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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
CITATION BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF TEXAS
To the 8heriff or Any Constable
V Cameron County. Greeting:
You are hereby commanded that,
ay making publication of this writ
in some newspaper of general cir- 1
culation published in the County
of Cameron. State of Texas, once
in each week foi two consecutive
weeks previous to the return day |
nereof, you summon all parties in
terested in Cameron County Water
Improvement District No. 8. in
Cameron County. Texas, to be and
appear at the next regular term of
he Distrie* Court of Cameron
, County. Texas. 103rd Judicial Die-,
trict of Texas, to be begun and hold
•n at the Court House of said
County, in the City of Brownsville,
Texas, on the third Monday in Julv.
1929 same being the 15th day of
July .1923. then and there to answer:
a petition filed in said court on the,
17th day of June. 1929. by Cam
eron County Water Improvement;
District No. 8. in Cameron County. |
Texas, and by C. P. Barreda. F. G
Gilloek. Margaret Seabury. R. P
Barreda and Agustin Celaya Jr. j
Directors cf said District, constitut
ing its Board of Directors and mi- j
mg therein on behalf of and for the
use and benefit of said District, in
a certain action or proceeding in |
the nature of a proceeding in rem i
numbered 8585 on the docket of said!
court, and entitled; In re: Cam-'
eron County Water Improvement
District No. 8. in Cameron County.
Texas, and then and there to con
test. if they deem proper, the alle
gations of said petition and the re
lief therein prayed, said petition al
leging in substance as follows:
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF CAMERON
In the District Court of Cameron
County. Texas. 102rd Judicial Dis
trict.
To the said Court:
Your petitioners. Cameron Coun-j
ty Water Improvement District No
8. in Cameron County. Texas, and
C P. Barreda F. G. Gilloek. Mar
garet Seabury. R. P. Barreda and
Agustin Celaya. Jr. Directors ofj
said District, consuming its Beard
of Directors and suing herein on
behalf cf and for th? use rnd bene
fit of said District, allege and unto
the Court respectfully show
1
That the said Cameron Countv
Water Improvement District No. 8
Is a public corporation and defined;
district, created and existing under
and by virtue of the Constitution
and laws of the State cf Texas, be
ing of the class commonly known
as Water Improvement Districts
having heretofore been organised,
created and established as pro vic
ed bv Chapter 2 of T'tle 128 of th?
Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, re
vision of 1925 and acts amendatory
thereof and supplemental thereto
authorizing Commissioners' Courts
to create and establish wat-r im
provement districts, and having the
following boundaiics. to-wit:
1C.44707 acres of land, more or,
less situated wholly in Cameron
County. Texas, and being a part of
Share’No. I of the Espiritu San*o
Grant in that county, which share
mas allotted and set apart to the
heirs and assigns cf Est'fana Go
ceascochea by decree partitioning
said grant rendered by the District.
Court of Cameron County, Texas
cn May 6 *839. in Cause No. 1316
entitled M Kenedy. R King, et nl
ra. Thomas Carson, administrator,
C? Maria Joscfa Cavazos et al. sairr
b*irg all cf the land contained
Ttthin th? exterior limits of said,
district of the grots acreage of 11 -
425 21 acres, save and except the
town site of Barreda containing!
778 17 acres, and the town'dtes of
CantanOr. containing 200 34 acres, j
which said two townsites are cv
ciutied from and form no i>a: t o.;
the territory of sa.d district.
The said gross area within "r
exterior limits of this district. t n
* a in ing 11.425 21 acres. js described
bv ihe metes and bounds thereof a*
follows, to-wit:
Desertion of Gross Area. Con
taining 11.425 21 Acres.
Beginning at the Sou*hca.t cor
ner of the Canales Tract in Share!
No 1 of the Espiritu Santo Grant.
1 r Cameron County. Texas: ther.ce
with the North line of the Talma-,
chalito Banco No. 7. North 51 fie-,
frees 38 1-2 minutes East 141261
fret; thence North 42 degrees 53
minutes East 2094 3 feet to the
North comer of the Cavazos Tract.;
thence South 53 degrees 30 minutes
Esit 696 6 feet to a point in the
Military Road: thence with said
Military Road Soi:*h 32 degrees 10
minutes Ea t 673.0 foot; thence
South 18 degree* 52 minutes Eas.
0 feet • thence South 6 degrees
04* minutes West 1222.0 feet; thence
South 37 degrees 26 m nutes East
1700 0 feet. Thence South 39 de?
g-ees 38 minutes East 1171.0 feet,
thence South 21 degrees 46 1-2 min
utes East 902.0 feet: thence South
6 degree . 25 1-4 minutes East 600 0
feet: thence South o degrees 17
minutes West 563.0 feet: thence
Fouth 47 degrees 15 1-2 minutes,
v-f«« 234 2 f*c< thence along tr?
Ceuth line of the Cavazos rroct
Iculh 52 degrees 40 minutes West
T713 4 feet" thence South 66 degrees.
?T minuter. West 3620 feet; thenc*
South 81 degrees 22 minutes West
13*7 0 f-*«t to a point in the renter
I me of an old River Channel:
!hw» with MKl 0!2!Br;Vn!„?haF" .
SSj"ftSs'TSw south 13 degree.
