Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-06
G ADVERTISEMENT
since the formation and organiza

since the formation n OIgdlli1a-
ton of your Petitioners district,
there has been admitted to and n
Guided in your Petitioners dlStrlct
certain lands contiguous to your
Petitioners district, amounting 70
3375.55 acres, the tracts Of land SO
admitted and the orders OF n
board of directors of your petition
er. authorizing the inclusion there
of. appearing in the transcript CT
the proceedings of the board OF d.
rectors of your Petitioner, on tne
in this cause, to which transcript
reference is now here made Tor
greater certainty.
That at the first election for dl-
rectors of your Petitioner, G. r.
Terrell. w. H. Pattee, l.. B. Brady,
H. NJ. Pattee and A. P. Tyrrell were
duly elected and thereafter they
duly qualified as such directors, ana
elected C.. r. Tyrrell as president,
L. B. Brady as secretary, w. H. Pat
tee as president protein. and a. ?.
Tyrrell as secretary protein, all OF
which directors and officers are at
this time acting as such directors
and officers.
That on to-wit. the 3rd day of
A. D. 1923, there was presented
to the county commissioners court
Of Cameron County, Texas. then IN
special session. a petition in writing
signed by Port Isabel Irrigation
company, and others. being a ma
iority in number of the holders OF
title to the lands situated within
the proposed district, and represent
ing a majority in value Of the lands
therein, as indicated by the county
tax rolls of all of said lands within
said boundaries, praying for the es-
adjustment of Water improvement
District, setting forth in said pc
tition the necessity, public utility
and feasibility and the boundaries
of said proposed district, and desig-
mating Cameron County Water I'm
provement District No. Eleven. as
the name for such proposed district,
which name includes the name Of
the county in which such proposed
district is situated, copy of said Pc
tition being included in the tran
script Of the proceedings had in
the formation of said district which
is filed herewith and IS here referred
to and made a part hereof.
That said commissioners court on
the same day and at the same meet
ing at which said petition was pre-
sented. duly made and entered an
order setting said petition down for
a hearing at a special session OF
said court house in the City OF
Brownsville, in Cameron County,
Texas on the 21st day Of May A.
D. 1928. at which time and place
any person whose lands are includ-
ed in and would be affected by the
creation of said district might APP
pear before said court and contest
the creation of said district, or con-
tend for the creation of said district,
and further ordered that any per-
son at such time and place might
offer testimony to show that sad
district is. or is not necessary, and
would or would not be of any pub
lie utility, and that the creation OF
said district would or would or
would not be feasible or practicable,
and at such time and place SAID
court would adjudge and determine
all contests and objections to the
creation of such district, and all
matters pertaining to the same, and
said court further ordered the clerk
of said court to give notice OF the
time and place of said hearing, IN
the manner and for the length OF
time required by law, and to make
due return as provided by law,
which said order is shown in the
of the proceedings above re-
ferred to, and, the same IS here re-
ferred to, and is made a part here
Of
That notice of said public hear
ing was given by the clerk Of said
court TO rthe length of time and
in the manner and form as required
by law, and in accordance with said
and due return thereof made,
which said notice and return r
shown in the copy Of the proceed
filed herewith, and the same
is here referred to and made a part
hereof.
That on the 21st day Of May A.
D. 1928, as provided by its order
of date May 3, 1923, the commits
SionerS court met at a special SeS-
sion at the Court House in the City
Of Brownsville, Cameron County,
Texas, and on said date said Court
duly heard and considered said pc
tition, and at said hearing it was
shown and made to appear and so
found by the court that the petition
of the said Port Isabel Irrigation
company, and others. praying for
the creation and establishment of
said Water Improvement District
had been duly presented at a spe-
cial session of said court, held on
the 3rd day of May A. d. 1923,
and that said petition IA in due
and legal form, and contained the
requisite number of signerS thereto,
and that said petition had been set
down by the court for a public hear
ing at a special session or term of
said court, to be held at the Court
House. in the City of Brownsville,
May 81, 1923, and said court found
that due and legal notice of the
date and place of said hearing had
been given in the manner and form
and for the length of time, and due
return thereof made and filed. as
required by said court to each and
all persons whose lands are includ-
ed in and would be affected by the
creation Of said district to contest
the creation of said district, or con-
tend for the creation thereof, and
to offer testimony to show that such
district is or is not necessary. and
would or would not be feasible or
practicable; and said court. after
hearing all the evidence offered at
said hearing and all matters per-
tanning to the same, on May q,
1928. made and entered its findings
of record that the creation and or
canizatiOn of said Water Improve