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jj~f,, ~mtt Ho~, F.F. Ro~ ~ ~.~ ~ore f~m Co~losione~8 ~eoinoto, ~o8, X, '2, $ ~ &
~[~ rospootivoly, ~esent, ~e fo~ow~n~ Mt~r8 were oona~e~ ~ ~sse~ ~ o~e~ ~laoe~
~':; of ~00?~ In the ~te8 of the Co~ootoners' ~0~ of ~08Oo~ty~
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-~'"'~] 7i ~ mo~$o= ~e ~ ~.~. ~oo~ ~7 ,eoo~e~ bZ ~.~. ~s~e~, Oo~,a$o~ ~eo$~ ~o.
~'~::~ S~era oormr; ~enoe ~orth ~st ~ East ~ Pl~tze~ 3t. ~nto Na~ ~e; ~e~e E~st on N~I, ·
C~sB~ publ~o roa~ to Carters C~e~ ~ ~o~ sa~ C~te~"s C~ek ~th ori~-~ l~ne of
~.,~[~ ~oti~ preo~not No. L~ ~ follow~ aa~ o~al l~e of vot~n~ ~reo~not No. 2~ baok
,.,,~ :. H & T.C. ~all~a~; ~enoe ~o~ sa~ H & T.C. ~a~l~ to ~terseot~on ~th ~Sth, 3t. the
,,,.~ The a~ve deso~be~ ~ot~ preo~=t to ~ ~o~ as ~ot~'preo~et ~o. ~4 of Brazos'
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~"~ ~t It ~8 or~ore~ by theCo~t tha~ Cowry T~as. ~ Cowry ~erk be ~ t~y hereby aut~
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,,f..~:~ acoept ~el~quent ~oa~ t~ f~m H~ble P~pe ~ine Co. ~thout ~nalty, ~ey p~ $~8.47 '
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~:f: It t8 o~ero~ by ~oCo~tsatoner8 Co~t of B~zos Co~ty~ Te~8; t~t the follo~ t~e8
t?~ be an. the s.e are hereby'l~,e, u~ ~L the ~o~.rty, bo~ ~ .. person~. ,n the Co.~. ,,
of Brazoa, 3tats of Texas, for the ye~ ~926, tower:- FI~T ~33 ~D;.02 on the one h~
· ...'e,,,, B~e. F~;.O0 on tho one, h~re~ ~o~8 v~uat~on; S~oo~ ad~ T~i.eX5 on the one ,
h~re~ ~ollar8 v~uat~on; ~ere ~s also lev~e~ for ~e ~pose of ~y~ ~terest a~
~rovl~ for a a~k~ ~ for ~e v~o~ bo~a ~ wa~te' of the ~ Bra=o8 cowry, ' '
Texas, the following, towit:- Brl~e Warrants X$1A issue~; :.05~ on tho one hun~re~ ~ol[ar8
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1926
v~Zuatlon; Jail Warrants; .01 on the one hu~dreA Aollars va/u~tion; C.H.
W~r~ts~ .04 on the one h~Are~ ~o~ara v~uat~on; Br~e ~Aa, 1698 ~ssue; ~02 on t~
o~ h~e~ ~o11~8 v~tlon; Brl~e Bon~
~11ars v~uat[on; 'Co~t Ho~e bon~ .0~ on ~e one h~are~ ~ollars v~uatlon; ~neml ..
~ Re~ng Warr~ts; $06 on ~e one h~e~ ~o~ars valuations; Roa~ an~ Brl~e
Ro~ Watt.ts; .02 on the one h~e~ ~lla~s v~uatlon; Brl~e Wa~ts 1926 Issue;
.02 on tho one h~e~ =olla~ relation; It 18 fu~ or~e~e~ hereby is levis= for tho
~poso of paying t~ lntoreot ~ o~at~g a
~ a~at b ~ of .40 on ~o one h~e= ~llar8 v~t1~; Roe=
of ~ at tho~ratoocf .35 on ~e one h~=re~.lollar8 v~uattom ~e~ 18 ~So lovto~ foF,
tho varto~ School Diet. ets of ~o Co~ the foll~l~ ~o8 as oort1~e~ by tho
oo~ty 3~t. of 3ohoo18 of BrazosCo~ty, Texgs;
& ~ College ~e~en~ent District ~te~ ~.00 on o~e h~e~ ~o~a~s valuatlm.
It 1~ or~ere~ that a ~ of $1.00 on ~e one h~e~
ls~ by ~rove~nt Dtstrlot ~er One of'~zoe Cowry, Texas, ~n as Levee Dlstrtot.
It ts fu~ o~e~ b~ ~e Co~t that ~ere be
on ~ oooupatl~s t~e& by ~e S~te of Texas, a t~ of an ~o~t ~ one-h~ ~e ~o~t,
~arge~ by the State, Zo~ ~e ~o~ty Ooo~atlo~. It 1~ or~ere~ by the Co~t t~t the ....
he.by o~ere~ a~ ~thorl~ to co.eot
. ,, , Petition for lnoreasLug. Ts= EZeotion.
The Stute of Te~e I
CoUnty of ~a~a I To the Hono~ble Ooun~ ~e of Brazes Cowry=
We, ~e ~ersig~ ~l~ent ~ro~rtZ t~p~y~g vote~ of W~on & Pros~ot Co.on Sohool,
Dtstrtot ~o. 19-20 ~ B~s,Oo~t~, TeXas, ~el~ to ~ o~seXves for the p~po~
~PDle~nt~ the s~te 9~o~X ~ appo~io~ to sal~ ~lstrlo~ ~ we hereby m~e
ap~ltoatlon to ~e Cowry ~e of ~razos Co~ty, Texas, ~or ~ or~r for an eleotlo~ to"
be ~l~ ~ sal~ ~o~ & 2~sp~t Co.on Sohool Dlstrte~ ~o. 19-20 tn BrmzosCo~ty, to
~te~ze the foxing. ~ro~osltton: ~e~er or ~ot ~ ~tnte~ t~ o~ ~tstrlot
sh~l be ~orease~ to SeveAW Five oents ~ ,the 0100.00 'valuation of t~able ~perty la ,- ,
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~rSo D:Xo Broadway, M~so ~ ~x. Dansby, A~oh Robinson~ Frank ~srk~,.M~8: A~oh'Robinsm
Antonio Merka, Martin Duetsoh,
loller, Mrs. ;.H; White Sr., ;o~'~h~rt, Pa~X E~z, ;.H. ~hite St;, E. Go Bomb,
;.M. Ccnway, Mrs. ;.M. Core,ay, ~. Franze, R. Franze.
Augl Tom, A.D.