23 minute:. West 268 ! feet
vritb the West line ot the B»rre<la
Tract as the same is new la^ i
Fouth 8 degrees 13 1-2 minutes Wert
nththei
SsikssMWt;
fTXr NorOi 73 degreea 4f minutes
EUt 7450 Iwt. thence No,1
trees 10 minutes East "
fhence North 72 f«oerr. FaM nooo,
’S5S "ei"" Thene,
SiS. 63 d'prees to “JM
soon feef thence North 60 acgiw
ST£m"eS Ear, 3010 toe; to a point
S*fhe west hue o! th* Maru. *,
4 11 aer? tract, ui' nev
North 7 degrees 53 minutes Eex.t
S feet to the Northwest corner
Jfthe S« 411 a~re tmet. theno^
North 60 degrees 12 minutes Ea. t
«°42 feet to the Southwest corner
Sthe Mfcnud Gomez 2 61 acre
? tto-mce North 7 rtegre^ d3
£!£ntaa East 530.0 feet: thence
SoSth*40 degrees 33 1-2 minutes
Cart 461.3 feet: thence Sou^ •
—ces 57 1-2 minutes 7 cst1299 ‘p£.
)> the Southeast corner of said 2 61
po--k tract' thence North S3 degrees
t-^nSSk Fast 1MJ<«to ,tte
fodthwest corner of the Narcuse C
de Ortlr 27.41 act tract: thence
North 7 degres 57 Mminutesast
35112 feet: thence south 82 degree* 0.
minutes East 362.0 feet to a point!
on the West line of the Jose Cantu
5811 acre tract: thence North 7de
e*oex 57 1-4 minutes East 2003 .
fthence North 7 degrees 42 1-2
w minutes East 1469.4 feet; thence |
»
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
South 82 degrees 17 1-2 minutes
Erst 369.8 feet to e point on the west
line of the Josefa C. de Rock 73.91
acre tract: thence North 7 degrees
42 1-2 minutes E. 2527 9 feet: thence
South 82 degrees 17 1-2 minutes
East 303 7 feet to a point in the
West line of the Antonio Barreda
1659.12 acre tract; thence North 7
degrees 42 1-2 minutes E 32.966 9 feet
to the northwest corner of the Anto
nio Barreda tract: thence South 82
degrees no minutes Fas* 1857 4 f~c*
to a point on the West line of the
lowrr Fourth of Share No. 1 of the
Ecpiritu Santo Grant: thence North
7 degrees 41 3-4 minutes East 9706.6
feet to a point in the center line of;
th# Iowa Gardens Hoad: thence
North 80 degrees 30 minutes min-,
utes West 1!.658.9 feet to the North-]
west corner of the Canales Tract:;
tnence with the W'est line of said
Cana'cr. Tract South 8 degrees 33 1-2
minutes West 30.405 feet to a point
in the center lin" of the Rancho
Vieio Resaca; thence South 44 de-|
grees 00 minutes East 235.0 feet: |
thence South 64 degrees 45 minutes i
East 380 0 feet; thence South 8 de
grees 05 1-2 minutes West 6634 1
feet: thence S. 8 degrees 18 1-2 min* i
utes W. 8247.4 feet to the place of
beginning. containing 11.425.21 ,
acres.
The towrsit? of Barreda. con- j
taining 778 17 acres, excluded from;
'•aid district is described bv metes j
and bounds thereof as follows:
Beginning at a point on the North
right-of-way !in«* of State Highway]
No. 190. North 83 cf'-grees. 40 min-j
utes West 3064 5 feet from the in-1
tersection of the East line of Dis-!
frict No. 8 with the North richt-of
way line of State Highway No. 100 ’
for the place of beginning;
Thenc# North 6 degrees 20 min
utes East. 2854.5 feet:
Thence North 83 degrees 40 min
utes West. 5985.1 feet:
Thence South 35 degrees 00 min
utes East. 12827 feet;
Thence South 74 dc^^es 02 1-2 ‘
minutes West. 2344.0 feet:
Thence Smith js <Jr«n-°es 57 1-2
minute? East. 3716.5 feet:
Thence South 44 degrees 33 min
utes East. 1474 2 fet:
Th°nce South 82 degrees 30 mm- ]
utes East. 1350.0 feet:
Thence North 7 degrees 30 mm-j
utc- East. 483 7 feet;
Thence North 63 degrees 42 min
uter, East. 1136.5 feet:
Thence North 58 degrees 05 min
utes East. 1160 1 feet:
Thence North 74 degrees 01 1-2
minutes East. 1S71 5 feet:
Thence North 6~ degrees 05 1-2
minutes East. 588 feet:
Thence North 49 degrees 20 1-2;
minutes East. 712.3 fee*:
Thence North *0 'J-,~rees 39 1-2
minutes west, 523.7 feet;
Thence North 62 degrees 41 min
utes East. 151.6 feet:
Thence North 83 degrees 40 min-;
utes West. 23.3.0 fret to the place of
beginning, containing 778 17 acres J
The townsite of Santander, con- \
taining 200 34 acres, excluded from
raid district is described by metes]
and bounds thereof as follows:
Beginning on the West line of!
District No. R with the Intersection j
of the North side of the North!
Cameron Countv Flood Control le
vee: thence with said We** line!
North 8 degree? 10 minutes 06 sec
onds ec.it. 3496 3 feet:
Thence North 82 degrees 30 min
utes west. 5014 4 feet:
Thence South 7 degrees 30 min
ute* West. 7709 feet;
Th"r>ee South 84 degrees SI min
utes West. 855 0 feet:
Thence South 60 degrees 22 1-2
minutes West. 1496 feet:
Thence North 48 degrees 59 1-2
minutes West. 940 fee*:
Thenc? South 93 degrees 10 min
utes West. 405.8 feet:
Thence South 61 degrees 09 min-;
utes West. 211 feet:
Th'nco South 46 de?re?s 36 min-|
utes West. 1790 4 feet:
Thence South 53 degrees 11 min
ute- West. 771.7 feet: to the place]
of beginning, containing 200 34]
acres.
