The Laws of Texas, 1929-1931 [Volume 27] Page: 467 of 1,943
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FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE-REGULAR SESSION. 21
SEC. 5. The County Clerk of each county shall, as soon as
the County Commissioners shall have approved an application,
issue to such applicant an order for the number of bushels or
pounds of each kind of seed, and the amount and kind and character
of feed which has been allowed said applicant, unless other
directed by the Commissioners, or by the County Judge, acting
for them; provided, however, that such order shall not be delivered
to the applicant until he shall have signed a contract in
duplicate, attested by the County Clerk, to the effect that said
applicant for and in consideration of the seed and feed furnished
him, which shall be described in such contract, the applicant
promises to pay to said county the amount of the costs of same,
which shall be therein specified, together with ten per cent of
attorney's fees if suit should be brought on the same. The
amount of such indebtedness shall become due and payable on
the thirty-first day of December, A. D. 1931, together with five
per cent interest per annum from the date of such contract. The
contract shall be on forms prescribed by the County Attorney of
such county or the District Attorney in those counties having no
County Attorney.
SEC. 6. On the delivery of such contract to the County Clerk,
he shall file the duplicate thereof as chattel mortgages are filed,
and the county shall thereby acquire a just and valid lien upon
the crops grown by such applicant which are planted from the
seeds thus purchased or worked with work stock, for which such
feed was advanced; said contract shall be a valid lien as against
all creditors, purchasers or mortgages thereafter and against all
liens of any kind or character, whether in good faith or otherwise,
and the filing of said contract shall be held and considered
to be full and sufficient notice to all parties of the existence and
extent of said lien, which shall continue in force until the
amount covered by said contract is fully paid.
SEC. 7. The original of said contract shall be delivered to the
Tax Collector, whose duty it shall be to collect the same when
due, and pay same to the county. If the amount due is not paid
the Collector, then he shall deliver the contract to the County
Attorney, who shall bring suit thereon, and for foreclusure of
all liens, provided that the county may make use of garnishment,
attachment or sequestration proceedings; provided, however,
that the Commissioners' Court shall have authority to extend
the time of payment on any amount due under the contract,
upon such terms as may be agreed upon, provided, approved
security is furnished; any renewal of the contract shall be a lien
against the contractor's crops wherever planted. in the same
manner as in the first instance, but a copy of the renewed contract
must be filed as in the first instance.
SEC. 8. Any person or persons who shall, contrary to the provisions
of this Act, sell, transfer, take or carry away, or in any
manner dispose of the seed or feed, or any part thereof, furnished
under this Act, or shall use or dispose of same or any
part thereof for any other purposes than those stated in his
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1929-1931 [Volume 27], book, 1931; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth16362/m1/467/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .