Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICE OF THE A’ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN G-O.MANN &noulNopI- Honorable George ':'!. Cox, t5.D. State Health Offloer Austin, Texae Dear Sir: Your request ior opinion ha oareiully oonsidered by this d requestas r0ii0ttfst Willyou pl*aae the fallowbgt and quaraatin ml that three quaran- llslmd to oam for roughout the State and B arisen vhbther any the legal right to reolate an early ntllng on this ains to our National Defense Artiale &.l8d, Vernon*e Annotated Term Civil Stat utas, referring to the dutiee of the Stats Health offloer, &&ads In pert as followfdr " He shall hare the 2ower, with the appro&*oI the State Board of Elealth, to pre- scribe and promulgate suoh admlnletrative rules and rogolationa, not inoondmtont with any law of the State, a8 m%y be domed nmmwary tar the OS- feotlve peziornunoe Of the duties 5qessd by this or any other law upon t&m State Departuunt of Health and it% several offiarra and d$vi%iona.* Artiolb 44l9, Vemon’a Annotated Tans Olvll stat- utea, reed8 *II Sollorar *The State Board of Ilsalthahall hate geaeal supervisionand 00ntrOl Of %ll mtters pertainlag to the health of.oltisens of th;tsState, as pm- vidod herein. It shall make a stu6ly or the eauaos and preve3Mon 0? inieotion 0f oonta lour diruwa affootlzgthe live8 of oi t;isene rith & this State ” 4.‘ .~, _.’ f, ,.: ?I. I Article 4427, Vernon’s Annotated Texas Ulvil Stat- utes, reada aa folla*t 'Ea%h %ounty bBalt& OffiO6T &all perform %uoh duties as have bean nquircrd of oounty PhJI sioians, with Felatlon to Oaring ?or the priaoa- er(1 in oounty jalle and in saririg for @he iiuaater of county paor fame, hoepitalm, dlsoharglng du- tie% of aounty quanuitina, and other suoh,dublos as m%g be lawfully requized 02 the Oou%ty phy%i- oian by the oamiaaioxuma oourt and other oiriaers or the oounty and shall disehargs ang addltio%%l duties wbloh it say b% proper for oouaty author&- ties under the present laws tc require of oounty pbyeloians; and in addition thereto, be sh%U. die- oharge suoh dutk %g %hhal.lbe presor2brd $9~ him under the rulea, regulatIo%% and reqUiwmat8 of the Texas State Board ot Health, or tk% preotdeat Honorable George W. gear, Y, 'Dr., Page 3 thereof, and is s~~parsrsd and authorized to sa- tablish, minteia and aaforeo quamntine withes Y his county. He shall else be required to aid and assist the Stat& Beard of IIoalth In *all orattere of looal quarantlue, inspection, dlseaso prenn- tion and suppression, vital end mortuary statle- tics and Reneral sanitation within his oouuty; ehd he shell at all times report to said State board, in suoh maser aad form as it s&all plr- aorlbe, the preaenoe ot all contagious, lnreotloua and dangerous epidaaio dfeeasee within his juris- diotioa; and hs shall make sach other and furthsr reports 11: suoh manner and f-urm and at suoh times as said State board shall direot; touohing on euoh mtters ae may be proper for said State board to direot; and he shall aid said State board at all tiates in the enforoement of ita proper rules, regulations, rsquircnamte and ordinanoss, and in the enforocnent ot all sanitary laws and quaran- tine regulations within hi8 jurisdiotion.* Artialr 4430, Vernon's Annotated Texas Cltil Stat- utes, urea& as follows: Vaeh o1t.y health offioer shall perform such duties a8 may be required of bin by general W# land olty ordinanoer~with regard to the general health and sasltation of towns and aitles, and perform suoh other duties a6 shall be legally r~- quired of hti by the mayor, govering body or the ordinanoes of his oity or town, He shall diaohargb amI perforn auoh duties as nwy be presorlbed for him under the dimotlons, miles, rsgulations and sequiremnts of the State Board of Health and Ghe president thereof. He ohall be required to aid and