Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-19

west $3.50 feet; thence South 81
deg 05h min. West 370.6 feet;
thence South 81 deg. 03 min. West
1859 feet; thence South 80 deg. 90
min. West has. feet; thence South
50 deg. 20 min. West $500 feet;
thence South "a deg. 81 min. West
5000 feet: thence South III deg.
10 min. West 1900 feet: thence
North IS deg. O5 min. West 1856
feet; TO the West line Of Share No
90 of the Espiritu Santo Grant in
Cameron County, Texas, and the
Northwest corner Of the tract herein
described; thence with the said West
line or the said Share No. 20 South
2 deg. 26 min. West 27,139O feet to
the Southwest corner OF the tract
herein described: thence South IS
deg. o. min. East 6489.8 feet to the
place Of beginning. containing by
these metes and bounds 530S.97
acreS;r
That in order to furnish water to
saio tract OF 5308.97 acres SO admit
ted into your petitioner district on
July 10. 1880, at a meeting of the
Board OF Directors of your petition
er district. held on July is, 1890, it
was determined th--s ID would be
necessary to enter into a contract
with the Cameron County Water
Control and improvement District
Number Six similar to the contract
provided for in said bond issue.
dated March /, 1929, and that 1t
would be necessary TO construct adj
citional canals, laterals and bitches
and to install pumps. reservoirs.
checks. fumes and other cCnStruc-
ton work necessary for the proper
irrigation and DRAMA. Of said
lands, and the engineer Of the dis
t-.ct was instructed TO make an in
vestigati0n of these matters and to
make a report TO the Board, togeth-
er with his recommendation and es-
innate as 10 the cost of securing
such a contract and of making such
improvements: all OF which will
more fully appear from the said
transcript filed herein and referred
to for greater certainty.
That at a meeting Of the Board
OF Directors OF your petitioner dis
tiict held on July 20. 1880, the en-
gineer Of your petitioner district
appeared before the Board and pre-
sented his report showing the esti-
mated cost Of securing a contract
with Cameron County Water Control
ard improvement District Number
Six whereby said district will pump
and deliver through its pumping
plant and irrigation system water
from the Rio Grande River to some
point, at or near the boundary of
this district for the irrigation of
the said lands added to this district
since March !, 1929, and Of con-
structing In adequate irrigation and
drainage system within this dis
tr;ct, for the irrigation and drainage
OF said lands, together with the
plans for the Improvements and
extensions to be constructed, to-
gether with maps, profiles and data
fully showing and explaining same
and o detailed estimate OF the cost
OF such Improvements. said report
showing that said contract with
Cameron County Water Control and
Improvement District Number Six.
would cost the sum Of s108, $4,000.
and the further sum of S48l, $4,000
would be required to build and COM
plete an irrigation and drainage
system necessary properly and
adequately to distribute to said
lands the water supplied 10 your
petitioner district under said con-
tract, for the irrigation and drain
age Of said lands. or a total of
$500. 000.0C which amount would in
clude all incidental expenses au-
thorized BY law.
That at said meeting or the board
OF directors Of your petitioner dis
trtct held on July 20, 1880. the
secretary Of the Board was directed
to make application 10 the State
Board Of Water Engineers FOR the
investigation BY said Board Of the
proposed bond issue for the pur-
poses aforesaid. as required by law.
That at the time and in the man
ner provided BY law. a board Of
equalization was appointed by the
board OF directors or your petitioner
district for the year 1880. which
beard after performing It's duties.
as required by law. filed its report
and thereafter on July 20. 1880. the
assessor and collector of the district
filed with the board OF directors
one copy Of the duplicate assess
ment rolls OF all taxable prorertv
in the district including the lands
admitted into the district on July
10. 1890. duly approved by said
board OF equalization, which assess
ment rolls show the sum Of $6.602.-
034 as the assessed valuation for
the year 1880 or said property: the
appointment OF said board or equal
ization and its report being shown
In the transcript filed In this cause,
TO which reference Is made Cor
greater certainty.
That at a meeting OF the board
OF directors OF your petitioner dis
trict held on August IL. 1880. the
secretary OF the board or directors
reported that he had made an ap-
plication 10 the state board C wa
ter engineers for an investigation
and approval OF the proposed bond
issue Of. $500. 10000 and that same
had been investigated and duly
approved by said state board ar
water engineers. a copy or the ap-
prevail OF the state board or water
engineers being included in said
transcript. filed herewith and here
referred 10 for greater certainty.
and az said meeting the beard OF
directors or your petitioner district
OF its own motion found that In
order 10 carry out the purposes for
which said district was organized
and TO best serve the interest OF
this district. ~ II would be neces-
sary TO enter into contract with
Cameron County Water Control
and improvement District Number
Six. for said Water Control and
improvement District Number Six
to pumD and supply a water SIDOly