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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Boa. A* 8. Prlbblr 

County Attorae;l 

Elur couQty 

Ooldthmlto, Taxa 

Dear dirt 

OQlnloa x0. 04bo 

x*1 Ye.8 or Q 

four lottrr 0 

by thl8 Dopartrent who 

t1r* to tbm follow!ng q 

ha8 beea rmo*lrod 

t an 09lnlOs relable 

able 

to tin4 any rtatotar wblob~proto the wuaty attommy l m& 

be de?onaQQt lQ Q tax rult ior oolThe 0811~ prorlrloaa 

Artialr 1S3,7) a116 the uterial pMi8iba8 thereof 

l 8 follow81 1 

. . . ..In all omen the 001 enmtloa of 

add Attomoy #hall bo'ho (&8&j) Dol.lrrr 

for the rlrrt traot and Onr ($1&O) Dollar 

ior moh ~bdltion~l traot up ta Sour (4), 
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X08. A. iI. Ribbla, Eamh 9, law), P8p 8 

to l roood ?lro ($5.00) 

that in any l ult brosht 

l gnlaot uy ladlvlda81 or aorporato owner, all 

paot duo tuoo ftr 011 prrvl0~8 mu8 011 8u.h 

tr8ot or traoto ohall be lnolwl*d~ aad prarld04, furthor that wharo thoro an wronl lot8 

in the 0-o wldltloa or l uMlrl~lon 4olinquemt, 

klonglly to the l uo ownor, all ula dellaquont lot8 ohall ba mad. the l ubjoet OS a oln61m Mit.... 

~....Rorl~o6, that the two heroin provided So? in oounoatlon with dellaqaen$ tax 

l ulto oh11 ooastltuto the only fooo that ohall 

bo ohormd by l ai6 offloor for pnparln&, fllla&T, lnotltutlng, 8Id pro*ooutla& l ulto on a.- 

llaqmat taxoo l d ooourlm oollaotl~ thomf, 

$w;;t41awo in ooafllot howwith l ro honbr 

l *...= 

Art1010 sm mada a0 tollou8r 

Whosaver a dlotrlot or l 6u8t7 l ttomep 

ha0 oollooto4 80-7 for the dtoto ctr ior ukv 

bounty, bo *hall rithiB thirty day8 l ttor r)- 

oolring the aamo, pay it into the tnaoury ot 

tho Stat0 OT of tho oounty la wbloh It boloneo, 

aftor deQuotlag thonfrom end rotalnlag th 

o~maloolono l llovod him tbrnoa by 10~. Suoh 

dlstrlat or sounty attorney l lmll k l ntltl*d 

to tom peg ooat oorioolono on the flrot 

tbounnd lollOr 001loot-0~ by him in l ny OIU 

oaoo for the Stata or oorutv trm any InAlrldual or ocmpaay, and fir0 per l ont an l ll l uu 

over one thousand dollaro, to bo ntalaod oat 

of the money whoa eolloote6, and he dmll aloo 

be l ntltlad to retain the oum eoudoolon8 om 

all oollaotlono U&O ior the 9tdo or iOr any 

rouuty. T&lo art1010 l b011 0l00 apply to 

monol r00llOOd fop tho Stnk uador the l oohiat 

law.. 

It ~111 bo Hoa traP th0 rodlag of the above 

prorlolono of Art1010 7338, a8 urnad@& thot t!m fee8 
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Eea. A. M. F’rlbblo, Mueh W, MM, Pa@ S 

provldod ier thoroln uo l pplloable aad pert&i 6m.l~ 

to tbo oollootlw of taxoo upon real @at&o end oroh to.8 

l llend for ouoh wnioao are l xol~8lto of all other faoo 

Mb 0~0010))*. It lo ude the Iluty of tha ooamty or 

6lotrlot l ttornoy to nprooo~t tho ltotr la 811 l ulto 

l g0ia doiinqm0nt 0t tarpoforo ma no prwioion beiw ado 

for too8 OP oumlooloao for ouoh oonlooo ln drllnquont 

t&t ooll*otlono oa 9em8oa81 property, it lo nooooou~ to 

ocnoldu ttm Artlola hot l boto quoted. 

Thlo Doputsmn ho ooaolotontl~ ooaotruod hrtl010 SSS am allowlag tho oounty or dfotriot attorney tom 

pu ooat ooarloslo~ on a:1 thm money oollootmd la tho 

preparrtloa, flllag an6 prooooatlos ef dollnquont tax 

l ulto l galnot porooaal property. &oh ieoo, howover, 

woulU not k taxed as oooto l galnot tb6 toxpayum. 

It lo, thoreton, tho oplaltm ot thlo Dopetmoat 

that tba oounty or alotrlot attorney lo allowed the tu 

pu oont oamiooloa a0 prorldd for la Art1010 SSS, Rorloo& Olrll 8totuko, lms, ox money ooUootod throu(ta 

tho tlllng of dallnquoat tax l ulto l glaot perooad proBuob oomioolon havor lo aot to bo loelude with 

E%unt ot t8x*o, pohty l a&‘lntonot la dotomlain( 

the uouat oued for. 

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