Petition For Election for IssuanCe of ~o~
The State o~ Texas
Cowry of Brazes J ~o the Ho~mble Cowry ;ut ~ Sm~s Cowry, We, t~
q~ifie~ pro~rty t~y~ voters of ---- Co~on ~ool Die,riot No. 24, ~ Brazes Co~ty
~:~ that ~ eleot~o~ be or~e~e~ to be h~ ~n ea~ D~st~ot to [ete:m~e w~e:
of t~ le~y qu~fLe~ prop~t7 ~pay~g veers of 8a~ ~8t~ot ~s~re ~e isaacs
bmr, n~be~e~ consecutively from o~ to ten both ~ol~ve, of t~ ~eno~t~ of
$2~.00 each, ~gre~atin~ $2000.00, ~ be~ ~terest at t~ ~te of ~ ps: ~nt
ps, bYe ~nnu~ly s~2~ bon~ to be ~&~ble twenty ~a~ f~m the~: ~ate w~th opt~ of
re~empt~on at ~ time ~te: one ~ea~ on ~e f~ an~ ore~t of 8a~ o~on So.el
for t~ p~ose of ~e eanst~ot~on ~ equipment of pulls f~e 8~ool b~l~e w~th~n
1L~ts of 8~h 6~8tr~ot ~ the p~ch~e of the ~oessa:~ 8~tes ~erefo: ~ ~ ~ete~e
~ether the oo~8s~oners oo~t of 8aL~ oo~ty 8~1 be ~or~ze~ to le~, assess
~eot ~mall7 w~le said bm~s, or a~ of ~em~ ~ outbreaK, ~t~ upon ~l
property wLth~ ~L~ ~strLot 8~fLo~e~ to pay ~ o~nt ~te:est o~ 8aL~ bond8 ~ prov~
a 8~ f~ 8~o~ent to ~y t~ p~oL~al at
DateA this ~4 ~y of May,
A. Ao Ellis
Dan ~reen
Elsie Ellis
Hasle ~reen
Anna Wesley
Mar~re t Nosh
J.R. Nosh
Mrs. J.R. Nosh
William Turne~
~trs. Wm. Tume~ ·
Auly Manning
;.T. Phillips
The State of Texas ~
;ames Sturlin~
~eorge Wilson
Charlie Halt-
;lin Hollan~
Hester Wllltama_
Tom Wilson
~ Wilson
~orgia ;one~
~orgia Jones
County of Brazes I ~herea8, on the l§th ~a~ ef ;une, X925, & ~etitlo= wag ~esente~ to
me for a~ eleotioa in ~omm~n S~hool Oistriot No. 24 of this ootmt~ on the questioG
bo~ts and authorizing a tax u~on all taxable property wlthZu sal~ d.tttriot sufflolent to ~a~
the ourrent interest on sola bon~ anA to provide a 81n~l~ fu~A 8uffiole=t to ~a7 the ou~e3 t
interest on asia b~n~s -~ to provide a 8~-~ fun~ sufficient to pa~ the p~no~al at
maturity;
It appearing that sal~ petition bea~e the ~oquisite number of signatu~es of qualifie~
property taxpa¥ing voter8 of of mia A48triot Gn~ i8 Xn every rospoot Xn OOnfX~m4ty with
the la~; a~
It further appearing that Brazes Co-sty soataine a ~o~tion of 21975 aooor~ln~ to the
last UniteA States Census; a~A It further appe rl~ that sai~ Co-men School District No.
24 h~s been heretofore properly establ/shs~; a~
It further appearing that saiA Aistriot as so establisheA o~ntelns an area of ~ine
squ~re miles an~ that no othor ~tstriot hag been re~uoe~ in area below 9 square miles by
reason of the creation of this ~lstriot; ami It l~Arther ap~earing that sai~ ~lstriot d~es
not embrace any territory that was taken from any oth~ school ~lstriot (either common or
in~epenAentl that haA an outstanAing issu4 c~ bon~s at the d~te of such inclusion in this
distriot~
Now Therefore, I, R.O. Fer~uson, in m~ capacity as County Judge of Brazos County, Texas,
d~ hereby ox~Xer that an election be held on the 7th ~ of Au~. 1~6, at Shoddy Grove School
Rouse in sal~ Common School District No. ~4 of this Count~ to ~etermlne whether a
of the legally qualified property taxpaylng voters of that d~tstriot ~esix~ the issuance
Of bonAs on the faith asa ereAit of saiA common school ~lstrlot in the amo~t $2000.00,
bon~s to be of the denomination of ~200.00 each, numbere~ consecutively from 1 to 10 both in.
elusive, payable twenty {20) years from their d~te, with option of re~empti~ at any time
years from thet~ ~ate' a,~ bea~ng ~ per cent ~rest per am~, for the ~urpose of
oonst~otton ~ eq~ment of ~ublto free so.el ~ll~gs wlthtn t~ ll~ts of sal~
~strlot ~ ~e ~urohase of ~e neoes~y sites t~refore, ~ to ~cte~ne ~ether
~sstoner8 oo~t of ~ts oo~ty ~alX be authortze~ to Xevy, Msess ~ collect ~1
w~le ssi& ~n~ or a~ of ~em are outst~ a t~ upon a~ t~b~ prope~y w1~ln
eal~ ~striot ~fftol~t ~ ~ay ~e ~rrent ~tereet on sai~ bon~s ~' provide a
f~ ~fftolent to ~y ~e pr~otp~ at ~turtt2.
J.T. Jo~son ts hereby ap~o~te~ p~esid~8 officer for sat~ election ~ he s~ll
~o ~s a~ ~o clerks ~ asmlst him in holing the same ~ ~ s~ll within
~te~ sat~ election ~s been hel~ ~e ~e re~ ~ereof to ~e co.selects o~rt of
~te oo~ as is requlre~ by 1~ for hol~t~ a ~neraX eleotio~
~ Dersms w~ a~ lega~ qu~ifte~ voters of ~is State ~ this oo~ty ~
~s1~t property ~e~s in sal~ ~t~et ~ be entt~e~ to vote at sat~ election
~ voters ~81r~g to s~ort ~e p~osttlon to ls~e bon~ ~X ~ve wrlt~n or
~ ~e~ b~t8 ~e wo~; ~o~ t~ lsa~n~ of bon~ ~ levTl~ of the t~ in ~mnt
~e~ofeee
~ t~ose oppose~ ~ ~ve written or ~te~ on ~elr ballo~ ~e wo~ ,,
"~nst the tse~a-oe of b~8 ~ levy~g of ~ t~ ~ ~nt
~ ~eriff of ~ls o~ty s~l give notice of s~ e~o$1on by 2ost~ ~ee aotloes
la ~roe ~ubllo plies In s~ Ats$~et for ~e we~e ~fo~ the election.
8her.'8 ~o$t~ of Election.
