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Be it remembered that..there was begun and holden the regular Meeti z;~
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Court of•Brazos County, at the Court House in Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, with thefolloid }
members present: A. S. Ware, Judge, Presiding; C. M. Graham, Com. Preot No. 1;°
J. A. Rychlik, Com. Preot #2; Fred A. Wehrman, Com. Preot #3 and M. B. Parker, Cam. Preot
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Tabor Common School District
No. 12, Brazos Co.Tezas.
= THE STATE OF TEXASI
' COUNTY OF BRAZOS
. I TO THE HONORABLE A. S. HARE, COUNTY JUDGE, BRAZ03 COUNTY:
We, the undersigned resident qualified property taxpaying voters or the Tabor Common
School District Number 12, Brazos County, Texas, who own taxable property in said district
and who have duly rendered the same for taxation, hereby make application to the County
Judge'of Brazos county for an order for an election to be held in said Common School
District 12, Brazos County,Texas, to determine whether or not the said District shall issue
•bonds'against the taxable property therein situated and levy a tax of Twenty-three cents
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One five room school and combination auditorium and gymnasium, and the purchase of site
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therefor, and further to tear down the present school building and auditori
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not more than 3-3/4% interest per annum, maturing serially in 1 to 20 years from date of
issuance, with option of redemption
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two years; $300.00pper year for the next four years; $400.00 •
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years; $500.00 per year for the neat five years and $600.00 for the final
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We further petition that in the event of the voting of such b
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electors in said District that the levy of twenty-three cents (23d) on the $100.00 valuer
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'.reducing the maintenance tax to fifty-two (52¢) cents and making the levy for bond
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23g,on the kOO.00 valuation; thus keeping the total school tax f
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'Tom D. ti•ilsoII Henry Schram a
Louis Ayers C. Koontz
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John Barnes R.A.McAlil®y
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N. H.MoChorter Mrs. R.H.Holliday
L. T. {7 Alfred Qzeifel
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Henry Manthei
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J. P. Azwifel H. M. Blanton
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Locke E.C Harrison
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ORDER OF ELECTION,
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NOTICE:'
THE STATE OF TEXASI
COUNTY OF BR&WS C41ZRFd►S, on the 29th day of April, A.D. 1940, 8 petition was
presented to me for an election in Common School District Number Twelve (12), Tabor, Texas,
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in Brazos County,Whereby the property-tax-paying citizens who are duly qualified voters
in said District, County and State, shall vote on the proposition of issuing Eight Thousand
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Dollars ($8000.00) in bonds for the purposes of constructing and equipping public free
school buildings of weeden materials within said District to-wit: One five room sohool and
combination auditorium and gymnasium, and the purchase of sites therefor, And further to
tear down the present school bdilding and auditorium and use the material in the oonetruo-
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Lion of the new buildings, within said District, and authorizing the levy of a tax of
twenty three cents (or so much thereof as may be required) on each one hundred dollars of
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all taxable property within such District, to pay said bonds, when and as they mature-and
the interest thereon as it may accrue; and it appearing that said petition is signed by
the requisite number of property-taxpaying citizens who are otherwise qualified voters,
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to-wit: 47 voters of said District, and that such petition is otherwise legal and in oon-
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tormity with the law in all requisites and details; and
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pulation of Brazos County,Texas, was given as twenty one thousand eight hundred thirty
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five persons; and
It further appearing that said Tabor Common School District No. 12, of Brazos County
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Texas, has heretofore been properly and legally established and its boundaries and limits
fixed, all in accordance with the laws of Texas, as shown by the records of the Brazos
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County Board of School. Trustees of June 20th, 1925, and recorded in 'Volume 1, page 188, of
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its Minutes, and also recorded in volume 1, page 29, of the Record of School Districts in
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the Office of the County Clerk of
Brazoa County,Texas; and it further appearing that said
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District as so established contains an area of thirty five (35) square miles, and that no
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other existing district has been reduced to an area of less than nine square miles by rea-
son of the creation of this District and that no other district has been reduced in area
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by as much as nine square miles by virtue thereof; and it further appearing to the Court
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that the geographical center of said District is not more than four miles from the farthest
boundary line thereof; and that said District does not now embrace any territory which was
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taken from any other school district (either independent or common) that had an outstanding
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issue of bonded indebtedness at the time of inclusion of said District; and it further
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appearing that the terms, amounts, maturities, option of redemption and maximum rate of
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interest such bonds shall bear if authorized and issued and other pertinent details are all
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included in such petition;
Now, therefore I, A.S. Ware, County Judge of Brazos County, Texas, in my official
capa&tty, do hereby order that an election be held on Saturday, May 11th, 1940, at the
Tabor high School Auditorium at Tabor, Texas, in said Tabor Common School District No. 12,
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of Brazos County.Texas, duly established as set forth above, to determine whether or not
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a majority of the legally qualified resident property-tax paying voters of said District
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desire the issuance of bonds to the amount of Eight Thousand Dollars ($8000.00). being'
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twenty bonds, in the amounts and to mature one bond per year as follows:
Two bonds of $250.00 each, numbered 1 and 2, maturing serially in one and two years,
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respectively, after date.
