          OFFICE   OF   THE   ATTORNEY     GENERAL     OF   TEXAS
                                  AUSTIN


                                                        &roh 18, 1939


Honorsble WIG. Burwltz
Cri3tAnalDistrict  Attorney
Creeg County
Longview,'I'exea
Dear Sir:




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    ati   delitsred
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                                           Btatutiir;after pkoridlng a
                                                   or, ovpr thb rfrst
                                                     endor*  li.m~,~and
                                                        any~oharacter
                                                       , oontalns the

                                                r00iii0n8 0r
    this s&on    shkll net apply to renswals or~&tanslons 0r
    any notes ,orob&igations,and speolrfaallyhall sot apply
    to refunding of existing bonds or obfigations.Awl pro-
    viding further this Seotion shell not apgly to notes and
    obligations or instrumentsseburing same taken by’hr on
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     bahalr    of the Unite6 States or any oorporats a@snay
     or lnetrumentalltyof the United StatonGovernment in
     oarrylng out a governmental purpoaa es expr888sd   In any
     Aot or the Congress or the united State8.w

           Under the meager raota submitted the deetl reoening the
  vendor*s lien in this inetsnoe doelrnot rall within any of the
  sxaspti0n1. The vandorgs lien is not one of renew81 or exten8ion.
*or do the ractr ahow that any of the lnetrruentswere take8 by
  or on behalf ai any agency or lnrtrumentalityof the United btate8
  Go7slnmexit.
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