~e State of Te~8
~o~2 of nra~8 ~ ~otioe lo hereby S~ven th~ ~ eleotXon wXlX be hoX~ on ~e 7th
~y of ~u~ot, 19~6, ~t S~ ~ve S~ool Ho~o, ~ Co~on S~ool District No. 24 of this
C~ ~ ~eter~ne ~et~ a M~orXt~ of t~ les~X2 q~fXe~ property ~ p~ voters
of sai~ ~triot aesl~ the ioo~e of b~s on the fal~ ~ erect of 8a~ oo~n s~ol
~strXot in ~ ~o~t of $~,0~.00, the bo~ to be of ~ ~nominatl~ of $200.00 each
n~bor.~ ~nseeu~voX2 f~m one to ten, ~ Xno~s~, ~able ~ 2oa~ f~m theXr hte,
~ option of ~Aom~t~on at ~ tXm ~te~ one 2e~ f~m ~eX~ ~ ~ bea~
cent ~tere8t ~r ~ foF ~o ~pooo of t~ ~nstmotXon ~ oq~nt of ~ub~Xo free
8ohool ~il~ngs w~m ~e limits of ~oh ~ot~ot ~ ~e ~chase ~f neoess~ s~tes
~oreof., ~ M aetor~ne w~eF ~o o*~ooiono~ o~t of th~e Co~t2 sha~ be aut~rlze
~o le~, assess a~ oollootl~y ~t~ sal~ bon~ or a~ of th m ~o out8t~ng a
~ u~on all t~able ~roport2 ~th~ 8a~ ~Xstr~et o~f~cXmt to ~y ~o ou~ent ~rost '
~l ~eroons w~ ~o ~ qu~lfie~ vo~ero of ~is State ~ Cowry a~ who
e~ent ~ro~ort2 t~ ~ers ~ saXa ~Xo~ot 8~X be entXt~e~ to vote at 8a~ election, an~
~ ~ter8 ~eoir~ to ~p~ ~ ;~osition to lso~ the bon~ 8ha~ h~ ~tten
· pr~to~ on the~ ba~o~ t~ ~8z (For ~e lessee of B~8 ~ l~ying of ~e t~ ~n
~nt thereof,u ~ ~ooe o~se~ 8ha~ ~ve writ~n or prmto~ on ~eXr ballots the
wo~o: ' ~81 t~ ~es~oe 0~.~ ~*t~ lev~g of ~ t~ Ln ~nt ~ereof,
J,T, Jo~80n ~8 been 8ppo~te~ pFe81~ *o~toeF for 8~ eZeotlon ~ ~ oh~Z 8~loot
~teF 88t~ 010011~ ha8 been ho~ ~e ~uo return t~reof ~ ~o oom~oaloner8 oou~ of
~1~ 00~ ~8 18 ~eq~re~ by ~w for hoZ~n~ ~ gene~al oleo~on,
d~y of .~ly, 1925 a~ thio nottoe 1o ~ven In ~m of 8a~ ~e~. Date~ the L~ ~ of ~ 29260
Jess OonLeo, She~l~ B~zos courT,
~b State o~ ~o
Co~t~ of ~o I Bef~e me, ~ ~o~at~e~ ~o~tZ on ~8 ~ ~e~80~
~)e~ ;eeo C~2ee, ~0~ to u to be ~ 8~ o~ hzosGo~, ~e~o, ~ ~0 ~te~ be
~t b shoT. ~ ~0~o~ no~2oe ~ e2eot~n 20 & ~e, r~ ~ e~o~ 00~7 o~ ~e no~ ,~
o~ e2eo~n ~ho~eLn ~e~:e~ to w~ he, ~8 ~oh Sho~ff, ~oote~ 2n ~e ~Gb22o )hoea Ln
8~2~ ~LatrLo~, toKt: ~ ~t )ee) We22, oM 8~ S~ O~ve ~0o2 HoGse, u~ one ~n ~b2Lo
· ~ ~n ~nt o~ ;0~8~'8 ho~ee on ~e 26~ ~ o~ ;~e, 29~6, ~ w&8 not 2e88 ~h~ ben
ou ~0 before ~he ~ o~ 8~2e
Swo~n to ~ 8~bso~2be~ be~o~e mbZ ~eao 00n2ee on ~8 ~ o~ 29~6.
We, ~e ~e~8L~o~ o~20e~8, ho2~ u e2eo~n on ~ ~ hZ o~ A~8~, 2n Compri
0~2~ ~ 8~o2~ to ~ the ~r~oL~ at m~LtT~ he.hz 0e~2~7 ~t &t a8L~ e2eot2, n
~e~e were 088~ 8 vo~e8, o~ ~oh n~beF there weFe 080~ YoF ~he 2canoe o~ bb~d ~
~e 2e~Ln~ o~ t~ ~ ~ ~ment ~h~eo~, ~
~&~o~ ~ 28s~uoe o~ bon~ ~ ~ 2eYT~ o~ b ~ 2n ~mnt ~ereo~, 2 vote.
we he~ew2~ eno208e ~e ~o~ 2~8~ ~ ~Z ah. et o~ 8G~ e2eo~o~
W~tneoo our h~, th~o ~ ~th ~ ~ A~st, 19~,
~ ~o~ao~._~.~e o~.e~
B~8~ J~ .
~ ~h~O ~ o~mo on M bo ~s~Fo~ ~0 ~e~s o~ ~ e~oo~on ~ on ~0 ~h ~ o~
~8~on o~ ~8~ ~000.00 oF 3ohoo~ho~80 ~on~8 ~0~ 8~ ~o~F~o~ ~ ~on~ (.~0) ~e~
~ bos~n~ ~ ~e~ oen~ ~o~eo~, ~ ~ov~.~ ~ on ~ ~bb ~0~ o~ n~ ~o~F~o~
o~o~n~ ~0 ~8~ ~e o~en~ ~00~ on 8~ b~s ~ ~v~o ~ 8~S ~ o~r~o~ ~
A~ns~ ~ ~8~oe o~ b~o ~ ~e ~eY~ oF ~ ~ ~ ~8~ ~e~o~ one (~) y~o.
~;~ vo~F8 o~ 8~ ~0~0~, vo~ 8~ 88~ o~o~ono vo~o~ ~n ~vo~ o~ ~88~ 8~
~n~8 ~he 0~ ~00~ he~ob~ ~0~8~ ~e ~o~08~on ~oF ~0 ~8~ o~ 88~ b~8 ~0 ~Yo been
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Aug. Term, A.D. 197,6
01~ AUT~0RIZ~O ~ ISSUANCE OF
~ 8 ate of ~s
C~ty of B~zos ~ On the 9~ d~ of A~ust, 19~6, the Co~ts81o~, C~t of ~d
O~nt~ ;u~e; 0.~ ~s~ge~, Co~88~oner Preo~ot No. l; ~ett Ho~a~, Co~ssio~r
P~o~not No. 2; F.F. Re~, ~ssl~ner 2reo~ot No. ~; ~o~ M. Moore, Co~lssio~r
P~oinot No. 4; being ~resent, ~, ~6 other p~oee~ngs, ~asae~ t~ foll~l~
~e~eas, at ~ eleotion ~1~ fo~ the P~po~s on ~e 7~ ~ of ~8t, X926, a m3ori~ of
~e qualifie~ ~ropert7 t~pay~G voters of 3~ O~ve Comon ~001 Dlstriot No. ~
O0~ty, ~v~g at 8al~ eleotion vote~ in favo~ of ~e issu~oe of the bo~ here~afte~
~sor/be~, ~ In favo~ of ~e t~ ~re~er l~le~
Therefore, Be it O~ere~ b7 ~e Co~s8i~ers, O0~t of B~8 Co~
I.
~t t~ bon~ of 8ai~ Diet. or be oa~e~ "~ Gr~e Comon S~ool Distriot No.
S~oo~ouBe Ben,se be issue~ on the fal~ m o~t of sal~ 3~ O~ove Com~n
Distriot No. ~ of 8a~ Cowry, aa establi~e~ by ~ o~er ~ ~e Co~t~ ~oar~ of SohooX
T~tee8 ~asae~ on ~ 12, 19~G, ~l~ is of ~r~ ~ bo~ ~esl~mte~ 'Reoor~ of Sohool
Diet. ors", on ~ge8 177-180, ~ Cowry S~er~ten~ent Offioe, ~ In book of 8~e name, on
~ ~e offioe of O0~t~ Olerk of Brazo8 Co~, Te~s; for the ~pose of the
emst~otion ~ eq~p~at 9f ~bllo f~e sohool bull~ngs ~ the ~urohase of the
e~e ~erefor ~t~ ~ Dist~ot.
8a~ ~z~ sh~X be a~ere~ f~m 1 to lO ~o~lve, ~ be of t~ aenomination of
H~re~ Do~ (~00.00) ea~, ~gregatl~ ~o ~ous~ Do~s ($~,000.00).
