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Show ! TAX TITLES MAY r PASS TO COUNTY i-v'Sv- ' ' " j - " Property sold for taxes and later re- ' verting back to -the county becomes 1 the property of the" county absolutely I ' according to an opinion given -byAttor- ney-General IL A. Breeden, to Joseph i ' Stanford, chairman of the board of Weil We-il ber ' County Commissioners. In his opinion the Attorney-General , declares that when property is offered ' for sale for taes and no bidder appears," ' the property then reverts back to the county. Thecounty, the opinion saya,- would be warranted, in permitting the original owner,-or any person having a redeemable interest therein, to redeem V even after -the title has passed. This - is,' however, a generous policy and not . -mandatory. . , ' It f af f hr states that all . property sold for taxes must be sold at-a public, pub-lic, sale. and. in no other war:. - " |