2
That said district was created un-j
der Section 59 of Article 16 of th**,
Constitution of ihe Sta*e of Texas!
and the statutes enacted in pur-:
suancc thereto, and is now. both
by original creation and by conver
sion pursuant, to law. a Conserva
tion and Reclamation District, or
ganized and operating under Sec
tion 59 of Article 16 of the Consti
tution of Texas.
3.
That th» -aid C P Barreda P.,
G Gillock Margaret Seabury. R
P Barreda and Agustln Celaya. Jr.
are thn duly elected qualified and
acting directors of said District and;
constitute its Board of Directors ;
and were such directors and consti- j
tuted such board ft ail the times!
hereinafter mentioned.
That th* said C P. Barr**da is
the duly e’ected. qualifi*d and act
ing President ol the Board of Di
rectors of said District, and the
sa*d Margaret Seabury is the duly
appointed, qualified and acting Sec
retary of said Board of Directors
and that they, respectively, were
such president end secretary at all
of the times hereinafter mentioned
4
That heretofore, to-wit. on April
23. 1927. there was presented to the
County Commissioners' Court of j
"■ameron County. Texas, then in
rrgular session, a petition in writ
ing signed by F. G. Gillock and oth
ers, being a majority in number of
the holders of t’tle to the lands!
istuated within the proposed dis
trict and representing a majority in
va’ue of the lands therein, as indi- j
rated by the county tax rolls, of all
the lands within the boundaries de
scribed in said petition, pravmg for
the establishment of a water im
provement district, setting forth
therein the necessity, public utility
and feasibility of the project and
the boundaries of said proposed
district, and containing the other
allegations and recitals requited by
law. a copy of which petition is in
cluded in the transcript of the pro
ceedings had in the formation of
said district, which transcript, duly
certified as to each of said pro
ceedings by the County Clerk of
Cameron County. Texas, is filed
herewith, is here referred to for all
purposes and made a part hereof.
That the said Commissioners
Court on the same day and at same
meeting at which said petition was
presented, duly made and entered
an order setting same down for a
hearing before them at the Court
House cf Cameron County. Texas,
on the first day of the next regular
term of said court, being May 9
1927 and ordered notice of such
hearing to be given as required by
law. which said order was duly en
tered on the Minutes of said Court,
as Is shown in the transcript of
proceedings hereinbefore mention
ed. which Is now her# referred to
and made a part hereof.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
~~6
That notice of said hearing was
given in the manner and form and
for the length of time required by
law and in accordance with said or
der setting the petition down for
hearing, and due return was there
of made, which said notice and re
turn are shown in the aforesaid
transcript and are now here refer
red to and made a part hereof.
7.
That thereafter, to-wit. on May
9. 1927. the day set for hearing, the
said Commissioners' Court in reg
ular session at the County Court
House of Cameron County. Texas,
heard and considered said petition
and all objections and contests
thereof and evidence in support of
and against the same, as required
by law. and at the conclusion of
such hiring made and entered on
the Minutes of said Court their
findings to the effect that the crea
tion and organization of such dis
trict and the construction and pur
chase of the proposed irrigation sys
tem were feasible and practicable
and that same are needed and
would be a public benefit and a
benefit to all the lands included in
such district, and thereujjon. on
the said 9th day of May. 1927. at
said regular session the said court
entered its order, judgment and de
cree finding the facts aforesaid and
creating and establishing a water
improvement district in Cameron
County, Texas, to be known as
Cameron County Water Improve
ment District No. 8". with the
boundaries set out in said petition,
and ordering an election to be held
within and for said district on June
1. 1927. at which election there
should be submitted the following
propositions
For th« Water Improvement Dis
trict and
"Against the Water Improvement
District
"For the issuance of notes of said
district"' and
"Against the issuance of notes of
said district;
•said notes being for the purpose of
paying the cost of organization
surveys, maps and plats and all
other expenses incurred prior to
the issuance of bonds*; and for the
e. ectien of five directors for said
district
In said order directing such elec
tion to be held a polling place for
rurn election was desigiated and the
judges and clerks of election were
appointed. and notice of said ele~
1*5” ordered to be given, posted
and published, as required bv law
f. ,n in ordpr 15 contained in
tn tran3cnPt above referred
to and the same is now he-e spe
cially-referred to and made par*
hereof. *
8.
That notice of said election was
snen in conformity with law and
;aid °.rder of the County Com
mihiSCSr Cnii!rt' and b^ted and
published in the maimer and for
th** length of time required by law
and that such election was duly and
.Tully heki ar.d conducted cn the
aforesaid day cf election and re
turns of said election, properly m?de
and certified, were returned in nc
emdance with law. and were open
ed and canvassed at th« meeting of
said County Commissioners' Court
° uV’uh<?relnafu>r m”’ntinned, a'l of
which will more fully aopear from
w/rll ,ransrr,pt r.hich is now
he£of ‘° and mad° par
9.
That thereafter, on the 13th dav
or 12P7* at a resular session
rn.,r!he f £ounty Commissioners’
court of Cameron Countv. Texas
the returns of said election were
opened and canvassed and the re
sult thereof declared, and thereup
on the said court made and enter
ed in its Minutes an order finding
and declaring that at said election
the total number of vot's poPed was
*;J aJl of said votes were for
ta? water improvement district; and
that a majority of the resident tax
payers of said district, who were
qualified voters thereof, at said
e'eetton voted in favor cf the crea
tion of said district, and that the
.■ame number and the same ma
jority had voted in favor of the fol
lowing five persons for Directors of
said district, to-writ: F o Gillock.
