OFF!SZ OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Xonor8bla George V. Cox, )1. D. 

bt8to tleelth Offlow 

Tcur &ate Board of Health 

Austin, Tour 

De8r air: 

have authorltj 

canter8 urd held them for~oatmnt 

Until 8uoh time a8 the Xe<h Of~lcrr uy retleaae 

them from qU8rMtFCla, the Federal OOvet%mOut de8ir88 

to l mtabllrh the88 tr8atmMt OOnt8P8 WAdUr hdW81 

authorit am mUntalU, op8rate. 8ad rup8rv~rlo~ of 

the88 trwtBl8nt Center8 after th.j 8W ertmbllrhed. 

‘The $OderRl OOV8PlLBMt, hovevor, b8 rOqU88t8d th8t the 8t8te Deprrtmont O? bB81th OOOglF8ta hi 
Eonowbl. Oeor2e V. Cox, 012. 2 

8Uoh PFOPU, irr V18V Oi th8 iaCt tbt th.y h8V. Do 

l tb O?ltJ t0 qWPMtin, 8 wr8W Vithin thr st8t. Of 

Tex8s. mrafwe, th4Jy reqU88t that tha 8UtO a88lfh 

OfiiOW 8XOrUi88 hi8 m.l'8 Of QIWMtiM, tF8MpOPt 

rwh perron to 8 rederrlty opera.6 0eat.r vlthln 

the 8t8t. oi 2.X88 to b8 tP.8t.d by th. p.dOFBl 

oov.rwot . 

"I vould like to knov rh8th.r or not I hwe 8uthoritJ, rurber grermnt qurrrntlne -98, to trrarport 

8 prson to 8 Feder81 hOrplt81 fOl' tD..tBMt by them, 

or vhethsr It vould be required thet I rlnt8ln oontrol 8ad aontlaw to exerolre QImruitlm 8uthOritJ 

over ruoh parrron vho hsr been found to heve luoh 8 

OOnt.glOU8 dt8.888." 

In 8 pWViOU8 COFalilUl.LtO8tiOB YOU r.qU.8t.d thl8 demrtmnt ?Or 8n OpidOll On the folloviry qU.8tiOli81 

“k prostitute Lnfeated vitb 8Jphllls and 

gonorrh.8 l.f~ &n iAfectiou8 rtrge 18 di8@oaed 8nd 

quar8ntlMd ln City A, County 8. Would 8tat. OX' 

county POllOr, Or rheriff'8 dOp8PtDeBt8 h.V. thr 

1.~1 .uthorltr to remove rrld lafrot8d prO8titUt. 

to snother OOUatJ or Clt;J iOr QuWMtiM .a tCe8tWfIt pWpO8.8t 

"It 18 bslng ooiit.Bp~t.b tht three QWr8atlM 

ho8plt.18 vi11 be .rt.blirhctd co oere iW the Lrrieot- 

.d pFO8titUt.8 throughout the statb 8ti the qlM8tlosl 

88k.b 8bOUt b.8 .Pi88n Vh.th.F w pOliC. Offi8W8 

vould have the 1.881 right t0 remOn en infected 

~08titUb fFoa, ODe COUBtJ t0 .XbOth.r.” 

In ansver to that mfamw1o8tl~, ln 0F;inlon lo. O-4736, 

thir deprrtmnt held the Iollovlngr 

"'ph. 8trte Xoard of Hwlth h88 brord rule MLing paver vith rorpeot to pub110 he8lth MttoP8~ We 

think the 8t8t. &8rd of Health h88 8UthOFitJ to m.k. 

rU1.8, regUleflOn8 8Ud Order8 prwldla$ ior the 880 

t~bli8bmJnt Of th.88 qWrMtilI8 8t8tiOM 8JN3h herplml8; porldlng iOr the 8W.8t 8ab eX8RlMtl~ Of 

ini.0t.d FPO8titUt88 UpOn order8 Of th. h..l health 
Bonorabk Irorge Y. Cox, p8ga 3 

AUthOrltlWI a8 well a8 8UtO hulth l uOh o r ltl~8~ 

~OVl~ tot tk 188UUOe Of ,Wd.Fl Of 8dtm8 

by the varlow h8alth authoritl88 aam8lttlag iafWt@d rO8t%~Ut.i t0 Uid qU8rUtiru 8UtiOD8 a/Or 

bO8$4t8 !8 far detention rob trr8tmatJ provldilU authwltf ior l oe offirorr to rk8 4rr.88. md l a8- 

auto oraarr E vtuUy Irrwd by th. vrriow health 

offloe,r8J and povldirrp In &.zb.ral l U reaaomble 

Md 8868888l’ 

BOW@ Of ltrr I 

W1.8 ~,,r~@r8tiOM w&lob th8 Stat. 

th ti.D8 n.88.8827 Id l dtlmbl~ to 

UWJ Out th. dO8tlWd Of hufng Vith th. 

