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

Eoaonbh wlllirn 8. Davir oounty Attoraey mmmlt oounty 

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rnon’a motatreoeipt oi your letter opinion of thlrr

aepmtoutIonuIll lie againat a busfness ortablishpublic, preparing **ana** 8eouro a health oarthe mmef or rho for lafebtio~us

Ah&o&d 7050, Veruon*a hanotatoa Ponal Oode,

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**"8eetion** 1. 80

### pernon, firm, oorporation, oomaon earriw or l8aooIatIoa o-ratIna, 0aargIng or ooaduotIn(l any hotel or any other pubilo rleeplng or eating plaoo, or say plaoe 

### or vehio&e rhww food or **drink** or oontalners therefor, of any kind, I8 aanuraoturoa, transferred, prepmod, 

## #to-a,Honorablo Wm. H. Darf8, Fagr e _.

paoked, rorved, sold, or othrrwire handled in thl8 State, or any manufaotursr 

### or vendor of oandlar or manufaoturea awe&a, shallwork, employ, or keep **I5** their un lop, lp in, on, or about any 8aId plaO6 

### or reh 010, or hare delivered 

### any artiols therefrom,any prreon Infootedwith any traneml8alble oondltlon of aay inteotiour or oontaglour dleeasa,

### or wOrk, or employ any **person** to work in, 

### on, or about any said ~laoo, or to delirrr aay artlole thexwrrom,who, **at** the tf.me0r hi8 or 

### heramploymeat, railed to drlivor to the employer or hi8 agent, a OsrtIfIcatr rignod by a legally lloaared physloiaa, residing In tha oounty where said person I8 to be employed, or-is amployrd, attesting the faot that thr bearer had bern aotually and thoroughly examInad by euoh phy8IoIanwithin a week prior to the tima or suoh employment, and that ruoh examination dinoloaed ths taot that suoh perooa to ba employed was irae from l

ay transmisrible oondltlon or aay InfrotIou8 

### or oontagloar aissaasl

### or **rail** to Inrrtltute

and hare made, at lntenalr of tIms not 

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xooeding 81xmontha, aotual **and** thorough 

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xamInatlon8, 

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seentlalto the tlndI588 0r frredom rrom ooamunloablo and inr00tiou8 dfaaaesa, oi all rooh employees, **by** a legally lloonrad physloiaa rsrldlng in the countywhere said person I8 employed, and imoura In 

### l vI&enoe th6r00r a oartiiloate 8ignOa by 8uoh physiolan 8tatIag that suoh examlnatlons had been made or auohperson, dlroloslng the raot that ha or rho was ire0 frcxn

any tranamlrslble oondltlon of any ooamunloablr and intaotfous disearrer.

**“ 900.**  **3.** All health osrtlrloatescalha ror **by** thlr hot rhall bo dfspiay6a ror pub110 fnspeotion at tha plaoe whrra the person named thereon Is employed, and rhall not br remOTad rrom lruoh

plaoe during the oontlnuanoe of ruoh empl0mnt axoapt by a **publio** health orriosr, hiteuly appointed agent, 

### or upon valid oourt

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-soo. 4. **The iallure**  **0r any**  pmson, rim, oorporation, oommonoairler or aasoolatlon engagedHollorable Wm. E. Da?Is, Page 8 .

In 

### any or the bu81508808 

### de8oribedin this hot, 

### to display et the 

### plaoewhore 

### aay of tho op6ratIonr or 8uOh bUSi lro king ooaduoted, a valid health or regIOt?atlonqettliloat*, 

### as requiroa by this Aot, 

### ror l aoh person employ& In, on, or about ruoh 

### plaoe,8h811 be. prima taoio rriaeaoe that the 

### Said porsoa, rirm, oorporatlon, oommoa oarrlrr 

### or l

### 88oolatIoa in +iolatloa or requIre0i3at8 6aliea ror by this

### Aot, raflmd to 

### requlrrthr l xhlbltloa or the pro~employmat health oOrtirioate,

## orruoh per*oa ma failed to lnstltute and hav8 made or ruoh pmsoa, aotual and thorough l 

### amiaatlorun6oosrary to the ?i5di48 0r 

## rn6a08rror 

### omunlaablo ai8earsrat 

### intervals0r time not rxo*edi.ng 8%X months.
'500. 5. whoever riolatir any prorlrioa O? this Aot Sh11 bO tinOd In On -0-t IU)t lXoeedIn# ho Hundred DOllara ($800). 

