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Home My WebLink About1946-02-11-1000AM-Regular222 Tile ~'ud~e at present ~ FEBRUARy 11, 196~.., Comm~ssionera, Cou~t. of Brazos County,Texas, met ~a the office of the County the Courthouse at 10:00 a.m., Monday February 11, 1965, with ,the followl~ ~emberi to-.wit: A. S. Ware, County Judge, presiding; N. R. Burkhalter, Cnmmiasioner, Precinct No. 1; J. A. 2yohlik, Commissioner, Precinct No. 2; Frank Ero, Cnmm_!ssioner, Precinct No. 3; Roy Danfc~.th, Comnissioner, Precinct No. ~,; and 2. B. Syptak, County Clerk. The followLu~ reports were received and approved as ,submitted: Brazos County Health Unit, for the month of December, 1965; Brazos County Welfare Board, Mrs. J. L. Brock, Chairman, fc~ the monfJ~_, of January, 19/+6; ~yrne ~ol~an, Count~ Uome ~smonstration A~ent, for the month of .Jain .uai;, W. M. Khnbrough, County Agent, for the month of ~anuary, 19661 ;'. O. Pace, Negro County AEent, for the month of ~anusry, 1966; Fannie J. Taylor, Negro County Home Demoastratioa A~ent, for the month of .~lauary, 1966. County and l~rao~nct officers, reports of fees collected for the .month of January, 1946, and duplicate receipts ahowln~ remittances to the County Treasurer of the amounts specified, were received and ap]~roved as follows: A. 3. Ware, County Jud6e ................. A. B. Syptak, County Clerk ................. Henry Eoontz, Sheriff ................... .' J.O. Mlnkert, County Attorney ............. 267.95 F. T. 6ole, Clerk of ~he District Court ......... &~0.30 E. M. ~odson, ~ustioe of the Peace, Precinct No. &: Fees Collected and paid to county ........ 58.20 Fees due him by county, 12 oases .,~ $2.50 ..... 30.00 Virgil Estill, Constable, l>rec~not No. 6: Fees collected and retained by h~m ............ 38.75 On motion duly seconded and unanimously adopted, the Court voted to authol"lse the County Clerk to record the plat and dedication of Shaman and CaZTabba Subdivis~oa oi 'e par~ of the S.F.Austin ~urvey, Abstract No. 63, Brazos Cott~ty,Texae, dated Feblmary 19~5, as submitted by Jack ~h~nen and Ram Carrabba under date of ~anuary 16, 1966, with the distinct stipulation, however, that Brazos County shall not thereby become liable for the construction or maintenance of any streets or roads. PETITION FOR ELECTION THE STATE OF TEXASl COUNTY OF BP~ZOS ! ~0 ~ RONOPu~BLE COUNTY ~UDOE OF B~S CO~, ~ We, the ~dersl~ed, resSdent property tex-peyinE o~izens and currently q~lifSed. vo~ers, wl~ln B~zos Cowry C~on School ~istriot No. ~, S~eep ~ollow, do hereby most res~etfully submlt ~$s ~tl~$on askSng t~t an eleotlon be held ~n said Co, on Soho1 mistriot in eoo~danoe wt~h existl~ laws, for the purpose of deter~n$~ whaler of no~ .0 f the. heretofore authorized end presently existing school maintenanc5 tax of fift~ cents, '-(~0s} on,the $100.00 valuation of taxable property located within said Common'School ./~'D[str~ot No. 8, Steep Holl~ ~ould be ~noreesed ~ seventy-f~v'e dents {7~o~ on the $100.00~ . ~al~tton of taxable, ~erty, located ~thin said dZstrlot. " ' :' Wa further request that'the, neoeasery orders and further proo5edings he, issued'as time to time they may~be.req~ired: , . - ~. Louts Bullock A. Tobias ~,,',:..~, ','-~:';'"'- , '' ',~ ~'. '.~;..','~;.~'' - ~.;6LL,'.',: ;" Gee. Cargill ':'i. > ~'' .... ' ,, . ' Mrs. Geo. Cargill ~ ' ~": ' ' C, ~). l~owera ' · " ' C. p. Powers ' , 2im Tobias ., ~rs. ~lm Tobias ~irs. Roy Foster Roy Foster W. H. Burr ~Ms. W. H. Burr A. Lo Garner Mrs. Louis Bullosk W. H. Bullock ' ,Elmer Bullock ~oe W. Bond Mrs. ~oe M. Bond Mrs. Lynn Weedon ~rs. Laura Hicks Mrs. Bessie ~arnett ~. R. Barnett Mrs. ~oe Barnett B. A. Risinger Mrs. A. L. Garner T.P. Hall ORDER AND NOTICE OF ELECTION ~ STA~E OF TEXASl COTTNTT OF BRAZO~ ~ WHEREAS, on the ?th day of ~anuary, A.D. 19&6, there was presente~ t6 me a petition for an eleation in Common School District No. 8, Steep Hollow, of Brazos County,Texas, to determine Whether or not a majority of the resident property taxpaying citizens ~o are qualified voters in said district, are in favor of increasing the local school maintenance tax from fifty (50s} cents to seventy-five (?