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CONTRACT FOR TI-IE COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT TA3ES THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF LAMAR THIS CONTRACT is made and entered into by and between the CIT'I' OF PARIS, acting herein by and through its goveming body, hereinafrer styled First Party, and the law firm of LINEBARGER HEARD GOGGAN BLAIR GRAHAM PENA & SAMPSON, LLP, whose address is 1517 West Front Street, Suite 202, Tyler, Texas 75702, hereinafter styled Second Party. First Party agrees to employ and does hereby employ Second Party to enforce by suit or otherwise the collection of taxes, and penalty and interest accrued on those taxes, owing to First Parry and all other taxing jurisdictions whose taxes are collected by First Party, as provided herein below. Taxes shall become subject to the terms of this Contract upon the following dates, whichever first occurs: (1) on February 1 of the year in which the taxes become delinquent if a previously filed tax suit is then pending against the property subject to the tax; (2) on the date any lawsuit is filed with respect to recovery of the tax; (3) on the date of filing any application for tax warrant where recovery of the tax or estimated tax is sought and where the filing of an application for tax warrant by Second Party is at the request of First Party's Tax Assessor-Collector; (4) on the date of filing any claim in bankruptcy where recovery of the tax is sought; or (5) on July 1 of the yeaz in which the taxes become delinquent. II Second Party is to call to the attention of the collector or other officials any errors, double assessments or other discrepancies coming under its observation during the progress of the work, and is to intervene on behalf of First Party in all suits for taxes hereafter filed by any taxing unit on property located within its corporate limits. III First Party agrees to pay to Second Party as compensation for the services required hereunder fifteen (15%) percent of the amount of all taxes, penalty and interest subject to the terms of this contract as set forth in Paragraph I above, collected by the Second Party and paid to the collector of taxes during the term oF this contract, as and when collected. All compensation above provided for shall become the property of Second Party at the time payment of the taxes, penalty and interest is made to the collector. The collector shall pay over said funds monthly by check. IV In those cases where collection of taxes are enforced by suit, First Party agrees to fumish to Second Party the name, identity, and location of necessary paRies, together with legal descriptions of property on which the taxes are due. Second PaRy shall, however, advance all charges and expenses on