i OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

0 AUSTIN 

Honorable Iiiohar4 f, Stovall 

DilldOt kttO?Iley 

floyda , Terra 

Dear sir: 

“ilea glro mr yo 

Or llot the Floydada Indepe 

haviry l 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 am toll0wa: Suit was 

n Flay4 County, Texae In 

8x14 an 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 LZoRool District. 

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%iaring MIZIO 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 tax lleaa agalnat tha propert 

i;; 

Sal4 

article Surther pravldea thet oonaent In be li of th6 

State oi Texas may be .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 

written oonarat to the Ploydade ln46gendent Sohool 

Dirtrlot to eel1 the property, an4 they woul4 1Ike to 

roll the property without the neeeaalty of reedvertlalng, ma provided in tke aeoond panmaph of EieOtIQn 9 

of Artiole 734fib, R. 0. S. 

“Art1018 e775, 8. C. S., provldea aa followa: 

*Any houaea er landa ha14 la tru8t by any oitp or town 

for pub110 tree aohool purpoaaa mey be mold tar the 

purpose of invetting In more 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 0r the State Boar4 giviag couaant thereto end tha reaolutlon or the board of truateaa 

authorlzlng auob 8al9. * 

*The opinion of the $1 Pa60 Court OS Civil 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 YOU desire 

before giving JOUS OpfIIiOn On the meter, plea@* ht me 

bow an& I shall be glad to fumiah aam.* 
3 

435 

l,,n. Richard F. Stovall, p. 3 

- In our Opinion, the Floydrda hIdependent aehool PI.-’ 

trlot la*y sell the property in question at private aale for leaa 

ttun the l dtudted oalus thereor or th0 amount or th0 judment 

a,plnrt th6 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. 

Tba Opinion of the fl Faso Cam-t cf Civil Apwa1.r 1~~ 

forred to in Yoer letter deals with property whloh bad l Otuelly 

boon used by the 60h001 dirtrIOt ror aohool 

other band the Ploydada Independent Sohool D P 

urpoaea. on the 

atrlot haa l Oquire4 

this RropOrtY, not aa an investment for the purpose OS ualllg the 

PrOpOrtY a@ a eahool, but aa a ate9 ln the oolleotlon OS tax00 

on rid prowsty. A kxbg unit buying in property l t 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. or hP9.j. C188rly. w0 think, property l oqulnd by a tulng unlt under a014 ArtIOlo 7SISb la mt *hOuaaa or lOuda he14 

i8 trurt by my oity or town for publlo free #ohool pafpoaea,” 

aa oontenplatad by Artiole g778, R. C. E. Sal4 statute not beln4 l ppllccrble, the ooaaOnt OS the State Board of Xduoatlon la 

not require4 to mke the propor ed l Ole vall4. 

The thlr4 jmrOgraph ot your letter above quote4 eontalaa an aualyaIa of the flrst paragraph or Seotion 9, Art1018 

9345b, R. C. 6. The l eoond paragraph of ul4 Seotion 9 prwi4ea 

in part aa follower 

rProvIde4 that if sale baa not 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 the Sherlrf 

upon written request fkm any taxin unit who ha@ obtafned a-JudgEtaRt In raid eutt, to a011 said Proprrtl 

at pubiio outory to the bigheat bidder ror 0O.b at th0 

prinoipal entranoe of the courthouse in the OuutY 

wherein tb bad 2188 after e;lvlng notICe or salr 113 

the EynnOr now premribed for rale of real offtat* under 

l xeoution.* 

,;y;o do not oonstrue the quoted portion .-_ -. of %etiOn 0 a* 

mki,% a eb.rlrf*r, aale the otiy sale metbaa aval.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 units am at111 at liberty to l ffaat a private 

~10 under the written consent, protlnlon OS the first paragraph 

of Sootion 9. Tb a 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 from thlm 

t#fioo, Ho. 04078, uopy of uhloh ie l n6losuI, rapport8 tbl8 

oomlu8lon. 

Aooordlagly ny bold that under tba fmats rtatd In 

lottor, the Flofladm Inaependeat :Gobool M#trlot,’ with the I 

our 

ur ttan 

ooasant of tbo other taxing uaits involvo& may so11 rib property et private l le et the prior indloatd, and wlthcut the oonI@ Of the Stat* Board Of 8dUOatiOn. 

Your0 vary truly 

A'B'Oii?4XYIEliZRAL OFTZXAS 

Rolorun