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

No. 8429. In Re. Cameron Coun-
ty Water Improvement District
number twelve, in Cameron Coun-
ty. Texas.
In the District Court of Cam
eron County, Texas, 103rd Judicial
District; April term, A. D. 1929.
THE STATE OF TEXAS
10 the sheriff or any Constable
of Cameron County, Greeting:
You are hereby commanded, that
by making publication of this Writ
In some newspaper Of general cir
culation published In the county of
Cameron. Texas, once In each week
Tor two consecutive weeks previous
70 the return day hereof, you sum-
mon all parties interested in CAM
eron County Water Improvement
District Number Twelve, in Cam
eron County. Texas. to be and
appear at the next regular term
Of the District Court of Cameron
County. Texas, 103rd Judicial Dis
trict. TO be holden at the Court
House thereof, in the city OF
Brownsville. Cameron County,
Texas, on the third Monday in
April, Al. d. 1929, the same being
the 18th day of April, A. d. 1929,
then and there to answer a petit
ton filed in said Court on the 28th
day of March, A. D. 1929, by Cam
ercn County Water Improvement
District Number Twelve, in Cam
eron County, Texas, in a certain
action numbered on the Docket of
said Court, No. 1929, and styled In
Re. Cameron County Water Inn
provement District Number Twelve.
in Cameron County, Texas" said
petition alleging in substance as
follows:
That petitioner, Cameron County
Water Improvement District Num-
Der Twelve, lis a definite district
and municipal corporation, Great
ed and existing under and by viz
tue ek4the constitution and laws
of the State of Texas. have hereto
fore been organized and establish
ed as provided by Chapter Q, Title
f128, of the Revised Civil Statutes
of the State Of Texas, Revision OF
1926; end acts amendatory there
of and supplementary thereto, u
thorizing Commissioners Courts to
create and establish Water I'M
provement Districts, and having
the following boundaries, to-wit:
Eleven hundred twenty and six
tenths ll120.6) acres, more or less,
situated wholly in Cameron Coun-
ty, Texas, and being a part OF
Share No. IL, Of the Espiritu Santo
Grant, in Cameron County, Texas,
as said share was allotted and set
apart by the final decree partf-
tioning said grant rendered by the
District Court of Cameron County,
Texas, May 6, 1889, in Cause No.
1886. entitled M. Kennedy, r. King,
let al, VS.. Thomas Carson, admins
sttrator, ct AL" and more particularly
described by metes and bounds, as
follows:
Beginning at a point in the west
Sline of Share No. IL OF the ESplr-
5itu Santo grant. where said line
lintersects the center line OF the
JFreenos resaca; said point being
1.-THE northwest corne of Block II
of a subdivision of shares Nos. IL,
90 and % of the Espiritu Santo
Grant, made by the FreSnos Land
and Irrigation company. as shown
son 4 map of said subdivision OF
record on page 9 of Vol. 3. of the
Man Records of Cameron County,
.llTegas: thence with the west line
Of said Share No. II, N. z degrees
e. 9S19.9 feet, more or less, to the
northwest corner OF a certain 3oOo
acre tract out of share No. IL,
originally conveyed by San Benito
Land and Water company to Lon
C. Hill. by deed dated August 20,
1912. and of record on pages 1896,
of Vol. Is. of the Deed Records OF
Cameron County. Texas, and being
the southwest corner Of a certain
6f77 acre tract of land in Sald
Share No. IL conveyed to p. W.
samuel, Trustee. by r. E. Brooks
by deed dated March 1S. 1927. and
recorded in the Deed Records OF
lsaid County, on pages 3l4-3l6. or
Vol. 163, of said records; thence,
with the dividing line between said
Hill and Brooks tracts. S. SO de-
rrees 36 minutes z. 46o4.5 feet to a
point on the east line of said Share
No. IL. thesnortheast corner Of said
ELL tract and the southeast cor
i,er of said Brooks ract; thence
with the cast line of said share No.
la. S. 6 degrees IS minutes w. TO-
664.9 feet to its intersection with
the 3enter lire of said Fresnof
Resaea, a point on the north Inns
of block Q of said Fresnos Land and
Irrigation company's subdivision,
hereinbefore referred to: thence IN
q westerly direction up the cen
ter of said Resaca. following the
4 north line of blocks 0, 10, IL and
u of said Fresnos Land and Irri-
cation company's subdivision to the
NORTHWEST corner of said block II.
\ the place of beginning, and con-
tanning within tn said metes and
bounds 1895 acres, more or less"
That said district was created
under Section SO of Article is. OF
the Constitution Of the State OF
Texas, and the statutes enacted in
pursuance thereto and is now a
E-Conservation and Reclamation
District organized and operating
Under said Section SO of Article Is.
of the Constitution of Texas.
That at thesfirst election for di-
rectors of yor.f petitioner, H. H.
lRoddy. EWimberly McLead, d. B..
lTrexler. j. C. Woodwork, ard r.
Lee Kempner were duly elected. and
Thereafter all of said directors ex-
cent the said r. Lee Kempner
qualified as such directors and or