OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Dr. t. 0. siooko 

Dlrrotor, Toxao Forrrt aonfoo 

Cellogo Bttrtioa, Tour 

Dur 131rl 

8a opiaioa on tho following qur 

withdraw euohl 

u&or tho Jurir 

of A. 4 u. 0011 

aiLa bo folone of Artiolr IWb, 

Ll statuto8, em8 not rOdO888a?' 

, sOOt%OR it, vOr~kOl'8 hBOt&Oa mu 

0 fOrO8t b~ad8 UL8 8Oib t0 th8 6teO 

at Of -88, ilit8r88t, pO&tF Ubd 

0d qmI8t 8UOh id, a8 p~0Tid0d iA 

nOVt88a aidi stAtUtO8 0f ?81l8, lseb 

&I 88eIdOd b; AOt8’19g7, ?O'ortiOth bg%818tPrO, t1r8i 

otihd sO88i88, p-8 860, ch8ptOr w, sQOtiOa 1, ma 

a+ r0600r0a or r88Old a8 pr*vt(Led in 88id Arti 
Dr. t. 0. 8Ieok8, P8go 2 

7528, 8UOh land8 8ha11 be withdrawn from the urket 

ma rhll bo hold, pt00tra ana aaminlrtorra by 

the Board of DireOtOr8 of the Agrloultural 8nd 

Weoh8nIo8l Coll8gr 88 mate forertr; and thr Board 

of Dlreotorm rh811 have the power to eunage, ~88 

and Improve auoh pine forest 18nclm l e fully and 

to the marno extent a8 In the oame of other foreet 

lands hold by It In rooordano8 with the law. 

Foreat landm, am u00a In thlm Aot, rhall Inoluae all 

18!Ia8 upon whloh Is growing pine timber of 8nf 

materIs value and dll qutover pine timber whloh 

uy reasonably be expeoted to produce bJ reamon 

of -turd, or other method6 of reforemtatlon, 

another growth of pine timber of any material 

value upon them." 

It will be noted from reading thlm mtatute that It 

lm very general In Itm nature, and, at most, seta out the 

polioy of the State to retain pine forest lands whloh harr 

been bought In by the Btate on tax malee., under Artlole 7328, 

n. c. 0., am amended by tb,Aotm of 1927, 40th LegIml8ture, 

Cir8t Called Semelon p. 260, Chapter 99, Seotlon 1. The U88 

of the phr88e ama not redeemed or remold 88 prodded In maid 

Artlola 7S28 much lands mhall be withdrawn from the market 

and mh~ll br held, proteoted ana admlnletcrsd by the Board 

of DIreOtor8 of the Agrioultural ana kIeohanIoa1 Coil-ege a8 

State forertr' Ir 8omrwh8t oonflIotIng am it 8eemm to eontemplate that the rbmrlff might rare11 the 18na after the 

redrmptlon period 8nd 8t the mame tI8r It pro+Idem that It 

rh~ll be withdrawn from the u&et giving no definite tiso 

for rroh wIthdr8w8l. :: 

It 18 the opinion of thI8 department In an8wor to 

JOPC flrmt quortlon, that pine forrrt landm may be oonmldered 

am not redeemed or remold at &nj time after the expiration 

of the redemption period of two yearm and 80 long thereafter 

am It remains unmold unarr Artlolr 7326. 

The St8tUt8 is rilent on the prooadure to be fob 

iowaa 8aa 88 to who lm to aetermIn.3 what 1-a bought In br 

the State for taxer Im pine foremt ma. It 18, therefore, 

the opinion of thl8 arpartment in answer to your meoona quertlon t&t thore utter6 mumt be worked out between the Board 

of DIre8torm of A. k 1. and the mheriffm of the rarloum oountIe8 where pine forest landm hare been bought In under Art1018 

9322. Onor It ham been determined by them that a traot of 
. . 

Dr. t. 0. Slroko, Pym a 

land bought in unaor Artlolo 7320 rhoula be transferred under 

Artlole 2613, 6eotIon l2, the mherlff rhould tranrfrr the 

8U8tOe and oontrol of ruoh land to the B-x-3 of Dlreotorr 

of the Agrloultural & Uoohanioal College by an ln8trPrrnt In 

w?&tMg<. to be reooraea In the de86 rroorar of the oounty 

mhero the land Is located, reciting that It wae being tlmneferred under the prorlmlonm of Artlole 2615, Ueotion 12. 

It Ie the opinion of this kbpart8ent that lour 

third quemtlon l houla be answered~in the negatlre am Artlole 

734Sb, Vernon*e Texam Civil Btatutes, warn pamsed rubsequent 

to Beotlon 12 of Artlole 2613 and Artlole 7S45b i8 dIffmTent 

from Article 7328 and Inoluaem abdltlonal taxing unite. 

Yourm rerr truly 

ATTORNEY OENERAL OF TEXAE 

DDHrBT 

UPROVED m 5, 1941 

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D. D. Wahon 

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