C P Barreda. Agustin Cela\a Jr
Margaret Eeahurv and Rodolfo P
Rnrredr. end thereupon finding and
n^rlcrinc and arJ’udejn^ that said
district had been legally established
under the npme of "Camercn Coun
ty Water Improvement District No
R with met*s and bounds **s there
in sef out. beur: the same as in the
neiitien flrr.t he*. menticn«d. and
that the said five named persons
had been duly elected as the direc
tors cf said district. The afore
said order is contained in full in
the said transcript and is now here
ref-rred to and made part hereof
for all purposes.
10
That thereafter, to-wit. on June
22. 1927. at a session of the said
court, the five persons so elected
prerent'.d their oaths and bonds
of office, each bond in the princi
pal sum of $5000 00. with good and
sufficient sureties and conditioned
as required by law. all of which
bonds were then and there in open
court approved by the said court
and the County Judge of Cameron
County. Texas, and duly recorded
Certified copies of these bonds and
the orders approving same appear
in the said transcrint and are now
here referred to and made part
hereof.
11.
That in the original establish
ment of said district the boundaries
contained 10.182.68 acres, that is to
say. a gross acreage within exterior
limits of 10.902.68 acres, from which,
however, was excepted the original
townsite of Barreda containing 720
acres, more or less.
That subsequently, by orders of
the Board of Directors of said dls
t.ict duly made and entered upon
their minutes on July 16, 1928 and
on August 6. 1928. an adjoining
tract of 522 9 acres was included In
nd made part of the district, a
tract of 200.34 acres constituting
the townsite of Santander was ex
cluded from the district and the
boundary lines of the original town
site of Barreda were modified
cl anging the acreage of said town
site from 720 acres, more or less, to
778.17 acres, and thereby including
portions of the original townsite in
the district and excluding from the
district portions of the present town
site that were not parts of the ori
ginal townsite. by all of which in
clusions and exclusions the area
embraced in said district became
and has since remained, as set
forth in paragraph 1 of this peti
tion.
A transcript cf the minutes and
proceedings of the Board of Direc
tors of said district had in connec
tion with changes of boundaries by
exclusion and inclusion, the ap
pointment of its engineer, the en
gineer's report, approval thereof
3nd other matters .eaciing up to and
U -
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
l 11 ... .-. —.. ■■■..... ..
' including the adoption of the final
project for the irrigation of lands
within the district, and the issuance
. of bonds to pay therefor, each sep
1 arately certified by the president
and secretary of said Board of Di
; rectors, with the district s seal af
fixed. is filed herewith and is here
1 referred to and made a part here
of.
12.
Tha*. each of the said directors
and each of the persons elected as
officers of said district was at the
time of his election, and so remain
ed at all times while serving as
, such officer and director, a resi
dent of the State of Texas and the
owner of lands within, and subject
i to taxation by. said district, and was
at the time of such election over
121 years of age and a qualified voter;
and they, and each of them, are
and while acting as such officers
and directors were, at all times
duly qualified iri all respects to act
I as such office;s end directors.
That immediately after the elec
j t.on and qualification of the ori
i ginal Board of Directors, it pro
j ceetied to the election of a presi
! dent and secretary and engineer,
j and elected C. P Barreda president
: of the Board of Directors. Margaret
I Scabury secretary thereof, and V.
' L. Conrad engineer of the district,
and that they, and each of them,
the said named officers, have ever
since been, by re-election or other
wise. and they still are. the duly
> elected, qualified and acting pres
ident, secretary and engineer, re
spectively. of said district.
13.
'rtiat the said district engineer
) thereunon proceeded to discharge
I the duties required of hint by law
j and by the orders of the Board of
■ Directors of said district, and on
| January 17. 1929 made and filed
I with said Board of Directors his re
| port in writing, setting forth thcre
i in the final project as planned by
i him under the orders of said Board,
and with the approval of the Board
1 of Water Engineers lor the State
1 of Texas, for the construction of an
. irrigation system designed to wat
er ail irrigable land.; in the dis
trict. and in connection therewith
: t' furnish incidental drainage, to
gether with his estimates of the
i probable cost of the proposed works.
includine the expenses cf organiza
i tion and other incidental expenses,
amounting in the aggregate to $1.
, OOC OCG.OO accompanying his said
report with man and field notes of
j the territorial limits of the district
and all other maos, profiles spcci
i fixations, etc., necessary to show th*
character, extent and location of
I the proposed pumping plants, re
j servoirs. irrigation canals laterals.
I drainage ditches and other works
constituting the irrigation project
as submitted by him—which said
report was. at the meeting of said
board held on the same day. duly
j arproved and war then and there
after adopted as the nroject cf said
1 district —all r.s more fullv shown by
i the transcript last herein mention
ed which is now here referred to
and made part hereof.
No. 14
That J W Allen is the duly ap
pointed. qualified and cctmg tax
. assessor and collector of said dis
trict. and that Donald Oralson
Feliciano Tapia and Gabriel Chapa
are -the duly appointed, qualified
and acting commissioners, consti
tuting the Board cf Equalization o?
; said district, and thet they wer®
! such tax assessor and collector and
Board cf Equalization, respective
ly. at the times of their action hcrc
tneft-r mentioned
That the said tax assessor and coT
lecto- duly prepared and present
ed the assessment lists of ah tax
able properti®? in the district for
the year 1929 to th® said Board of
! Equalization, and that .said bon-d
i has. from time to time, after its
first meeting in the current year,
i examined, eqi-a’.ir'd. appraised and
[ passed upon said assessment lists
end has annrovret the assessments
lists aforesaid, returned them to th®
Assessor, and finally aooro\ed the
tax rolls of said district based
thereon, which sa^d tax rolls have
j also been approved bv the Board
; of Directors of said district, all as
! renuired by law. and that the tax
I rolls of said riist-ict for the year
1 1929 show’ that the propewtv. real.
| personal and mixed within said
district and subject to taxation
thereby for th® year 1929. amounted
to the sum of $4,052,832.00. ail a;
more full shown by the transcript
1 last herein mentioned whi®h is re
• >rred to and made part hereof
15.
