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Laws of the State of Texas.
authorized on the statement and order of the Comptroller,
for any defaulting taxes due from any railroad or telegraph
company, for State or county taxes, shall be regulated and
governed by the rules of law governing the seizure and sale
of personal property as on execution from the courts of this
State.
Clause 20. If the taxes due the counties respectively, from
any railroad or telegraph company, are paid by such company
to the Comptroller, he shall deposit such money with
the Treasurer of the State, to the credit of the proper county;
and shall then draw his warrant on the treasury for the
amount, in favor of the county treasurer, and forward the
same to the proper address of said treasurer; and shall, at the
same time, forward a certified statement to the presiding justice
of the county, of such taxes, stating the various kinds
of tax, and the amount of each, and that for the amount of
such tax he has drawn his draft on the Treasurer of the State
in favor of such county treasurer.
Clause 21. In the event of the list of any railroad or telegraph
company is disapproved by the Comptroller, such company
and the Comptroller may, by mutual agreement, at any
time before the referees have assembled to consider of the
same, correct and reform the same, or agree as to what shall
constitute the list of such company; and in this event the
Comptroller shall endorse the facts on such list, with his
approval, and the same shall stand as the list of such company.
Clause 22. That all steamboats, sail boats, and other water
crafts engaged in trade within the State, on the rivers, bays
or waters thereof, be and they are hereby made liable to
taxes as other property, and shall be rendered for taxation
in the county where the owner resides, or where his principal
office (if there be any on shore) is situated; and when the
owners or agents of such shall fail, neglect or refuse to render
for taxation, or pay the taxes on any such steamboat, sail
boat, or other water crafts, the collectors of taxes are authorized
to proceed to collect the same by such process as is authorized
for the collection of the taxes on personal property.
Sec. 22. That any tax on real or personal property,
when due and unpaid, may be collected by the sheriff or
his deputy, or by the county treasurer, in case it is coun(592)
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 7, book, 1898; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6732/m1/594/?rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .