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R~SOLUTION
A~ a special oaLlo~ moetin~ of the Commissioners' Cour~ ~ ~razos Co~y~Texas~
1~ ~bers were ~a~t:
C. ~. G~, C~sstone~ ~eo~not ~o, 1
F~l A. Were, ~iesio~ ~eo~ot No. ~
It ~v~6 ~en mis to a~e~ t~t ~e~e is a vao~oy in ~e office of the
~ B~zos C~ty~Te~a, by reason of the death o~ ~e i~bent H~oe T. Reed~ on
2~ 19~ ~e Co~ took up the ~tter o~ a~oint~ a ~heri~ to fill o~ 2he ~exp~ed te
~ Motion du~ seconal ~d ~~ly voted ~e follo~ Re~lution ~a adoptS:
~ B~z~ Co~y ~s s~fered tr~parable loss in t~ ~expeote~ on
,~ 2, 19~, of Ho~oe T. Rest, Sheriff; and
~P~ this officer has served B~zoe Co~t~ for ~re than three years In his
capacity aa Sherle, bei~ o~t~d b~ the Gr~ ~eaper at the hel~t of a brilll~t oaree~
'as a peace ~fioer; a~ .
.. ~ the said o~fioer has ae~ed his p~ple in various oa~cities aa a poaoe
~fioer flor m~e th~ ten ~ars; a~
~ ~e perforate of this officer In ~1 of his orificial duties ~nd his
entire life have been ~en and above-board ~d well kn~ to and appreciated by the
zena o~ Bmzos C~nty, ~ons ~ he ~s born ~d ll~ed his entre l~e; a~
'~ ~e Co~laaloners~ Co~t of Brazos ~o~y,Te~s, for its ~
~ ~so for ~e other officials a~ citizens senemlly feel that ~ ~e paesl~ o~ th~
most able and e~lolent officer, they have los~ a most ~rthy citizen, ~aoe offloer~
~ Co~ty crucial, ~o like his venerable ~a~her has served this Cowry ~t tts-
pe~le well and ably over an extended'period of
'N~ ~E~ BE IT ~L~D ~at the Co~tssioners' Co~ of Braz~ Cowry, Te~a~
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~ session at B~ on ~is the Ith day of A~st, A.D. 1921, does hereby-~reas ,its
dee~at ~d most s~ere re,ret over ~e ~ssi~ of this most excellent officer, citizen,
'~d Cowry 0ffiolal In the person of Horace T. ~eed, ~o ~a ~de a record seldom eq~led
~d never a~passei In his devotion to ~fftc~l duties, his eo~a6e, his vl~or, his ener~
a~ ti~lessness; a~
'B~ ~ ~ ~50L~ t~t a pa~ in ~e minutes of the C~ssionera~ Co~t be
set salts to ~e reoor~ of this resolution and as a perpetu~ m~ory to this 0~fioer;
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'~ IT ~R ~SOL~D That copies of ~ta reolutton be furnlshe~ the lally
' ~s, ~e Cole ~eed, the ~dow, and ~. ~.H. Reed, the fa~her~ a~ to each othe~
of the
~ motion l~y ~oonded and ~usly adopted, Henry ~ontz ~a elected by ~e Co~
aa ~herl~ of B~zoa ~ounty,Te~s, ffo~ theunezpired te~ and effective with t~ date of
A~at ~, 19~1, a en~t~ Deo~ber )1, 19~21 ~d his ~nd as ~herlff fixed a~ t~ s~
~f $~0.00 an~ paysble aa p~ed by law.
~ubseq~ntly, d~ln6 the sea,ion, Hen~ Eoon~z~ ~vi~ presented his ~nd as Sheriff
off Brazoa Co~y, In the ~nt off $~,000.00, pebble a~ conditioned aa requt~t ~ law,
~ said bo~ betn~ appr~ed tn o~n C.o~t, the oath of orifice was ad~nlstered to h~
C6udt y Clerk.