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

which said Order is shown in ths
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 sale
hearing said Court on September
%, 1923, duly made and entered il
order, Judgment and decree. Great.
ing and establishing a water i'm
provement district in Cameron
county, Texas, to be known a:
Cameron County Water Improve.
ment District Number Twelve,
with the boundaries hersinbefort
set. out. and said Court further or.
dered that an election be helc
within said district on the 20tf
day Of October. A. d. 1928, at which
election there should be submitted
the following propositions: Fol
the Water improvement District.
Against the Water improvement
District" For the Issuance Of
Notes of said District" "Agains'
the Issuance of Notes of said Dis.
trict," (said notes being for thu
purpose of paying the cost of or
ganizing, surveying, maps ane
plats, and all other indebtedness:
prior to the issuance of bonds, anc
the election of five directors fol
said district. That in said Order
directing that an election be hello
in said district there vas designat-
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
lected 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 hello
and due return thereof made as pro-
vided by the orders of said court
and the laws CT the State of Texas
as will more fully appear from the
transcript of the proceedings had II
the formatio nof said district filed
herein and made a part hereof; that
on the 30th day of October, 1928
at a special session of the Commits
sioners court of Cameron County
Texas, 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 Nc. 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
suance 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 bonas), 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 al re-
spects lawfully held. and said re-
turns duly end legally made, and
that there were cast at said cleo
ton five votes, Of which number {
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 cas-
Against the Issuance of Notes OF
Said District" and said court duly
made and entered its findings that
a 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
H. H. Roddy, Wimberly Mcleod, D
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r. Lee kempner had received the
highest number OF votes cast at
said election for directors OF said
district, and said parties were de-
.clared to be duly elected as such
directors, and it was ordered that
a certificate of their election should
be issued to them. and said court
further made and entered in itz
minutes an order setting forth the
facts, as required by law, and Gre
atjng 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
Texas, make. file and record in the
Deed records of said county, a GER
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
jority 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
lowed by law, based on 500. 900, 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
of the organization of the district
and the costs of all surveys, investi-
cation, engineering, issuance of
bonds, making and filing of maps
and reports, all legal expenses con-
nected Herewith, and all other
costs and expenses authorized or