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The City or Brownsville shall not
be in any name liable for the pay
ment of the sums hereby assessed ano
the Southwest Bitulithic Company or
its assigns shall look solely 10 such
property and the owners thereof for
the payment OF such assessments,
but the City OF Brownsville shall ex-
ercise all Of ita lawful powers to aid
an the enforce mead ull CORRECTION Wi
said liens and sums and personal OBJ
legations. IL default shall be made
IN the payment Of any assessment,
collection thereof shall be enforced
either by sale Of the premises, by the
Tax Collector Of the city on request
OF the legal holder Of the certifi-
cate issued in evidence of such
assessment IN the same manner az
nearly as possible and after the same
advertisement as IL provided by law
and the charter Of this city for sales
for delinquent ad valorem taxes, or
IN case Of such default upon demand
Of the legal holder of such certifi-
cate, this city will exercise its char
ter powers 10 enforce and collect this
certificate by suit in its W name
for the benefit Of said holder, or said
legal holder may bring suit for the
enforcement Of said certificate in
any court having jurisdiction.
For the purpose on evidencinE the
several sums assessed against the
respective parcels w abuttiug prop
erty herein assessed. or the inter.
ests in the parcels Of abutting prop
erty herein assessed. and the owners
thereof. and the time and terms ~
payment and to aid in the enforce
nert thereof, sssignable certificates
shall be issued and delivered TO saic
Southwest Bitulithic company by the
City ~ Brownsville. upon the com
p~letion and acceptance by the City w
said Improvements IN said portion OF
street. which certificates shall be
executed IN the manner and form and
with the provisions and r~ecitals pre-
scribed n a certain ordinance duly
passed by the CITY Commission 81
the City Of Brownsville on June 7th
1927. which ordinance is one provid-
ing for the issuance az ~assignable
certificates Of assessment declaring
and evidencing assessments made
against abutting %properts and its
owners and railroads or street
railroads and their owners for a Dor
tion OF the cost Of street improve.
ments upon streets and other high
Ways or portions thereof in the City
Of Brownsville. and ~rescribing the
provisions Of such certificates and
providing that payments made there.
on may be made to the City Tax
Collector and further prescribing
the duties Of the City Tax Collec-
tor and the City Treasurer with
reference to money 50 paid.
VI
That any and all sums payable
upon any assessments herein made
or any certificates evidcncing the
same, may be paid 10 the Tax Col
lector of the City Of Brownsville as
provided in and authorized by said or
dinance Of June 7th. 1927. described
In the preceding paragraph hereof
and the duties OF the City Tax Col
lector and the City Treasurer with
reference 70 any and all such pay
ments shall be those prescribed in
said ordinance.
Finally Passed and Approved this
Goth day Of June, A. d. 1928.
A. B. COLE. Mayor,
City Of Brownsville, Texas
(seal)
ATTEST:
A. z .Munday. City Secretary
7-13-20-2t-SG70.
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THE STATE OF \
TO the Sheriff or any Constable o
Cameron County, Greeting:

To the Sheriff or any Constable OF
Cameron County, Greeting:
You are hereby commanded TO sum
mon g.. l.. Mchone, whose residence
Is unknown, and whose residence Is
alleged To be beyond the limits of
this State, to appear at the next
regular term of the Criminal District
Court Of Cameron County, Texas, 70
be held at the Courthouse thereof,
in the City Of Brownsville, on the
fourth Monday after the first Mon
day in August, 1928, same being the
Sra day Or September, 1925, then and
there To answer 4 petition filed IN
said court on the 10th day of July.
1928, In a suit numbered 1914 On the
docket thereof, wherein Francis 5.
Mckone is plaintiff and G.. l.. Me
kOne is defendant, the cause "A ac-
tion being alleged substantially a.
follows:
Plaintiff charges the defendant
with an assault upon her and with
the excessive use Of Intoxicating
liquor. and with Abandonment M
with failure 10 support her and her
children, which conduct she alleges
IL cruel treatment Of such nature
as 10 render their living together I'M
suppOrtablc. She further ues for
divorce and for the custody Of her
minor children, Theresa, "a girl seven
years Of ugc, and Jerry, a boy, three
wears Knit u-a.
You arc further commanded %
summon said defendant and to serve
this citation by making publication
OF the same once each week for four
consecutive weeks previous 70 the
return day hereof in some newspaper
published In your County.
Herein Fail Not. but have you be-
fore said court. on the first day Of
the next term thereof, this writ with
YOUR return thereon, showing how
YOU have executed the same.
Witness John =. Seaman, Clerk of
the Criminal District Court Of lam
eron County, Texas.
Given under my hand and the seal
or said court In the City OF Browns
vile, this the 10th day of July, 1928.
JNO. r. SCANLAN, Clerk
of the Criminal District Court
III Cameron County, Texas.
BY NJ. j.. McTiernan, Deputy.
(SEAL)
A true copy ! certify.
Jn0. n. Seaman. Clerk,
Criminal District Court,
Cameron County, Texas.
By VI. j. McTiernan, Deputy.
7-I3-20-27-S-3-4t-3072.
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