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Four bonds of $300.00 each, numbered 3 to 8, maturing aerially in three, four, five
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Eight bonds of $400.00 each, numbered 7 to 14, maturing serially in seven, eight,
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nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen and fourteen years, respectively, from date.
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Five bonds of $500.00 each, numbered 15 to 19, maturing serially in fifteen, sixteen
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seventeen, eighteen and nineteen years, respectively, from date.
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One bond for $600.06, numbered 20,'maturing twenty years from date.
All of said bonds bearing interest from date until paid at the rate of three and three-
fourths (3-3/4%) per cent per annum, payable annually as it accrues; and all of said bonds
to be subject to the option of redemption after ten years from date.
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Said bonds to be issued upon the faith and credit of said Tabor Common School District
No. 12 of Brazos County, Texas, for the purposes of constructing and equipping public free
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school buildings of wooden materials, to-wit: One five room school and combination audi-
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torium and gymnasium and the purchase of sites therefor, and further to tear down the pro-
sent school building and auditorium and use the material in the construction of the new
buildings, within said District, and to determine whether or not the Commissioners' Court
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of said Brazos County,Texas, shall be authorized to levy, assess and collect and disburse
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while said bonds or any of them are outstanding or unpaid, a tax upon all the taxable
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property within said District, sufficient to pay the current interest om said bonds and
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provide a sinking fund sufficient to pay the principal as the same became due, which said
levy is estimated at twenty three cents (230) per one hundred dollars of valuation.
a John L. Walker is hereby appointed Presiding Officer for said election, and he shall
be the Presiding Judge, and he is hereby authorized and directed to select two Judges and
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the necessary clerks to assist him in holding said election, which shall be conducted
from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., on said date of Saturday, Way 11th, 1940, as aforesaid, and
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he shall within two days after said election has been held, make due returns thereof to
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the Commissioners' Court of Brazos County, Texas, as required by law in such matters as
for General Elections.
All persons who are legally qualified voters of this State and of the County and who
shall be resident property-tax-paying citizens in said District, shall be entitled to vote
at said election; and all voters desiring to support the proposition to issue the said
'bonds as aforesaid shall have written or printed on their ballott•the wording:
"For the issuance of bonds andthe levying of the tax in payment thereof;"
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and those who are
opposed to the
proposition shall have written or printed on their
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ballots the wording:
"Against the issuance of bonds and the levying of the tax in payment thereof."
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-The Sheriff of this County shill 8nd he is hereby directed tm give notice of said election
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by posting a copy of this notice in each of three public places within the boundaries of
said District for at least tten (10) days before the date fixed for said election.
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Witness my hand and seal of office at'Bryan, Texas, this 29th day of April, A.D.
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A. S. Ware
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THE STATE OF TEXASI
COUNTY OF BRAZOS I,.Frank torsham, Clerk of the County Court in and for Brazos County,
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Texas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the
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order of Election as same is giled for record in my office on this the 29th day of °
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- -'Given under my hand am seal of office this the Z9th day of April A.D. 1940.
