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

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### hold bA thi.8 0480 that, h it 18 th. dUtf Of ttM OOUntr tre88urrr $0 direot prororooutlon ro~ording to lrv for the 

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### the TWM~UXW **direotr** the rO8OOUtlOa 

### or nOta aad whether th0 8Ult 18 dlrOOtOd **by** th0 **Co** me5 88101mrr~ Court or not.

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### the 048@ Of J. A. PhL11p8 IlWO8tWllt CO., et al. '1. Road Dlrtrlot t!iO. 

### 18 Of ~08tOl.M county l

t al., 172 9. Y. (26) 

### 707, vrit 20rit8rd, 

### uhr~sin it VII hold tht the Counlq Attorney of I&M8tOaA County had authorifq U&W UtiOh 339 t0 bfin(: 8 8U.u fO? th0 FOOOYOI7 Of UOrWy iileg8117 &d tO'J. 11.Philip8 rDW33tMBt coapmiy UD&r 6 O&Not 

### ontorwl l&o with raid oompmy br tha C~8810wrat Court of raid oounty. 

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### ia the OtflO181 duf 

### 0r the oount~ rtt I orpz tobri~a aid.1 8Uit8@MtthO - Co1 l otor ~fwr od to rod ho rurety oa hl8 bond to reoovor 88id EOMy. v.40 

### not bellevethat the raot that 8816 Tax Co leotor bar tOM **Out** 0 OffiOe ima8 l y diffWQO8 a8 t0 the dUtr 0 the OOmtT k 

### l ttOl'llqia thi8 MI r t, 88 Uid ‘hX CtilUtW -8 a OffiOOF 8t 

### the tir that tha **ob** 

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