**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 



### Dr. t. 0. siooko Dlrrotor, Toxao 

### Forrrtaonfoo Cellogo 

### Bttrtioa,

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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?'

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### or r88Old a8 

### pr*vt(Led in 88id ArtiDr. 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7528, 8UOh land8 8ha11 be withdrawn 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 le fully and 

### to the marnoextent **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, 

### anothergrowth of pine timber of **any** 

### material value upon them." It will be noted 

### from reading thlm mtatute that 

### It lm very generalIn Itm nature,and, at most, seta out the 

### polioy of the State to retainpine

### forest landswhloh 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 The **U88** of the **phr88e** ama not redeemed or remold 88 prodded In maid Artlola 7S28 much lands mhall be withdrawn from the market 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~llbr 

## 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 

### rbmrlffmight 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### that It rh~ll be withdrawn 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 

### an8worto 

### JOPCflrmtquortlon, that pine 

### forrrtlandmmay be 

### oonmldered am not

## redeemed or remoldat &nj time after the expiration of the redemption period of two 

### yearmand 80 long thereafter 

### am It remainsunmoldunarr 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 answerto your meoonaquertlon t&t thore utter6 mumt be worked 

### outbetweenthe 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 thata traot of. .Dr. t. 0. Slroko, Pym a

land bought in unaor Artlolo 7320 rhoulabe transferred under Artlole 2613, 6eotIon l2, 

### the mherlff rhould tranrfrr the **8U8tOe** and 

### oontrolof ruoh **land to**  the 

### B-x-3 **of** Dlreotorr of the Agrloultural & Uoohanioal College **by** an ln8trPrrnt In w?&tMg<. 

### tobe **reooraea** In the de86 rroorar of the oounty mhero the land 

### Is located, reciting that 

### It wae being tlmne

### ferredunder the prorlmlonmofArtlole2615, **Ueotion** 

### 12.

It Ie the opinion**of** 

### thiskbpart8entthat lour third quemtlonl



### houlabe answered~inthe negatlream Artlole 734Sb, Vernon*e Texam 

### CivilBtatutes,**warn pamsed**  rubsequent 

### to Beotlon12 of Artlole2613 andArtlole **7S45b** i8 dIffmTent 

### fromArticle 7328 and 

### Inoluaemabdltlonaltaxingunite. Yourm rerr truly **ATTORNEY**

### OENERAL **OF** 

### TEXAE

DDHrBT UPROVED m 5, 1941 27 

### D. D. Wahon A8818tAUt