Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-22
THE STATE OF TEXAS

e"Se each week for al least two con-
s~eSutive weeks previous 10 the re-
urn day hereof in some newspaper
= : general circulation published IN
cameron County, Texas. you sum
mon all parties interested n Cam
iron county Water Improvement
~DDistrict Number Ten, in Cameron
Souhty, Texas, to be and appear at
1ae next regular term OF the Hon
SClaoie District Court Of Cameron
county, Texas, l03rd Judicial Dis
niet, to be holden at the Court
mouse IN the city of Brownsville,
cameron County. Texas, on the third
monday in December, A. u. 1928,
same being the 18th day Of De-
.emoer, A. ID. 1928, then d there
70 answer a petition flied in said
SQUIRT on the goth day of Novem-
yer, A. ID. 1928, by Cameron County
Water Improvement District Num-
Der Ten, in Cameron County, Texas.
IN a certain action numbered STA
on the docket Of said court and
styled In Re: Cameron CoLlty Wa
Yer Improvement District Number
ien' IN Cameron County, Texas"
said petition alleging in substance
as follows:
mat your petitioner is a defined
district and municipal corporation.
created and existing under and by
virtue OF the constitu ion and laws
1ol the state Of Texas. having ncrv-
lore been organized and established
= provided by Chapter ,. Title LIS
VI the Revised Civil Statutes Of the
state OF Texas, revision Of -g25, and
acts ~amendatory thereof ard supple
Mehtary thereto. authorizing COM
mi~ssioners' courts to create ard es-
'aohsh water improvement districts.
and having the following boundaries,
to-wit:
Seven thousand three hundred
one (T.30l) acres Of land more or
Tess, situated wholly in Cameron
sonnty, Texas, and being "A part Of
shares Nos. 10, 81 and Is Of The
Lspiritu Santo Grant. in Cameron
Nounty, Texas, rs said shares we're
allotted and set apart By the final
aecree ~partitioning said grant rem
dered by the District Court Of
cameron County, Texas, May 6, 1889.
IN Cause No. 1916 entitled M. Ken
cay X. King. ct al, vs.. Thomas Car
! son, administrator. ct al" and more
n particularly described By metcs and
bounds. rs follows:
Beginning at a point on the west
line Of Share No. - said point being
south 4 degrees 20 minutes west
Iz2s.2 feet from the center line Of
state Highway No. 100. Thence
south 80 degrees 0 minutes east p
sl5.2 feet TO a point on the east line
OF said Share No. -. Thence with
the east line of share No. 81 north
2 degrees 81 minutes east 1852
feet to the north line OF State
Highway No. 100. Thence south SIS
degrees 0 minutes east 2733.a feet
with the north line OF State High
! way No. 100 to a point in the east
line Of Share No. 2s. Thence with
the east line OF Share No. % north
: degrees - minutes east 33.T05.s
feet. Thence north Sc degrees SO
minutes west 1894 feet 10 a point
in tho east line Of Share Ne. "a.
Thence with the east line or Share
No. q north 3 degrees so minutes
east 34.277 feet 20 a point in the
south line OF the old San Benito-
Buena Vista road. Thence with the
south line Of said road north IS de-
grees % minutes west 1923 feet 70 a
point in the west line Of share No.
-. Thence with the west line of
share No. 81. south 1 degrees 80
minutes west -, los feet TO the
northeast corner or tract No. 80 Of
share No. 10 OF the Espiritu Santo
grant, as said tract No. % WIS set
apart and allotted To Mrs. Agnes A.
Browne by the final decree parti-
tioning said share No. 10. rendered
by the District Court Of Jefferson
county. Texas. in Cause No. 1858,
entitled "Charles b. Combe. ct A..
VS.. John II. Brooks. ct al; thence
with the north line of tract No. Is
north s. degrees 30 minutes west
1865 feet to the northwest or
ner Of said tract No. 49,; thence 10
the west lire of tract No. 90 south
4 degrees 80 minutes west 43,772.3
feet 20 the southwest corner Of tract
No. al: thence with the south line
Of tract No. 50 south IS degrees 80
minutes cast islO.S feet TO a point
III the west line Of share No. ~;
thence north : degrees 80 minutes
east 1875 feet 10 the place az be-
ginning, containing 1901 acres,
more or less"
That said district was created
under Section 80 Of Article rs. OF
the constitution Of the state Of
Texas. and the statutes enacted III
pursuance thereto ard is now a
Conservation and Reclamation Dis
trict organized and operating under
,aid Section 90 Of Article I Of the
constitution OF Texas. That since
the formation and organization "
hvour Petitioners district. and with
IN the time authorized BY law. there
was excluded from within the bounds
Of your Petitioner District certain
lands not susceptible Of irrigation
from the canal system contc, plat
ed by your Petition or District. con-
sistinr Of lands too high 20 be ill.,
rigated from a common canal sys-
tam, amounting TO 322.52 acres. the
tract Of land so excluded and the
order Of the Board Of Directors OF
YOUR petitioner. authorizing the cy-
%clusion thereof. appearing In the
transcript Of the proceedings e the
roard Of Directors Of YOUR petit
tiorer, on file in this cause. to
which transcript reference Is now
here made for greater certainty.
That az the first election for d.
,ec,ors of your petitioner. r. r.
Ogden. Jack Elliott. H.. r.. Whipple.
A. 1. Harris and y. G.. Chatelle were
duly elected and thereafter they
duly qualified as such directors.
and elected +. r.. Ogden as presi-
gent. A. L. Harris as secretary. Jack
Elliott as president pro tenn. and
n. C. Chatelle as secretary pro TEN,
,l OF which directors and officers
sre AZ this time acting as such d.
rcctors and Officers.
That on to-wit. the 5rd day Of MAY.
A u. 1928, there was presented 20 the
county commissioners cour, Of Cam
.,on county. Texas. then IN special
..ssion. a petition in writing signed