Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-26
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
THE STATE OF TEXAS
TO THE SHERIFF OF CAMERON

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TO THE SHERIFF OF CAMERON
COUNTY, GREETING:
You are hereby commanded TO post
NJ the Court House door ~ CAM
eron County, Texas. fifteen days
prior 70 the 18th day Of January,
A. d. 1923, a true copy Of the follow
ing Notice:
THE STATE OF TEXAS
To all persons interested in and
whose lands are included in or world
be affected by the creation Of Cam
eron County Water Control and I'm
provement District Number Ten;
Notice IN hereby given that On De-
cember 23rd, 1927, there was filed in
the office Of the County Clerk Of
Cameron County Texas. a petition
signed hy III. &. Harding. Trustee,
and others. asking that the Commits
sioners' Court Of Cameron County,
Texas, establish n Water Con-
troll and Improvement District.
In Cameron County, Texas. To
be known Cameron County Wat
er Control and Improvement Dis
trict Number Ten, under the
metes and bounds set out in said pe-
~tition. and that the County Judge of
Cameron County, Texas. has on De-
cember 23, 1927. made an order en-
dorsed on said petition. setting said
petition down for hearing NV the
County Commissioners Court OF
Cameron County, Texas. at a special
Session Of said Court on the 18th day
Of January, A. y. 1928. az 10 o'clock
a. Nj. ut the Court House. III the City
~ D~Anara.rTHA E-.a
Texas. nc which hearing any person
whose lands are included in or would
be affected by the creation of such
District may appear before said
Court and contest the creation there
Of and may offer testimony to show
that such District is or is not neces-
sary. would or would not be a public
utility. and would or would not be
feasible or practicable.
This Notice is given in compliance
with the Order Of said County Judge
OF date December %. 1927. setting
said petition for hearing. and the fol-
lowing D. a true copy oi said petition
and Of said Order, endorsed thereon,
viz;
THE STATE or TEXAS
COUNTY OF CAMERON
TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT
OF CAMERON COUNTY. TEXAS.
We, the undersigned. the holders
of title 10 lands within the b0nn-
diaries hereinafter set forth, and be-
ing q majority in number Of the hold
ers Of title W the lands in said terri
tory, q the owners Of a majority
in value Of said lands. AZ shown by
the County Tax Rolls or Cameron
County. Texas. do hereby petition
your Honorable Body 70 create and
establish a Water Control and Inn
%provement District under Section 5g
of Article l6 Of the Constitution Of
the State OF Texas. To be known ~
Cameron County Water Control and
Improvement District Number Ten.
and TO be composed OF the lands EN-
braced within the following terri
torial limits, to-wit:
Being a part Of Shares 10. 81, and
2S OF the Espiritu SantO Grant. IN
Cameron County, Texas. as parti-
toned by the final decree NJ parti-
tion in a certain suit for the parti-
tion Of said whole grant in the. Dis
trict Court OF Cameron County, Tex
as, Numbered and Styled mo. 1896,
Nj. Kennedy, 20 vi, Va. Thos. Carson.
Admr.. etc. ct al. and more particu-
larry described nv metes and bounds
as follows:
Beginning at the intersection OF the
East Line Of Share No. 81 OF the Es-
piritu Santo Grant, in Cameron Coun-
~. Texas. with the Center Line or an
old road from Barreda 10 Point
Isabel. Thence with said line " Old
Road North 81 degrees 80 minutes
last 2S45.4 feet 70 a point In the East
line Of Share No. %. Thence with
the East Line Of said Share No. ~,
North 2 degrees 80 minutes East 25.
5l9.3 feet; thence North G7 degrees
90 minutes West 235s.6 feet ~ N
point on the said East Line OF Share
No. ~. Thence with the East Line cf
Share No. q. North 3 degrees 80 min
utes East 34.29T feet 10 the center
line Of an old graded road from San
Benito ~ the Bucna Vista Tract.
Thence with the Center line of said
graded road, North 81 degrees -
minutes West 1928 feet ~ a point
In the West Line Of said Share
No. 27, Thence with said West
Line Of Share No. q South
4 minutes 35 degrees West 2a,42H
feet. Thence South Z degrees 80
minutes. West 33,7T5 feet. Thence
South III degrees 5 minutes, West
1879 feet to a point in the West
Line on Tract AZ OF share No. 10. or
said Espiritu Santo Grant. Thence
with said West Line South 4 degrees
80 minutes, West 1000 feet 70 the
Center Line or the old San Benito-
Point Isabel Road. Thence with said
Road North ~ degrees 5 minutes,
East 1879 feet 4 a point IN the
West line Of Share No. q. Thence
with said West lire OF Share No. 27
South { degrees 80 minutes West
6Bi5 feet. Thence with n line paral-
lei to and 1920 feet distant. measured
Southwardly from the renter line OF
the new Barreda-Point Isabel Road.
South s5 degrees 10 minutes. East
2.9f0 feet - a point IN the East Line
az SAID Share No. ri. Thence with
the East Line OF Share No. OF. North
3 degrees 80 minutes East 500 feet
20 the place of beginning. containing
5,29S acres, more or less"
That the purposes for which said
district II being created are the on
troll. storing. preservation and distri-
button of the waters and flood waters
Of the Rio Grande River and Of the
Rcsacas or streams within. crossing
or adjacent TO said district. for the
irrigation cf the lands In said dis
trict and other lands needing irriga-
ton, for domestic and all other use
ful purposes connected Herewith.
and for the drainage Of lands In said
district needing drainage.
That the creation Of said district
and the carrying oct ~ the purposes
for which same Is being created are
necessary and will No a public utility
for the following reasons. to-wit:
The lands incldued within the
boundaries or said proposed district
are fertile and susceptible Of inten-
sive cultivation ard are capable or
producing many kinds Of agricultural
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