i OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS

0 AUSTIN

Honorable Iiiohar4 f, Stovall DilldOt kttO?Iley floyda , Terra
Dear 

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“ilea glro mr yo Or llottheFloydada Indepe haviry 

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oqulred in the oohool di Tar i! Do.4 dat.4 the 6 oan roll an4 oonvey such pra ten oonaent of tbe other t em than the

re amtoll0wa: Suit was n Flay4 County, 

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8x14an adjudged value of 3700.00 wa6 plaoed by the court upon eaid property; tbereatter alp Order 0r Sile waa lssua4 and the 6bsrlff, artor advertleing said property aa required by law, eol4 8814 prWerty at publio

_ aale to the Ploydade Independent Bohool Distrlot for itself and the other tarlng unlta Involved for the eu~06. Rlobar4 f. Stovall, p. e

oi 6700.00, being the adjudged vrlue plaoed upon #aid- property by the oourt, and thareatter executed a Sheritf'a Dee4 to the said Ploydade Independenf LZoRoolDistrict.
C8eOtion 9 of Artlole 7345b R.C.3, provIdea that where property la bI4 In and held by the taxing unit purohaaing HP. for the uae aaS benefit of itself en4 all Oi tha k~fng units whloh were partlea to the suit, tb property ah11 not be a014 by the tuti u&it purOb%iaringMIZIO

ior lea8 then the ad&V&e4 value of t&e amount Of the judgnrsnt, ehlohever Ia lower, wIthout the written oonaeot ol all taxing unit8 whioh have been found to here taxlleaa agalnat tha propert i;; Sal4 article Surther pravldea thet oonaent In be li of th6 State oi Texas maybe .gIven by the Couaty Tax Colleotor of the Ocunty in whIoh the propsrty la looatd.


### “In thla pertioular ease, all tba taxing units me dealrtur or 8elUng the property and ~111 give their writtenoonarat to the Ploydade ln46gendent Sohool Dirtrlot to eel1 the property, an4 they woul4 1Ike to roll the property without the neeeaalty of reedvertlalng, maprovided in tke aeoond panmaph of EieOtIQn9 of Artiole 734fib, R. 0. S.
“Art1018 e775, 8.C. S.,provldeaaa followa: *Anyhouaea

### er landa ha14 la tru8t by any oitp or town for pub110 tree aohool purpoaaa mey be mold tar the purpose of invetting Inmore oonvenlent axid dealreble school property,with the conaent OS the Stat6 Boati, by the board oS truateea of such oity or town; and, in auoh oaee, the preeldent ot the aohool bear4 ah11 exeoute hi8 deed to the puroheaer for the eeme reolting the resolution 0rthe State Boar4 giviag couaant thereto end tha reaolutlon or the board of truateaa authorlzlng auob 8al9.*
*The opinion of the $1 **Pa60** Court OSCivil Appeal. in tag case or R. B. spenoer and **Company** va. Brown, et e1 lgg s. w. 1179, would Indicate that the Qomeut of th; State Board would be neoessarp.
qr there ie my further Information YOUdesire
**before** giving **JOUS OpfIIiOn**  **On the**  **meter, plea@** * **ht me**  bow an&I shall be glad to fumiah aam.*

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### RichardF. Stovall,p. 3

- In our Opinion, the Floydrda 

### hIdependent aehool PI.-’ trlot 

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selltheproperty 

### in questionat private 

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dtudted oalus thereor or th0 amount or th0 judment a,plnrtth6 Propssty in said suit, written Oonfmtt Of all. taring unlta whlobever is lower, with the wbloh In aatd judmnt bara born found to hOv0 tax lien8 ap,ainrt auoh property, mad the oOnnnt of the State Board of Sduoatlon lp uaneOe#aOry.



### TbaOpinionofthefl Faso 

### Cam-tcfCivilApwa1.r1~~ forred to in Yoer letter deals with property whloh bad 

### l Otuelly boonused by the 60h001dirtrIOt ror aohool 

### otherband the 

### PloydadaIndependent Sohool D P urpoaea. on the atrlot haa 

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Oquire4 this RropOrtY, not aa an investment for thepurpose OS ualllgthe PrOpOrtYa@a eahool, but aaa ate9 ln the oolleotlon OStax00 on rid prowsty. A kxbg unit buying in property lt 0 tax ralo oonduote4 under the authority of Art&o&e 7sdSb Revi. Clvll 

### Statutes,ho148 such propsrty “10 trust rOr ail taxiag units adjudge4 to have lien0 on the game. . . .- Yaxla Independ - ent Sohool Di5triOt 

### vs.City of X8x10, 138 S.#. (#id) 118, lgl (mmm. orhP9.j. C188rly. w0 think, property 

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### a tulng unlt under a014 ArtIOlo 7SISb la mt *hOuaaa or lOuda he14 i8 trurtby my oity or town for publlo free #ohool pafpoaea,” aa 

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by Artiole g778, 

### R.C. E. Sal4 statute not be

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theooaaOnt OSthe State Board of Xduoatlon 

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### require4to mke the propored l Ole vall4.
The thlr4 jmrOgraph ot your letter above quote4 eon

### talaa an aualyaIa of the flrst paragraphor Seotion 9, Art1018 9345b, R. C. 6. The l eoond paragraph of ul4 Seotion 9 prwi4ea in part 

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rProvIde4 that if sale 

### baanot been lllade by l uoh purohalng t0x1ng unit berore 01x months aftor the Codsaptlon period provided in ~eotlon 18 hereof he8 espired, It shall thereerter be tbo duty or 

### theSherlrf upon written request fkm any taxin unit who ha@obtafned a-JudgEtaRt In raid eutt, to 

### a011saidProprrtl at pubiio outoryto the bigheat bidder ror 0O.b at th0 

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entranoe of the courthouse in the OuutY wherein tb bad 

### 2188 aftere;lvlng 

### notICeor salr 113 the EynnOr now premribed for rale of 

### realofftat* under l xeoution.*


### ,;y;o donot oonstrue 

### thequotedportionof%etiOn 0a* .-_ -. mki,%a eb.rlrf*r, aaletheotiysalemetbaaaval.lahle *uh*e'soa. Riobard F. :;tovall, p. 4

qu~nf to the pecsags of the sir math8 after the red~ptloa period. The tiring 

## unitsam at111 at liberty to l ffaat a private ~10 under the written consent, protlnlon OSthe first paragraph of Sootion 9. Tba l violent lntoat oi the le65rlnturo in adding the rheriff*r aale proririon was to afford raliaf rhon taring &tr dsht be unable to agree with one mothor on a aa10 prloo. maofore. althaqgh over four years bare pasrod l lnoe the foreolorare #ala, 8 rheriff*a 8ale 18 unnooemary, sad the property m, be mold ot private -10 under tbo oondltiona met out in the ffrrt paragnph of 3eotlon 9. AS earlier OpinlOa fromthlm t#fioo, Ho. 04078, uopy of 

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### l n6losuI, rapport8 tbl8 oomlu8lon. Aooordlagly ny bold that 

### undertba fmats rtatd In lottor, the Flofladm Inaependeat :Gobool M#trlot,’ with the Iour ur 

## ttan ooasant of tbo other taxing 

## uaitsinvolvo& may so11 rib property 

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le et the prior indloatd, and wlthcut the oonI@ Of the **Stat*** **Board Of**  **8dUOatiOn.** Your0 vary **truly**
A'B'Oii?4XYIEliZRAL OFTZXAS

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