aesfet the State Board of Health in all nat- ters of quarantine, vital and xcortuary etatfstios, inspection, disease prevention and suppression and sanitation within his juriediotion. Ne shall at all tinas report to the St&e Board of Health in such mmner end Oow aa rsaid board r8ay presor i be, the preeenoe of all auntaglow, iufootious and dangerous e?idemio diseases within hia jurisdio- tion, am% shall make auoh other and ktrther re- ports in such mamer ahd form aundat such times as saiit State board ehfU.1 direot, touahiag all %morabls George %:. C@x, M. D., Page 4 such nzatters a8 my be proper for said board tc direot, and ha shall aid said State board at all times in the enforoeaent of pwper rules, regu- lations and require5ents In the euforoesmt of all sanitary laws, quarantine regulations aud vital statistics oolleation, and perfonn suoh other duties as said State board shall direat.” Artiole l&&5, Venton’a Annotated Texas Civil Stat- utes, reads as follows: YSyphilis, gonorrhea end ohahoroid, hereinarter designsted venereal diseases, are hereby deolared to be oontagious, itdeotious, oommunioable, and dan- gerous to the pub110 health1 “Seu. 1. anJr pkya1ois.n or other parson who 5akes a diaghosia In, or treats, a ease or syphi- lie, gonorrhea or ohahoroid and every superlntedd- ent or 5auager of a hospitai dirpeasary or ehari- table or peztal Institution, in which theX 18 a ease of venereal disease, shall report auoh ease inmediately, In writing, to th6 looal health offi- oer, stating the nasm and eddreso or the orfloe rmnber, age, sex, oolor, and oowpation 0r the dis- eased person, and the date or the onset of the dia- ease, and the probable smtr~o of infeotion, pro- vided that the na.m and address OS the diseaOod person need not be stated, aoept aa hereinarter speciffoally required ia Section 3, and provided, further, that all infonaation and reports consemi- Ing perttonshaving venereal dlaeaso shall be held seoret In aooordauoe with pr09leiona in Section 8. The report shall be enolosod in a erealed envelop6 and eent to the local health offloer who 6hall re- port weekly on the prescribed for5 to the State hoard of health, all cases reported to hI.5. The physIoIarm and others residing in ofties having no oity health officer, shell awakereports required in this seotion direot co the aousty hsalth orrioer, where there is a Oounty health OffIOer Ih the ooun- ty in which they reside, and where there Is no ooun- ty health orfloer, all such reports shall bs smde direot to the State Board of Health. Honorable George W. Cox, M. D., Page 5 "990. 2. It ehall be the duty of ersry phyai- olam end 0re9erg oth0r pOrs0n uho examines or treats a parson having aypbilim, gonorrhea or chan- oroid, to inetruot him in inea8urea for preventing the spread of such dieease, and of the neoessitp for treatment until oured, and to hand him a oopy of the oiroular of Information obtainable for this purpose from the State Board or KOaLth. YJeo, 3. All city, county, or other health ofrioere shall use rrery arailable means to asuer- tain themexIstenoe of, and to imOstigate all OasOs of syphilis, gonorrhea, and ohanoroid within their sereral territorial jurIsdIotIoae, and- tc asass- tain the souroes or suoh Infeotlons. Loeal heal& offlorrf~ are hereby aapowered and direoted to Ilsko euoh examInatIona Of pereans rsaaonably suspeotod of harlng syphilis, gonmrhea Or ahanoroid as fsmy M&~;~~ttary ror oarrying out the pro9ItaIon~1 of OIittgto the preralenoe Of 8uOh dI!worrs smong pxktitutes and persons assooiated with them, all suoh persons are to be oonsidemd within thr abore olass. Wee. b. Upon reoeipt of a report of a caB* or venereal dltxxiae, the looal health orfloer ahall Institute mmsur06 for proteotion 0r other per8ona from InfOOtion by suOh vOn0reall.y diseased perttonl “1. Local health orflows