Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-27
Must Get Together;
Act to Haze Good
Roads, Says Dancy

session June 10 and Just stay to-
gether until we arrive at an agree
ment." Judge Dancy wrote to the
commissioners. Il invite construct
i've criticism; I urge that each COM
missioner get together with his
chamber OF commerce and prepare
a plan to submit by June 10"
The order covering plan A as sub
mitted to the court reads:
Be it resolved by the commission
ers court that a special road pro-
gram aggregating $4,000 be and is
hereby inaugurated for the remain
der OF the year 1929. TO be distrib-
uted as follows, to-wit:
First-Give to commissioners pre-
cinct No. l whatever percentage Of
said program that its valuations in
the year 1929 justifies, same now
estimated to be 10 per cent or d
proximately $4,000 out Of such pro-
gram; said sum TO be used in ex-
tending the paving of State High
way No. 100 from end Of present
pavement eastwardly towards the
coast.
Second-Put in the grading and
structures and also pave the two
gaps in the Military road aggregate
ing approximately 10 miles from
commissioners precinct No. 2 to
what Is known as Blue Town" said
improvements including 18-foot
pavement estimated to cost approx
imately s250,O00.
Third-Supplement the contract
OF Dodds g. Wedegartner on the
R~angerville road, said contract COW
ering the R~angerville estimate OF
proportionate valuations out of the
SIX million. now held in escrow. so
as TO extend such paving Is feet
wide to the Military road. such sun
piemental contract estimated to
cost approximately $4,000.
Fourth-The remainder OF said
S5OO,OOO program. after paying for
the foregoing improvements. 70 be
divided between commissioners pre-
cinctS Nos. 2 and 4 in the propor-
ton OF their valuations during the
year 1929.
Fifth-In the event the n
allotted TO commissioners precincts
NOS. 2 and 4 as set forth in para
graph fourth" herein, do not
amount to at least S....... thence
It IS ordered that sufficient county-
wide funds from the road funds re-
ceiVed from automobile licenses and
lines be added to the $4,000 pro-
gram so that said two precincts
snail receive at least the total SIM
q S-......... to be divided between
them as set forth in said paragraph
fourth"
In order to finance said program
as aforesaid IL is ordered that Sc
RES E OF Cameron county road
bonds under the authorization of
January "a, 1927. be issued and sold
as soon as record can be approved
oy the attorney general and market
ing attorneys and the proceeds az
sale OF said bonds shall be and are
hereby loaned to the special pro-
gram herein outlined.
M court reserves the right IN
repay said loan out OF the proceeds
Of n sale OF the last one-haIf ~
the sixth million of the said author
lzatlon aforesaid Of January %. 1927.
providing all members OF the court
assent thereto. Nothing in this or
oer Is TO be construed as In anv re-
spect abrogating what is known as
~ "Harlingen Resolution" adonted
oy the commissioners court Novem-
per 9th, 1926. as per ordered entered
Ia the minutes Of this court IN VOL
mn $ on pages 257 and 258.
In the event, however. that any
member OF the court shall not agree
10 repaylng said loan out Of the
sixth million as aforesaid. or If for
any other reason said MONEYS can
not De so repaid. then n in that
event II IS declared to be the policy
OF the court to repay said loan ont
OF a fund 70 be created under what
Is known as the Is cent statute M
using the contractors current war,
rants as equal to the last one-half
OF the sixth million in refundino
warrants, such warrants before poe
ing upon the open market ~ 10