Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-05
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
public benefit to said district and
to the lands included therein,

LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
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
%, 1923, duly made and entered It's
order, Judgment and decree, Great
ing and establishing a water i'm
provement district in Cameron
county, Texas, to be known as
Cameron County Water Improve
ment District Number Twelve"
with the boundaries h~ereinbefore
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 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 held
and due return thereof made as pro-
vided by the orders of said court,
and the laws Of the State of Texas,
as 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
on the Both 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
goth 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
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 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 e
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 it's findings that
a majority of the votes of the resi-
dent property taxpayers voting
thereat YER 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.
B. TraXler, j. G. Woodwork and
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 it's
minutes an order setting forth the
facts, 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,
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
o Of the issuance Of notes and de-
clared that 1t 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 $4,000 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