are authorized and directed to quarantine persona who have, or ara nasonably auspeoted or having; syghilia, gonorrhea, or ohanoroid, whenever, in th0 opinion of said lo- eal offioer, or the State Board of Wealth, or iQe exeoutive orrioer, quarantine ie neoeaoary ror the Protection of the pub110 health. In establishing quarantinethe looal health offioer shall desIgnat and d%fIne the limits of the a- in whioh the per- eon known to have, or reasonably #uepented of hav- ing syphilis, gonorrhea, or ohaneroid, and his im- mediate attendant, are to be quarantined, end no other person other than the attending physloian, shall enter or leave th,e area of quarantine With- out the permission or the local health orricer. Eonorabls George ;;. Cox, %. D., Page 6 ‘1Jo one but the local health ofrioer shall terminate said quarantine, and this shall not be done rrntll the quarantined person has become Iton- infeotioua, as deterzined by the local health of- ricer or his authorized deputy through olinlcal excrrtlInatIou and all neoeseary laboratory tests, or until pemIssIon has been given him to do 80 ;;otp State iioard or liealth or Its exeoutive of- . "2. The looal health orfioer shall inform all persons who are about to be released rrom quarantine for venereal dlseaae, In case they are not oured, what further treatment should be taken to coJ&eto their cure. Any person not cured, before released from quamntlne, shall be required to sign the following stat-ant after the blank spaoes have been filled to the mtisraotion of the health orrioor: “‘I rcssldlng at hereby aaknowledgs the iaot that X am et this tfme in- feotad with ; and agree to plaoe myself under the aedioal oare of siolan or olinio) ~---Ta-&',l~~ phy- hours andthat will remain under thr treati!m~ of se 1d physician or cllnio until re- leased by the health offleer of or until my ease Is transferred, with the approval of wId hsaltt orfioer, to another regular lioensed phy- aioian or an approved olinia. "*I hereby agree to report to the health of- fioer within four days after beginning treatment as above agreed, and wIl1 briog with me a state- ment rr0a? the a098 physician or olInI 0r the medical treatment ayplied in my ease, and there- after will report as ofte;; as *nay be demanded of me by the health offIoer. **I agree further, th.t I wIl1 take all pre- oautlons reco;:&ended by the hafilth dfiosr to pre- vent the spread or ths above disease to other per- sous and that I will not perforn'any aotwhiah will expose other persons to the above dieease. **I agree, until finally released by the health officer, to notify him of any ahsnge of ac'dress and to obtain his consent before nrorin,g my abode outside ot his jurlsdiation. Signature. Date *All suah agreements shall be filed with the health officer and kept ineaoese1ble to the pub- lia. *The cmmisaiomrs cwts or the various aoun- tiea and the overning body oi al.1 imorporated towns and ait f ee are hereby empauered and dimeted to provide suitable plaaes raa! the detention or persons who amy be subjeat to q?aarantine and uho should be s%((re#ated for the exeaution or tJ%epro- visions or this law; and suah ammissionsrs aourts and gave~ning bodice or inaorpomted aitiee arzd fcwns are he,rsbyautliorizedto inaur, on behalf or their said aounties, aiti%s or towns, th% es- pe~5e8me4mm-y cc th0 ~r0r4~t or this km. *Sea. 5. 