Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-16

provement District Is practicable
and feasible, that II Is needed and
would be a public benefit and q
benefit TO oil Of the lands included
IN said district, and said Court
further found and caused said find
ings 20 Be entered OF record, that
IL t practicable and feasible for
said proposed water improvement
district 70 carry out the purposes
OF its creation I'm any one Of the
methods proposed and submitted
to said Court by petitioners in gen.
eral terms as follows:
First: BY contracting with Ca
merun County Water Improvement
District Number One, which has a
canal system in the immediate vic
Unity Of these lands and derives
its water from said river, 10 deliver
said water by means or its pump
ing plant and through its canals
to and onto the lands or the pro-
posed district.
Second: BY entering into a 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 so delivered. in either
one OF the proposed methods to he
distributed by means Of canals and
Iaterals, directly 10 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 it is
impossible TO irrigate same by grav-
ity, said water 10 be pumped and
stored i'm reservoirs to be construct
ed in this district and from thence
delivered 10 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 10 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 10 and
made a part hereof.
That at the conclusion Of said
hearing said Court on February ~,
1929, duly made and entered its or
der, Judgment and decree, creating
and establishing a Water Improve
ment District in Cameron County,
Texas, to be known as Cameron Co.
Water Improvement District Num-
er Fifteen, with the boundaries
hereinbefore our, and said
Court further ordered that n cleo
ton be held within said district
on the 25th day OF March a. ID.
1879, at which ection there should
be submitted the following pro-
positions: For the Water Improve
ment District" Against the Water
Improvement District" For the
Issuance of rs said District"
Against the Issuance OF Notes Of
said District Csaid note being for
the purpose of paying the .1St Of
organizing. surveying, maps, and
plats, and all other Indebtedness
prior to the issuance Of bonds,
and the election or five directors
for said district. That In said order
directing that an election be held in
said district. there was designat-
ed a polling place for such election,
and saiu Court, by the terms of
said Order, selected and appointed
the Judges + said polling place.
and DESIGNATED one OF such Judges
to be Presidin Judge, a also
selected two clerks for said polling
place; and said court further ord
cred that notice Of said election
be given and ,sted in the man
me- and form. for the length of
time required BY law: all which
il shown in the copy OF the pro-
ceedings above referred to and
herewith fl and made y part
hereof.
That notice or said election was
given and said election was held
and due return thereof made as
provided by the orders or said
Court. and the Laws OF the State
OF Texas, as will more fully ap-
pear from the transcript OF the
proceedings hao I'm the Il nation
OF said district filed herein and
made n part hereof; that on the
End day Of April, 1929. at a Special
Session or the Commissioners Court
OF Cameron County. Texas. the
said Court canvassed the returns
OF the election held ON the 25th day
Of March. 1929, In the proposed
Cameron County Water Improve
ment District Number Fifteen, i'm
Cameron County. Texas, at which
election there were submitted the
following propositions: For the
Water Improvement Dist re g.
Against the Water Improvement
District. For the issuance Of notes
OF said District. Against the IS
suance OF Totes Of said District"
(said notes being for the purpose
Of paying the cost or organizing.
surveying, maps, and plats, and
all other indebtedness prior Ct the
issuance of bOnds). and the election
of five directors for said district:
and at said hearing II was made
to appear to the court that said
election was a all respects lawfully
held, and said returns duly
and legally made, and that there
we're cast az said election 8 votes.
Of which number 8votes were cast
For the Water improvement Dis
and no vote was cast Against
the Water improvement District" 8
votes were cast For the Issuance
OF Notes OF said District" and no
vote was cast Against the Issuance
OF Notes or said District" and said
Court duly made and entered its
findings that a majority of the votes
OF the resident property taxpayers
voting thereat were cast I'm said
election III favor Of the creation or
said Water Improvement District
and of the Issuance of Notes Of said
District: and after canvasSing the
votes cast for Directors of said dis
trict the court found and decreed
that :. Finley Ewing. Il. wv. Weber,
l.. McElwain, J. r.. Roberts and
Annie Orr Houghton had received
the highest number of votes cast at
said ~Rlnrtfnn for directors NJ said