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

once each week for at least two con-
eeusive weeks previous TO the re-
Ah Jay hereof in some newspaper
general circulation published ~
cameron County, Texas. you sum
Aoh all parties Interested u Cam
Saon county Water improvement
CCiserlct Number Ten, in Cameron
1ounty, Texas, TO be and appear at
ne next regular term Of the Hon
Sfaole District Court of Cameron
county, Texas, 103rd Judicial DIS
1,iet, to be holden at the Court
house in the city Of Brownsville,
cameron County, Texas. on the third
monday in December, A. ID. 1928,
same being the 18th day Of De-
.ember, A. d. 1928, then : d there
v answer a petition filed in said
SQUIRT on the Goth day of Novem-
Der, A. u. 1928, by Cameron County
water Improvement District Num-
yer len, in Cameron County, Texas,
% a certain action numbered STA
on the docket of said court and
styled "ln Re: Cameron CoLlty Wa
Ter Improvement District Number
zen, In Cameron County, Texas"
said petition alleging in substance
as follows:
lhat your petitioner is a defined
district ard municipal corporation,
created and existing under and by
virtue OF the constitu ion and laws
1oi the state of Texas, having mere
lore been organized and established
as provided BY Chapter =, Title Us.
VI the Revised Civil Statutes of the
state OF Texas, revision Of .g25, and
acts amendatory thereof ard supple
mehtary thereto. authorizing COM
Missloners' courts to create ara es-
p taDIsh water improvement districts.
ana having the following boundaries,
to-wit:
Seven thousand three hundred
one CI,SOl) acres Of land more or
iess' situated wholly in Cameron
Sounty, Texas, and being a part Of
Shares Nos. 10, % and IS Of the
Espiritu Santo Grant. in Cameron
! county, Texas. as said shares we're
n allotted and set apart By the final
Geeree .partitioning said grant rem
oered by the District Court OF
cameron County. Texas. May 6, 1889.
IN cause No. 1916 entitled M. Ken
coy, X. King, ct al, vs.. Thomas Car
son, administrator. ct al" and more
particularly described by metes and
bounds. as follows:
beginning at a point on the west
line Of Share No. 81 said point being
south 4 degrees 30 minutes west
lz2s.2 feet from the center line Of
state Highway No. 100. Thence
south IS degrees 0 minutes east q
sl5.2 feet TO a point on the cast line
OF said Share No. "a. Thence with
! the east line of share No. 81 north
. degrees 81 minutes east 1852
feet 10 the north line Of State
Highway No. 100. Thence south IS
degrees 0 minutes cast 2733.3 feet
with the north line OF State High
\ way No. 100 TO a point in the east
line Of Share No. rs. Thence with
the east line Of Share No. IS north
: degrees 81 minutes east 33.105.S
feet. Thence north Sc degrees 80
minutes west 1894 feet to a point
in the east line Of Share No. "a.
Thence with the east line Of Share
NO. ~ north 2 degrees 80 minutes
east Sf.21I feet 10 q point in the
south line Of tho old San Benito-
Buena Vista road. Thence with the
south line Of said road north SIS de-
Erces 70 minutes west 1928 feet TO a
point in the west line Of share No.
q. Thence with the west line Of
share No. %. south 4 degrees 50
minutes west 25,40s feet to the
northeast corner OF tract No. 81 of
share No. 10 or the Espiritu Santo
grant, as said tract No. So was set
apart and allotted 60 Mrs. Agnes &.
Browne by the final decree parti-
%tiOning said share No. -. rendered
by the District Court OF jefferson
county. Texas. in Cause No. 1858,
entitled "CharIes u. Combc. ct az.
VS.. John II. Brooks. et al: thence
with the north line Of tract No. I3
north So degrees 80 minutes west
1855 feet TO the northwest or
ner of said tract No. 90; thence TO
the west line Of tract No. 80 south
4 degrees 80 minutes west 43,772.3
feet TO the southwest corner Of tract
No. IS: thence with the south line
Is Of tract No. 50 south e. degrees 80
minutes east iSl0.S feet 10 \ point
in the west limo Of share No. ~;
thence north 1 degrees 80 minutes
east 1925 feet 10 the place Of be-
ginning, containing 1901 acres,
more or less"
That said district was created
under Section 50 Of Article l6, Of
the constitution of the state Of
Texas. and the statutes enacted In
nuisance thereto and is now a
conservation and Reclamation Dis
trict organized and operating under
,aid Section 80 Of Article I . Of the
constitution Of Texas. That since
the formation and organization Of
hxour Petitioners district. and with
in the time authorized by law. there
vas excluded from within the bounds
81 your Petitioner District certain
lands not susceptible az irrigation
from the canal system contc: plat
ed by your Pctitiorcr District. con-
sisting Of lands too high 20 be ir-
,irated from a common canal sys-
tsrn. amounting 10 322.52 acres. the
tract Of land so excluded and the
order OF the Board Of Directors Of
YOUR petitioner. authorizing the cX-
%slusion thereof. appearing IN the
transcript Of the proceedings Of the
roard Of Directors or your petit
TONER, on file in this cause. TO
which transcript reference is now
here made for greater certainty
That at the first election for d.
rectors OF your petitioner. r. p.
Ogden. Jack Elliott. II. II. Whipple.
A. L. Harris and y. q. Chatelle were
duly elected and thereafter they
duly qualified as such directors,
and elected L. r. Ogden as presi-
dent. A. L. Harris rs secretary. Jack
Elliott as president pro TEN. and
\. G. Chatelle as secretary pro TEN
III OF which directors and officers
are at this time acting as such d.
rcctors and officers.
That on to-wit. the 3rd day Of Nav.
n 1928, there vas presented to the
county commissioners court Of am
sron county. Texas. then IN special
session. a petition IN writing signed
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