Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-23
Election Order.

Wherefore, it is hereby ordered
by the said Commissioners Court OF
said County that an Election be held
on the First Tuesday in October, A
ID. 1912, same being the First C1st)
day Of October, A. d. 1912, at which
Election the following proposition
shall be submitted:
Shall the Commissioners Court OF
Cameron County be authorized to
issue Bonds Of said County in the
sum of Two Hundred and Fifty
Thousand $3.50, 100000 Dollars
due and payable Forty (40) years
after their date, with the option OF
~redeeming same at any time after
5 years after their date, said Bonds
to bear interest at the rate Of five
C5) per cent per annum, payable an
nually, and 10 levy a tax sufficient
to pay the interest on said Bonds
and to create a sinking fund. suf-
ficient { o redeem them at maturity.
for the purpose Of constructing and
maintaining and operating macad-
amized, gravel or paved roads in said
County, said Election to be held in
and for each of the Election Pre-
cincts of Cameron County as estab-
lished at the present term OF this
court respectively, and the following
named persons are hereby appointed
Judges Of said Eection, each for the
Precinct and Voting Place against
which is name is opposite.
Election Precinct 1, voting place
Point Isabel; T. Pena, manager.
Election Precinct 2, Indiana
School House; J. w. Bray, manager.
Voting Precinct 3, Nogales School
House; H. H. Williams, manager.
Election Precinct 4, In front Of
Clay's Bakery; Pedro Vasquez, man
ager.
Election Precinct 5, Brick House
of John McClintock on Elizabeth
street; w. X. Mendenhall, manager.
Election Precinct 6, City Hall of
Brownsville; Juan Bouts, manager.
Election Precinct Z, Obreros Hall
Brownsville; Geo. Stowe. manager.
Election Precinct s, House Of Mrs.
Fl. Bollack on Elizabeth street,
Brownsville, between 3rd and 4th
streets; L. H. Hallam, manager:
Election Precinct 9. Winstedt
Apartment House, Brownsville; j..
C. DeBruin, manager.
Election Precinct 10, Blalack
School House; ]. P. Cottingham,
manager.
Election Precinct II, Olmito
School House; D. P. Gay, manager.
Election Precinct -, Encantada
School House; J. E. Keller, manager.
Election Precinct 13, House of o.
|. Hicks on Boulevard, South of st.
L. B. & NJ. Ry. in San Benito; Joseph
Roy, Manager.
Election Precinct IA, Porter's
Garage, North Of st. l.. B. & M. Ry.
in San Benito, J. F. Porter, manager.
Election Precinct Is, Santa Maria
School House; ]. w. Stocking, man
ager.
Election Precinct 16, Las Yescas
Ranch; Pablo Falcon, manager.
Election Precinct II, Rio Hondo
School House; F. NJ. Paul. jr., man
ager.
Election Precinct IS. Longoria's
Store, La Feria; s. j. Schnorenberg,
manager.
Election Precinct 10, Office Of Rio
Grande Land Corporation in Har-
lingen, Texas; c. w. Cliff, manager.
Election Precinct 20, Office Of
Lyford Courant; NJ. ]. Lear, man
ager.
Said Election shall be held under
the provision OF Chapter Seven ca,
of the Acts Of the First Called SEES
sion Of the Thirty-First Legislature
OF the State Of Texas, Laws of 1909,
and only qualified voters who are
resident property tax payers OF said
County shall be allowed to vote, and
all voters desiring to support the
proposition shall have printed on
their Ballots the words, For the
Issuance Of Bonds" and those OPP
posed shall have printed on their
Ballots the words, Against the
Issuance of Bonds" the manner of
holding said Election shall be gov
erned by the Laws of the State OF
Texas governing General Elections.
A copy of this Order signed by
the County Judge of said County
shall serve as a proper notice of said
Election, and said notice shall be
published in a newspaper published
in said Cameron County for Four
(4) successive weeks. and in addi-
ton thereto by posting notices at
Three go public places in said Cam
eron County, one of which shall be
at the Court House door Of said
County for Three CD weeks prior
to said Election.
J[O. BARTLETT,
County Judge OF Cameron County,
Texas.
Dated August 22nd. 1912.
THE STATE OF TEXAS:
COUNTY OF CAMERON:
/, j. Webb, Clerk Of the County
Court. and Ex-Oficio Clerk Of the
Commissioners Court of Cameron
County, Te<as. do hereby certify.
that the above and foregoing Three
CD pages, contain and are a full,
true and correct Copy of an "Elec-
tion Order" as the same appears OF
record in my ONCE. in Book Il"
pages | TO 2. Of the Commissioners
Court of Cameron County. Texas.
TO CERTIFY WHICH, Witness
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