They ~l be ~te~ Se~te~e~ l~, 19~6; s~l beoo~ ~ ~ pebble twenty ye~s
~e~ ~te, but ~ be ~e~ee~ at ~e pleas~e of 3al~ Dlst~ct at ~2 t~ ~ter c~
iV.
They shall bea~ interest at the rate of five and. one-hail (~) per sent per annum,
)ayable annually.
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Prinoipal and. interest shall be payable upon presentation and. ~urren~er of bond~ or
proper ooupon8, in lawfuX money of the United. States, at the offloe of the ~reasurer of
the State of Texas at AustZu, Texas, or at office of the County Treasurer of Brazes
Texas, or ak the First National Bank in the O~t~ of ]~z./un, Braze8 County, Texas, at the
option .of the hol~er.
Said. bond.e shall be ei~ned, by the County Judge, oountersl~ned, by the County Olerk,
· egistered, by the Co~ty Treasurer, un, er the sea]. of the Com.dsslonere, Court, which
sea]. ~haLX be impreoaod, u~on eaoh of thom; tho faoe4m41e 81~nature8 of the County ,Vud~e and.
Oount¥ Olerk m~7 bo Xlthographed. upon the ooupone.
:It i8 further ordered, by tho Court that to ~. ~ntoroet on hid. bond.8 and. oreate a oin~tn~
fund. 8ufflolent to ~tsohar~o thom'at natu~ty a tax of and. at tho rate of Ftft~, Cents'on
each ~00,00 of tho &esossed. valuation of. a~ pro~erty 8ub~oot to taxation in sai~ Shad~
Orovo Oommon School Dlstrlot No, /~4 of this Oounty aha~J, bo amnuall~7 Xevlo~, aese~o~d, an~'
oollootod, u~on 8al~ pro~orty un~l said. bon~8, with lntoreet, ~e l~ld., and. said. tax 18
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}. O0~t~ of B~zOS
~'~:,~.'~ ~ eleot~ ~n Com~ ,~oo1 Dts~*ot ,o. 19-,0 of .th~. oo~'~ t~ ~esttm ~
~/(;J the ~nten~ ~ ~ aai~ Xg-20 oon8~i~ 80~oL Diarists to the ~o~t of Seventy
~,:~
~q,~l Five Cents ~ the ~ v~uation t~able ~t7 in ea/A ~ist~ot for ~e ~r~e~
~:. ,] m~ten~oe of the publLo f~e 8~oo18 ~ 8aX~ ~8t?Xot; ~ ~e~as~ sai~ ~tXt~
f~ . 8~ne~ b7 ~o ~qui8~ n~be~ of pro~rty ~6 vo~o of 8a~ ~8triot ~ ~8
:~[5'~} every ~s~ot in o~fo~ty ~th t~ ~w; ~
~,~,~ It ap~ea~ t~t Bra~8 Co~ omt~n8 a po~t~o~ of 22000 aooo~ to t~
'-' ~ It f~th~ appearing t~t sal~ Co~on S~ool District No. xg-~ hM been he~fo~
~j~,~ ~o~orly establiahe~ b~ the Co~t7 ~o~ of~ee8 of ~i~ o~nt~, ~
~j~.~;',,-.]~ lees t~ ~ eq~e ~lee ~& ~at no othe~ ~8trtot ~8 been ~oe~ tn a~a belo~ nine
~,.~ 8qua~ m~le8 by re~son of the o~st~o~ of th~s ~8triot;
~'~,~ Cowry, Texas, ~ hereby or,e= th~ ~ e~eot~on be ~ on the ~st ~ o~ J~y, Z9~6,
¢'/, at P~spe~t ~ohool ~ouae ~ 8a~ .... Co.on S~ool ~tst~ot No. lg-20 of ~t8 CO~,
~,t?, for ~e ~rpose of detorm~n~ t~ follow~ ~os~t~on~ Z~o~ the ~nten~oe
[,~,~ ~ aa~ oonaol~a~ D~stro~t Lg-~O ~ ~e ~o~t ~ 3even~ F~ve C~te ~n the ~00
~.~ V~t$on ~f t~able property ~ sa~
)~,*, .,, ~e~er or not a ~3o~ of ~e le~a~7 quali~e~ pro~e~y $~y~g voters of
· ~,~ ~str~ot ~re to t~ themeel~s fo~ the p~pose cf sup~Le~nt~ t~ ~tate 3aho~
,~..f ~o~one~ to 8a~ ~8tr~ot a~ to ~eterml~ ~e~e~ o~ not t~ oo~s8~one~ oo~t of
~,f;~
~JF,2 tbs s
~f~,.~, o~n~ 8ha~$ be ~or~ze~ to l~y assess ~'oo~eot ~u~7 a t~ of ~ at the
~, -
~,,~:""~:, rate of 75 cents on th. S100 v~t~on of ~able property in saX~ ~strXot fo~ ~l~
~,.J:~ two 3u~es ~ ~o clerks to assist him in hol~ the same a~ ~ s~ll witch five
., ~ys after sai~ election has been hel~ ~e due ~e~ there~ to ~e o~8eloners oo~t
~".' of this ooun~ as is requir ~ by law for holing a gener~ election.
~(~/"~ ~1 9ersons who a~ le~2 qualifie~ voters of ~18 ~t~te ~ of ~18 oo~ty an~ ~o
t,'~w~'?~.'"' a~ resident pro~y t~payers i~ sal~ ~striot ~a~ be ent~tle~ to vo~ at sal~ eleotim
~:,~, ~ ~1 voters who favor t~ation for school p~oses sha~ ~ve writ~n or printeA on
~'~ 'i~ ~e~ b~lots the wor~:
~f,~ ~ ~ose e~ose~ to such ~tion 8~1 ~ve ~itten o~ ~nte~ on ~eir b~lots
, , ,; T~ sheriff Of this omnty sha~ ~ve notice ~ sa~ eleo~on by }ootin6 ~ee notices
'0
3EF~I~eS NOTICE OF ~.LECTION.
Th~ St~ts of Texas I
0ounty of B~azos i ~otloe ts ~by 61yen ~t ~ eleottun w~l be hel~ ~ the '"
~Z~t A~ of ~y~ A.D. 19~6, at P~apeot S~oo1 Hou~ Co.on 3~o01 ~tatrtot
~9-20 of this oo~ty ~ establle~ by brder of ~ 0o~tE Bo~r~ of T~steee he~t~
~ore to ~termtne w~er a ~orlty of the leg~lZy qu~l~te~ p~perty t~pa~ voters ..
~ ~at ~tetrtot ~eet~' to t~oreaee the ~tenanoe ~
19-20 to t~ ~o~t' of Seventy Ftys Cents on-the Sl~.00 val~tton
In sal~ ~tatrtet fo~ ~e p~pose o~ sup~lementlng the
to sat~ ~tetrtet, a~ suthorlz~6 the oo~lesloners oo~t of eal~ eerie to Zevy,
assess sn~ oolleot the eat~ ~, "'
J,W, 3es/ h~s beau ap~otnte~ ~resl~$a6 offloer for sat~ eleotlon a~ he shall
soleot ~o ~u~e8 ~ two ole~ ~ aestet him tn holing the 8~e, ~ he 8~1Z
wl~tn ~ve ~y8 ~te~ sal~ eZeotto~ ~ be~ hel~ ~e ~ue ret~ thereof the o~8- *
8~ere oo~t of ~t8 o~ty as le requt~ by Zaw ~o~ hoZ~g a ge~er~ eleotton.
