Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-26
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
ed. which is now here referred to
end made a part hereof.

That notice Of said hearing was
given in the manner and form and
for the length Of time required by
law and in accordance with said or
der setting the petition down for
hearing, and due return was there
Of made. which said notice and re-
turn are shown IN the aforesaid
transcript and are now here refer
red to and r1ade q part hereof.
Z.
That thereafter. to-wit. on May
9, 1927. the day set for hearing, the
said Commissioners Court in reg
ular session at the County Court
House Of Cameron County, Texas,
heard and considered said petition
and ell objections and contests
thereof and evidence in support of
and against the same, as required
by law, and at the conclusion of
such hearing made and entered on
the Minutes Of said Court their
findings to the effect that the crea-
ton and organization Of such dis
trict and the construction and pur-
chase OF the proposed irrigation sys-
tenn were feasible and practicable
and that same are needed and
would be q public benefit and al
benefit to all the lands included IN
such district, and t~hereupon, on
the said 9th day Of May. 1927, at
said regular session the said court
entered its order. Judgment and de-
cree finding the facts aforesaid and
creating and establishing a water
Improvement district in Cameron
County, Texas, to be known as
Cameron County Water Improve
ment District No. g., with the
boundaries set out In said petition.
and ordering an election TO be held
within and for said district on June
1. 1927. at which election there
should be submitted the following
propositions:
For the Water Improvement Dis
trict" and
Against the Water Improvement
District
For the issuance OF notes Of said
district" and
Against the issuance OF notes Of
said district;
(said notes being for the purpose Of
paying the cost OF organization.
surveys. maps and plats and all
other expenses incurred prior to
the issuance Of bonds: and for the
election Of five directors for said
district.
IN said order directing such cleo
ton TO be held q polling place for
such election was desigiated and the
judges and clerks Of election were
appointed. and notice OF said cleo
ton was ordered to be given, posted
and published, as required by law.
The said order is contained in
fun in the transcript above referred
70 and the same Is now here spe-
cially referred to and made part
hereof.
That notice OF said election was
given in conformity with law and
the said order Of the County Com
r~aiSsioners' Court, and posted and
published in the manner and for
the length of time required by law.
and that such election was duly and
] fully held and conducted OH the
aforesaid day OF election and re-
turns Of said election, properly made
and certified, we're returned in ac-
cordancc with law. and were open
ed and canvaSsed at the meeting of
said County Commissioners Court
next hereinafter mentioned. all Of
which will more fully a.~ear from
the seid transcript which Is now
here referred to and made part
hereof.
That thereafter. OF the 18th DAY
Of June, 1927. at q regular session
Of the County Commissioners
Court of Cameron County. Texas.
the returns Of said election were
opened and cRnvassed and the re-
suit thereof declared. and thereup-
on the said court made and enter
ed in its Minutes an order finding
and declaring that at said election
the total number OF votes polled was
l3 that al of said votes were for
the water improvement district: and
that a majority Of the resident tax
payers Of said district. who were
qualified voters thereof. at said
election voted in favor Of the crea-
ton Of said district. and that the
same number and the same ma
jority had voted in favor Of the fol-
lowing five persons for Directors of
said district. to-wlt: T.. G.. Gillock.
G. p. Barreda. Agustin Celaya. Jr..
Margaret Seabury and Rodolfo p.
Barreda, and thereupon finding and
declaring and adjudging that said
district had been legally established
under the name OF Cameron Coun-
Nv Water Improvement District No.
s. with metes and bounds rs there
in set out. being the same as in the
petition first here mentioned, and
that the said five named persons
had been duly elected as the direc-
tors Of said district. The afore-
said order Is contained in full IN
the said transcript and is now here
referred to and made part hereof
for all purposes.
10.
That thereafter. to-vit. on June
%. 1927. at a session Of the said
court, the five persons so elected
presented their oaths and bonds
Of office, each bond in the princi-
pal sum Of s5000.O0. with good and
sufficient sureties and conditioned
IS required by law, all OF which
bonds were then and there In open
court approved by the said court
and the County Judge OF Cameron
County. Texas. and duly recorded.
Certified copies OF these bonds and
the orders approving same appear
in the said transcript and are now
here referred to and made part
hereof.
II.
That in the original establish
ment Of said district the boundaries
contained 10,l82.68 acres, that is to
say. a gross acreage within exterior
limits OF 10.902.68 acres. from which,