That th® said Board of Director;
has applied for and procured to be
. issued by the Board of Wa'er En
gineers of the Stat® of Texas, a
permit for the appropriation by said
district of sufficient water from the
unappropriated waters of the State
, of Texas from the Rio Grande Riv
er in Cameron County. Texas, for
; the irrigation of 10.500 acres ol
! land within said district, said per
mit being granted as the result ol
a hearing had before said Board
of Water Engineers of the State ol
Texas, on February* 25. 1929; and
that the Board of Directors of said
district has also applied for and
! procured from said Board of Water
Engineers of the State of Texas the
I report of that board finally ap
! proving the project for said irriga
tion works hereinbefore mentioned
and the issuance of bonds therefot
in the sum of $1,000,000.00. aftei
having made a lull investigation
upon the organization of said d*s
trict and the feasibility, etc., of its
: said project, and after all sugges
1 tiors for changes and Improvement;
made by raid Board of Water En
gineers had been duly complied
with by the Board of Directors ol
I said district and the engineer ol
I said district. All of which more ful
I lv appears in the transcript last
mentioned, now here referred tc
rnd made part hereof.
J®
That heretofore, to-wit. on March
12. 1929. the Beard of Directors ol
said district, having approved th<
engineer's report and the proieci
therein outlined, and found that
the Issuance of $1,000.000 00 of bond;
of this district was necessary’ tc
carry' said project into execution
and to pay therefor, at its meetins
rcgularlv called and held, ordered
an election to be held within anc
j for said district on April 3. 1929. at
which there should be submitted t<
the voters of said district qualified
to vote at such election, the pro
position for the issuance of bond!
of the district in the sum of $1,000 -
00000 for the purposes aforesaid
same being submitted in the font
following:
For the issuance of bonds anc
levy of tax in pavment therefor.”
’ Against the issuance of bond:
and levy’ of tax in payment there
for” and in said order named t
polling place for such election ii
said district and appointed the law
ful judges and clerks of election and
ordered notice of such election t»
be given as required by law.—whicl
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
; order appears in the transcript last
j herein mentioned and is referred to
and made part hereof.
17.
That notice of said election was
• duly given, posted and published
i as required by law and the order
of said board, and in the manner
and for the length of time neces
sary. and that thereafter, on April
3. 1929. the aforesaid election was
duly held and conducted within and
for said district, and the returns
thereof duly prepared, signed and
! certified and returned to said
Board of Directors.—all as more
fully appears from the transcript
last herein mentioned, which is re
ferred to and made part hereof
18.
That cn April 9. 1929. a meeting
of the Board of Directors cf said
district was lawfully called and
. held for the purpose of canvassing
the returns of said election, ai
which meeting the said Board
opened and canvassed said returns
j and declared the result thereof to
• have been that all of the votes cast
at said election, to-wit, 7 votes.
j weer cast "For the issuance of
bonds and levy of tax in payment
j thereof." and no votes were cast
! "Against the issuance of bonds and
i levy of tax in payment thereof.”
■ and said Board thereupon found
that the votes of a majority of the
' resident property tax payers voting
at said election were cast in favor
of the issuance of bonds and levy
' of tax in payment therefor, and
caused an order to be entered upon
: its Minutes so finding and declar
ing. and further declaring that the
issuance of said bonds and the levy
| of said tax had been duly author
ized by said election,—all of which
will more fully appear from the
transcript last mentioned, now here
referred to and made part hereof.
19.
That at the meeting cf said Boaed
of Directors held at the office of
i the district on March 9. 1929 all
of the directors being present, the
said Board bv unanimous vote
adopted an order and resolut 71
providing that bonds of said i4>
trict. to be called "Cameron County
Water Improvement District No. 8
Bonds.” in the aggregate principal
amount of $1,000.000 00 be issued
under and by virtue of the Con
stitution and Laws cf the State of
Texas and particularly Section 59
of Article 16 of said Constitution,
and Chanter 2. Title 128 of the
Revised Civil Statutes of the State
of Texas, revision cf 1925 and the
arts amendaterv thereof and sup
plemental thereto, for the purpos*
of constructing the indication works
aforesaid and of pevine the in'd
; dertal expenses cf organization
end othpr emenses autho-i-’ed bv
hw said bonds to be da»»d June I.
1929. to he 1009 in number. in the
denomination of $1 000 00 each.
; ircturino serirllv as follows: <on
th° 1st day cf March cf the years
' following).
, Year of
Matur- Bend Total
f *tv Numbers Amount
*935 Nos. 1 tn 10 $10 000.09
| '936 Nov II to 20 10 000 09
’*37 Nov 21 to 39 10009 00
i 1£33 Nos 31 to 41 11000 07
)029 Nos. 42 to 53 12.000.09
’949 Nov 54 *0 67 14.00009
194) No-. 68 tO 82 15.000.09
( t®42 Nos R3 to f8 16 00 99
: 19*3 Nos. 99 to 114 16 000 00
j ’944 No- 115 to 130 16 000 01
] 1945 Nos. 131 to 148 18 000 01
149 to 163 20.000.99
1947 Nns. 160 to 183 20 000 01
JO-'O Nos. 139 to ?‘>8 7900009
1249 Nos. 299 to 239 22 000 0)
1859 Nov 231 to 255 25 000.09
195! Nos. 258 to 239 25.000 09
1957 No*. 28! to 397 27.000.00
19.*3 Nov 308 to 335 23.000 Of.
