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*1 - 3s OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 5) pt or your of latter
n of thir drpartmant aontagr barl8, Il’I AlUlOt&ed Cl*11 Statutmr, the oodrrionors oourt of r thirty drya yrittrn noticm attorney Urtriot attome ruitr hia tallun Quest aoooesary or arpodirnt, 11 dooa . saf oontraet with any oompetsnt
attorney 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 uthor$zod to pay ror nn batraot of property @moorod or unknown and uarondrrod rroa tho tuoa, interest and penalty to ba oollootod 00. ruoh lands, but
all ruoh payment and l xpaoser ah&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 l otl~ol~ aoolot any poroon with whom ouoh oontraot io mado, by rlllng and puohlng to a l pood 00~01~010~ all oulto for oollaotlon Of do i iAQAABt tuoo, und0r any oontraot mad0 a8 horoln aboro opooltlod; proridod that whore any dlotrlot or ooanty.attorno~ ohall rail or rofuoo to tile and proo~outo maoh
: .C oult.8 in good iilth, ho rho11 Aot be ontltlod any fro8 thorotma, bat l uoh too8 shall
AOV’rrthOloOO b0 OOl~OOtOd a0 0 wt Of th0
Oooto of ouit and applied 011 tho payment ot the o0mpmoatlon allow06 attorney proooout- w thr uit, and the attorney wlth whoa ouoh oontraot hi& boon mado $8 horoby fully ~BI- poworod and authorieod to proooei In ouoh uito without thr joinder and l oolotanoo of
raid or dlotrlot ttornoyo.m
Undor Art1018 7838, It 1100 wlthln tho dloorotlon ot tho Codooionoro~ Court to employ any oompotent to oolloot dollnquont Stat0 and oounty.~taxeo. A rortloro tho oourt may employ an attorney who by oolnold=oo lo in anothor oounty, anlooo hlo aploymont oounty attornoy 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 poroon whommoorer, to proooouh any oaoo whloh ho lo roqulrod by law proooouto, or oonoldoratlon of or am a tootlaonlal for hio in any oaoo whloh ho lo roqulrod by oonloro law to proooouto, lthor brioro 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 eIUplOJIOOAt of tho ootlnty attorney the court or him own oountl for rrpresantatlon Co~oolonoro* EiEttrro not lnrolrlng hi8 otrlolal dutiO8 thr court *3 0. ltoAAodJ, PAgo b
Bonorablo
8' *, + tho oomAlooloAorr' oourt My th0 OOlUltJ tt0IQ.J t0 hllftilJ Owl0 roprooent tho Lb kroot 0s their OOUtktJ in AA oauoo whrro oooh duty in Aot l A- join8 1Aw. B~OWA~A~ f. , Tarrant COwtJ, 8. II. 9488. IA other
word@, Art1010 a99 &JlOO' AM. Clr. St. l697, nhloh nab0 usloriul for a oounty aooopt r00, utiolo oi rolro, oompanoatlm, rowud girt, for the p r o o o outl~n 0s ny'oam, or for l o r rlo 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 IlQlOJEOAt the Other OOUUtJ hiA& iA A0 W*J OAta~OAiOtiO 'to hlo dutloo toward him om am it8 AttorAoy, tho Com- COUrt Of thr fOr@iQI OOUAtJ IMJ wlOJ pah OOu11- miOOiOAU0’ tJ AttOrAOJ t0 reprOBOAt fOr.iqpl OOWltJ in d.liAqUOAt mattore on&or Artlolo 7335 of V~nton*o Annotated Clrll Btatutoo.
Your0 very truly AlTOBBEY GEWERAL OF TXXAS BY JDSrRS