~1 persons w~ ~e leg~Ly qua~fte~ voters of ~te ~te an~ Cowry an~ ~o a~
· e~l~ent ~ro~y ~ayers t~ sat~ ~lst~ot sha~ be entltle~ to vote at sat~ eleot~o~
~ a~ voters who favor t~tlon fo~ sohool p~poses ~a~ ~ve ~ltten or prln~
~ their b~lots the wo~I ' .'"
~lnte~ on their ba~ots the
"~at~st lno~u~6 ~"
~al~ eleotlon ~e or~ere~
--- ~y of --- 192, ~ ~ls notloe Is given In p~su~e of sal~ or~. '
~ the ~r~ ~y of ~y, 19~6. '
t~oee op~ose{~ to suoh taxation shalX have w~itten or'
wor~,8:
by the Cowry Ju~e of ~h18 oo~t~ b7 o~e~ ~ on ~e ' '
The State of Texas
.- County of B~azos i ~e~ore me, the ua~erst6ae~ authority, od this ~a~
~ ap~e~ ~e88 Co~ee, ~o~ to me to bo the oherl~ o~ B~azos Co~ty~ Texas,
bei~ by ~ first ~7 ~om, u~ his oa~, asia I
I ~t ~ above ~ foregone notloe of eleotton ts a tree, f~l an~ exaot
~ ~ee notloes ~ eZeo~$on ~loh ;~e ~s suoh shekel, ~e ~ ~oste~ in ....
.,-- ~' 0o~on S~oo1 Dtstrlot fie. 19-20 of sa1~ ooun~;
., T~t saZ~ no~oes were ~os~ ~ ~e publio ~l~es in sa~ ~strlot, to~l one
,. ~t W~on' ~t~e o~ at ~mpeot 3~1 Ho~e, ~ one at Wt~n S~oo1 Ho~e on the 5th
~ of J~y, 1996, w~ ~s ~enty-o~ ~1 ~s befo~ ~e ~ of ~ai~ eZeot1~.
Joss Oo~eo, She~ff
....
~,, ,,. ~ oo~eot ~~ a ~ of,'~ ~t t~ ~ of 5~ ~7 oents ~ t~ one
,' ~l~rs v~uation of ~able ~pe~ ~ sal~ Dlstriot ~o~ ~e ~po~ of ~p~le~nt~
~;., :~: ~e 81a~ S~ool ~ a}}o~tione~ ~o sail ~st~ot, he*eb7 oe~l~ ~at aS 8ai~ eleot~m
~ ~,j,~.,:, ~ WO~ O81lg 8 VOgOSo of W~Oh g~OF~ ShO~O WO~O
,W , ~nat 8~ool T~ I .ores.
k'.:
~, ,- We ~ew~ en~oao ~o~ l~8t ~ g~ sheet of 8at~ eleo~on.
~;-., St~ ~18 the Y ~ of A~, 1926.
(,. '
?" ~ th~a ~ oa~ on to be oo~s~e~e~ the returns e~ ~ siestas= ~ == ~e
~" ~area8~ the ~nten~oe ~ of 8a~ 8ohool ~tat~ot f~n O0~ on ~00
to 75~ on t~ $100.00 vacation of t~ab~ ~ro~ tn 8~ ~st~ot fo~ tho pu~o,e
~:~,.,[~ of 8~pTemnt~ t~ 3tats 3~ool F~ ap~o~t~one~ ~ 8a~ D~str~o$ a~ ~t ap~ea~
~[,:'-;': that oa~ eleatSon wse ~n a~ res~eoto lo~a~ hel~ ~ ~at o~ ~ot~e we~e
~th;,~ ~ loG~iF m~e ~ ~ t ~e~e were east at oeS~ eloot~on O? votes, of w~oh
~% ;' the~e were
~ ,;., "For ~o~a8~ T~ ~ ~4 To,os,
~:~ ~f ~o~as~ the ~, the oou~t ~e8 hereby ~e~ t~ ~o~oslttgn fo~ ~o~
· ".'a~ the ~ to- ~ve been a~o~te~ ( ~ that th~o oou~ ~o author~ze~ to Levy ~ have
?., C.~ ~8~, Co~8olmo~ ~olnot No. 1
~'~ ~tt Ho~, Co~8s~oner ~otnot No. 2
}~': ;.~ ~oo*e, Co~oe~o~er, ~otnot ~o. 4
~,?~ ~ It o~e~e~ by ~e oo~seto~ro oo~t of ~z08
hereby ~vle~ for ~ year ~927 on a~ t~blo pro, rtz ~ ~on & ~8peo~
9~ool DistrUst ~o. 19-20 of thto oount~ on t~ lot ~ of J~ of the o~ent
~: year, the foll~ t~oo=
[~ 1 ~ a~ V~o~m ~ of ~ at the rate of 75 oenS8 on ~ ~L~ V~ti~ of t~blo
,~ prope~y In sai~ ~lstr~o~ est~te~ in ~ ~n~ of ~e ~tte~ States of
for the purpose of 8upplomenttn~ the State 3~ooX F~ appo~l~e~ to sai~ ~istrlot .
~, fo~ t~ ~ppo~ ~ ~en~oe of ~ ~ublio free s~ool8 ~e?etn.
:.~ ~,0. Fer~on, Cowry ~u~e B~o Co~ty, Texas
'~ Date~ ~uly ~lot X9~6. h~. M~Swain, Co~ Clerh Bra~s ~o~, Te~8.
7117
3.926.
State. of Texas! "
. County of J~razos! On this the 9th d~y of August A. J). 19~6, the
' ,0curt of Srazos County, Texas, oonveneb tn regulu~r session, at a regular term "': '.'
.thereof, all monbers of said. court being present, namely: ,. , , ''~:
,. H.O. Ferguson, County Jute. "
C. M. Rlsln6er, Commissioner, l~reoinot No. 1. ~ 'f,,'
Emmet Holland., Commissioner, Precinct I~o. 2. ~' f~....'
F. F. Reground, Commissioner, I~reoinot IIo. ~.
J. M. Moore, CoJ~ulssiuner, l~reolnot No. 4. ..
Thereupon the following ox%Let anb Ju~nent of ealb court anb "
the contract upon motion by un~ninous vote by saib court wore mn~e anb entereb ' '
1nto as herein set out an(L shown towft:
It is hereby orbereb, a~ud~e~ an~ beoreeb by the Commissioners! Court of ",'
Srazos Cottnty, Texas, that, ,.
""' Wl~ereas, it has l;eretofore been d.etermine(l by this court that on account of
high water an~ oontinuunoe o~ving of the river banks has maas a&~ltionsl re,eArs "
,~ to Jones Brid~e In saib Srazos County necessary anb has further requireb the
roplaoing of a span that was lost to eai(t brtd~e on account of high water ~nb
caving on the 2§th bay of April A.D. 1926; an~ it further al)peering to the
court th-t saib v~rk is a public necessity an~ this ooux% boss hereby d.etermine'
to bo such work on sal~ bridge;
The court having so d&reoteb the County Jubge of Brazos County abvertiseb for
bibs for said. work which abvertlsemont was pub~lshe~ Zn the Itryan Eagle, a ~.""
newspaper publlsheb tn the City of Bryan, the County Seat of salb County, saib ''
abvertisement sub notice stating t~e time anb places when anb where such contract
woulb be lot, was yubllsheb once a week for four weeks prior to the time set roi- , .
letting such oontruot; anb on the 7th ~y of June 1926, at ten o'clock a.m.,
the Commissioners, 0curt tn open session, all membors bol~ present, openeb
the bibs on the contract for the repal'~s anb new span for Jones Brl~e over the '~ ' .