1. %"hena pemoon applies to a pby- slaian or other person for the diagnosis or traat- sent of syphilis, gonorrhea OP ohanaroid, it &all be the duty 0r the physician or pereon so aon8ult- ed to inquire of, and asaertaln from, the pertioa seeking such diagnasia or treeatmat, wðer mah pereon has heretorore consulted with, 01‘ hee been treated by, eny other physiaism or ~Q;EOL~,a@ ii sa, to ascertain the mu& and addreaa or the phy- siaian ox pexnon leet consulted. It shall be the duty of the physician or other person who% the ap- plicant oonsulta to notify the pbysioian or other person last aonsulted of the change of advisers. Should the phyaiaian or person previously consulted fail to receive such notice within ten days after the last date upan which the pa'tisnt was instz'uated by hti to appctar, it shsll be the duty of suah phy- siaian or pgreon to report to the loo&l, health of- fleer the mm% md address of suah voneretrlly dis- eased persan. hanarable George V. Cox, 56. 0.) Page 8 “2. If an attending physiolan or other psr- son kncws cr hae good raaaona to suspeot that a person hsoing syphilis, gonorrhea, or ahanoroid 18 80 aonduating himselr or herselr as to expose other persona to inraation, or is about so to oon- duet him#Nt or heraelf, ha shall notily the local hsalth offiaer of the nams and address or the dis- eased poreon and the essential faots in the ease. *ileo. 6, All local and Stats haalth ofiyoara ara direoted to oo-operate with properoifiaiala whose duty it IS to anforae laws diraoted qainst prostitution, and otherwise to use every propar w)nm r0r the reprssalon 0r prostitution. %3eo. 7. Phyeloians,haalth ofllaers and all other parsons ara prohibited rrasi lest&g oar- tiriaates or rreadoa from venereal disease, pro- vidad this aeotion shall not prevent tha ineuanoe or statements or rreedors rrom inieatiourr disaaeer written in suah rorn, or given under su6h sare- guards, that thair use for eolioitation for sexual intsraourse would be imposaibla. “Seu. 8. All information and reporta oonaarn- * persons inreated with vanarea diseases ehall be lnaosessibleto the publia exoept in sa rap a8 publioity my attend tha parformanoe af the duties imposad by the, laws or the State, “Sea. 9. Anyheath orfioer or other physi- 0i~n whoshall wfiruliy rail t0 prr0w the &tie8 required or him in this article shall, in addition to ths finas imposed by law, forfeit his ri&ht and lloense to praotiae madioine within this state; and tha distriot aourta of the state shall have juriadistion or suite for the rorrsiture 0r auoh liasnse in suah aasss, and the suit may be XileU by any oitizen of the State in a oourt having juria- diotlon, under the ordinary rules or vanue, and it shall be the duty of the county and district attor- neys to represent the petitioners In such suit+w Article b/+51, Vonaon*a Annotated Texas Civil Stat- utes, reads aa follower Vhanevar quarantine is deolared by the Gover- nor or by any aonnty or corporate Wthoritiss in Bonerable George W. Cox, M. I)., Page 9 the State, suoh authoritiss shall aetablieh a quaraxitine 8tation or stations where any person map be detained for auah length 4f time as, in tha disomtioa 0r the quarantine orrioers, the pub110 safety my demandi provided, that all ao?m- ty and suu&loipal quaraatins shell be subordinate, eubjaot to and regulated by suah rules and regula- tions as may be presaribed by the Governor or Texas State Board of Health.” Sestion C or Rule 5 or the Sfknltar~ Cods, (Arti- ale 4777, Vernon’s Annotated Texas Civil Statuten), relating to the quarautine or oertafn named aontagious dieeases (not inalluding the venereal diseases) provides, among other thiags, that if in the oplnioo or the looal hsalth arrthoxlty the pa- tient oan not be treated, with reasonable safety to the pub- lio, at home, maid &!atient my be removed ta a aontagioue dl8eaee hospital or pest hmue. 31 Taoaa ~urisprwleaaa, pages 514 and $15, reads in part a8 r0u4w .