Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-02
LEGAL ApYERTrsznrENT

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Clerk Of said LOu TO give notice
OF the time and place OF said hear
ing, in the manner and for the
length OF time required by lsw.
and to make ne return as provided
by Law. which said order is shown
In the s0py of the proceedings
above referred to. and. the same
is here referred 70, and Is made a
part hereof.
That notice or said public hear
ing was given by the Clerk Of said
Court for the length OF time and
in the manner and form as re-
Quired by law. and In accordance
with said order, and due return
thereof made, +. hich said Notice
and return are shown In the cop
Of the proceedings filed herewith,
and the same Is here referred to
-and made a part hereof.
That on the 9th day Of February
A. D. 1929. as provided by it's order
OF date February IL, 1929, the Com
missioners' Court met at a Special
Session az the Court House in the
City OF Brownsville, Cameron
County, Texas, and on said date
said Court duly heard and consid-
or ed said petition, and at said
hearing IL was shown and made
to appear and so found by the
Court tha- the petition Of the said
s. Finley Ewing, and others. pray
ing for the ere: ton and establish
ment OF said Water improvement
District had been duly presented at
a regular session of said Court,
held on the 18th day of February
"A. ID. 1929. and that said petition
was il due and legal form. and
-0ntained the requisite number Of
stgners thereto, and that said Pc
tition had been set down by the
Court for a public hearing at a
Special Session OF term OF said
Court, to be held az the Court
House. In the City of Brownsville,
February ~, 1929, and said Court
found that due and legal notice
Of the date and place Of said hear
ing had been given in the manner
and form and for the length OF
time, and due return thereof made
and filed. as required by law, and
ut said public hearing an oppor-
tunity was offered by said Court
10 each and all persons whose lands
are included in and would be az
fected by the creation of said dis
tr1ct 10 contest creation OF said
district, OF contend for the creation
thereof. and to offer testimony 10
show that such district is is
not necessary, and would or would
not be Of public utility, and that
the creation of said district would
or would not be feasible or pract-
icabie. and said Court. after hear
ing all the evidence offered at said
hearing and all matters pertain
ing 10 the same, on February q,
1923, made and entered its find
ingS OF record that the creation
and organization of said Water I'M
provement District is practicable
and feasible, that II is needed and
would be q public benefit and q
benefit to all OF the lands included
IN said district. and said Court
further found and caused said find
angs to be entered of record, that
II Is practicable and feasible for
said proposed water improvement
district TO carry out the purposes
Of its creation in any one of the
methods proposed and submitted
TO said Court by petitioners in gen.
eral terms as follows:
First. Ey contracting with Ca
merOn County Water Improvement
District Number One, which has e
canal system in the immediate VIC
snity Of these lands and derives
its water from said river. TO deliver
said water by means of its pump
ing plant and through its canals
TO and onto the lands Of the pro-
posed district.
Second: BY entering into q con-
tract with said Cameron County
Water Improvement District Num-
Der One for the joint ownership.
construction and operation Of irri-
cation works and reservoirs. to de-
liver said water. to and onto the
lands Of the proposed district.
Said water 50 delivered. in either
One of the proposed methods to b.
distributed by means OF canals and
laterals, directly to the lands in
cluded In this proposed district,
where said lands can be irrigated By
gravity and. wherever on account
Of the elevation OF said lands ID Is
impossible to irrigate same by grav-
ity. said water to be pumped and
stored in reservoirs to be construct
ed In this district and from thence
delivered to said land by gravity:
and the Court further finds that the
construction OF said system or the
making of said contracts and the
improvements thereto would be a
public benefit to said district and
to the lands included therein, which
said Order is shown in the copy of
the proceedings filed herewith. and
the same is here referred 70 and
made a part hereof.
That at the conclusion OF said
hearing said Court on February 81.
1929. duly made and entered its or
| der. Judgment and decree, creating
and establishing a Water Improve
ment District in Cameron County,
Texas, 10 be known rs Cameron 90.
Water Improvement District Num-
err Fifteen, with the boundaries
hereinbefore out, and said
Court further ordered that IN cleo
ton be held within said district
on the 25th day Of March "A. ID.
1929. at which election there should
be submitted the following pro-
positions: For the Water Improve
ment District" Against the Water
Improvement District" For the
Issuance Of ltes said District"
Against the Issuance or Notes OF
said District, (said note being for
the purpose Of paying the -ost 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. That in said order
directing that an election be held in
said district. there was designat-