and the said City Commission having
fully considered the evidence aud
all proper matters, the said hearing
was finally closed on the LIST day Of
June. 1928; and.
WHEREAS, the City Commission
from the evidence finds that the
assessments and charges are right
and proper and are substantially IN
proportion 70 the benefits to the re-
spective parcels Of property by
means Of the improvements IN the
said portion Of street for which such
assessments are levied, and establish
substantial justice and equality and
uniformity between the respective
owners of the respective properties
or interests therein. and between all
parties concerned, considering the
benefits received and burdens inn
posed, and further finds that in
each Ease the abutting property, or
interest therein assessed, as the case
may be, is especially benefited in
enhanced value 70 said property or
interest therein, as the case may be,
By means of the improvements in the
said portion OF street upon which
said property abuts, and for which
dC1GE@AAGAAA - AENAEN anu Gh1Ah0
made, in a sum in excess of the
costs Of the improvements is in &C
cordance with the law and charter IN
force in this city and the proceed
ings heretofore had with reference
to said improvements, and is in Sll
respects valid and regular.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE 1T FUR
THEIR ORDAINED:
That there shall be and is hereby
levied and assessed against the par
cells Of property. or interest IN par
cells Of property, as the Ease may De,
hereinbelow mentioned and against
the real and true owners thereof,
whether such owners be correctly
named herein, the sums of money
below mentioned and itemized, shown
opposite the description Of the re-
spective parcels Of property, or in
terests in property, the descriptions
of such property, or interests there
in. the various amounts assessed
against the same, and the
thereof. Sc far as such owners are
known being as follows:
CONTRACT 30. q
Engineers roll or statement for
Lincoln Boulevard from its intersec-
tion with the south lire Of Four
teenth street with the north line of
Eighteenth street. known and desig-
mated as Unit or Contract 10. "a.
Ftont Total
Lot Blk. Addn. Foot .-ssmt.
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
AN ORDINANCE

AN ORDINANCE
An Ordinance levying assessments
for part ot the cost Of improving
Lincoln Boulevard, in the city OF
Brownsville, between the south
line Of Fourteenth Street and the
north line Of Eighteenth street,
fixing a charge and lien against
property abutting thereon and
against owners thereof, providing
for the collection Of such assess
ments and issuance of assignable
certificates in evidence thereof.
BE 1T ORDAINED BY the City Of
Brownsville:
WHEREAS. the City OF Browns
vile, Texas, has heretofore ordered
that Lincoln Boulevard in said city
from the south line OF Fourteenth
street 10 the north line Of Eighteenth
street be improved by raising, grad
ing, filling. installing concrete curbs
and cutters where such curbs and
cutters are not already installed on
proper grade and line. and paving
with one and one-half inch Warren
lite Bitulithic wearing surface on two
and one~half inch bituminous con-
crete base on three inch compressed
gravel sub-base. together with all In
cidentals and appurtenances, and the
construction of such improvements
and contract therefor was awarded to
and entered into with Southwest
Bitulithic company; and
WHEREAS, the City Paving En-
gineer of said City prepared and
filed a roll or statement for the inn
proyements In said portion Of street,
showing the amounts 70 be assessed
against the various parcels Of or in
terests in Parcels Of abuttiug prop
erty and the owners thereof. and
showing other matters and things,
and the same was examined by the
City Commission OF the City Of
Brownsville, and approved, and time
and place was fixed TOR hearing 70
the owners ar such abutting proper
~. and to all others in anywisc IN
terested therein, or having any lien
or claim thereon, and due and proper
notice Of the time. place and purpose
Of such hearing was given. and said
hearing was had and held at the
time and place fixed therefor, 10
wit, on the lst day Of June, A. D..
1928. at 10 o'clock a. m. in the City
Council room in the City Hall in the
City Of Brownsville, Texas, and said
hearing was continued until all de-
string to be heard were given FULL
and fair opportunity TO be heard;
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Plan CARAVAN
TO KERRVILLE
Epworth Leaguers to
Attend Annual Con-
vention July 17-24

