The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1883-01-27
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The UNKNOWN OWNERS OF 10 29-1OO ACRES OF
LAND.
The State of Terasto the Sheriff Of Berar COun-
ty, Terds, Greeting:
WHEREAS, The United States of America by ReIa-
tor Gen c. c. Augur, has filed her complaint and peti
ton against the herein after described lands and
tenements 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 pray ed for decree vesting the til
tie in the said lands in the United States of America,
which lands are described follows, viz: About
10 2o-roo acres of land less, situated in the
state of Texas; and county ofBeXar, and in the
North Eastern portion OF the city OF San Antonio de
Bexar and parts OF San Antonio city lots, Dos. one
~ and two (a) in District, No, " range tour ~
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 gu. S." set for cor
ner, from which an elm IS inches in diameter bears
north twenty one degrees (aI west, distant 2o2 IA
100 varas; and the lightning rod on tower Of de,
pot building bears south eighty-six and one third
1854 degrees east, and the north west corner OF
said building eighty two and seven-eighths (82 78)
degrees east which said stone and corner aforesaid IS
situated hundred and five and one third (7o5B)
varas east with variation of nine degrees go MIN
utes east (o9 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 so determined on
said Alamo ditch being the initial and beginning cor
of o. 79-Ioo acres OF land more or less IN Dis
IN and two (2) IN north eastern portion oil
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
James H. French mayor thereof on goth day OF June
recorded in vol (D eleven, pages $50 and 1871, 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 with a
variation of nine degrees, thirty minutes (9' 3oO
east; five hundred and nineteen varas sI9) to stone
At E'rnua N.ht.h he
northwest corner of the depot building bears
north twenty-seven degrees J27O and ten Go)
minutes east distant seyenty-nne 79) varas, and the
southwest corner of same building bears south TOUT
teen and one half tI4K)deg distant one hundred
and fifty eight and one half varas G5S12). Thence
south one hundred and ninety two yaras G92( to a
southwest corner of depot building bears north,
as east, distant 50 varas, and the southeast
corner Of the building bears north
SIS So east, and the northwest corner OF same
building bears north o east. Thence south on same
line eighteen 10 yaTaS to a point not established
Whence west FIVE hundred and nineteen varaS to a
stone marked ''U. s." set for corner, closing U.
s. property conveyed by the deed OF June go 1875
herein before out thence north along said U. ),
property two hundred and ten varaS to the place OF
beginning.
These are therefore to command you to summon
all persons interested in the above described lands
and enements by publishing this writ for eight sue
cessive weeks IN some newspaper published IN the
county Of Bexar and state xaS be and appear
Texas, to be holden at the courthouse in the said
county Of Bexar and city of San Antonio, the Ist
Monday IN March A. d. 1883, then and there to ans
wer this said petition and Complaint of the United
States Of America, and then and there to show cause
If any they have why the said complaint should not
be granted according to the act Of congress of the U
S. Of date ofApr 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, for the purpose Of ac
qurng 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
Herein fail not, but of this writ make due return
showing how you have executed the same.
WITNESS: GEO. K. DASHiELI, clerk of the Dis
trct court of Bexar county, and the seal Of said
at Office at San Antonio the 10th day of November,
A. ID. 1862.
isl ....... GEO. X. DAsHIELL,
Clerk ID. {. b. Co
Came to hand Nov. 10, 1882, at 10 O'Clock, =. M,
and publication ordered the same day, in the San
Antonio EVENING LIGHT, once in each week, Tor
eight successive weeks L. p. Mccall.
Sheriff Bexar county.