Srazos River, Srazoa County, Texas, tn compliance with the notice anb a&verti; ',
sement anb the Austin Bridge Company b&ih~ the lowest an~ best biber for said.
work, the 0ommissioners, Court 'aooepteb t~e' bib of the eulb Austin Bridge Compa~
and. award.e~ it the oontritot.[at the following:price, towit: ,.
For all of the work tn f,urnlshing one ne~"span of two hunbred, and. fifty feet '
anb boin8 such work of build.lng and. oonstruotin~ said. span an~ pier aooorb~.ng
· to the abvertlsemen~t as more fu.lly appears in eaib contract, the oonsiberation being the 'sum of twenty-six ,thous~,nb hollers, same to be paib upon ~ompletion
~nd. acceptance of saib ,Work, sams to be paib in Cou.n. ty ~larrants in annual install-'"
monte of preferreb papments' together with interest thereon ~t the rate of six per
' Thereafter on the ?th ~ay ~f June ~.9~6, the' County ~ubge 5f saib County, .'..-.
aotihg for and. in behalf'of sa~ Cbunty, entered, into a contract 'with' suib Austin":
Bi'idle County fo,~. the rebullbin6 anb repal~' ~f saib Jones Srl~ge which sul~~ )
o.ontr.a, ct' ia [~ wo~d.s'~ud, figures as fol~ows~ - ~ ' : ' ~' ' ' ~ '. ..
' This agreement maas a~b en~ere~"lnto ~n the' 7th 'dnv '~, .? .... *' D. '~9£6, .,-.,..., ..
County, Texas, l?arty of the ,First ~a~t, hereinafter desi6nate~ Contractors an~ Brazoa
County, Texas, re~resente~ here~n by 1t. Oo Fer~uson, County Ju~e, the ]~art~ of the
l~art hereafter ~oei~nate~ as the owner.
Witnssseth, that for an~ ~n consideration of the pa~yment here~n~ftex, est out to be
mG~e an~ ~e~o~e~ by eG~ ~er, the 5ont~otor ~oth hereby oove~nt ~ a~ree to fu~
~ neoee~a~ ~ter~8 of 6oo~ ~ su~tabie qu~ty ~ ail ~bor ~ bu~l~ ~ ~e
o~plete ~n a ~o~ an~ word.like ~er, ~ ~n aooor~oo with the pi~s ~
o~tlons attaohe~, the followin~ ;ones ~r~e on the Brazo8 River ~ In Br~zo8 Cowry,, to-
wit:
To f~eh one new 8~ ~o h~re~ ~ six (~OG} feet CO p~e~ hav~G fo~teen ton
o~pao~ty a~ to have s~xteen ~16) feet clara roa~w~; also to t~e ~ one h~ a~
e~ty (150) foot s~ ~ow 8t~L~ on "est side and ~oon~t~ot s~ on E~st 82~e; to
bu~ oom~ete one new ~er ~ the m~e of the ~ver ~ to ~ a~Z neoes~a~
on o~e f~ve foot cylinder on the ~t ;~e of r~er ~ to fu~eh ~ ~ber ~ o~e~
~ter~al for the ~w two h~re~ ~( 8~x (206) foot ep~, ~( also ~ lumber for ol~
reoonst~ction for f~lse work, eto; ~ to c~lete s~( wor~ 2n o~e h~(re~ ~ twonty
(2~0) work~ ~ys, ~rovL~e~ t~t ~f ~ re.eon of the violence of the ele~nts or from
c~use8 ~oontrollable or beyo~ the oo~t~ of the oont~otor, ~t 8ho~( be ~=~oss~b~e tO
th~s contract Ls to be ~ton~o( for a ~er~o~ of not less t~n that oause~ bY such (slay.
That~ a oo~y off t~ ~G~,s ~ s~eo~f~oations for s~( work Gte attGohe~ he. to ~
8~2~ work ~s to be ~o~e aooor~ to sa~ plans ~ e~me are m~e a ~t of ~is oo~traot.
8hall be eubmttte~ to the owner ~ the agree~ ~rlce be flxe( by s~t~ ~er an~ Contractor,
~l it Is spec~lo~ly ~aerstoo~ t~t ~ alterations or ch~es w~l not In
~feot this contract or the bon~ which Is a part of the contract, nor in a~ wise ~lea~e
the surety therefrom nor will ~ ael~ or forbear~ce on the ~art of the o~er towara8
the Contractor in ~lse 2m~ir the bo~ ~ the obligations the~er.
The Contractor s~ll not ~et, assi~ nor transfer this contact nor ~7 in~ere~t
thereinwithout the written cunsent of the ~er, nor shall tho Cont~ctor m~e claim fo~
aa~ltion~ work ~les~ same h~ been aEree~ upon as he~inbefo~ set out.
~e o~er agrees to ~ay to the ~ont~otor for m,l~ work an~ flor ~1 material an~
laOor In same u~on the completion ~ acoe~t~oe of sai~ work by the ~er, the 8~ ~
twenty-six thous~ (G~G,O00.O0) lollars in the followl~ ~nner:
3~ae to be pa2~ by the issuance ~l lellYe~ to the 8~lt Contractor twenty-six (26)
Brazoa ~o~ty Warrants to be ~ovm ~ ~eel~ate~ as Brazo8 Cowry ;ones Brl~e W~r~te,
e~e tc be of tho aenomLnat2on off one ~ous~ (~000.00) ~ol~rs each ~ n~re~
one (~) to twenty-sLx (~6) inoiustve ~ ~te~ 3eytember 1, ~926, ~ ~all become Sue ~
payable serially ae
N~bere o~ (~) to thirteen (13) ~eptember ~, ~927, 1928, l~Gg, 1930, 19~, ~932,
~934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, an~ 1939 respectively; ~ n~re fou~een (~4) fifteen
~a s~teen (1~), September 1, 1940, seventeen (17), eighteen (15) ~ niBeteen
3eptombor ~, ~941; ~ twenty(~O), twenty-one(~l) ~ ~enty-two(~), 3el)to.er 1, 194~,
an~ ~tenty-throe (23), twenty-four(~4), twenty-ff~ve (~5) ~ twenty-six C~6) 3e~tembor 1,
~943G ~aia w~rr~ts, horror, to p~viie that B~z~e Cowry at its option can call all of
~al~ wacranto on the ~t~ity d~te of ~ytembor ~, ~93~, or ~y [~t~Lty ~ate~ therenffter,
~ ~y of ~roh ~ the ff~rat day of September, wht~ l~tcroat ts a ~rt of the oo~-
~ w~rr~ts ~ interest coupons arc payable at H~over Eatlo~l Bank, New York Ott~
', ~ o~ at the off lOs of the Cowry Treasurer, Bryn, Texas, in l~ul money of the
~ ~lte~ 3tares; they shall be sl~e~ by t~ Co~ty ~u~ge, atteste~ ~ co~tor-
, ; sl~ne~ by t~ Co~t2 ClerR as ex officio clerk of the Co~issioners' Cou~ an~
~istereA by the cowry Treas~or; ~ the seal of the Co~lssioners' Co~t shall
'~ . , . bo impresse~, upon each of them; fao-sidle sl~nmtures of the Co~ Ju~e ~n~
':, S Co~ty Cler~ ~y be litho~phe~ upon the coupons. Sal~ w~r~ts ~11 evidence
,, the fact of 8ai~ oon~raot price ~ w~l be payable to the sal~ Austin Brl~e
:~ ~o~a~, Contester, its assize or bea~r.