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Came to hand oa the 29th day of April„ A.D. 1940, st 9 o'clock a.m. and executed on the
29th day of April, A.D. 1940, at 11 o'clock a.m. by posting a true copy of the foregoing
notice and order at three public places, to-wit:
ti4 1 at Cotton 4:ood Baptist Church 29th of April 1940 at 11 o'clock a
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1 at Tabor Hi School April 29, 1940 11:15 A.M. 1 at M.E.I'hompeon's Store 11:30 A.m.
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April 29, 1940, allwithin said Tabor Common School District No. 12, in Brazos County
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FEES: Horace Reed, Sheriff of Brazos
-osting notices $3.00 County,Texas
Miles 26
$1.95 By Henry °oontz, Deputy
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On canvass of the R$turns of the School District #12 Bond Eleotion held May 11, 1940 at
Tabor for the amount of $8000.00 there were 67 voted
57 voted for the the Bonds
10 against the Bonds
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and we the court declare the election carried by a majority of 47 votes as per order
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" On 'lotion of C. M. Graham and seconded by Fred A. C7ehrman and adopted , the Court A
assented^the A. & 2. College of Texas for the purpose of improving drainage
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Straightening and lining with concrete and riprap the road ditch on the east side
A,,; of the public road known as Old Highway 6~ for a distance of about 1500 feet from the
t A. & M. College baseball park to the south line of the College property, the new ditch !
at no place to be any closer to the roafl
pavement than is the present ditch.
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The Court took note of the fol].owing~ extract of a lett
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"The auditors' report shows that your records have been accurately kept, which I am •
t"• sure is a source Of satisfaction tp
you as well as to us. They also requested ue to 1
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express their thanks to you and your deputies for the cooperation'rendered them while
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' On motion made and adopted to give the County Judge the authority 60 execute
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1` ~ ag agreements in Duplicate of one co is to be returned to the T. & N 0. RR. o
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F THIS AGRMAENP, made and entered into by and between the Texas and New Orleans
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'p~ Railroad Company, hereinafter styled "Railroad" and the County of Brazos, acting herein
by and through its County Judge, hereinafter styled "County"
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RECITALS: Between Engineer's Stations 4903#.90.7 and 4975f06, hear College Station
on Railroad's main track in Brazos County,Texas, there extends ap ved hs hwa f
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a part of State Highway No. 6, contiguous to Railroad's right of way and on the north-
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County road system and desires to improve drainage conditions and
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along the side of the highway adjacent to the Railroad right of way and has requested a
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the-Railroad to remove its fence noar marking the division line
of ownership as between
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t,' the Highway right cf way andthe Railroad company, and to permit the County to do certain
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work in the way of grading, sloping and ditching so as to provide a single drainage ditch
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on Railroad's '
property to serve as a common ditch, draining both the highway right of
way and railroad's property. The Railroad is willing to grant this request, under the
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terms and conditions set forth in the follows
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FIRST: (a) Railroad hereby agrees to remove its fence now located on the side of
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its right of way adjacent to said highway and to permit the County to cut and remove
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brush and vegetation and to
grdde and sloe the most northeasterly ten (101) feet of
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property, provide a drainage ditch thereon serving the highway right
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of way and the property of the Railroad, between Railroad's Engineers Stations
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4903490 and 4975}06, hear College Station, Texas, as shown outlined red on map hereto
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attached and made a part hereof bearing number E-8193 Rev. The work to be performed on
Railroad's property shall conform in general, to typical cross section shown on map so
designated hereto attached, and made a part hereof. and all of said work shall be done
to the satisfaction of Railroad's Division Engineer or Roadmaster.
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(b) The County agrees to keep mowed and free of vegetation; in the mama manner that
the highway embankment slope is mowed and cleaned of vegetation, that portion of Rail-
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road's property lying between the highway right of way,line and a line parallel with and
ten (101),feet southwesterly therefrom. The County shall have the right to enter upon
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the Railroad's property with work animals and mowing machines or motorized mowing machines,
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including the drivers or operators thereof, as may be necessary to perform mowing opera-
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Lions and ditch cleaning operations.
