The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 2 Page: 198

                                
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Laws of the Republic of Texas.

ing a list of his taxable property to the Assessor, and the time at
which the Sheriff as collector, is authorized to levy or make distress,
shall be about to remove without the limits of his county, the
Sheriff upon receiving information thereof, shall immediately
make distress of the goods and chattels of the person about to remove,
sufficient to satisfy the amount of taxes that he may owe,
and sell the same, upon giving notice as hereinbefore directed;
and all taxes assessed on any person or persons under this act, shall
be a lien upon his real property, lying within the county in which
the assessment was made, until the taxes be paid.
Sec. 25. Be it further enacted, That every Sheriff, who as tax
collector under this act, shall sell any real estate to satisfy any tax
imposed by this law, shall make and execute to the purchaser or
purchasers thereof, a deed of conveyance immediately, which deed
shall be good and effectual, both in law and equity; and in every
such deed the Sheriff, as collector making the same, shall recite
that the real estate thereby conveyed was sold for taxes, and the consideration;
but no deed given in manner aforesaid, shall be recorded
until the expiration of two years from the date thereof; but
it may nevertheless, be proved; and if the person whose land has
been sold, or his legal representative, agent or attorney, shall within
the two years, tender to the purchaser, or his legal heirs, representative,
or agent, and if such person be absent from the Republic,
then to the Sheriff who sold the same, or to his successor in
office, double the amount of purchase money, (or the amount of
consideration,) and the amount which the purchaser may have
paid for taxes on such real estate, and twenty per centum per annum
as damages, penalty'and interst thereon from the date of such
payment until such tender be made, the deed given for such real
estate thus sold and conveyed, shall be made void and be given up.
Sec. 26. Be it further enacted, That when any Sheriff as tax
collector, shall have advertised for sale any lands or tenements
to raise the taxes due, and such lands or tenements so advertised
could not be sold for want of bidders, he may adjourn any such
sale from time to time until the same shall be sold, and any sale
made on an adjourned day shall be valid, as if the same had been
made on the day fixed in the advertisement.
Sec. 27. Be it further enacted, That there shall be allowed
to each Assessor as a compensation for his services, a commission
of five per centum on the first two thousand dollars of the
amount of taxes in his respective county--three and one-half
per centum on the next four thousand dollars, two per centum on

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