~[ ~ witness hereof we tho parties have here~to si~e~ o~ names the ~y ~
year first above written,
,, _ Austl~ Brl~o Comply.
B~zos Cowry,. Texas.
, ~ it f~ther ap~eari~ to the o~rt that the said contract was exeoute~
,, for ~ In beha~ of Br~os Cowry bY the Cowry Ju~e ~ it f~ther appearl~
that sal~ ~rk ls neoessa~ on aooo~t of a public calamity in that the
span of sal~ Jones ~rl~e beln~ washe~ aw~ by high water It is necessary to
,, forthwith rebuil~ ssi& bri~e, it bein~ a necessity for the people of the
', ~ ~e publi~ generally t~ cross sai~ river at smi~ ~oint In order t~ move their
~ farm products ~ preserve their p~perty ~ It ~ther appearins that ~ue
, a~vertisement has been m~e in the time ~ ~ner require~ by law, ~ that the
, sal~ Austin ~ri~e Comply was the lowest ~ best bl~ for ssi& ~rE ~ It
, ~rther ap~eari~ that they have ente~ into bon~ aa require~ by law ~ have
,. -. exeoute~ t~ contract as aforesaid.
,, . ~ ~ow, it is the~fo~ or~ere~, ~u~ge~ ~ ~eoreA~ by the Co~lssioner~' Court
,, ~t the sai~ o~traot en~re~ into, by ~ between the Co~ ~ Brazes,
an~ the sal~ Austin Bri~e ~o on the 7th ~y of ~e 1926, be a~ the sa~ is
' " hereby ratlfie~, aptrove~ ~ oonfir~ as the act ~ contract of sal~ Co~
, ~ same ~mll be ~oor~e~ on the minutes of this couP. ,'
~ ,[ ~ ~ I.,, . , 0o~ty, to be oalle~ "~razos Cowry Jones ~i~e Watt. ts" be tssue~ tn the s~ "
'.~ , ~ ' ~ ' of twenty-six 'thousan~ ~ollars evl~enol~ the oontrao~ price to be pai~ the sai~ ',
', , Austin ~rl~e oontraotors sal~ for the of s~l~ ",
Oomp~
by
Cowry
rebuil~in~
,
' ~ for the tepal~ ,of Jones Bri~e on t~ tr~os River in Brazes Cowry', Texas, ;'
' ''j', aocor~X~ t~' sal~ ~ontraot ~ specifications 'which are ma~e a ~rt of saXd ,..' ,
,. ', , : 3ai~ w~r~ts wh~l,be n~bere~ from one to twenty-six ~ s~ll bo ~ the ",.
~ O. enomination of one thousa.nlX dollars euoh ~6a~X~ :~ s~ of ~en~-atx ~*u8~
? 4. Septembe~ 1, 19~ ~1000.00
~'~ 5. September 1, 19~1 $1000.00
~,~, 6. September 1, 19~ $1000.00
~ . ~. September 1, 1935 $1000.00
.... ', 8. 3~ptember 1, 19~. $1000.00
~ 9. 3e~tem~ 1, X9~5 ~000.00
~¢~., lO. September l, 19~6 $1000.~
',f''~.j. XX. September X, X937 $1000.00
~? 17,18,19 ~e~tem~r 1, 1941 ~000.00
;~;,' ~' ~,81,~8 ~eptembe~ 1,1942 $3000.00
~,', ~:, 2~,24,8~,2~ September 1, 194S $4000.00
f~,,, Sai~ w~nts ~ to f~ther p~vl~e, ho~ver, t~t at the optto~ of
~;!'), Cowry of Brazes, ~1 or a~ part of same ~y be o~le~ on the ~tu~ty
~'; ~' of Septe~er ~, 1931, or ~ mat~ity ~ate t~after of this series provl~e~
~',:,: sixty ~ays notice of the exercise of sal~ option be given by publioatio~ In
~j some newspapar of ~ate elroul~tton.
2;,,,: Sal~ watt. ts s~ll bear interest at the rate of s~ per cent per ~n~
~;~.:~ ~aya~le seml-~l~ on the first ~y of ~roh ~ ~he first ~y of 3ep~mbe~
F.',~, of each yemr which interest is a p~t of t~ contract price ~ree~ to for the
~' ,~ Principal ~ tnmrest s~ll be ~a~ble upon the }*esentation of w~r~ts
~ :~q or ~roper coupons ~t ~e Hanover I;at~on~ B~, New ~ork City, o~ at tho or. ce
,~;5~T., Of t~ Cowry treas., g~an, ~exas, tn la~l mono7 of the ~te~ ~t~tes of
;, Sax~ warrants s]mll be ei~e~ ~y ~m Oo~tM ~ge, attestea ~ oontersl~ea
d -" b~ t~e Co~t~ Cler~ aa ex off~oXo clerk of t~e Oo~ss~onera' Oou~ an~ re~-
~',' ~. istere~ by the Cmmty Trea.~er ~ the seal of the Oo~ssioners' Cou~
:.~: : be ~m~ro~oe~ u~on o~eh of them,
~'/"~'-. ., Fao-s~m~e of the Co~ty ~se an~ t~ Co~ty C2erk ~ be l~tho~he~ on
:,. 'y . each coupon; la registering sai~ warrants Co~ Treasurer sh~l write upon ,
{ the ~ate of such rocistrat~on ~ s~ sl~n his name offiolml~ thereto.
ii' ~ The form of sal~ warr~ts sh~ll be subst~Atially as foll~s:
71t7
~Ao D. 1926
,467
UI~XTED STATES OF AMERICA.
State of Texas.
County of ~razos
Brazes County Jones Bri~e Warrant.
OlO00.O0
This is to certify that for value roolevod tho County of ~razos, in the State
of Texas, is Justly indebted to the Austin Brid~e Company, Contractors, its assigns
Or bearer in the principal sum of
One Thousand anct 1[o/100 Dollars.
in lawful money of the Unite,, States of A~erioa, together with interest[ ; .
thereon from date hex. eof at the rate of six per cent per' annum (6~) payable
semi-annually on tho' first Say of March and the first day of September of each
year upon presentation mad su~z-ender of warrants or proper coupon at the lr~nover
I{~ional Bank, New York 0ity, or at the office of County Treasurer, of ~Srazos
County, Texas, in the City c~ Bryan, at the option of the hol~er h~ reef; which
said county and by virtue of a valid mhd subsisting contract is obli~jated and
hereby promises to pay to the said Austin Brid~e Company, its assigns or bearer
on the first d~y of September, 19--, and the treasurer of said County is hereby
authorized, or,ore,and directed to pay to the s,'ld Austin Brid~e Company, its
assigns or bearer at the Hanover I/atlonal Bank, I:ew York City or at the office ~f
County Treasurer of Brazes County, Texas, in the City of ~z=/an, Texas, at the
option of the ~older thereof, the sum of one thous~n~ ~oll~rs on tho first ~a~y
of Septsmber 19--, the date of mturity of this warrant in full settlement of "
the indebtedness hereby evidenced from the special Bra.-..os County ~ones
repair fund I~o. 11 of sal~ Cottnty~ levieS, assessed an~ created for that purpose.
lrovide~, however, t~at in the ewnt this bon~ m~tures after Septe,aber 1, i~Z1,
the Bra~os County, at is option can call and pay same on September 1, 1~31, or
at a~ maturity date thersaf'ter of this series.
