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OFFIkE OF THE ATCORNE,:. :GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Honorcrble George H. :;heppard
Comptroller of Publfa ncaounte
&~stln, Texao
Deerslrr
ution and talc-
ot in lnstall-
1940, you request
alai5 ror taxes
tractor (an at-
der krtiales
thorltod to
7345b, Vernon'.3 Civil StAtutcs, lrrr~,31yGor5rns l!m pro-
ooCurz ta bo folio-m8 1~ tax toreclo~~~ra proc~~~cdlc~s. .<.
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rind nothing in any of such statutes wnlch &us::'e:;tsthat
e dollnquont tclxattorney ia OlOth8d with the power to
bind the State to agreecents to so post.pone col~tation.
iYe do not believe that the power to nentoroe or assist in
Honorable George II.Shegpeird,Page e
the enroroezfmt of the oolleatioa* of suoh delinquent tax-
iit;;;lb aarry with it any such wwer by necessary lmpll-
Aad, the erexise thereof would in a sense disturb
the cok3=plated operatloa of Artloles 7336 antl7345b.
In our oplnloa the aontraoting attorney may not
bind the State to any auob agreements.
Yours very truly
ATTOmlXY QENERAL OF TEXAS
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