Between $50 and 200 Epworth
Leaguers Of the Lower Rio Grande
Valley will attend the West Texas
Conference, Epworth League As
semEly IL the Epworth league camp
near kerrvlle July IL TO "a, accord
ing to information received by
League officers in Brownsville.
The large new bus recently Sc
cured BIZ the Black Diamond Bus
Lines has been chartered for the oc-
cas;on and will head a Valley cara
van which will assemble at Edlnburg
early Monday morning Tor the trip
70 k~crryille. The ca-avan Will ar
rive at Corpus Christi about 4
O'Clock Monday afternoon and will
be guests Of the Corpus Christi Ep-
worth League for a boat ride on the
hay. They viii leave the follow
ing morning Ill 6:5O for kerr.illc,
arriving al the EpwoIth League
camp three miles north Of kerryllle
al = o'clock.
The bus VIII leave Brownsville
about s o'clock Monday morning, ac-
cording to present plans, and upon
arrival az Edinburg rIll head the
Valley caravan which VIII consist Of
80 Ut 40 cars. Niliacy county mem
bers VINO viii be passengers On the
bus will meet the lower Valley con
tingcnts ~ Harrington, and those
from R~aymondvillc ana Lyford driv-
Ing through win join the caravan NJ
the red gate north of Edinburg. The
caravan viii stop al I~alfurrias for
lunch.
4. A. Dudley 81 Brownsville, presi-
dent of the West Texas conference
Of Epworth Leagues, went 70 Kerr
Vile last week 20 supervise the cree
ton Of a large dormitory Tor the
women members Of the conference,
providing facilities for IT.. The
structure ~ 50i feet IL length and
rs feet in width. each room being
completely equipped.
The conference Viii open Tues
day. July lT. the first day being de-
voted "a registrations. ana viii he
IN session 10 and including July -.
Facilities ha,e been provided for gp-
proNimately 1900. and officers pre-
dict the largest attendance on rec
ord.
The Lower Rio Grande Valley dis
trio has won the abundance Gun the
past two years. and district officers
announce that they expect N retain
b this year.
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
CITATION BY PUBLICATION

IN the Criminal District Court.
Cameron County, Texas.
No. 1925; Leila .. Willard vs..
Cecil r. Miliard.
The State If Texas 10 the Sheriff
or any Constable IF cameron County
Erecting:
You are hereby commanded, that
by making publication Of this Cita-
ton in some newspaper published in
the County Of Cameron once in each
week for four sscutive weeks
previous 10 the return day hereof.
YOU summon Cecil =. Willard. whose
residence is unknown. who is alleged
10 be a nonresident Of the State Of
Texas, 70 be and a1oear az the next
regular term Of she Criminal Dis
trict Court Of Cameron County, 10
be holden at the Courthouse thereof,
in the City of Brownsville. Texas. on
the lst Monday IN S,rtCmber. "A. ID.
1928. the same being the 3rd day
Of September. A. D. 1925. then and
there 10 answer a petitioH filed in
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W

