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

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posed district, which are the boun-
diaries above set out, and designat-
ing Cameron County Water I'm
provement District Number Twelve
as the name for such proposed
district, which name includes the
name of the county in which such
proposed district is situated, copy
of said petition being included III
the transcript Of the proceedings
had in the formation of said dis
trict which is filed herewith and
is here referred to and made d
part hereof.
That said Commissioners Court
on the same day and at the same
meeting at which said petition was
presented, duly made and entered
an order setting said petition down
for a hearing at a special session OF
said Court to be held at the Court
House in the city of Brownsville,
in Cameron County, Texas, on the
22nd day of September. A. D. 1928,
at which time and place any per-
son whose lands are included in
and would be affected by the e
ton Of said district might appear
before said court and contest the
creation Of said district, or contend
for the creation of said district,
and further ordered that any per-
son at such time and place might
offer testimony to show that said
district is. OF IS not necessary, and
would or would not be Of any pub
lie utility, and that the creation of
said district would or would not be
feasible or practicable, and at such
time and place said Court would
edjudge and determine all contests
and objections to the creation of
such district. and all matters per-
tanning to the same, and said
Court further ordered the Clerk of
said Court to give notice of the
time and place Of said hearing, In
the manner and for the length of
time required by law, and to make
due return a. provided by law,
which said order is shown in the
copy of the proceedings above re-
ferred to, and, the same Is here re-
ferred to, and is made a part
hereof.
That notice of 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, which said notice
and return are shown in the copy
nf tho n~rNnnndiNn fiInI 1a-nryi+1
and the same Is here referred to
and made a part hereor.
That on the 22nd day Of Sep
TENDER, A. D. 1928. as provided by
its order of date September 4, 1923,
the Commissioners Court met at a
special session at the Court House
in the city of Brownsville, Cameron
County, Texas. and on said date
said Court duly heard and consid-
cred said petition, and at said hear
ing it was shown and made to ap-
pear and SO found by the Court
that the petition of the said r. Lee
Kempner, and others, praying for
the creation and establishment of
said Water Improvement District
had been duly presented at a spe-
cial session of said Court held on
the 9Th day Of September, A. D.
1923, and that said petition was In
due and legal form, and contained
the requisite number of signers
thereto. and that said petition had
been set down by the Court for a
public hearing at a special session
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at the Court House, in the City VI
Brownsville, September %. 1928,
and said Court found that due and
legal notice Of the date and place
Of said hearing 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 at said public hear
ing an opportunity was offered by
said Court to each and all persons
whose lands are included in and
would be affected by the creation
of said district to contest the crea-
ton of said district, or contend for
the creation thereof. and to offer
testimony to show that such dis
trict is OF is not necessary. and
would or would not be Of public
utility, AMI that the creation OF
said district would or would not be
feasible or practicable; and said
Court, after hearing all the EVIL
dence offered at said hearing and
all matters pertaining to the same,
on September %, 1928, made and
entered its findings of record that
the creation and organization OF
said Water Improvement District Is
practicable and feasible, that it Is
needed and would be a public bene-
fit and a benefit to all of the lands
included in said district, and said
court further found and caused
said findings to be entered of rec
ord, that it is practicable and fea-
sible for said proposed water i'm
provement district to carry out the
purposes of its creation in any one
Of the methods proposed and SUBJ
mitted to said Court by petitioners
in general terms as follows:
First: BY the construction Of a
pumping plant on the Rio Grande
river at a point to be selected by
the Engineer Of said district and
the construction of a main canal
from said pumping plant across
intervening lands and onto the
lands included in this district.
Second: BY contracting with
Cameron County Water Control
and Improvement District Number
Six, or Cameron County Water
Improvement District Number
Two. each of which has a canal
system in the immediate vicinity
of these lands and derives its wa
ter from said river, to deliver said
water by means Of its pumping