OFFICEOFTHEAfTORNEY GENERALOFTW
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Dear ?3lr: Atteatloaa Xr. fS.X. JorQaa
OplaloaHo. W404l
Ret t tbm ocuuatp olork autharfaad
to aoo6pt for illlagaad moon3
a am withoutrwenua atamp
attache@ ~JVIW the rapt-88ot
rtmtht ~;
Your httu roqls8tlag the oplason of thle dqmrt-
naarton the abo+e atatodquertloamea a8 rollotar
The deed is la Iiou of l dead ?reYlourly
axecui%Q,aaQ to whioh there ma8 attarb*dl IL 6.
Beveauiastanpa la the propor amouat,$ll.CO
and iBisate
starapela the propu amouat,ClO,8Oi
thr origlaalde.4 w&e glaoedta ~~wOW with
oliaof ow looa banka, but t&o?@ rtae 6rras
hae bsan lost or misplaosd. The Orson ofSSr-
i&; the deed withoutiltaor;~e
1s wil.li&J ?.Gz&so
EfSidaTit
<. tc theaa Saeta.
*zt IS our oylafonwlrt the l.cuu.zua%% or
P.rticleKC78 pticluds~~ bhq alrrk from acoept-
lpi this dead trrwlt, ',.4nbmmh irstnunent
ellallL8 iilSd or rooorded..*until. thursha0
been affix& to suoh instrument #tamps in ao-
aordanorwtth the pro~is~I.orUof tB&8 P@@tion
....)*however,the opintoaof yau OSSLOO is
r6spotfullr requsattuI oa thi8 point. we
bs3iwe that to hold othentlaeworrldbe oon-
trary to the letter of the law, et loart,
aad would open the door to fraud la puny
oama emd sst a Aanmroue prooeAent.w
We think that uador the texma or Artio& 7047a,
Vwaon'~‘AaaotatbACivil 3tatubs. the oonaludoartcltedin
your lottw relativeto the abwe mentionadquestionin ,
oorroot . Article 7047a, eupla, rpboiri0tily prorldest
no euch lamtrument 8hnU be
tllad or”h~o&A . . wtll there ha0
buoa afSixeAto rdh instrumentstampa in
aooar&zmo with the provtrlon8of thlr #MO-
tion: i . ,*
Tbdro ire outaln omrpttfoa#met out la the above
mentlclnod
statute, hwever, WI do not think that the abova
nmntloluQdeed, u&u the l%ot@#tit&l,001~08 wltbln the
UO~DtiOtXll
sat forth %.athe 88atUtU~
Theretore,we rsspeot&‘na8wu the above stetod
quartionin the aogativs. (hlao8~ the oar0 of City or
.Abllaciv* Fryaat,143 8. W. (&I) df&)
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