The City or Brownsville shall not
be IN any manner liable for the pay
ment Of the sums he4ebT assessed
and the Southwest Bituathlc Company
Or its assigns shall look solely 10 such
property and the owners thereof Tor
the payment OF Eu-h assessments,
but the City OF Brownsville shall eX-
exercise all Of its lawful powers % aid
ia the enforcement and collection Of
said liens and sums aud personal OBJ
legations. III default shall be made
in the payment OF any assessment.
collection thereof shai! lie enforced
either BY sale of the premises, by the
Tax Collector OF the cts on request
az the legal holder ID the certifi-
cate issued in evidence Of such
assessment in the SAINT tanner as
nearly as possible and alter the same
advertisement a. ls provided by law
and the charter Of this city for sales
for delinquent advalo1gm taxes, or
in case Of such default upon demand
Of the legal holder Of such certifi-
cate, this city will exercise its char
ter powers 70 enforce and collect this
certificate by suit in us own name
for the benefit Of said holder, or said
legal holder may bring suit Tor the
enforcement Of said certificate ln
any court having jurisdiction.
v
For the purpose Of lyidencing the
several sums assessed against the
respective parcels vi AtuLtInE prop
erty herein assessed, III the inter-
ests in the parcels OF AUDITING prop
erty herein assessed, aid the owners
thereof, ana the time end terms OF
payment and to aid In the enforce
mcnt thereof, assIgnaLle certificates
shall be issued and delivered 10 said
/ Southwest BitulIthic company by the
City OF Brownsville. upon the COM
pletiOn and acceptance ty the City or
said improvements III sEld portion Of
street, which certificates shall be
executed in the manner and form and
with the provisions and recltals pre-
scrlhed in a certain ordinance duly
passed BY the City Commission OF
the City Of Brownsville on June 18th,
1927, which ordinance rs one provid-
ing for the issuance of IssiEnable
certificates of ms essrIcnt declaring
and evldencinE assessments made
against abutting property and its
owners and railroads or street
railroads and their owners for a por-
tion OF the cost of street smprove-
ments upon streets AM other high
ways or portions thereof in the City
Of Brownsville, and prescribing the
provisions Of such certificates and
providing that payments made there
on may be made 10 the City Tax
Collector and further prescribing
the duties Of the CitV Tax Coles
tor and the City treasurer with
reference to money 80 Paid.
VII
That any and all sums payable
upon any assessments herein made
or any certificates eyldercing the
same, may he paid to the Tax Col
lector Of the City OF Brownsville ~
provided In and authorized by said or
dinance of June 7th, 1927. described
in the preceding paragraph hereof
and the duties OF the City Tax Coll
lector and the City Treasurer with
reference to any and all slch pay
ments shall be those prescribed ID
said ordinance.
Finally Passed and Approved this
Goth day or June. 1923. nItma
(SEAL) A. b. COLE, Mayor.
City OF Brownsy.lls, Texah
ATTEST:
a. Il. Munday, City Secretary,
~ G-l5-2Q-2t-s0H
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ROTARY NAMES
GROUP HEADS
Benito Club An
nounces Chairmen
Of Committees
Especial 70 The Herald)

ACHNNAai 70 lnG TcEhiuJ
SAN BENITO, July 13.-Chairmen
Of the standing committees of the
San Benito Rotary club were an
nounced at the meeting here Thurs
day by the new president of the club,
Judge J. Q. Louthan.
The principal address at the meet
ing was delivered by Rev. Francis
Davis, pastor Of the Presbyterian
church Of San Benito, who outlined
honesty in business and the upbuild-
ing Of the nation.
After stressing the fact that 90
per cent or more Of the F4atian's
business is carried on By credit, and
that such credit dealing Is possible.
he brought home 70 the Rotarians the
necessity of helping the Young in
building up the nation for the future.
make pals of the boys" he said.
Help them whenever you can, for
they need your help. The future Of
the country rests not on industry
Of natural riches, but upon the citi-
zenship which is built Up, which in
turn rests on the young people Of
today"
". B. FOULS, manager of the J. C.
fenney company store mere, complet-
ed the address on chain stores in the
United States which he started at
the previous meeting, reading from a
paper concerning this system of
stores.
The committee chairman as an
nounced by Judge Louthan are: No-
c%ational service, John 7. Lomax; Ro-
tary education, A. L. Montgomery;
club service, Jim Ward; classified
tion, Bob Wyant; membership, "A. l..
Price; program, Ed Brady; fellow
ship, Walter Chambers; attendance,
Henry M~cFadden: community SER
vice, Scott Brown! boys work. Kent
Manning; student loan fund, DR.. g..
NJ. Cash; urban and rural relations.
N. q. Chatelle; publicity and public
relations. l. r Rel1
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

