Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 46
Marlin, Texas, Wednesday, October 30, 1907
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PENALTY IS PRESCRIBED.
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For Failure by Physicians to Re-
port Contageous (sic) Diseases.
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       The following is self-explanatory:
               Marlin, Tex., October 26, 1907,
Dr. R. G. Ward, City:
       Dear Doctor--In response to your inquiry made to the county attorney with reference to contageous (sic) diseases beg to say Article 478d of the Penal Code provides as follows:
       "Any physician who shall knowingly conceal any case of contageous (sic) disease, or who shall fail to report to the county or city health officer any case of contageous (sic) disease of which he may have knowledge, shall, upon conviction, be fined in any sum not less than $25 nor more than $100."
                        Respectfully,
                             FRANK OLTORF
                    Assistant County Attorney.

       Referring to the above,  I wish to say that I will adhere to the provisions of the law.  Physicians who may fall or refuse to report promptly the existence of any contageous disease among their patients will be subject to prosecution, as I shall report all violations or neglect to conform to the statute.
                                  B. G. WARD
               County and City Health Officer.

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