OFFICE OF THE Al-l-ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Hanorablm le.1. Eastorlng
county Irtt0rn.y
Beaamont, ~rxa~~
Dear Siri
wo rsoelreb yo 2l, 1939, wherelll
you 8ubadt to ua thr rol
County Olerk of
s0mrt30n 00diy r0 ed the t6Jld.aa8
a part of the paroh dor'a 11~1 not. ror
the prlnoipal mum o
pm-exlBtlng lnd
vendor'r lien 0l
the above info
s attaohed to it.
l, Berlrad Civil Btatutes, as amended br
th I&alaturO, read* In put a8 r0lla8:
Vlxoept u heroin otherrio@ pto+idM the?* ir
hueby 10riod and lrmclsed a tax Of TOILtlO#) O&m
011 *aohOna ~~dred ($100.00) DOllU# 0P fraatioa
th0r00r, 0~02 th0 rir8t ho xmred (W0.00) Dal-
l-r, 011all note8 and obligation8 SOOtW0d br liatt01
HO& R. 1. Eaoterllng, Pago 2
8O?tgWa, 4.d Of triut, aO0hanl0~0 UuUoantraot,
ronlor~o o o ndltio na
lion, la llr oeontr*$t and all
iaotrumoato of 4 llmilu nature uhloh ire rll~ or
rroord~ in th0 0rrfu 0r the ooaaty,auk lade
thr Rogiotratlon Lawo or thlo state pro+idcd t&t
no tax shall ho lwiod QB laotram k 0 oroaring an
uount or ho mnaroa (@00.00 Bolluo, or 1.00.
Utu. th oltiootlto data 0r th 1o Aot, axoopta8
hO?OinrtteX I#oTid06, no 8a0h inotru8ant Ohall be
ifha or rroe?Q~ by My ooaatyaluk lJlthis
8tato until Umro hr brandiixti to looh lnotra-
tho prorl~lonr or
.tbat lhoul(, tho
or aho oowty Oluk
be lwwlty of, ~JI obli&atleao ha@ pro aw
that
looarlty ln a akt0
p ld g ea 4s. or btatoo 6 tli or
thoa !?exao, the tax ohall bo booed u ‘ai tho rea-
oonahlo rash value 0r all ‘preporty pPag0a.in
Tsxeio In the proportion that laI& poporty in'
Texas bears to the total value of the proputy
oeenrlng the obligations; ona, proridIng further
that, except as to renewals 0r extenolon~ 0r
aooraea interest the o~lolono of this .reotlon
ohall'not apdly do ins r rumeats glren La ranem
or extenolono or lnotrtmsnto theretoiors otampod
undrr thr prorloIoar.of this Aot or the one
uwnaed hereby, and ohall not apply to inotra-
ments given ln the refunding or exlotlng bona8
or ~~obllgatlono where the preoedlng instrument of
security was stamped In aodordaaoe with this Aot
or the one amended hereby
the tax lsrid In this Ao
one instrument, the one
tlon, where oeroral lpotrumento or0 oaW3mporanGo-
4 lxOoutOd to sOour one bblimtloa; aad pmrldd
further that whan onooltamped u pr~ridti h*r*Im,
a instrunont my boreoofde& in any number ot
oodntlw in. this Btate wi$kout again b*lau SO
atlap& . r-
l&u a purohaoe? of rul rotato u Portet the PpOh30
prierproowes a 4obtcm otherobli&atlon ettho ruk40? lwltY
~l~li~g a 1 1 0~
to laour4 the pu?ohanoo of the aooudon.
43 TU. ar. 4401 aonuho TO. zaohr~ 64 8. 'I. (=I 855;
sugar Broo. vo. Ruoooll, 289, 8. w. 1331 Burton Llnuo 00. to.
stuLdw, n7 a. w. 446.
Hon. B. t. Ihstsrlirrg,paw 3
Furthemaore,
ouoh a trauoaotlon orrqtooID. aquitable
wnbr~o lien in Zator o$ the reudor
on the ~uaioeo oaareyea
ao ~013. as l‘p uo o na l
ebllgatlon against tho randYI. Eabla vs.
Owema, 287 8. W. 155; Dale vs. Stevens, 75 ‘8. W. (%I) 129.
zhor, it lo mean that .woa without the al6 oi the ten-
dorem lion olauoo in the do4 a llra ~6s thrroin uoatd to
se&~ the 'paymat Of t&a pro-ul#flng lndobtedaooo of #2,596.00.
8lnoo oaiil Baato Bill Ho. y oon~ino no lxoo tlon to tho ooti-
truy; mush po-oziot& indobtohou should tiilroHro be ooa-
lldae# ln nrrltlng at the llount of tax to be pal6 boioro tha
a0a in que4otlon lo reoordod; The Olrrk should not loeopt owh
Wtrmeat for rooording unleo8 it bouo 8ta8p8 ia thr mua Of
$2.70.
Tourstory truly
ATTC?WEY
GlWBRALOFTBXAB
By /a/ CUmu’B. rsrio~
Aoolotaat
GRLIGO
API’R~~ 8=. 14, 1939 APPROVED:
oplnlon CoaaittM
/I/ ceraia 0. Mann
by EWO, @hairman
AT’l’CRBBYG~~~