Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-05
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
taken by said directors, were filec
with the county clerk Of Cameron
County, Texas. to be by said Officer
recorded as required by law, as vii
more fully appear from the copy o
tn proceedings filed herewith anc
made a part hereof, and that Geo
E. Phillips was duly appointed anc
duly qualified to fill the vacanc,
created by the failure and refusa
Of the said r. Lee Kempner to quail
ify and serve as such director a,
will more fully appear from The
copy of the proceedings of the boarc
of directors filed herewith and made
a part hereof.
That each of the person elected
as officers of your petitioner, was a.
the time Of his election, and so re-
manned at all times while serving a.
such officer, a resident of the State
Of Texas, and the owner Of lands
subject to taxation within said Wa.
ter Improvement District; and a.
the time of such election was ovel
tWenty-one years of age; and eacI
Of them were, and while acting a,
such officers, have at all times since
been duly qualified in all respect.
to act as such officers of your pc.
titioner.
That after the election and quail.
ification of said board of directors
said board, as provided by law, helc
its first meeting in Harrington, Tex,
as, on the 9th day Of November A
D. 1928, and duly organized BY
electing Wimberly Mcleod as presi.
dent, j. G. Woodwork as secretary
H. H. Roddy as president pro tenn
and Geo. E. Phillips as secretary Pre-
tenn; said board further provided
and ordered that a seal 70 rsaid dis
trict should be procured, all a.
shown in the transcript of the min.
utes Of the said board Of director.
filed herewith, and made a part
thereof.
That an order was duly made anc
entered adopting the prior survey
Of the boundaries Of said district
and the markings Thereof, the sale
boundaries and markings being al
ready established, and J.. M. Kopr
was appointed as assessor and col.
lector for said district.
That Immediately after the quail.
ification of the said assessor anc
collector, as provided by law, be en-
tered upon the discharge of his of.
fetal duties, and at once proceeded
to make an assessment of all the
taxable property, both real, person
al and mixed, in said district, upor
blanks provided by the directors o.
said district, and in the manner
provided and required by law.
That the directors of said district
on the 18th day of January, 1929
in accordance with the provisions
Of law, duly appointed three com.
mlSSlonerS, viz: Kurt Nauman, r
A. Rose and j. l.. Board, each be-
ing a qualified voter and a resident
property owner in said district, who
were styled the board Of equaliza-
ton for the year 1929; and sale
board Of directors duly entered al
order designating the 18th day 81
February, 1929, as the time for the
meeting of said board, for the year
1929; all of which is shown in the
transcript Of the minutes Of sale
board filed herewith and made &
part hereof.
That at the time fixed for it.
first meeting said board Of equal
ization met, and thereafter from
time to time examined, equalized
passed upon and approved the sale
assessment, and thereafter the as.
Sessed rolls were duly made and re.
turned by the assessor, and ap.
proved by the board of directors O.
said district, all as required by law
That after the establishment o.
said Water Improvement District
at the time and in the manner pre-.
scribed by law. the board of direc.
tors Of said district appointed one
r. S. FesSenden, who was duly quail.
flied, as engineer for said district
whose duty it was to make a com.
plete survey of the lands contained
in said district and to perform sucf
other duties as is required Of sale
engineer by law, which is shown
in the copy of the proceedings filec
and made a part hereof.
LAG O0AA 4bs ~. COOC1lOCll, dD'
pointed as engineer of the district
proceeded to discharge the dutie,
required of him by the board O.
directors of the district, and in du,
time made and filed with the boarc
Of directors Of the district maps
profileS, specifications and estimate
as required by law, together will
a written report showing the esti.
mated amount necessary to secure
contract from Cameron County Wa.
ter Control and Improvement Dis.
trict No. Six, whereby said distric
will pump and deliver through it
pumping plant and irrigation sys,
TEN water from the Rio Grandt
river to some point at or near thu
boundary of this district, is the sun
of $25,625, and the amount neces.
sary to make the necessary connec.
tons thereto, and to construct tn,
necessary pumping plants, canals
reservoirs and other Improvement
proposed to be made in Cameron
County Water Improvement Dis
trict No. Twelve is the sum of $94,
375, or a total of $3.50, 000.
That on the 10th day Of Febru'
airy, 1929, at a meeting of the boart
Of directors Of your petitioner camI
on to be considered by said boart
the matter of the issuance of bond
for said district in the sum of $120,
600 for the purposes aforesaid; ant
it appearing to the satisfaction o
the board that said district hat
heretofore been duly and regularl.
laid out, defined and established
and that the directors and officer
thereof had heretofore duly quail
flied as such, and the assessor ant
collector of said district had there
tofore made an assessment of al
taxable property within said district
which had been duly passed upol
and approved by the boar dof equal