Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-30
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

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lands of the proposed district.
Said water so delivered, in either
one of the proposed methods to be
distributed by means of canals and
l~aterals, directly to the lands in
Guided in this proposed district
where said lands can be irrigated
by gravity and wherever or account
of the elevation of said lands it is
impossible to irrigate same by gray
ity said water to be stored in the
lakes and reSacaS situated in this
district and from thence stored in
the lakes and reSacaS situated in
this district and from thence deliv-
cred to said land by means of re-
lift pumps; and the court further
finds that the construction of said
system or the making of said con-
tracts and the improvements there
to would be a public benefit to said
district and tothe lands included
therein, which said order is shown
in the copy of the proceedings filed
herewith, and the same is here re-
ferred to and made a part hereof.
That at the conclusion OF SAID
hearing said court on May Il, 1873,
duly made and entered It's ofoer;
Judgment and decree, ceratlng ano
establishing a Water improvement
District n Cameron County, Texas,
ia be known as Cameron County
Water Improvement District NO.
Eleven" with the boundaries there
in set out. and said court further
ordered that ar election be held
within said district on the 18th day
of June A. D. 1923, at which cleo
ton 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 pur-
pose of paying the cost OF organ
izing. 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 direct
ing that an election be held in said
district there was designated a poll
ing place for such election, and said
court, by the terms of said order,
selected and appointed the judges
for said polling place, and desig-
mated one of such judges to be pre-
siding Judge, and also selected two
clerks for said polling place; and
said court further ordered that no
tice Of said election be given and
0octaJ ~, +bo roopnar ond form,
and for the length of time required
by law; all of which is shown in
the copy Of the proceedings above
referred to and herewith filed and
made a part hereof:
That notice of said election was
given and aiSd election was held
and due rturn 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 formation of said district filed
herein and made a part hereof;
that on the 18th day of June, 1923,
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
10Th day Of June, 1928, in the pro-
posed Cameron County Water I'm
provement District No. Eleven, in
Cameron County, Texas, at which
election there were subitted the fol-
lowing propositions: For the Wa
ter Improvement District" Against
the Water Improvement District.
For the issuance 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 re-
turns duly and legally made, and
that there we're cast at said cleo
ton 9 votes, of which number 8
votes were cast For the Water I'm
provement District" and no vote
was cast Against the Water I'M
provement District" 8 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 its finding that a ma
jority of the votes of the resident
property taxpayers voting thereat
we're cast in said election in favor
of the creation of said Water I'M
provement District and of the Is
suance Of Notes of said District;
and after canvassing the votes cast
for directors of said district the
court found and decred that G. r.
Tyrrell. w. H. Pattee. l.. B. Brady,
H. M. Pattee and A. P. Tyrrell had
received the highest number of
votes cast at said election for di-
rectors of said district, and said par
ties were declared to be duly elect
ed as such directors, and it Ecs or
dered that a certificate of their cleo
ton should be issued to them, and
said court further made and entered
in its minutes an order setting forth
the facts, as required by law, and
creating and establishing said dis
trlct under the. name of Cameron
County Water improvement No.
Eleven" 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 r
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
1ndeXing deeds, which said order is
shown in the copy of the proceed
ings, filed herewith, and here re-
ferred to and made a part hereof
That said court further found that
at the election aforesaid a major
ity Of said voters voting thereat
voted and cast their ballots in ia
vor of the issuance of notes and de-
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