>954 Nov 335 to 365 30 000.90
1955 Nos. 306 to 397 32 000 09
1956 Nos. 393 to 432 35 000.09
1957 Nos. 433 to 467 35 000.09
1958 Nos. 403 to 505 38.000.09
I 1959 No-. 506 to 545 40 000.09
1960 Nos. .546 to 588 43 000.09
! ’961 Nos. 533 to 633 45.000 09
1962 Nos 634 to 630 47.000.09
1963 Nos. 681 to 732 52.000 09
I !f64 Nos 733 to 736 54 000.09
I 965 Nos. 787 to 813 57.000 00
1%6 No* 844 to 9€3 67 000 00
tM7 Nos 904 to 963 65 009 O')
1968 NOS. 969 to 1090 32 000 09
All of said bonds having attached
thereto coupons for the interest,
and the interest being at the rate
of 6 per cent per annum, payable
semi-annually on March 1st and
September 1st of each year hereaf
ter 'except that coupon No. 1. due
March 1. 1930. is to be for nine
months interest >. and all of said
bonds being payable, principal and
interest, at Hanover National Bank
in the city and state of New York,
on presentation and surrender of
said bonds and proper coupons, at
their respective maturities, without
option of prior payments.
All of said bonds to be signed
Ly the President and attested by
the Secretary of the Board ot Di
rectors of said District, and the
seal of the district to be affixed
thereto, with provision that said
signatures might be printed or
lithographed on the coupons.
All of said bonds to be registered
with the Comptroller of Public Ac
counts of the State of Texas, as
reouired by law. and to be also
registered with, and a record there
of kept, by the County Clerk of
Cameron Ccunty. Texas, as also
reouired by law.
The aforesaid order and resolu
1 tion further provided that to pay
the interest and create a sinking
fund for the redemption of said
bonds at their maturities ther?
should be annually levied, asses' V
end collected an ad valorem tax on
all taxable property within the dis
trict. sufficient to produce amounts
necessarv to pay the interest and
principal on the bonds maturing
each year, the said order showing
in detail the amounts necessary to
be raised each year for those nur
, noses: and for the purposes men
i* tioned the said Board, in and by
j said order, levied for each of ’he
years 1929 to 1967. both Inclusive
> an ad valorem tax of $3 00 on each
$100 00 valuation rf all taxable
■ I prepertv in said district, or so
1 much thereof as might be neces
sarv to provide the amounts speci
fied in said order, and directed
that provision should be made an
nually thereafter to meet the re
quirements of said bonds and ol
i said order.
And in and by said order it was
further provided that the proceed'
i cf the taxes hvied as aforesaid
i should be preserved in a separate
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
1 lund known as the “Interest and
1 Sinking Fund." and that no part
j of such proceeds should be used
for any other purpose than th*
payment of the principal and in
i terest of the bonds so authorized
to be issued, until all of same shail
have been paid and canceled.
At said meeting, and in and by
j the order aforesaid, the said BoaM
further levied and assessed for the
eyar 1929 an additional ad valorem
tax of five cents on each $100
valuation of ail taxable property
within the district, for the purpose
of paying the expenses of assessing
I end collecting sa J bend taxes, said
■ levy and assessment being 19 addl
1 tion to the aforesaid bond tax of
$3.00 on the $100 valuation.
All of the aforesaid are set out
in full in the Minutes of the said
; meeting of April 9. 1929. a certified
copy of which appears in the
transcript last herein mentioned,
which is now here referred to and
made part hereof.
20.
Allegation is made that all of the
acts, conditions and things requi
1 .site and necessary to be done in
j the creation, establishment and or
ganization of said district in con
nection with the drafting, approval
and adoption of its project for irri
gation works and other improve
ments. and in connection with th’
issuance of said bonds and levy of
taxes in payment therefor, and the
levy of an additional tax to da
lrav the expenses of assessing and
collecting the said bond tax have
been done, occurred and were per
formed in due and legal form and
at the times and in the manner
■ required bv the Constitution and
Laws of the State of Texas, and
I that the total amount of said
bonds, together with all other in
debtedness of said district, and the
taxes so levied do not exceed the
constitutional and statutory limita
tions thereon.
21.
Allegation is made that the laws
hereinbefore referred to provide
That before such bonds are offered
for splc such water improvement
d^tri*t shall bring an ac*ion in
the Butrict Court in anv count”
of th* judicial district in which
s*d W’ter Improvement District is
'itu^ed. or in the District Court of
Travis County. Texas, to d»termii’
! th’ validit” of such bonds which
action *hell be in the nature of a
i rrc-eedlng in rem. and Jurisdiction
j of pi! parties fntereted mav be
| had bv publication of a general no
I tf"e th*reof once each week for at
least two consecutive weeks tn
1 ’o*”e n’w«T*aner of *cnera! c*rcu’a
t'on ntiHished in th" countv in
wh("h t’’" *s situated; and
I •’"tic* chal! p!cr> b» serv*d unor
I the j»t*crr*v General of th" State
of Texas cf th* penrienev of sa*d
p®»’on In th* same mnnn*r as In
civ 1 suits.
This ac’ion is brought under and
ir. ccro-dance w*th th’ rrov*slons
of ss id laws for the purpose of de
terr^i-ing the l*g*t evi’tenc* and
vabdlty of said district and th®
val'dity and obligation of said
bond".