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SECOND: (a) The County shall not claim an easement over any portion of Railroads
propertybbetween the limits above set forth, by reason of the construction of a drainage
ditch thereon, or the removal of vegetation therefrom, and no additional drainage ditches
shall be out or established on Railroad right of way, nor will any changes be made in
ditches which will divert additional drainage onto Railroad's property.
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(b) The-engineers, contractors and employees of the County shallrespect and maintain
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all track clearances as required by law or by the Railroad's rules and regulations and
'will perform all work on Railroad's property between the limits hereinabove set forth,
An such a manner as to insure against persons, work animals or work equipment encroaching
-within a distance of leas than fifteen (151) feet from the center line of any track.
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THIRD: (a) In the construction of said Common ditch existing road crossing culverts-
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shall be relocated, new culverts provided if necessary and Railroad's roadbed shall be
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reinforced at points where such reinforcement is necessary, in the opinion of Railroad.
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proper grads to drain the rights
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of way of the Railroad, ana said highway and adequite drainage structures will be pro-
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vided in said highway at such
points where drainage may be carried northeasterly from said
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common ditch.
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(o) Said common ditch shall be maintained by the County at its sole expense. .
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(d) After the completion of the work herein contemplated, the County will install
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property line makers on the common right of way dine of the County and the Railroad as-'
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-'.-now established by the existing fence. Said markers shall be approximately one thousand
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and shall be set with tops flush with the ground.
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FOURTH: This agreement and the rights and privileges herein granted,shall-extend::,'
for a-period of two (2) years and thereafter until terminated by 'eigher, the County or
the Railroad, by the giving of-thirty (30) days notice to the other of'its desire to
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this agreement in duplicate
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on this the 13th day of May A.D. 1940, ,
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APPROVED AS To FORM: vmw
Z? TEXAS AND NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD CoMpA.Ny:
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General Course for llroad
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CCOU]fff OF BRAZ03APPROVED:
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11 7)R. W. Barnes, by A.S.Ware, County Judge
Chief Engineer for Railroad
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following DO , zos County 141fare
Assoolation,Negro Count
, y Agent, R. A. Sanders, Dr. R. J. Hunnicutt.
Motion made and adopted to approve the following officers reports:
Frank Worsham, Co. Clerk amount of $492.05
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Horace Reed Sheriff, $255.58•
To E. Tatum, Assessor-Colleotor
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F. T. Cole Dist. Clerk $25.00 Salary fund and
$3.00 General Fund
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D. D. Jolly $18.00 and retained by him.
Motion made by C. M. Graham and seconded by M. B. Parker to take the lore bid
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} $2095.00 submitted by Halsell Motor coo for trucks advertised i
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$Y . Parker and A.S.Ware voted for and J.A.Ryohmik and Fred Wehlman voted I
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Cemetery.
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ORDER DECLARING RESULT OF ELECTION
On this the 13th day of May, A.D. 1940, there came on to be consider
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, meeting in regular monthly session, the returns of an election
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held on the 11th day of Ma
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40, is Tabor Common School District No. 12, in this County
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pon the question of Issuing not exceeding $8000.00 of schoolhouse bonds for said Distri
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maturing serially in one to twenty years from date of issuaace,with option of redemption `
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er ten years; to mature $250.00 the first two years; $300.00 the neat four
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the pert
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ad final year.
Said Said bonds to bear not more than three and three fourths (3-3/4%)
per cent interest per
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meat of said bonds, that Ia to
is, pay the current interest on said bonds and provide a sinki
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fund sufficient to pay the principal at maturity.
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ns were duly and legally made and there were cast at said election 67 votes of which
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h~ For the issuance of bonds and the lev
_^`FS,• ying of the tax is payment ther®! 57 votes
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Against the issuance of bonds and the levying of the taxes in
payment thereof 10 votes]
And it appearing to the Court from said returns that
a majority of the
qualified proper.
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that this Court is authorized to issue said bonds and to levy and h
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4. assessed and collected said tax.
.x Motion made and adopted to recess until May 20th.
