The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-11-23

The state Of Trrds to the ShsI'it Of BfW comm
W, TrnS, greeting:
WHEREAS, The United States of America by Rela-
tor Gen c. c. Augur has filed her complaint and pet
ton against the herein after described lands and
teneents situated in the County OF Bexar, and City
of San Antonio, in the Honorable District court of
said Bexar county, Texas, and in her said complaint
and petition has prayed for decree vesting the IT,
tie in the said lands in the United States OF America,
which lands described as follows, viz: About
10 2o-1oo of land more or less, situated in the
state Of Texas, and county OF BeXar, and IN the
North Eastern portion Of the city Of San Antonio de
Bexar and parts of San Antonio city lots, Nos. one
(I) and two (2j in District, No, () range four ca
and contiguous to lands now owned by the United
States of America, and occupied by her and more
definitely described by metes and bounds as follows,
beginning at a stone marked "U. S." set for cor
ner, from which an elm IS inches in diameter bears
north twenty one degrees (2Io) weSt distant IA
100 varas; and the lightning rod on tower of de-
pot building bears south cghty-six and one third
(86H degrees east. and the north west corner of
said building eighty two and seven-eighthS (82 7--8)
degrees east which said stone and corner aforesaid is
situated seven hundred and five and third Co5 ~
varaS st, with variation OF nine degrees 30 min
utes east (92 3o), from square cut stone marked
"U. So said stone beng set on line three
and three quarters varaS east from
Alamo ditch; the said point 50 determined on
said Alamo ditch being the initial and beginning
ner Of o. 7o-Ioo acres land more or less in Dis
riets one U and two (2) in north eastern portion of
the said city Of San Antonio and county Of Bexar
and State OF Texas, granted by the said city Of San
Antonio. Texas, acting by and through his honor
lanes H French, mayor thereof on goth day of une,
A D. 1873 to the United States Of America by deed,
recorded in vol ND eleven pages $50 and ISL, land
records of BeXar county, the corner thus described
being the northwest corner OF the tract herein de-
scribed.
Thence that is to say, from said corner east with a
variation of nine degrees, thirty minutes 10 3o)
east; five hundred and nineteen (5I9) stone
marked "U. S" for corner. From which the
northwest corner of the depot building bears
minutes distant seventy-nne (79) varas, and the
southwest corner of same building bears south fOu
tel and one half 4h)deg east. distant one hundred
and fifty eight and one half varas G5S12). Thence
south one hundred and ninety two varaS Gg2) to a
stone marked ~ 5" for corne~; from which the
southwest corner Of depot building bears north.
450 east, distant 50 varaS, and the southeast
81 &C. east and the northwest corner of same
building bears north 80 east Thence south same
line eighteen 10 varaS to point not established.
Thence west five hundred and nineteen vara> to 4
stone marked "U. S" set for corner, closing U.
S property conveyed by the deed of June 30, 1873
herein before out thence north along said L. 5.
property hundred and ten varaS to the place Of
beg inning.
These are therefore command you to summon
all persons interested in the above described lands
and tenements by publishing this writ for eight sue
CesSive week in some newspaper published in the
county of Bexar and state OF eXaS to be and appear
before the honorable district court Of Bexar county
Texas, to be holden at the courthouse in the said
D
Monday in March 4 ID. 1883, then and there to ans
wer this said petition and complaint of the United
States of America, and then and there show cause
if any they have why the said mplant should not
be granted &C ording the Of congress of the
S. of date April 10, 1880, and of goth Of june A. d.
1882 and in accordance with the laws of the state Of
Texas provided in such cases. t'r the purpose of
curing sites and erecting theron such military POSTS
in the state Of Texas may be deemed necessary by
the Secretary of War for the adequate protection
of the Rio Grande frontier.
LII e., b,, yrit l,,a
showing how you have es eCuted the
WITNESS: GEO K. DASHIELL. clerk of the Dis
trict Vt Bexar county and the seal Of said
at Office A. San Antonio the 10th day of November
A. ID. 1882.
IISl Gro. K. DASHELL,
Clerk ID. {. b. Co
Came to hand Nov 10, 1882, at O'clock A. NJ,
and publication ordered the same day, in the San
Antonio EVENING LIGHT, once in each week, for
eight successive weeks. 7. p. MCCALL.
Sh riff Bexar county.