Premises considered, nraver Is
made that not'ce be isued aV
"hen to th" Attorney General of
the State of Tcx?^. a provid"d*h
law rnd notice be also given
"’’bli-atiop ps heremhefore men
tioned. end that upon final hearing
hereof- th* Court enter its decree,
order and judgment, ordering and
adjudging said district to be a valid
water improvement district in Cam
eron rountv. Texas, within the metes
and bounds hereinbefore set forth,
and to have been dulv and legally
’aid nut. created, defined and es
tablished In accordance with the
laws of th’s state and under and
bv v.rtus of Section 59 of Article i<5
of the Constitution of this Stafe.
and that each and all of said bonds
are in all things legal and valid,
constitute the just and binding debts
and obligations of .said distric*. and
have been lawfully authorised, and
that sam® be now here authorized
bv said decree to b® issued, regis
tered and sold as provided oy law.
Your petitioners further prav for
Mirh other and further relief, at
law or in equity, to which it. the
aid district, or thev. as directors
thereof, mav be entitled,
H*retn fail not but hav* you then
and there before sa:d court on the
said first day of the next regular
term thereof, this writ Jtrlth your re
turn thereon showing how you have
executed the same.
Attest. John P Scanlan. District
Clerk of Cameron County. Texa*.
Given under mv hand and the
sea! of said court at my office in
Brownsville. Texas, this 17-h day
of June. 1929
JOHN P SCANLAN. District
Clerk of Cameron County.
Texas
Bv .1 JOHNSON Deputv.
• SEAL*
I A true ropv T certify.
JNO P SCANLAN Dtst Clerk
J. JOHNSON. Deputy
SHERIFF'S SALE
THE STATE OF TEXAS
' COUNTY OF CAMERON
Notice is hereby given that by vir
tue of a certain Order of Sale issued
out of the Honorable District Court
, of Cameron County on the 4th day
;of June 1929. bv Jno P Scanlan
Cle'-k of said Court, for the sum of
E’ght thousand one hundred and
79-100 <$8,100 79> Dollars and costs
of suit, under a Judgment, in favor
of Union Nat'l Bank of Ames. Iowa,
in a certain cause in said Court. No
7834 and styled: Union National
Bank of Ames vs. P A. Mathre.
niaced in my hands for service. I
W. F. Brown, as Sheriff of Cameron
County. Texas, did on the 51 h
dav of June. 1929. levy on certain
real estate situated in Cameron
County. Texas, described as follows
to-wit: The Northeast 1-4 of Block
sixty <60») share 24. Conception df
Carricitos Grant Situated in Cam
eron Countv. Texas, containing 4f
acres of land more or less, and
levied upon as the property of P. A
Mathre and that on the first Tues
day in Aqeust. 1929. the same beinp
the 6th day of said month at the
Court House door of Cameror
County, in the City of Brownsville
Texas, between the hours of 10 a m
and 4 p m. by virtue of said lcv\
and said Order of Sale. I will sell
said above described Real Estate at
public vendue, for cash to the high
»st bidder, as the property of said
P A. Mathre.
And in compliance with law. 1
give this notice by publication, ir
the English language, once a week
for three consecutive weeks immedi
ately preceding said dav of sale, ir
the Brownsville Herald, a news
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
j paper published in Cameron County.
I Witness by hand, this 17th dav of
j June. 1929.
W. F Brown. Sheriff.
Cameron County. Texas.
L. A. Jatrou. Deputy.
I 6-19-26-3—3469.
SHERIFF'S SALE
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF CAMERON
Notice is hereby given that bv vir
tue of a certain Order of Sale issued
out of the Honorable 103 District
Court of Cameron County on
| the 12th day of June. 1929. by
John P Scanlan. Clerk of said
Court, for the sum of <*3857 15*
Three thousand eight hundred fifty
seven dc 15-100 Dollars and costs of
suit, under a Judgment, in favor of
W O. Mathes in a certain cause in
■said Court. No 7647 and styled:
W. G Mathis vs. Nolan Willis, et al.
placed in my hande for service. I.
| W. F. Brown, as Sheriff of Cameron
| County. Texas, did on the 12th day
; of June. 1929. levy on certain Real
Estate, situated in Cameron County.
, Texas, described as follows, to-wit:
Lot No. 4 in block No. 204 of the
Intiiana-Texas Subdivision, as the
same appears tn Vol. 1. pp 26-27 of
the map records of Cameron county
Texas, to which map and its record
reference is hereby made for a fur
ther description of said land being
the same land described tn a deed
‘ from D. L. Dunning and Margaret
Irene Dunning, his wife, to Nolan
; Willis, recorded in deed Records of
Cameron Countv. Texas, in Vol 144.
p. 148 and containing 46 13 acres,
and levied upon as the property of
[ Nolan Willis and J. D. Browder, and
that on the first Tuesday in August,
1929 the same being the 6th dav of
said month at the Court House door
of Cameron County in the city of
Brownsville. Texas, between the
.hours of 10:00 A M and 4 00 P M.
! bv virtue of said levy and said order
of sale I will sell said above des
cribed real estate at public vendue
for cash to the highest bidder as the
property of said Nolan Willis and
J. D Browder.
And in compliance with law*. I
(five this notice by publication, in
|the English language, once a week
for three consecutive w*ceks immedi
ately preceding said dav cf sale, in
the Brownsville Herald, a news
paoer published in Cameron County.
) Witness my hand this 17th dav of
June. 1929
W. F Brown Sheriff,
Cameron County. Texas.
Bv L. A Jasrou. Deputv.
8-19-26-3—3467
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Cameron county water improve
ment No. eleven, will receive bids lor
a depository, as provided by law, up
! to 2 o'clock p. m. July 13. 1929. at
which time tne bids will oe opened
Bids should be addressed to 'he
district, caie of Rentfro and Cole,
attorneys at law. State National
bank building. Brownsville. Texas
C. R. TYRRELL
President of ihn board of directors
t of Cameron couucy water improve
ment district No. eleven, in Camer
on county. Texas.
6-19-26-3-3471.