8UQ&W88:@ll Of V8Il.P.a p” 

p888 

ti8a.888. 

“It f8 therefan OW OptUOn t&t JorP W88tiolr 

should be 8Mverrd la thr UfIrmtlve, If 8u.h offleer8 V.F. wthorlc8d to take rush 8.tIa by proper 

ruler me r.gStioa8 or the atw Board of Xoalth 

l d rush effloar8 vere turni8hod vith proper varrut8 M&/W Vritt.8 OF&l’8 188u.d by th. progu 

health authorItIo8 uader~proper rul88 aaA rogulatlona proaulg8ted by th8 State Mm-d of B.lth. 

"The l'888oMbl.Ii.88 and 1868lfty Of th. VU'Ious 

order8 drt8w perroll. .t 88ld hO8Flt8l8 Vi11 b. 

dbtmmlned by the prtloulm fa(Pt8 In l a o h ~88. awl 

My be ioQuirod Into by Ji8be.8 coP~W8.' 

?W8 .a fMJ%OtiOR Of OUC Jbd8r.l 8t.tUt.8, VI fiad 

th8t OW btiOW1 ~W.MD.lbt h8 8.80 fit t0 t4k. 8tOp8 t0 COop8rate uith bD.t8 baud8 or dqartm8ntr of hulth for the proveatioa and control 0s venereal di8.a88,. 

S8ctloa 25. of Title 42, The Pub116 &aIth, U.S.C.A., 

road8 .I tOiiOII81 

'For the ptWgo8a Of 88818tm Stat88, 00~4~ 

tle8, health dI8trlOt8, end other polltioal wbdiVf8iOZl8 4bf the Stat.8 in .rtabllf#hhiaq end UlEtefnlng adequate menaure8 for tJm p8rentloa, treatIWIlt, and OOStrOl Of th. V.MCO.1 di88.8.88 for th8 

ptWm8. Of ;afkm 8tUdi.8, ilWO8ti#t:Oll8, 8od duoal tratlou8 to derrlop more l ffeotlt. s8aaurea of pre- 

*antlolL, treatment, and aontrol of t& vrrurwl dl8.88.8, iocrludiag the trrIUng of prromel; for the 
. 

XoWrrble Oeorge U. Cox, -6. 4 

pe7, l lloveacee, rad trrrrllng l xpeneea of oomml8- 

8lo o .d o ffler ra d 8 o thu p er 8o M l .u1 ig net4 o 

6u8tlor in om7iag 0~8 the purporer of rretioae 25e 

to 25e, lnoluslve In the Dlrtriot of Columbia end 

l luwhePe~ snd for the pP*iu of r*portI, boouneat8, snb o&her ruterlal relatl&g theroto, there 1s 

beroby xuthorlred to be epproprlxtod for the fiscal 

ear endlag June 30, 1939, not exoeedlng the am of 

I 3,000,OOO~ for the fiscal rear endIn& Juue 30, 1940, 

sot arose& 

T 

“z 

the sum of $5,000,000~ for the fIrcal 

oar e&in& we 30, 1941, not exeeedlng the sm of 

7,030,OOO; and for each fircol yew thereefter, sutth 

sum 8s uy ho deemod neeeuar7 to oarq out the purpore8 of reotloar 25e to 258, 1nc1u81ro." 

The Pedorrl Ooveramont 18 l uthorlrc0 to cstabllrh, 

mlnt4ln, opemtct on4 ruporvlao 8trateglo trertment oeaterr for 

tin trootment or pwroaa ulth venereal dieea8e8, who are under 

qwuatine by tha Stat0 Health Offioer. It ~alrar m llfferaaoe 

ubethrr the Sate of Fedcrol Government furblrhea trertmnt for 

perron vlth runereel dlaearer uhlle 8uch persoas are un4cr warentlne by the State Be~lth Offleer. 

Ye think thlr Qepnrtment*a opinion Rs. O-426 2s wall 

fouaded urd emplg eupporteb by authorltlas olted thoreln, arid 

l a swer a 701~ quertion in the tnrtant request. You em therefore 

advised that you have l uthorlty under the prerent qu@ra~tLne 

18~ to tranrport pfwrorm vho bare venereal dtssa8s8 to Petire 

hospitals for trutaeiat b3 suoh horplMl8, raid perrcxu to reuln uador quaranclatt until released by the Bealth O~flocr, 

Very trti7 7ourr 

AT’I’ORREX OE!W!.RAL OF TEXAS 

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