Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-02
LEdAL ApYERrrsEMENr
Improvement District Number Fif.
teen, in Cameron County. Texas.
THE STATE OF TEXAS.

te6us In cameron county, TexaS.
THE STATE OF TEXAS.
TO the Sheriff or any Constable
Of Cameron County, Greeting:
You are hereby commanded. that
by making publication Of this Writ
In some newspaper or general cir
culation published In the County OF
Cameron, Texas, once In each week
for two consecutive weeks previous
to the return day hereof, you sum-
mon all parties interested in Came
ron County Water Improvement
District Number Fifteen, In Came
ron County. Texas, to be and appear
at the next regular term OF the Dis
trict Court OF Willacy County, Tex
as, 103rd judicial District, to be
holden at the Courthouse thereof,
In the City OF Raymondville, VIII
lacy County, Texas, on the third
Monday in November, A. ID. 1929,
the same being the 18th day OF
November A. d. 1929, then and
there 10 answer q petition filed in
said Court on the End day Of No
vember, A. D.. 1929, by Cameron
County Water improvement District
Number Fifteen. in Cameron County.
Texas. in q certain action number
ed on the docket of said Court, No.
429 and styled I'm Re: Cameron
County Water Improvement District
Number Fifteen, in Cameron Coun-
ty. Texas" said petition alleging in
substance as follows:
Cameron County Water Improve
ment District Number Fifteen, in
Cameron County. Texas. alleges and
would respectfully show TO the
Court:
That your petitioner is a defined
district and municipal corporation,
created and existing under and by
virtue Of the Constitution and laws
OF the State OF Texas, having here
tofore been organized and establish
ed as provided by Chapter 2, Title
128, Of the Revised Civil Statutes
Of the State Of Texas, Revision of
1925, md Acts amendatory
thereof and supplementary thereto.
authorizing Commissioners Courts
to create and establish Water I'M
provement Districts. and having the
following boundaries, to-wit:
Eighteen HUNDRED Twenty-eight
and O1-l00 u828O1) acres Of land
situated wholly in Cameron Coun-
~. Texas, and melted and bounded
as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at the northwest cor
ner of Cameron County Survey NO
274 patented by the State OF Tex
as I'd James q. Browne, as assignee
of Mrs. s. r. ~Col;ngsworth by viz
the az Veteran Donation Land Scrip
NO. sac; said point Of beginning
being also the Northeast corner OF
Cameron County Survey NO. I'll,
patented by the State Of Texas 70
James G.. Browne, as assignee OF
John Plunkett by virtue Of Veteran
Donation Land Scrip No. 30l; thence
with the north line Of said Survey
NO. 274. south 81 degrees 0 Minis,
east l4,T88.9 feet to O point on the
west bank of the Arroyo COLORADO
for corner thence following tne
meanders Of the west bank 81 TIE
Arrovo Colorado, south 3 degrees W
Minis. east 20l9.44 feet: south 4 de-
prees as Minis, west 1944.44 feet.
south | degree As Minis. east 20l-94
feet. the northeast corner OF Came
ron County Survey No. 275, patent
ed by the State Of Texas To James
q. Browne, as assignee OF the H. T..
e. w. T. Ry. Co. by virtue OF Land
Scrip NO. 929: thence south 2l4O.6
feet to a point and post for corner;
thence west 1856 feet to a point on
tie west line Of said Survey ZIP
for corner; thence north 3O0o-oo teet
to a point and post Tor corner,
thence west 1O,555.5 feet TO a point
and post for corner; thence In the
west line Of Cameron County sur
vev NO. 273, patented BY he state
III Texas 70 James G.. Browne, ~
ASSIGNEE Of Sam Parr by virtue OF
Veteran Donation Land Scrip NO.
CAT: thence north 56l5-58 feet 10
the place Of beginning, containing
1828.O1 acres
That said district was created uri-
der Section 50 (59a) OF Article 10,
of the Constitution Of the state OF
Texas. and the Statutes enacted III
pursuance thereto and Is now q
Conservation and Reclamation Dls-
trict ORGANIZED and operating under
said Section SO C59a) Of Article 10,
Of the Constitution OF Texas.
That at the first election for d.
rectors Of your petitioner, =. Finley,
Ewing. L. w. Weber, w. l.. NIGEL
vain. j. r. Roberts and Annie Orr
HouEhton were duly elected. ana
thereafter all Of said directors quail
fled as such directors and organic
Cd by electing S. Finley Ewing rs
PRESIDENT. Annie Orr Houghton as
secretary, L. w. Weber, as presl-
dent pro tenn, and w. J.. McElwain,
as secretary pro tenn, and al OF
said directors and officers are at
this time acting as such directors
and officers.
THAT on to-wit, the 18th day Of
February, A. ID. 1929. there was
presented TO the County Commits
sioners' Court Of Cameron County.
Texas, then III regular session. a
petition in writing signed by 3. Fin
lev Ewing. and others, being n
majority in number Of the holders
Of title to the lond situated within
the proposed district, and repre-
senting a majority In value OF the
lands therein, as indicted by the
County Tax rolls Of all said lands
within said boundaries, praying for
the establishment Of a Water I'M
provement District. setting forth
in said petition the necessity. pu-
bile utility and feasibility and the
boundaries or said proposed dis
trict. which are the boundaries
above set out. and designating
Cameron County Water Improve
ment District Number Fifteen, as
the nam for such proposed dis
trict, which name includes the
name OF the County in which such
proposed district is situated. copy
Of said petition being included in
the transcript of the proceedings
had in the formation of said dis
trict which is filed herewith and