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On motion duly seconded and unanimously adopted, the County Judge was authorized to,adver-
ties for bids as follows:
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Brazos County,Texas, will receive bids, delivered to the undersigned at Bryan, Tezae,
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publicly opened at 10:00 A.m., on Monday, duly 8, 1940, for the following aquPpmeaL
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ful~ delivered at Bryan, Texas:
ONE two-wheel scraper of three yards capaoity, with Jydraulio control and pneumatic
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tires, fully equipped with traotor-hitch.
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Brazos County reserves the right to reject any or all bids, as usual.
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witness this 22d day of May, A.D. 1940.
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The following resolution„ offered by Judge ':are, was unanimously adopted by the Court;
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YHEREAS,'Brazos County will be one hundred
pears old in 1941, having been organized lormall
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in 1841, and will have then enjoyed one hundred years of progress as a polibioal unite
of our Great State; and
WHEREAS, it would appear to be appropriate that proper recognition be given this
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one hundred years of formal history and achievement; and
WHEREAS, The County officials, patriotic organizations, civio bodies, and the oiti-, -
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p generall}r; are willing and ready to commemorate such an occasion as the centen-
nial of Brazos County;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Commissioners' Court of Brazos County,Texas,
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is open court, during the regular May Team; 1940, on this the 20th day of May
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1940, and following discussions thereof which originated in said Court on April
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y 8, 1940, does herebydesignate April 21, 1941, as Brazos County, Centennial Day; 'and
requests that all of the citizens of Brazos County, Texas, gather for that date and
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Join in celebrating the One Hundredth Anniversary of the organization of said County,
in fitting and proper manner, under the sponsorship of this Court; and
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That this Court here and now accept the offer made by the
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Earl Graham Post No. 159 of the American Legion, of Bryan, Texas, for thause of its
grounds near the City of Bryan, as the site for such celebration; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That the Court invote al]Lpatriotio and civic organizations
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'women's clubs, schools, public officials, and all citizens throughout the.County, to
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Join in the effort to make this observation of said centennial of said County a worth-
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while occasion and one of appropriate dignity and significance; and that plans be made
for enough in advance to insure the final success of the celebration and observance
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We, the undersigned resident property taxpaying voters of Common School District No. 18`
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in Brazos County,Texas, desire to increase the present maintenance tax on said district;,`
for,.the purpose of further supplementing the State School Fund a
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trlct and we hereby make application to the County Judge of Brazos County,Texas
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an order for an election to be held in said Common School District No. 18, in-Brazos
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County, Texas, to determine whether or not themainteaanoe tad on all property in
said district shall be increased from twenty five (250) cents to fifty (500) cents, on
the $100.00 valuation of taxable property in said district and fifty (500) cents to be
hereafter levied for said purpose.
Dated this the 3rd day of April, A.D. 1940.
Ward Mooring J. M. Perrone
Tony Ottea Mrs. J. M. Perrone
Chas Nigliazzo Jack Demottier
Mrs. R. R. Broach Wlrs. Jack De:dottier
R. R. Broach Mrs. Louis Marino
Evan Benbow F, L. Cash
Mrs. Evan Benbow "'rs. F. L. Cash
R L. Taldo Brazos A. Vaiisoo
Lou a r no 0. T. Pollock
Tony J. Fazzino Mrs. 0. T. Pollock
Tony Angonia
Mattie Wallin
..:rs. Tony Ottea
Sam N. Faohorn
'rs. Sam N. Fachorn
ORDER OF ELECTION: ,
NOTICE:
188 STATE OF TESAS)
COUNTY OF BRAZOS ) CMEREAS, on the 14th day of May, A.D. 1940, a petition was pre-
vented to me fbr an election in Common School District Number 19, of this County on
the question of of increesing the present maintenance tax on said distriot,for thoppMr-
pose of further supplementing the State School Fund apportioned to said district, from
twenty five (250) cents to fifty (500) cents, on the $100.00 valuation of taxable
property in said district, said petition bearing the requisite number of signatures of
property taxpaying voters of said district and being in every respect in conformity with la ;
and,
WHEREAS, it appearing that Brazos County contains a population of twenty one thousand
eight hundred thirty five, according to the last United Statesecensus; and
It further appearing,that said Common School District No. 18, has been heretofore
properly established; and,
It furtherappearing that said district so established contains an area of 221 square
miles and that no other district has been reduced in area below nine square miles by
reason of the creation of this district;
Now, therefore I, A. S. Ware, in my-official capacity as County Judge of Brazos
County,Texas, do hereby order than an election be ]Aeld on the 25th day of May A.D. '
1940, at the Steele Store School House, at Steele Store, Texas, in said Common School
District No. 18 of Brazos Couaty,Texas, to determine whether a majority of the legally
qualified property tax paying voters of that district desire to inevease the present
maintenance tax on said district, from twenty five (250) cents to fifty (500) cents on,
the 9100.00 valuation of taxable property in said district, for the purpose of sup-
plementing the State School fund apportioned to said District and to determine whether
the Commissioners Court of this county shall be authorized to levy, assess and collect
annually a,tax of and at the rate of fifty (500) cents on the $100.00 valuation of tax-
able property in said district for said purpose.