This warrant is one of a series of twenty-six warrants, numbore~ oonseeu- :
tlvely from one (1) to twentM-oix (~6) inclusive, in the denomination of one
thousmn~ ($1000.00) dollars sash, aggregating tw~ont¥-eix thousand ~olla~s, lsnued
for the purpose of evidenoln~ the indebtedness of said Bra'os County to tho
Austin Brl~e Com~pas~.y, their assigns or bearer, for tho re~uildln8 and repair of
Jones ]3rl~e of said ]3razes County, Text:s, in accordance with the contract bet-
ween the said Austin 3ridge Compan~ and the said County, under and by virtue
of the Constitution and laws of the 3tats of Texas, and in pursuance of an ex, er ~ .,
passed by the Commissioners, Court of said County on the 9th ~ay of August,
1926, which or,or is of reoor~ in ~3oo1~ H page 465, at seq. of the minutes of said
court.
The' date of this warrant in conformity with the or,er above mentione~ is
Sept. 1st, 19E6, and is hereby certified and rooito~ that all acts, conditions
and thin~s required to be done presedent, to ,and in the issuance of this warrant.
have~ been ~ro~erly ~one, happened and perf.ormed, in regmlar a~ due form as
require~ by law, an~' that the to~al in,ebro&ness of sal~ County, including this' .
warrant, does 4et exceed the ~onstltutional or statutory limitation. -.. ~; ,i~
In testimoz~v 'whereof, the :C. ounty Comm~ls'sioners, Court of Brazes County
Texas, h'as o4~sed the seal' o~ 's~l~' CouA-t to be lYereto affixes, and this warrant
of the ~ate last above ~ntione~.
Atteste~ an~ oountersl~e~:
No.
Registere~ the .... ~aKIY of 19,,. .
County Treasurer, County~ Texas.
County j~Ce, .razes ¢'o~nty~ Texas.
County '~erk, ,l~r~zos ~ottn~,Texas.
The Form of Coupon sna%~, be substantl~,ll~ as follows:
~o. SS0.00
~e Co~ of ~mzoe ~n t~ ~t~te of Tex~8, ~8 3uet~ ~n~ebte~ to the Austin
Br~e Com~, Contreoto~, their ass~e or bearer, ~n the e~ of th~r~ ~oll~r~ .
($30.00) by bt~tue of a oontr~t m~e by set~ Co~t7 w~th 8~i~ contractors, an~ the
Cowry Treas~er ~s hereby ~uthorize~, or~ere~ ~ ~ote~ to p~y to the eei~ Austin
Br~e Com~, Contractors, their
out of ~ rrm the ~ecl~ Breves cowry ~one.
Cowry, et t~ J~nover I;~t~o~l B~k, ~ew York C~ty or at the o~fioe of the cowry
Treasurer ~n the ~ty of B~, Texas, wl~ l~ew York ~c~e, at the option of the
hol~er thereof, sai~ ~o~t; same be~n~ s~x months' ~n~st ~ue ea~ Contractor,
theirs ess~s or bearer, on the
~te~ ~e~t. let, ~9~, to which th~s coupon ~s attaohe~ ~ ~a a ~rt thereof.
~ounty Ju~e, Brazes County,T'ekas.
COunty Clerk, Brazes County,Tex.
3ai~ warrants shall be exeoute~ an~ ~elivere~ to ~he sai~ Austin Brid~e Compan~ on
the completion an~ acceptance of the work an~ labor per~orme~ by the sa~ Austin Brid~e
Company under their oontraot, which sa~ o~nplete~ work shall be inspeote~ an~ aocepte~
by this Court before warrants ooverin~ the amount of sa~ estimates are ~elivere~ to
the contractor.
Be it further or~ere~ by the Cou~t that a special Brazes County Jones Brtd~e Repair
fun~ to be"Eo. ~ shall be set aside out of the -- Constitution~l ~oa~ an~ Briars Fun~
of Brazes County, which shall be uee~ for the payment of interest on sal~ warrants an~
the principal thereof at maturity, an~ for no other purpose; that to create eal~ fur~ to
reaee~m them at maturity, a tax rate of these cents on each One Hund-~e~ Dollars valuation
of all taxable property in the County of Brazes, shall be annually levie~, aeseese~
an~ oolleoto~ an~ sat~ tax ~s here now l~vie~ for the current year, an~ so much thereof
as shall be neoes~ar~ for each s~cceo~in~ year wh~le s,,l~ warrants or ar~ of them are
outstan~in~, an~ the same eh-ll be annually aesee~e~ an~ colleote~ an~ ayylie~ to the
purposes name ~.
Witness the slsnatare of the members cc~posin~ the Con~ts~loners'n Court of Brazes
County, Texas, this 9th d~ of AUgust 19£6.
'' botmty Ju~e, Brazes CoUnty,TexaS.
peola~ Scaalon Sept lO, 19~6.
~nutes of A~. Te~ ~o~t a~rove~ ~ court a~ou~e~ Au~. 9th. A.D. 1926. /~
0~iestonera 0o~t of ~mzoa 0o~ty, Texas, ~t tn 3~eola~ 8ee~ion, all members -.,
of auil 0o~t Bei~ present, H. 0. Fer6uson, Cowry J~e, 0. M, Rl~in~r,
seoon~t by ~no. ~ Moo~, Co~asloner~ ~reotnot ~o. 4. an~ pasoei b~ ..
Brazes River, oonst~otion by Austin Brt~o Co. of Dallas, Texas, be al the : ~'
sams Is he.by aooepte~ as flnis~ according ;o tho 'terms etc. of contract ,,
entere~ into by ~ between Brazes C~ty ~ Austin Brl~e Co of Dallas Texas. . ,,.
~nutes of Sept, 3peol~ Session of Co~t ap~rove~ ~t court al}o~nei Sept, .
~e it remembere~ that ~e~ was'hel~ a re.ar Term of the Co~tssloners' ' ,
Court of Brazes Co~t~, ~xas, at ~he Cou~ House In ~a, Bnzos Cowry, Texas,
September 16, A. D. 19~, Hen H. 0. Ferguson, Cowry Ju~e, ~resl~l~, ~th
from Co~lsstoners ~reoin~ts, ~o8, X, ~, ~, ~ 4 res~otivoly, ~sent.
The followtn~ ~ttera were oon~ere~ ~ ~asse~ ~ o~ere~ plaoe~ bf reoo~ .
in the Minutes of the Oor~iaetoners' 0curt of ~r~oa Cowry;
,. ,
It 18 orierei b~ ~he Cour~ ~at triter bl~ of R. B. George Moh. Comp~ '[ ~,,,,.~'
on ~est ~0 T~oto~ .be a~ t~ same Is hereby aooeptei it beln8 the lowest
~ motion ~a~e b~ 0. M.' Rlslngor ~y seoofi~e~ b~'F. F. Ro~ a~ pass~ ' .~,,~
'District I~o. One t~' the amo~t of ~enty Six, T~ous~t ~ I~o/100 ($a6000.00) , , ,,~ ,i'.,:._,~ '~
Dbllars be use~ ~s 'tempora~ sale or lo~ of Jones Br~e Warfare beartn~