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PRICE DANIEL
ATTORNEY GENERAL
November 13, 1948
Hon. Howard Traweek Opinion No. V-717
County Attorney
Motley County Re: The validity of the
Matador, Texas described sale of Coun-
ty land under a Commis-
sioners' Court order
which reserved the right
in the Court to reject
any and all bids.
Dear Sir:
Your request for an opinion on the above sub-
ject reads, in part, as follows:
"Attached hereto you will please find
copies of Order No, 1434, entered by the
Commissioners Court of Motley County on Aug-
ust 25, 1948, and Order No. 1440, entered by
the Commissioners Court of Motley County on
October 8, 1948.
"As will be noted from the contents of
Order No. 1434, it was entered appointing a
commissioner to sell certain lands belonging
to Motley County, the sale to be made at pub-
lic auction and on terms provided by the
court in the order. You will also note that
in the order the Cqmmissioners Court reserv-
ed the right to reject allbids on said lands,
this being done, through a desire.to protect.
the county's interests in obtaining an ade-
quate price for the land.
"Thereafter the sale was publicized in
the local newspaper and by the distribution
of hand bills throughout the county. The
sale was held on the date and at the time
designated in the order of sale and a num-
ber of prospective buyers attended and bid
an the land. The members of the Commission-
ers Court had convened in a called session
immediately prior to the sale and had agreed
among themselves as to the lowest price that
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