assessment is levied and charge
made, in N sum in excess Of the
costs of the improvements is in ac-
cordance with the law and charter in
force in this city and the proceed
ings heretofore had with reference
20 said improvements, and Is in all
respects valid and regular.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE 1T FUR
Their ORDAINED:
That there shall be and Il hereby
levied and assessed against the par
cells Of property, or interest in par
cells OF property, as the case may be.
hereinbelow mentioned and against
the real and true owners thereof,
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and the same was examined IN the
City Commission Of the City OF
Brownsville, and approved, and time
and place was fixed for hearing to
the owners Of such abutting proper
~, and te all others in anywise in-
terested therein, or having any lien
or claim thereon, and due and proper
notice of the time, place and purpose
of such hearing was given, and said
time and place fixed therefor, to-
wit, on the 18th day Of June, A. d,
1928, at 10 o'clock a. N. in the City
Council room in the City Hall in the
City Of Brownsville, Texas, and said
hearing was continued until all de-
string 10 De heard were given full
and fair opportunity to be heard
and the said City Commission having
fully considered the evidence and
all proper matters, the said hearing
was finally closed on the 18th day 81
June. 1928; and,
WHEREAS, the City Commission
from the evidence finds that the
assessments and charges are right
and proper and are substantially in
proportion TO the benefits to the re-
spective parcels of property by
OF the improvements in the
said portion Of street for which such
assessments are levied, and establish
substantial justice and equality and
uniformity between the respective
wner Of the respective properties
or interests therein and between all
parties concerned, considering the
benefits received and burdens inn
posed, and further finds that in
each case the abutting property. or
interest therein assessed, as the case
may be. is especially benefited III
enhanced value to said property or
interest therein. as the case may be,
rs means Of the improvements in the
said portion Of street upon which
said property abuts, and for whick
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AN ORDINANCE


An Ordinance levying assessments
for part Of the cost Of improving
Grant street, in the City of
Brownsville, between the south
line Of Fourteenth ,treet and the
north line OF Eighteenth street,
fixing a charge and lien against
property abutting thereon and
and against owners thereof, pro-
viding for the collection Of such
assessments and issuance tf assign
able certificates in evidence there
Of.
BE IT ORDAINED ny the City Of
Brownsville:
WHEREAS, the City Of Browns
Vile, Texas, has heretofore ordered
that Grant street in said city from
the south line Of Fourteenth street
to the north line Of Eighteenth
street be improved By raising. grad
ing, filling, installing concrete curbs
and cutters where such curbs and
cutters are not already installed on
proper grade and line, and paving
with one and one-half inch Var
renite Bitulithic wearing surface on
two and one-half inch bitUminous
concrete base on three inch COM
pressed gravel ~sub-base. together
with all incidentals and sppurten-
ances, and the construction Of such
improvements and contract therefor
was awarded to and entered into
with Southwest BituIithic company;
and.
WHEREAS. the City Paving En-
of said City prepared and
filed a roll or statement for the inn
nrovements in said portion Of street.
showing the amounts TO be assessed
the various parcels of or in
in parcels Of sbutting prop
srty and the owners thereof. and
other matters and things
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Harrington to Grant
Gas Franchise Today

HARLINGEN. July 13.-The city
commission Of Harlingen at a meet
ing tonight will grant a franchise TO
the Rio Grande Valley Gas
which will be satisfactory 20 both
parties. u was stated by Mayor S.
FINLEY Ewing and other city officials.
The meeting was scheduled 70 be
held Wednesday night. but was post
poned until Friday night so that all
members could be present.
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Z ADVERTISEMENT

whether such owners be correctly
named herein, the sums OF money
below mentioned and itemized, shown
opposite the description Of the re-
spective parcels of property, or in
terests in property. the descriptions
Of such property, OK interests there
TN, the various amounts assessed
against the same. and the owners
thereof, so far as such owners are
known being as follows;
CONTRACT NO. Is
Engineers roll or statement for
Grant street. from IT, intersection
vita the south line Of Fourteenth
street with the north line Of
Eighteenth street, known and desig-
mated as Unit or Contract No. rs.
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delivery In
San Benito ToBe
Extended Sept. |


SAN BENITo, July 13.-San Be
nito's mail delivery system in the
city is to be almost doubled by action
Of the postoffice department, effec-
tive Septempber !, in authorizing the
recommendations Of Floyd s. Worth,
postmaster here.
The local postmaster recommended
an increase Of IS blocks in the terri
tory covered in mail delivery, making
a total Of 12t blocks. The increase
was made possible through more
paved sidewalks. and additional
buildings in San Benito.
Encouragement Of the rural route
system, and extension Of or more
Of the rural routes in the San Be
nito section is expected, Postmaster
Worth said.
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A. & M. Expert Visits
Valley County Agents

X. X. Lancaster. rural Organization
rSent Of the \. g. VI. extension ser
vice, has been in the Valley several
days visiting Hidalgo County Agent
kirkpatrick ana Alsmeycr WI the
Cameron county unit. lie is expected
10 leave Friday.
Lancaster expressed satisfaction
with the condition obtaining IN the
two counticT, III Was said.