--Unties the pollee power the y authorize the establishmeat of quarantine regulations ror tha proteotlon or the publio against aontagion froaa Uose pezwonnwhose aonditionn Is suoh es to spreab dAdease, and aa fnofdent thereto msy authoriae the arreet and de- tention or euoh persohe. i . . Vhan the statute pezlaits,, a health otiloer may ieeue a warrant by virtue Or whioh a lawful arrest may be 138310without affording a prvlkainary .haarIng to the person arreoted. The person de- tained may ohallauga the ri ht to aon8inue the de- tention by having its legal !I!ty inquired ints la a habeas oorpus propeding. *5inae the legislature my deolara that proe- titution is a sourae or ccunnuniaable diseases and that its auppresslon is a publio hsalth meutmre, and may diraet that reasonable steps be taken to supgrass it in the atuner ah& with the latitude necressarilg aooorded to the anioWNIuent oi 6anitaI!y and hssJ.th statutes, it may validly direot that per- eohs showing upon axasination that they are arraot- ed with a venereal. diseaaa may be pkaoed in quaran- tine.- & iioaorablo Qoor40 W. 00x, #. D.# Psgo 1.0 25 Asmaiean Juk~ntaonoo, pago 312, TO&B in part 88 follauar I "For Venomal Diooas~.--The ri@t of tho pub- lit3 authoriti to p~vl(Lo for the quarantineand troetmnt of Lsons infooted with a oontaglous or oomaunleablm ronoroal diwaso has bosn upheld ar a hoalth meeuro. Providona tor tlm dotontion and phy8ioal oxamlnatlon of suspeate bare a%fao been upheld. Tho oxoroiso of suoh pwr by looal authoritio6 ie ~opandoat upon duo delegetlon oi leglalatlve authority for auoh purpose end upon the oxlstomm OS roasoneblo grounds fax euepiolon. It hae also boon hold that 8uoh powor of exmnim- tion oamot be oxoreissd without an aootmor.* In the aaao of In Re Homo 109 Ken. 574, 185 P. 14, 8 A&R. 831, tho Court held that oortafnrubn of tho stat. Bwrd of Health or Karmaa, eQopkd en4 pobifd0a pur- want to tho etatuto, an6 palalan ot (L oity obinanoo imama in aooomhnoa with the rulea ot Oh0 stat0 Board or Eoelth uoro not uaroaaonablo booauro they ruthoriaed tho laoletlon and treetiwntof anonintootedwith vanoroeld&a- -80 .at en irmtltutlon protided by the abate for i8olatSon an4 troatnlont 41 suoh diWa60** It rrould mari that the panor to qrurnatino would aleo gtvo the power to oxenin, en4 treat in2ootod pomono. Soo Rook m. Carnoy, 226 Hioh. 280, 22 A.L.R.1179.~ Iiawovor, in thla ease, a danago euit bmu4ht against a hoalth off&- oor by a poraon dotairmd by suah oifloor, tho Court held that it was a quontlon ior tho jury to dotewho whothor tho rofuaal of the right of quarantine sf tho patient in her own hoEnrand her ocmffnemont'ln tho hollpitalnors un- roasoneblo eote not warranted by a monaoo to the pubI. health. We quote from the oese of 3% Pert. Hardoastle I 208 S. W. 531 (Toxns Oourt of Orlmiaal Appeal@), at) iolfwre~ “This is a habeas oorpw proceeding in whloh the relator is held utkilor au order OS the oity health offfoar of San Antonfo, by rlrttuo of quaX'- antino rogtiations established in aooor4 with ahapter 85 o? the Aots of the Fourth Oal.lod .%a- slon of tho Thirty-IWth Legislature uador e r ~nmeblo Osorgo 3. 00x, M. D., wo U statement of’ the order of errest that, aooordfag tc tho information of the health off’lcer, relatar is afieoted with gonorrhea. n. . . “The Legislature, under the polloo powor, has authority to authorize the ost~blluhmont of quarantine wgulatlons ior the prctootlon or the pub110 against contagion from those porsoaa uhooo ooudltlon 1s suoh es tc 6proad dlsoe~o, and, in- oidont thoroto, to authorize the erroat end dotou- tloa of such poreonei end suoh, we uedorstead, Is th4 purpose of the statute In quotition. Under its terms, the propor hoelth offloer may issue e war- rent by vlrtus of whioh a lawful arroet may bo aedo without prsllmfnery thereto efrordlng the poroon ef?ooted e hoaria; but If, after arre,st, euoh person chellengos the rl&ht of the edhorl- tloo to oontieus the dotontloa, the fundommtal law eeoorda him tho right to hare the logellty of hls dofontlon inqulrod Into bra proper ccurt In e habeas oorpus proooodlng. The law denies to no one restrained of his liberty wlthcut a h%erlng the right to prove