Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

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OFFICE~OF THiZ’ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN

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 hrticfa 3537, 2. 5.. 1925, fi;:no tk3 cs2fensntP2n
&CJ thij CClll!?.‘;~ j’CZ!hf3 norvIc33,
,?f;TX?rj?i?l’ ‘CPCEdtipxl tS3
XJ?l~:~Of tjjts x>i?ti?3r’ZT
.z.lSa:C$2.j.
Srticlo 3538 ~rovldao:
was Coq&zwlll?r, ou’rcacipt or tics rolls,
chsll glvs tha uaScGsor an 0rGcr oa tha coLlsctor
or his cobnty for the euount due hisz by ths Stats
.for-aateasixx ttz State taxeo:r to bo pid cut of
tho’first aoixty 00uaOt6a fcr,thztyar. . . .*

Article 3391 p;rovidon:
” 631 fdco'due
co>lactcd, as
~~~38not
c;hom iu*& by ‘Article 297,
rapart required
still be. collected by t&s iifficor to \rhoeaoffice .
ttm foes wxrwl, end sh3l.l be dlspcisad of by
oold officer ia eccordqm .r.%th tho prooloicns
of this Act. . . .”
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Th9 ophlon of Aseh+4nt 2..ttornoy Ceasral X~s08,
i;l Fsbz&y ,153$i, reforrad. to in your lottcr, xuled. that
*all tees due and not collectofi ~%hezi;t.ha orficial earnlz~
the sous zqtilrx~ frtx offlco skuld &a.colle.ctsd by ths
prooant lneudw3t of ths ofZim* ) l%P, a’s t&2 f5u~2!0~0‘Ccnlrt
5316 in Xllls Ccunty v. ‘ilhq?a0n, 66 9. $1. 4%
T’h~tlpson hlpa caesed to be tho ‘offioer to
W~GS~ofmo ths .ma +w2ruod~, ati haa,nc a~-
thority to collsct the ~~oonay .after ha aeut ixat
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L ocflce. ‘i”kzt duty dcvolrsd uponhIs snoceoscr.
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T&o psi~~iple announced there& ie controlll~ in
tha Lrtntont CBE~.,ana tharofors it 1s ttx+ opinion of this
espnrtwnt that ths order providsil ‘far In l rticls 3538, eupzii, -
hXl0 .bo ,C%VG~ t9 ::r.- SUCCESSOR,vii0%iLl bo
~:~lzzo~d's tie
lncuxb6nt of the cf~ici st tira the t&3 a33ess2i;at rolls are
flldd *itit you. .
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