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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 
State nhould reoeLve oredlt fox' this money. 

Rl8 anther to Our lettap of April 7 rmdn an 

followsr 'Regardin% your 1ett.s of April 7, 

1941, Peque8tUlg ?urtheP lnfOPmBtiaa on the 

Jloaa J. Vattn Cm uheok for $59.37 for 

rontal8 4aanting 00 property rrold for temin 

after the resdsmiptim pmrlod brd expired and 

prior to thlr, prqorty be- sold to a third 

P-tY*” 

At the time the property in quertiar in thh ame 

YM SOreolored under 8 tu juaeaglt the folloving Artioles 

oaptrolled 8uoh aales and redemptlme: 

"Artiiole 7288. %hould the tu oolleator 

f83.1 to mke aale of uky real eatate for mat 

of e purahuer, he rhrll bid the aarm off for 

the State for the tbx.8 and paulties due, and 

all co8t8 eoalrulng thereon, and oxeaute a deed 

to the 8t8toj and am deed &all lnalude all 

tmtn of land bid off to the 8tate et rush 

tex arle,~dmke due -turn tbezeof,uader 

8uah foam md direatiane UI the Comptroller 

m8y furnish and dlmat. After 8ale and pureh~e 

by the Btats of ay ml estate, It 8h8llnot 

ba lawful TOP 8Ud aolloctm to levy upon OP advo@tlne OS 8.11 the 8mw iOF any mmlning or 

rOsrubd tax88 due thereon rsltiltbe 88mo 8hsl1 

p8,%btiT redeened b the owner or 18 8Old by 

%aid co1 9 ee&&;sball, 01 fln8l settlQment Oi hi8 &aoOunt8 with the Oo1m&881oneP8 

court end the Comptroller, be antitled to & 

omdlt fo~tha rmrotmtof -08 due the 8t8te 

end oomty, resspeatlvely, for rhlah the land8 

end 10t8 vere bid off to the 8trte. 

"Article 7289. The uuner ofurglrad8 that 

mny here been aonveyed to the %tato under the 

prOYi8iOIt8 Of the fOregOing WtiOlO, OI hi8 rg*at, 

d98lring to medeem the mme, mar do ao by depositing with the oollwtor O? the county in 

vhiah the land8 vere 8old double the ankount of 

the pwahaoe wmsy md 411 raox'udtiase8 thma, 

vlthln tvo yewa froa the data of the deed to the 
IImorablr CbrP1.y LoaldLut, Pqa 3 

State; Md 8Wh CO1lOOtOF 8a1 *XeOUtO 8 FOaeipt to such ovnbr, Or 8gQt8, @VIag tbon& 

the uuo wt of a mney M a o ived, a nd l de8arIptlaa of the laad 80 a8 to idmtify the @ame, 

urd 81s pnd 8-1 th8 8W Offioidiy; Md, 

upcp pl'O8G&&tIO?B of rwh raoelpt to the OOarptroller, he 8Wl execute to the owmr a rel%lU+8hWII¶tWIdO~hi8 8%@0.8tUMMd 8u1of 

offlao, rhioh my be admItted to reooml Sn 

like meaner with other aaavlryWaoo8 of Und. 

"ArtIale 7290. In 0888 8tid land 8h11 

not MY. been Podo8@8& 88 prwl~ in Art101e 

7089, then the 8m w k 8Old 88 provided 

ln ~tlalo 7a80: 

Artlole 7328 prov3.d.d the method of -10 by & 

shwiff after property had o~l.gbally bwm bld in by the 

State~dthe lwthod ofpw3ngthowaby8ftor 8ald8ale. 

%Ud htlah lWSd8 fn pWt M fOlhU8, 

* If Wky Of the had thU8 8Olid 

tb the itit; i8kBt rmdeemd W1thS.n th8 t&W 

pP080rlbed by thi@ lW, the $hWiff 8bl1 S.11 

the aam8 et publlcr out0 

1 

totha hl.@mtblddw 

ff3rcwhrtth*pMnoIpa alzaioeto th8 aowt 

howe in tha oowty whwo& the lend 1108, eftw 

@*ins notloa of sale ia tha manor now pro8oribod ?Ol! 8aO Of w 08t8tO UtkdW UMUtiQII, 

pwvldad wh8n notbe 18 egm by poatbg notiaw, 

me of the 88ld notio88 -11 k po8ted In 8 

oolepiawma plus up~l tha lard to ba rold. 

Se&d aotIao 8heU a-t&In a legal de8oriptlQn of 

the lend to b8 #old1 the d&o of it8 ~uWamo by 

the bteto, the prlae ferwbioh the lmdru rold 

te thr %tata# th8t it vi11 b. 8Old 8t pub110 Outarg to the -8t bidder for O&8& dRte md 

flUSO Of 8tiO. Al.1 lui1*8 OOnte3E$~tOd horeln 

8-1 be We ia t&l mWUl.r proscribed fW th9 

oale OfwalerUt~ lmlor axwut~,~t~ 

8heriff 18 hereby 8Utbl’i8&, md It ir horoby 

prds hI8 duty to wjeat any rtld all bid8 fox' 

ad lnndvhm Inhl8 $.ad@mntthe UIL)MtbIdIa 

ia8uffIoiant or in&%quto, crad la event *rid bid 

or bid8 are njootod the lend dU.3. be I’e-dVwti8Od and offoNd Tel’ 881e 88 pPOV%dsd fW hWOin, ,, 
Hworable Ohuley Lookhert, Paga 4 

but the aaoeptamm by the 8herlff of tha bid 

8hrl1b8 canol~:~eW~dblnaiD~ m the qW8tlCZi 

of the SUffiCi8IlC~ of thm bid, and no a&Ian 

8hSll be 8ullt8ill@d in Ury OOUl't Of tdd.8 State 

to ret aialde ueid earl@ an growads of the in8uffIclenoy of th8 Munt bid aad maopted. 

nothing hwein Sh311 b0 am8trwd U prablbltin/~ the Btotr, rating thx'oqb the oowty attorney of the oounty vhoroln thQ land 11.8, or it8 

Attorney 0BII4X81, f’P0m in8trtUtw u1 E#tiCRl t0 

88t asida the aaId 8ti@ 0 th@ gPOM& Cl? fF8Ud 

or aolluslm b&wan the offla~ mUbg the 

saleandthe purCbae~'. The 8hsPiffsUL18ad 

the 8m0wt WGOIW~ f~an8~htileto the 8t8te 

TreMureP ester ludwtlng the UlQlmt of th8 

aoulty tams, Sntorost aad penalty of the aouIty taxvhiahhe 8bai1 pay to the oountytrMUuxwr. The 8hWiff, irk bOh81f Of tb0 %t8tO, 

ahal execute l dud 000-g title to mid 

property Whan 8old end paid for." 

orlginrlly brought.