In some tribune1 that tho hots justlfylng his xoatrelnt do not oxlst. Ruling Case Law, vol. 6, p. 435, 8 449. The hoalth au* thorltleo oeuuing the arrest of relator dorlvo. their parror to do 80 front the Uiogod sxlstoaoo of the faot that the relator la effooted with tho disoame montlonod, aed that bar dote&Ion Is roe qulrod in the pub110 lntoroet to prevent conte&ion. If those faots do not exist, tho offloor has no jurlodlotlon to oontlnue the rostrelnt and the oourt in the habeas oorpus proouodirg has authnr- lty to lnauire wbothor the feota osesntlel tc ju- rladiotlon exist. Ex perte Dogonor, 30 Tex. Aipip. 566, 17 9. w. llll. 1) .but the pcwor to estebllsh quereutlno, es oxl&:nt under OUT Constitution, is en lnoldont of the pollee power vested in the Le&sleturo WA- a4r the general power to pass laws. Our statute do44 not deolare that the initial order of arrost Ronorible George 'h'. COX, Id. IL, Pago 12 shall be oonoluelve; nor doss it 4o8lgnato any tribunal to whom one detained under an or4e.rof arrest issued by the haalth offloer may appoal for a hearing. The Pair aad rmoonable lntar- pretatlor, of the statute u&$r whioh relator is held, we think, is that whioh aooorde the health otfioer the pomr to order the 6rreat arid d&an- tlon, leaving to the porclon detained the right to lnvok4 the d4olsfon Of the ostebllehod judicial. trlbumls of tha atate on queetione raised, either of faot or law, involving the validity of the de- tention. We ~~ualudo that under the act of the Lsgl#- lature in queatlon the relator Cad the right to a hearing an writ of habeetr oorpus, and therein to prove the nonexiatenoe of the taota nooesbery to authorize her aontlaued Uitentlon and thereby ob- Win releeao. Paots essential to dotenalno whether she crhould or should not be held not bslng erell- able ia this ocmrt, it lr ordorsd thet the writ or habeas oorpus prayed for be granted a& that it be roferrmd for hearing to Bon. R. 8. S&&or, Judge of the Fifty-Seventh #adfolal dhutrlot bf TOXR&~ w4 quota mm th4 4460 0s 1sr~palrto fh00k4,. 2x2 6. w. 956, (T4xaa Cowt or Crlmlnal Appmle) as t'ol1c~s1 "This la en original applloatlon for writ of habeas oorpue sued out by' the rsletor, Oraoe Brooks, who IS dotalnad by Searoy Bakes, ohid oi po~%oo at Rouston, br rmatson of an order lsmed bye'.io hn Ea. Holt, U. S. P. B. S., dlreotor of sanitation, and chief h4alth ofrioer of eald alty or Eoustan, whlOh Order directs that the reletar be oonflned at the aft? faw until dleahe~go4 by aeld health 0fTiaer. A oopy of' aaid Ord4y is attaotQd to tho epplloatlon, and it la eubatantially atat4d thoro- in that relator hse bsoa eramiaed and is lnl’eotcd with syphilis, and Is ordered into quarantine at the said lnun~clpeltam, there to be detainmd until released by order of sal,d health offloor. n . . . *The fourth oontentlon la that thora have been nutmrous testa given relator elnoo her oonfitiament, Honorable George W. Cox, I& D., Page 13 and that som of the same ahmed positive and. 00~ negative reeults, hothing fs thus presented for our deoieion. IS relator is Sree from syphilis or gonorrhea she may present her applloation Sor writ oS habeas oorpus to the looal oourts under the authority of ex Parte haardoastle, deolded by us at this tena, and it Sree therefrom may be dls- charged. The oourts will understand that the health orfloers have no right or power to hold In quaran- tine oiriaens who do not show the presence OS some or the diseaaee named in ohapter 85 or the Aots or the Fourth Called 5ession oS the Thirty-FlSth Legla- lature. *. . . 