Yard Mooring is hereby appointed presiding officer of said election and he shall
select two judges and two clerks to assist him in holding the same and he shall within
five days after said election has been held make due return thereof to the commissioners
court of this county as is required by law for holding a general election.
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All persons who a legally qualified voters of this State and of this county and
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Who are residentpropsrty taxpayers in said district shall be entitled to vote at said
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"For increasing the maintenance tax from twenty five (250) cents on the $100.00
valuation to fifty (50g) cents on the $100.00 valuation of taxable property in said
District." ,
And those opposed to such taxation shall have written or printed on their ballots the
words:
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"Against increasing the maintenance tax from twenty five (250)oents on the $100000
valuation to fifty (500) cents on the $100.00 valuation of taxable
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The Sheriff_of this County shall give notice of said election by posting a copy
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rlitness my hand and seal at Bryan, Texas, this 14th day of May
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cuted on the 14 day of May, A.D. 1940, by posting attrue copy of the foregoing notice
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and order at three public places, to-wit:
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all within said Common School District No. 18, in Braz3sCounty, Texas.
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On this the 27th day of May, 1930, at a recessed session of the Court for the
regular May Term, came on to be heard and considered the convass of the returns of a spe-
cial election held at Steele's Store, in Brazos County,Texas, in Common School District
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No. 18 (Steele's Store), on May 25, 1940, in accordance with the laws of Texas, and in
accordance with orders heretofore issued by the Judge of this Court, and of which due's
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and legal notice had been given; and which returns were delivered to said Court, oil this.'
date.
Said returns, having been duly canvassed br the Court, it was found that:
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Total Votes Cast fifty-eight (58);
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-Majority in favor of inoreasing the local maintenance tax
from 251t to fifty cents (50;) on the $100.00 of valuation
of property within said District No. 18 FOUR,(&) Votes.
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It is therefore found and declared by the Court in regular session as aforesaid that
said election duly carried; and it is hereby so declared, as shown by the foregoing
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figures; and it is further ordered by the Court that. in consequence of such
Lion, that the local maintenance tax levied and collected for said Common School
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from twenty-five cents (250) to fifty cents (50¢) on the $100.00 of valuation of pro-
perty within said District from and including the levy for the year of 1940.
Motion made by Fred A. Wehrman and seconded by M. B. Parker - the following orders
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Court of Brazos County,Tezas, in Regular may session on this, the 27th day of May
1940, that the State Highway Department will order a location made on Highway No. 230,
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from A Point on Old
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Commissioners' Court, agrees and obligates itself before location is made to fulfill.
the following requirements, on location approved by the State Highway Department, without
cost to the State: tl) provide.:alear title to a minimum of 100 foot right-of-way,
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including standing timber, with title in the name of the State of Texas; (2) remove
all obstructions and encroachments except standing timber; and (3) do the fencing.
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_ Sehrman, Com. Preot #3iand L. B. Parker, Com. Preot No. 14.
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Lotion made by J.A.Rychlik and seconded by Fred Wehrman to approve the following
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reports:. Yrs. J. L. Brock, Welfare; Dr.•k. J. Hunnicutt Co. Heath officer; R. A. Sander
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Lotion made to pay all bills as per OK.
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