### mob aot or OtiSSiOn in rlolatlon 0r 

### any 0r the proriSIOIU 

## ofthIO Artlole, shall oonrtitute 

### a rsparate offenre end shall by 

### yI5ishabl. a8 hereInaboro pnsorlbOd.*

As w6 polntOd out In 0pInIon O-16851

*It I8 plala to see that thin 

### lot makes It unlawful, rlr8t ror 

### proprietor6 to work or aaploy employeeswith Intootlow or oontaglour dissasr) sooond, ror proprlatorr to work employ808 wha aid 

### nothand over to SuOh l mployOr8 mid health oOrtlrIoatr8; third, ror propriotars railing to requlN physloal l xaalnatlotm or l mployOe8; tourth, ror manufaoturerr or TOadors 0r aaadio8 or 

### maauiaaturadsuwts to 8011 to persons who do not hatO ralld health Oertifloatw, or who do aot hare display oeaes a8 requlrmd by lawy rlfth, ior proprietors iOllIn@ t0 display,

oert lrioatos.* fn that opialon we l XpM88Oa SMe doubt 

### as 

## to whetha or not ArtIolO 9050, or the PenOl 0oae, ~&es It 

### an offensefor 

### proprletorrto 

### workwith Infeotlour or OOBta %lOUS ai860s6, or for **railurr** to hare aa l xaalnatlon m l by aphyslolan or for failure to airplay their own health oOrtlflOate. TO&U rOqUe8t 

### 4008 5Ot rai8@ tbm CWStiOn 

## 1.39Ho5orable wa. 8. mVi8, Rge 4

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0r whether 

### or not it Is made a5 

### OfreaSOror proprIetora to work with Inieotlour or oontagiou8 dlsaasa, and thare

### roro we shall oonriae this 0 lalon to the quastioa or whother 

### or not 

### It 18 ualawtup 

### uuder Artlola, o? tha 

### Panal 0046 

### ror a proprietor to 

### work without harlng axamInatloa made by 

### a phy8Iolan or 

### ror a proprietor to rail to display hIr owa health oertlrloate.

ArtIOlaS 1, 3, ana 6 0r the mm1 ooae 0r thI8 State 

### provide t

"Artlola 1. 

### Th6

aOSi&S 

### Of

l MOtin(; thio **aoa0** la to 

### dot150 In P

### lain lan(lua&e l Tery oftea8e a&al&W the lws oi this~ State, and lf?Ix

to each offense Ite $ropor poniShI&O#lt

." ~Artlole b. 

### In or&or that 

### the systu or palrullaw la roroa 

### in this Stat6

### lpaybe oomplot0within it86ir, and that 50 ryatan or rore@i laws,written or unwritten,may ba 

### appealed to, lt 18 doolarod that no poraon shall k puaI8hea

### for any 

### aot or oml88Ioa, unlrss tha SaDLO18made a'penal ofren88, and a penalt&Irsg;sod tharrto

### by the written law of

.- l Artlole 6. Wh6nrv6r It appsan that a pSOYiSiO5 0t the panal lw I# SO inaerl5itely 

### framed or o? uuoh doubtrul oon8truotLoa that it oaa aot be wd6rStOod, 

### either iron the langwgo la whloh It 18 

### l XpMSllOa, or 

### rrcm some 

### othar written law or the state, suoh ;;;;l law shall be rogarad as wholly 

### Inopora- .a fn keeping with thaOa Artloler It 18 thm law or this State that a panal enaotment must a6rin0 

### with o*rtainty 

### th6 lot oromIs8loa aenouaoed 

### a8 an o rt6a8e. Sx part0 

### Lealle, 69 Tax. or. Rep. 

### 496; tea 

### S.W. lle9l tr 

### parte wllmuth, X85Tax. 

### Or. Rep. 

### a941 69 

### S.W. (Ed) @891 Clnabr ‘I. State, 100 Ter. Or. 

### l&p. 149, 800 8. 91. 

### 44 warm; v. 8tate, 118 Tar. Cr. Rp. 351, 48 8. W. (34 515, 

## 3.40. *



### Hoaorablo Wm.8. mris, Pagr 5 _.

We do not bsllevs ths statute suffloisatl~ daaounoss 

### the aot or omlsslon or tha 

### l mployar in raIlin& to obtain 

### a phploal examlaatlon 

### of his owa prsoa 

### or In falling to 6lsplsy Us own hsalth osrtirloats so as to onats aa 

### orreaee 58 to him. Moora0 rr bb1iet8, as w ahall later DOllItout, 

### that suoh was the lntsat.of 

### tha **k6iSl8tUSO.**

In Murray v. stat., 51 Tsx.

### App. 550, 

### a 8. w. 757, 57 Am, Rap. 683, 

### an lnformatloaagainst ths

## derenaant oharged him with vlolatlag Artlole 685 of tha psaal Code **or** 1585 ror wiiruri~ and nlsohlerousl~ lafurla5 a looolnotire

engine. i3ald

Artlole 555,

### however, related to 

### the Qastruotion or, or 

### iajurlas done to, .?grow~ fmlt, oora, grain, or other 

### l (rloultura1 pwduots or property, real OS persoaal+) ad the oonrt held the far0mti0n in8urri0iwto 

### oharge an orreasa. fn this 

### oonneotlon the court quoted with approval the rollswin# language of ILr.Dillon in the ease of U. 8. 

### 78.Qlaytoar

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### ..For these rsasona,whose oogsnor is obvious, the **law** 18 settled that, in ooaatruing 

### l

tatutss, the language used is sever **t0** b0 **lOat** Sight Or, 8na tb8 pIWStU@tiOKii8 that the language la used in no 8xtmWllna~ sense, but in Its oommon, 