3% have Oarefully oacamlmd all OS the oon- tautions OS the relator, and hold them wlthcut bids any suapaot, or persons detained, Sroffi perfeot r2tdi05 or treatment by any reputable physiokn while in the auetody OS the orfioials chargea with the eniorcanent or the law; and nothing which de- prives any persona so conlined for treatment of a speedy hear%@ at the hands or the court if thare be oppression or detention without a oauae. The objeot oS the law ia not punlahment Sor the un- rortunatee who are aSSlioted with these maladies, so easily trensmltted and 80 SearSul in results, but the well-being of these aud the remainder or the people. “In the instant aaae relator is ehown to be a married woman, nith a hard-working husband and Honer4bleQe~rge'II. Uox, Y. D., Page ,U four ohll4nn, the ;roungemtbeing 18 months old, but the reoord di8olose8 that xhe deallnw to live 4th them, sttitlng thst ah* p*r*rr the iire or the streets. Ehe 1.r ahbun to be a oommon prorti- tutc and n street walker unrilllng to stay et home and preferring to live by the profligate we 0r hex body. Teatfxony ma adduoed showing namer- ous beetowels of oamal favor8 upon soldlerr and Other persons, also t&et r*lrtor 186 artlloted "The writ lr dismlswd an4 relator reminded to the oust&y of the ohlei of police or the elty or Houston, subjwt to the or&err or @he oiag health ofricer Of said Olt&" Wn6er8oorlng0~~4) The tendensy at Judlol~l en4 publlo opinion to tranrlate the rarlm, aalur popull ruprema lexf the publlo health 18 thr hi&eat law; end whenever a pol%o* ro@atlon is reamoaably damonstmted to bs a prosioteror publio health, all oonetltutlonallp6uaraa~tee4 rights umst give way, to bs warlrloed, wlthout oompensetlonto the cevner~ -80 Tledesun, State axI Fedeml Control or Pwmons end Property, t 3.69. YOUhave lnrorxd PI that the mdoral CWrern&at 18 ocutexnplmting a health projeot whcrebjrthe Ir.der81 Oarevn- me& will plea@ et the 4l#poml ai‘ the Texem Sbte Board of Keelth three quarentlne etatione and/o* hospitals for the purpossof detaining on4 treatily prortituteslnfmoted with venereal dlseesor. These propormd quarantine strtioaa sad/or hospitals w4rcsromer c C 0 ompo lowto in the 3tate or Texas. xe tmdor4tandfurther that the Federal oOveri8ment Is to pay all ~xpenserr of maintaining the hospltslr mab/yx pue- rsntlns rtationre a8 -11 an all wpemer ai tr*nsportLngln- rooted prortltutm to said quarantinestations laCL/orhospitals. The %*te Board or Eealth hes brocldml4 Isnkla% powerwith reepeat to public health umtters. ':?a think the ~onoreblo George PI.Cox, M. D., Paa@ 15 State Boar4 a? Eecrlthha8 authority to make rules, rogulotlono aad omIo~8 prrnldin~ Tar the 8otobllohwnt of theae quoxontlne ntotiona and/or bo*pltolo; preritlbg for the arrest eml r.xonl- nation or ln?eetwI wostltuter upon OrUero oi the looal heoltb ruthorltleoao uell a8 otete health authorities providing for the foouanoa at ordom of ammitwnt by the fez-4 oue Oealth ou- tborltles aomitting infeoted pxootltateo to ml& quarantine statlone ma/or hospital Sor dotentianOS& treatmentt prorid- lag outhorltjrror peooe otriearo to make ormotts and exeouh erdor8 lenfdlly lacued by the rariouo heoltb oftioerol one pmleing la general 011 reasonableand neoossary ruler ane rogulrtlonarhleh the Ptote Board of Becllth doema neooarory and odtloobleto sarr)r out tho doaired purposes ct eoollng with the 8uppw~oloa ot temrbol eisoooe8. It IS thororore our spialon that yaw quootlon 8houl.6 b a lA8WP.dinthe lrrirsmtir0, fi 8uah orrioorr lmro author- hod to tako.owh lotlon br prepor rule8 aa0 regulotloaoof the Stat0 Eoam% of iieolthad ma& offieorr wro fur~lahd with propor rPrront8 and/or writton ordoro Soowd by the proper health authorltiea under proper rulea and ngulotlono praml- gatea by tho stati Board of Beolth. Tho raamnablonoos and legtpfitlo? tho VoriotIo or- dam detainin@ pe~sous at 8oib bompltols will be dotemlaed by the pattloulrr iootcl iA 8aoh MI and my W inpuixod into by habeas oorpur . (Sot br Porte Breoko and lk Parte Eorboo~tle, supra . I Yourr very truly ATTOEI’YEY Olk%XRAtOF TZKAS Wm. 8. FannlPg[ Aosl8tant