Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Is the stock transfer tax levied by Article XV, House Bill 8, Acts, Regular Session, 47th Legislature (Article 7047a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), applicable to the original issue of the transfer of shares of stock, certificates, etc. of (1) The Federal Land Bank of Houston, (2) The Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Houston, (3) The Production Credit Corporation of Houston, (4) The Houston Bank for Cooperatives, (5) Production Credit Associations , (6) National Farm Loan Association and (7) Federal Savings and Loan Associations.