### l rerpl@T msaning. whan 

### oourta,in oonstruin~ statutea, depart 

### rromthe language emplaTs bv ths lsglslator, they **hour** the risk of mlstakIag the lsglslatirewill, or bsolarlng it to exist where, in truth, it has nef6r had an sspresslon, The legltl0ate runotlon 

### 0r oourts is to inte -&p ths leglalatlre will, not ts supplemen or to supplr it. **The jUdiOi8I** **’ y**  **mUSt lieit**  themselres **to expoundlag**  the lawi they **OaIUIOt** ppakeit. It bslonga only 

### to the leglslatirr department to oreats orlmea and ordain punlahmats. Aooordingly, oourts, in the **OOnStrUO** tion or statutablo offsnses, hs.n always ragarded it as their plain duty oautlousl~ to keep olearlywithin 

### the expressedwill of 

### tha legislature, 

### lest otherwise they shall hold aa rot or omlsslon to be a orlam, and punish It,when 

## 141

## 1.42.

Eonorable Wm. 8. 

### Derls, Page 6

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g faot the lsglslatue had aevsr lo Intended

**w** this rule is rlolatea*, says uhief Jukoe BEST, %he fateor thelo ouaea person la 

### 4eolded br the arbitrary dlsorstlon of the judges, and not by the exprsss l

athorlty of the lava.* Ths prlnslple that the Xaglslati+e latent 

### is to be found, if posalble, la the enaatmeat ltaelf, mad that the statutes 

### arenot to 

### ti l xtsndod by 

### oonatruotlon to oases not 

### falrlr aailolearlr l



### mbraoed in 

### ttmlr terms, is one or 

### grut lmportanos to the oltlzaa. Tha ookqts hate no Rover to Oreate Ofreneea, but lr,. bf a latltudlnarian oonstruotioa, they oonstrus oassa not provided for to ba within the lsglslatire

l naotmaats, it is manlrast that 

### the earety and llbsrty of the oitlzea ara put in peril, and that the lsglalatlts d-la has bsen irmadeb. 

### or oourse, aa snaotaant is 

### aot to ba rrittared avay by forord oonstruotlons, 

### by utaphysioal aloeties, or mere rsrbal and sharp oritloisms. Nerertheloss the dootrlne la fundamental 5.8IEq

### llah and marloan law that 

### there 

### oan bs ao ooastruotlre 

### orfenaes; that, before a man oaa bo punlahed, his oa8a Bust be plainly and unalstakably within tha statute, and, ii then bo 

### any fair doubt whether the statute l 

### mbraoea it. that doubt %a to be reaoltsd 

### $n favor of the l ooused

. l .*a

**In** wtlxlo **v.** stats, **ciao** Tex. Cr. **mp. 55a,**  **47** s. w, (ad) 847, it was held that a St@tUt# penalislnd rldlng on a "train

### or street 

### oar or interurban 

### oar* ln ooaoh 

### or oompartmunt

### mob4ealgnated ior 

### ens*s2800 was inapplloa

### ble to one r’iblag in a *bus* operated 

### by a street railway We believe lt equally Olear 

### that 

### an aat aimed 8t gi%r& an l

~loymr 

### to se@ that his employves hare health oertlfloatea

### aad are regularly sxasiinsd does not apply to oompsl the employer hlaself to subait to saoh examination or dieplay his ova health aertlfloate In the abernoe of language raqulrlnd that this be done.

Ths intent of the Le~;slaturo is 

### of 

### par4aouatinportanoo 

### in ooastrulog a 

### atatute, and ths oonolosloa nashed in the praosdlng paragraph la @tr#ngth#nad by lookind to the

## 143

Eonorabls Wm. II. Darls, Psge 7 .

emereeaoy olause of Howe 5111 142, Aots 1939, 

### 46th Lsgis

### lature, Oh.6, p. 551. This is an amendato ry

l naotmeat, but saoh mot or the Laglslatura slnoo 1991 4eall 

### with ths sairasubject

### amtterhas had tha sams 

### or a aI3 lar emerpnoy olause. 688 8eO. 7, Asts 1991, 57th Leg., Ch, 66, p. 154; 880. 4, 

### Aots 1957, 45th Leg. oh. 559, 9. 707. This olauae rea4s in 

### partas follows~



### m0. a. mergenay 

### clru5r. .ma raot that aant rood and drink l stabllstieata en4 hotorles are not required under thm 

### present tar to hate

tneir l wlo reas

examined or seoure health 

### ssrtlrioates. , .* 

### (Vn4erseoringoura)

to 

### a proprietoror 

### a rood 

### anddrink l stabUshmant for hhs failure of suoh proprietor tc have 

### anexamination of his 

### personmade by a phploian ror the purpose 

### 0r determining freedom from lnfsotlous 

### or sosmunloable 4lssase 

### or ror fallura to dlsplay 

### his own health osrtlflsate In him l atabllshasnt.

very truly yours 

### ATTOl?NiY

CBNXRAL OI TEXAS
;PFBOVECJUN15,-1940