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Hon. Henry Taylor, Jr., page 3 (V-883)
dutiesas may be prescribed for him under
the directions, rules, regulations and re-
quirements of the State Board of Health
and the president thereof. He shall be
required to aid and assist the State Board
of Health in all matters of quarantine,
vital and mortuary statistics, inspection,
disease prevention and suppression and san-
itation within his jurisdiction., He shall
at all t imes report to the State Board of
Health, ins uch manner and form as said
board may prescribe, the presence of all
contagious, infectious and dangerous epi-
demic diseases within his jurisdiction, and
shall make such other and further reports in
such manner and form and at such times as
said State board shall direct, touching all
such matters as may be proper for. said board
to direct, and he shall aid said State board
at all times in the enforcement of proper
rules, regulations and requirements in the
enforcement of all sanitary laws, quarantine
regulations and vital statistics collection,
and perform such other duties as said State
board shall direct."
It is well settled in this State that school
authorities have the power to enforce regulations rela-
tive to the maintenance of health in proper conduct of
the public schools and to make such rules and regula-
tions necessary to prevent the spread of contagious dis-
eases. City of Dallas v. Mosely, 17 S.W.2d 36 (Comm.
App. 1929); Bcoth v. Board of Education, 70 S.W.2d-350
(Tex. Civ. App. 1934, error dism.);, 37 Tex. Jur. 1068,
Schools, Sec. 181, 182.. We quote the following from
37 Tex. Jur., pp. 1068-1071:
"The maintenance of health being of
prime importance in the proper conduct of
the public schools, it is settled that the
school authorities can maintain a health de-
partment where such department is related to
and run as a part of the school system and
tends to further the efficiency of that sys-
tem.
* * *"Where exclusive control of the public
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-883, text, August 15, 1949; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth265702/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.