MEAT ORDINANCE
An ordinance amending an ordi
nance of date the 9th of Auugst.
1921, prohibiting the vending or
s riling of fresh meats, fish or
cysters within the city limits of
the City of Brownsville, except
at places therein designated and
prescribing a penalty for the vio
lation thereof.
Be it ordained by the City of
j Brownsville. Texas:
First: That it shall be unlawful
for any person to sell or offer for
i sale. vend, peddle, or hawk any
I fresh meats whatsoever, especially
! including beef. veal. pork, mutton,
goat, sheep, or kid. or any fish or
oysters, or any other meats, whether
mentioned specifically herein or not.
at any place within the City limits
of the City of Brownsville. Texas.
| w ithout first securing a license so
to do. which license may be secured
' upon the payment by the applicant
of Sixty < $60 00 * Dollars per year,
payable $5.00 per month in advance,
said license to exist for a period of
i one year from the issuance date
thereof when paid for. subject, how
ever. to be revoked and cancelled
upon the violation of any and all
of the sanitary ordinances of said
City and the place of business of the
applicant and holder of said license
shall be subject to inspection at
such time and in such maner as is
most to the public interest and wel
fare. and any applicant desiring to
secure such license must first offer
satisfactory proof to the Govern
ment body of said City of his will
ingness and ability to conduct his
market place in a cleanly, sanitary,
and safe manner and the failure to
submit such proof shall give to the
commission the right to refuse any
! and all application.
Second: That all ordinances now
in force in the City of Brownsville,
providing for fees and charges for
the inspection of ail meats and of
lish and oysters, shall remain in full
| force and effect, where they do not
I conflict with this ordinance.
| Third: That any person who
shall sell or offer for sale. vend,
lieddle, h%wk any fresh meat what
soever. r sc penally including beef.
: veal, pork, mutton, goat, sheep, or
kid. or any fish or oysters, who
shall fail and refuse to pay the in
spection fee herein provided, shall
lie deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction, be fined any
j any sum not to exceed One Hun
dred (*100.00* Dollars.
Fourth: That all Ordinances or
parts of Ordinances in any manner
in conflict with this Ordinance be,
and the same are hereby especially
repealed.
Fifth: That this Ordinance shall
take effect and be in full force and
effect from and after its passage
and publication, as by the City
Charter provided.
Passed at a regular meeting of the
City Commission of the City of
Brownsville. Texas, on the 7th day
of June. 1929.
A B Cole. Mayor.
City of Brownsville, Texas
Attest:
A. E. Munday. Secretary.
[ City of Brownsville. Texas.
6-19-26-3470.
, -
THE STATE OF TEXAS
County of Cameron
Notice is hereby given:
That, whereas, or: February 23rd
1928. T. J Clay ano wife. Franc.sca
B Clay, executed a deed of trust tc
me as trustee for the benefit of Tex
as Bank and Trust Company, ol
Brownsville. Texas, on the herein
after described real estate., which
deed of trust ap; *irs of record ir
Volume 62. page-; 45-'*7. Deed ol
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
Trust Records of said Cameron
County. Texas, to which record ref
erence is here made m more fully
show the wording and effect cf such
instrument, and the property cov -
ered by It; and.
Whereas, the said T J. Cla;. »'•
FrancLca B. Clay have made default
I in the payment of the note described
i in such instrument. leaving seven
, thousand one hundred twenty-alx
| and 18-100 <*7123.16> dollar! on this
date remaining unpaid thermo
1 and
Whereas, the said beneficiary.
I Texas Bank and Trust Company, of
Brownsville. Texas, has requested me
1 to enforce such trust;
Now. therefore. I. Joe Celaya, Jr.
trustee as aforesaid, hereby give no
tice that I will accordingly, after due
publication of this notice and due
! potting of written notices at three
public places in the county cf Cam
eron one of which is at the court
house door of said county, aa re
quired by such deed of trust, sell at
j public vendue to the highest bidder.
I or bidders, for cash, at the court
house door of Cameron county. Tex
as. in which such property la situ
ated. between the hours of 10 o clock
! a m and 4 o'clock p m . on the first
Tuesday in July. next, the following
real estate so described in and cov
ered by su h deed of trust, to-wit
Lots Nos. six <6» and seven rj*. tn
block No 27. - *he ori Inal townstte
of the Citv of San Benito. Cameron
County. Texas, as shown bv the of
ficial map and plat of said City of
! San Benito, as recorded In the office
of the countv clerk of Cameron
County. Texas, together with all im
1 provements thereon situated
JOE CELAYA JR
Trustee
6-12-19-28—3484
Sealed bids addressed to the Hon
A. B Cole. Mayor, will be received
un until 10 a. m . June 21. 1929 for
the construction of side wall* in
building covering boiler at city light
plant, the City to fumiah all mate
rial. Plans and Specifications are
on file at the City Manager's office.
Any further information will be
furnished by the City Manager
The City reserves the right to re
ject any and all bids
A E Munday. City Secretary
Sealed bids addressed to the Hon
A B Cole. Mayor, will be received
up until 10 a. m. June 21. 1929. for
approximately 45 squares of metal
roofing 24 guage galvanised corru
gated iron—Armco Iron or equal—
in place on building covering boiler
at City Light Plant.
The City reserves the right to re
lect any and all bids
A E Munday. City Secretar
Air Mail Schedule!
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Th» schedule for the melt between
Brownsville end Dalle* la announced
; bv the pontofftpe depertinent aa fel
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Lear# Mexico City .. 7 43 a m.
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10 cents for each additional ounce or
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No. 12—To Houston. Ban Aston.*
9:10 a- m
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Houston. 7 3u a. m.
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mo. 0:13 a. m
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