Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-29

LEGAL ~
public benefit to said district and
to the lands included therein
which said Order is shown in the
copy Of the proceedings filed here
with, and the same is here refer
red to and made a part thereof.
That at the conclusion of said
hearing said Court on September
%. 1928, duly made and entered It's
order, Judgment and decree. Great
ing and establishing a water i'm
proyerlent district in Cameron
county, Texas, to be known as
Cameron County Water Improve
ment District Number Twelve
with the boundaries hereinbefore
set out, and said Court further or
dered that an election be held
within said district on the goth
day of October, A.. D. 1928, at which
election there should be submitted
the following propositions: For
the Water Improvement District
Against the Water Improvement
District" For the Issuance OF
Notes of said District" Against
the Issuance of Notes of said Dis
trict," (said notes being for the
purpose of paying the cost of or
ganizing, surveying, maps and
plats, and all other indebtedness
prior to the issuance of bonds, and
the election of five directors for
said district. That in said Order
directing that an election be held
in said district there was d~esignat-
ed a polling place for such election
and said Court, by the terms OF
said order, selected and appointed
the Judges for said polling place,
and designated one of such Judges
to be presiding judge, and also Sc
Iected two clerks for said polling
place; and said court further order
ed that notice of said election be
given and posted in the matter
and form. and for the length OF
time required by law; all of which
is shown in the copy Of the pro-
ceedings above referred to and
herewith filed and made a part
hereof.
That notice of said election was
given and said election was held
and due return thereof made as pro-
vided by the orders of said court,
and the laws of the State OF Texas,
will more fully appear from the
transcript of the proceedings had in
the formatio nof said district filed
herein and made a part hereof; that
the goth day Of October, 1928,
at a special session of the Commits
sioners court of Cameron County,
the said court canvasSed the
returns of the election held on the
10th day of October, 1928, in the
proposed Cameron County Water
Improvement District No. Twelve
in Cameron County, Texas. at which
election there were submitted the
following propositions:
For the Water Improvement
District Against the Water I'M
provement District" For the Is
of Notes Of Said District"
Against the Issuance of Notes of
Said District" (said notes being for
the purpose of paying the cost of
organizing, surveying, maps and
plats, and all other Indebtedness
prior to the issuance of bonds), and
the election of five directors for
said district; and at said hearing
it was made to appear to the court
that said election was in all re-
spectS lawfully held, and said re-
turns duly and legally made, and
that there were cast at said cleo
ton five votes, of which number 5
votes were cast For the Water I'M
provement District" and no vote
was cast Against the Water I'M
provement District" 5 votes were
cast For the Issuance of Notes of
said District and no vote was cast
Against the Issuance Of Notes of
Said District" and said court duly
made and entered its findings that
majority of the votes of the resi-
dent property taxpayers voting
thereat were cast in said election in
favor Of the creation Of said Wa
ter. Improvement District and of
the Issuance of Notes of said Dis
trict; and after canvassing the votes
cast for directors of said district
the court found and decreed that
Fl. H. Roddy, Wimberly Mcleod, d.
B. Traxier. J. c.. Woodwork and
R. Lee Kempner had received the
number of votes cast at
said election for directors of said
district, and said parties were de-
to be duly elected as such
and it was ordered that
certificate of their election should
be issued to them, and said court
made and entered in its
minutes an order setting forth the
as required by law, and Gre
ating and establishing said district
under the name of Cameron Coun-
ty Water improvement District No,
Twelve, in Cameron county, Texas,
and further ordered and directed
that the clerk of Cameron County
make, file and record in the
Deed records of said county, a r
titled copy of the said order OF
said court creating said district,
and to properly index the same. in
the manner provided for recording
and indexing deeds, which said or
der is shown in the copy of the
proceedings filed herewith, and here
referred to and made a part hereof.
That said court further found
that at the election aforesaid a ma
of said voters voting thereat
voted and cast their ballots in IA
vor of the issuance Of notes and de-
clared that it should be the duty of
the board of directors of said dis
trict, when qualified, to issue notes
Of said district, in a sum not to ex-
coed the maximum percentage al
by law, based on $1,000 0 that
being the proposed and estimated
cost of Improvements to be made
IN said district, for the purpose of
creating a fund to pay the costs
the organization of the district
and the costs of all surveys, investi-
cation, engineering, issuance of
making and filing of mans