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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
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pt or your latter of
n of thir drpartmant
aontagr barl8,
Il’I AlUlOt&ed Cl*11 Statutmr,
the oodrrionors oourt of
lr thirty drya yrittrn noticm
attorney or Urtriot attome
Quest tax ruitr and hia tallun
aoooesary or arpodirnt,
11 dooa it .
saf oontraet with any oompetsnt
attorney to enforoe or arrirt in the onforae-
meAt Of tho OOlhOtiOA Of any dOlinquent Stat0
rlld ootuty tare8 for a PW cent on ths t UM,
pOAalty aAd intOrOd aOtUa~~ OOlbOtOd, an6
raid oourt ir farthor luthor$zod to pay ror
nn lbatraot of property @moorod or unknown
and uarondrrod rroa tho tuoa, interest and
penalty to ba oollootod 00.ruoh lands, but
all ruoh payment and lx p a o serah&l br oon-
tingrnt upon the oollootion oi ruoh t axea,
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Honorable 0. Kennedy, Pago 8
ponolty and ‘intoreot, It shall bo the duty
oi tho Bounty attorney or of the dlotrlot
attornry, where thoro io no county attorney,
to lotl~ol~ aoolot any poroon with whom ouoh
oontraot io mado, by rlllng and puohlng to a
lpood 00~01~010~ all oulto for oollaotlon
Of do iiAQAABt tuoo, und0r any oontraot mad0
a8 horoln aboro opooltlod; proridod that
whore any dlotrlot or ooanty.attorno~ ohall
:.C rail or rofuoo to tile and proo~outo maoh
oult.8in good iilth, ho rho11 Aot be ontltlod
to any fro8 thorotma, bat luoh too8 shall
AOV’rrthOloOO b0 OOl~OOtOd a0 0 wt Of th0
Oooto of ouit and applied 011tho payment ot
the o0mpmoatlon allow06 the attorney proooout-
w thr l uit, and the attorney wlth whoa ouoh
oontraot hi& boon mado $8 horoby fully ~BI-
poworod and authorieod to proooei In ouoh
luito without thr joinder a ndloolotanoo of
raid oounty or dlotrlot lttornoyo.m
Undor Art1018 7838, It 1100 wlthln tho dloorotlon
ot tho Codooionoro~ Court to employ any oompotent attorney
to oolloot dollnquont Stat0 and oounty.~taxeo. A rortloro
tho oourt may employ an attorney who by oolnold=oo lo
oounty attornoy in anothor oounty, anlooo hlo laploymont
lo prooludod by another otatuto.
Art1010 SSd, VornoA*o Mnotatod Civil Statutoo,
road0 a0 r0u0w01
TO diOtriOt 01 OOAAtJ AttOtAOJ 0hd.l
take any foe, art1010 0S velu8, oompono~tlon,
reward or gift or aa: promloo thoroof, iron
any poroon whommoorer, to proooouh any oaoo
whloh ho lo roqulrod by law to proooouto, or
oonoldoratlon of or am a tootlaonlal for hio
oonloro in any oaoo whloh ho lo roqulrod by
law to proooouto, llthor brioro or after
ouoh oaoo ha8 boon trio& and finally dotor-
minod.w
In Lattlmoro ~8, Tarrant County (C. C. A. 1908),
l%!4 S. Il. i305, a question woo ralood wdor the aboto quoted
&utiolo a8 to the eIUplOJIOOAtof tho ootlnty attorney by the
Co~oolonoro* court or him own oountl for rrpresantatlon
EiEttrro not lnrolrlng hi8 otrlolal dutiO8 and thr court
Bonorablo 0. ltoAAodJ, PAgo b
8' *,+ tho oomAlooloAorr' oourt My
hllftilJ Owl0 th0 OOlUltJ ltt0IQ.J t0
roprooent tho Lb kroot 0s their OOUtktJ
in AA oauoo whrro oooh duty in Ao t lA-
join8 1Aw. B~OWA~A~ f.
, Tarrant COwtJ, 8. II. 9488. IA other
word@, Art1010 a99 &JlOO' AM. Clr. St.
l697, nhloh nab0 it usloriul for a oounty
attorney to aooopt any r00, utiolo oi
rolro, oompanoatlm, rowud or girt, for
the p r o o o o utl~ 0s l
nny'oam, or for lo r r lo o o
in UlJ oaoo, applieo OA~J to oaseo nhioh ho
*ia required bJ law to proooOuto.~w
It lo oloar boJond qurotloA that the county attor-
ney of one oounty ham a0 orrloial duty to roprooant oAothor
OOUlltJ in d.liAqUrAt tax latt.rO. It lo thoroforo the opinion
of thin doprrtnnnt on6 you are roopootfully adrlood that him
lIlQlOJEOAt by the Other OOUUtJ hiA&
iA A0 W*J OAta~OAiOtiO
'to hlo dutloo toward him om oounty am it8 AttorAoy, tho Com-
miOOiOAU0’ COUrt Of thr fOr@iQI OOUAtJ IMJ lwlOJ lpah OOu11-
tJ AttOrAOJ t0 reprOBOAt the fOr.iqpl OOWltJ in d.liAqUOAt
tax mattore on&or Artlolo 7335 of V~nton*o Annotated Clrll
Btatutoo.
Your0 very truly
AlTOBBEYGEWERAL OF TXXAS
BY
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