruf3 froi3other st:~tco or r0dgn countries. On the other bend, it my be ur;;ed with **3~~31** foroethat the L&slnture did not have in r;icdaliens and Oldnot intend to exclu%e aliens who are do;sioflad here, or *ho are per;anent j.nttbitnnts of the state, but set a rcini.vU% Fsriodcf resiCsncewithin the state nccm~anie~ by the **bGnZ** ride intentionto remtn. Givm **this** m3entn~ tha’bem “cltiZen”would not ba used in the sense of iqlyiut$ poLitiOa1 cllagiaace,or aitizetshi? in its stricter sense, but us 1kLting the faoiiities of the LanatoriU **t0** pePZEmeat iahbitents of tha state.

ConsiQcrinS the subject mtt0r tind**pIZ:)cJS3 Of**  **th3**monorableIfarrp Knox, ?age 4

rbicb nay be tranmitted fro lione person to another and its controland preventionhaa been 8 source of much research ona effortfor a nunbsr Of years. ?'hilothe patient sufferiug 1x03 tuberculosisrcceivea flpaculi~ benefit at the bandsof the state throu&~ tha **m3dl.u~~** of the L;anatorlun, the ostablishmnt of **EliCh** an institution **13** also a publio healthneasurc designed to banefit the public generallyby eradicationof the diseaseand the prevention of its trsnsliesionto 'others. ';:e think the .wr6 reaaonable construction is that the Legislature in defining the mrd *citizen* did not intend to oohfiae it to its political or narrower ,~ax~izkg,

but eas atteqtlng to set up a standard of ectual xcsidenoeand iqtsntion so a8 to exclude those ?eroonawho wouldprobably not be pomanent inhzzbltknta of ths state. ft is also noted t&t Article 4242, Eevised Civil Xatutos, 1025,which grovfdos for the a>~licatJon, **requires** that **it** rdowage, nativity, and residence of :,atientfor two years next precedingth2 date of the a??lication, but mice8 30 inquiryconcerningpresent citizenship, naturalization or otbsr intorxuition of this nature.

.It **i3** our opinion that P **parson** afflictedwith tuberaulosia,not born in Texas, who has resided in Texoa formore than three years, with the bona fide inteution of .beicg a oitfzn thereof, zay be udzitted to the State Tubercui;m&s Sanatoriaaunder ArtitQo 3240, i&vised Civil Statutes,

. In anewer to yo*ur secohd question, i,tishour opinion fhata bone fide intention to ostsbliah a domioilo in Texas an6 becozoan inhabitantthereof, constitutesthe intention Cohtezplatsdwithin iha 3E:aaingof hrticlc 3240, T&vised Civil Statute&,1925.

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