The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1883-01-08
CITATION by PUBLICATION.
IN THE HONORABLE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE COUNTY
or sExAk, AND STATE OF TEXAS

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
The UNKNowN OWNERS OF 10 29-10O ACRES OF
LAND.
| The State of Terds to the Sheriff n Berdr Cmp'-
ty. TerdS, Greeting
WHEREAS The United States of America by Rela-
tor Gen c. c. Augur, has filed her complaint ana pei,
ton against the herein after DESERT ID lands ana
tenements situated in the County OF BeXar and Clty
of San Antonio in the Honorable District court oil
said Bexar county, Texas and IN her SAID complain
and petition>has prayed for decree Vesng me IL
tie in the said lands in the United States OF America,
which lands are described as follows, VIZ: About
10 2o-Ioo of land more or less, Stnatedh te
state of Texas, and county OF BeNar, and IN the
North Eastern portion OF the city OF San Antonio dc
Bexar and parts of San Antonio city lots, Nos. one
(I) and two (2) in District, No, ~ range four '4l
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,
viz: -. ...
Beginning at a stone marked "u. 5" set for cor
ner, from which an elm IS inches in diameter bears
north twenty degrees (aI) west, distant 2o2 "a
100 varas: and the lightning rod on tower OF de-
pot building bears south eighty-sH and one thrd
1854 degrees east, aud the north west corner OF
said building eighty two and seven-eighths to2 7--o)
degrees east which said stone and corner aforesaid IS
situated seven hundred and five and one third (7oSD
varas last, with variation OF nine degrees 30 MN,
utes east (o9 so), from square cut stone marked
gu. 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 begnmg COR
ner of o2 7o-Ioo of land more or less in Dis
tricts one ( 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 June,
A. d. 1873 to the United States of America by deed,
recorded in vol CD eleven, pages $50 and I5I, 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
variation of nine degrees, thirty minutes (9' 800
east FIVE hundred and nineteen varaS (5IQ), to stone
marked ~. S." for corner From which the
northwest corner of the depot building bears
north tWenty-seven degrees ,27V and ten Go
minutes distant seyenty-ne( 79) NaraS, and the
southwest corner Gf same building bears south iou
te, and half K)deg. east distant one hundred
and fifty eight and one hall varas N5SR). Thence
south one hundred and ninety t@G yaras (I92) To
stone marked ~ s." for corner; from which the
southwest corner of depot building bears north,
450 east, distant 50 varaS, and the southeast
corner of the same building bears nofh
81 go east and the northwest corner of same
building bears north o Thence south on same
line eighteen 10 varaS to a point not established
Thence west five hundred and nineteen varas to a
stone marked at s." set for corner, closing on u
S property conveyed by the deed of June go 1873
herein before out thence north along said U. S
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 tenements by publishing this writ for eight sue
cessive weeks in some newspaper published IN the |
county Of Bexar and state Of Texas TO be and appear
before the honorable district court Of BeXar county
Texas be holden AT the courthouse in the said
county of Bexar and city Of San Antonio, the Isl
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 the act Of congress of the
S. Of date April no. $780, 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
quiring sizes and erecting theron such military posts
in the OF Texas may be deemed necessary by
the Secretary Of War for the adequate protection
OF the Rio Grande frontier.
Herein fat not but Of this writ make dpe return
showing how you have executed the same. l
WITNESS: Gro. X. DASHIELL, clerk Of the Dis |
ct court of Bexar county, and the seal of said court
at office at San Antonio the 10th day Of November,
A. D. 1882. |
lI.S.l Gro. K. DAsHTELL,
Clerk d. {. b. Co |
Came to hand Nov. 10, 1882, O'Clock, A. NJ, |
and publication ordered the day, in the San |
Antonio EVENING LIGHT, once in each week, for |
eight successive weeks. T. p. Mccall.
Sheriff BeXar county.