~o) cents on the $100.00 valuation of taxable property situated within said district; and ¥,~KEAS, said petition bears the signatures of ~. A. Tobias and 25 other persons, constituting a majority of the qualified voters who are resident property taxpaying citizens within said district, and said petition is otherwise in conformity with the law; and ~',H~.REAS, it appears that Brazos County contains a population of 26,9??, according to the 1920 United States oensun, and furthermore that said C~,mon SoLool District No.S has heretofore been properly and legally establish~d, and that it contains an area of t 22.6 .square miles; and :' wn~wu~AS, it appears that said Common School District No. 8 ie now collecting and . ,'using a local maintenance tax of 50~ per $100.00 valuation of taxable property within ~aid district. · f NOW, ~EREFORE I, A'. S. Ware, in my official capacity aa County ~ud~e of Brazoa 'County, Texa~,, in, response,~ , , _- t~ said petition, do hereby order that an election be held on S~turd~y, Feb~ru~, ry 2, 19&6, at the ,Steep Hollow ,C~hurch Building.~n said Co~mon School '' District No., ~, .to.~ dst,er.re, i.na, w~. e,ther or not a ~aJority of the resident, _ property taxpaying citizens who are legally qualified voSers 12 such distrlot desire to levy an a~ditional local scho_ol maintenanse t'Sx ~o'~ 'insrea~e ~he existing local sohool.'maint~nanoe tax from :'' ~0a'~. to' 7~8 ~.°n t~e'~l'~$:.~O' valuation of' taxable property withkh b?id'distrint,' a~d to' ~EGTTLAR MEE~Z~ OF C0_~IOITERS COUR? February Il, 1946 determine ~hether or not the Commissioners' Court of said County shall be authorized to lev~¥ assess, end collect such increased local school m~'ntenenae tax; end ~. A. Tobies is hereby appointed pre$1din~ officer of said electron, end he shall within five days after said election has been' held make due return thereof to the Cnmmissioners, Cou3 of this county, ss Il required by law for holding general elections, All persons who are legally qualified voters of this state and of this sounty and who are resident property taxpayers in said district shall be entitled to vote at said election, and all voters who favor the proposition herein shall have written or printed on their ballots the following: *FOR lneressin8 the levy of local school maintenance tax from fifty (50~) cents to seven1 five (75~) cents on the $100.00 valuation of taxable property within said Dlstriot*~ and those opposed to such taxation shell have written or printed on their ballots the words: #AOAZNST increasing the levy of lo, al school maintenance tax fro~ fifty (~0~) cents to seventy-five (?SC) cents on the $100o00 valuation of taxable property within said ~istr!et. ~ The Sheriff of this County shall g~ve notice of said election by posting a copy ~f-~his' order in each of three public places within the boundaries of said District for at least te~ (10) days before the deter'fixed for said election. WZTNE-~$ MT HAND A~TD SEAL at Bryan, Texas, this 9t~ day of ~enuary A,D. 1966, A. So Ware (A. S. Ware) County ~udge i& and for Brezoa County~Texss. CA~ TO HATED on the 12th day of ~anuary A.D. 1946, and executed within the Common School District ~Oo 8, Steep Hollow, of. Brezos ¢ounty,?ezss, on the 12th day of ~anu~, fy, A.Do 1946~ by posting a oertifie~ copy of the above ~nd foresoing Order and Not,ce of Elco, st three public ~laoes' within said Gammon ~ohool ~istrio~ No. 8, to-wit: One copy at Steephollow Church J One copy across Road from Buck ~ullock One copy et George Cargill' ~ate Witness my hand this 12th day of ~anuary, AoDo 1946· Posting three notices ~ $1.00 cash $3.00 Mileage 12 miles ~ 7½g per mile .90 TO?AL $3.90 Nenzy Xoontz ~heriff, Brazoa Oouaty, Texas. By ~.~.~amllton, Deputy · ha Court considered and canvassed the returns of a special eleotioA held l~ Oomm~n School District No. 8, Steep Hollow, on Saturday, February 2, 1946, in &ooordaaoe With"" proper orders heretofore entered, as follows, to-wit: FOR in. creasing the levy of local school maintenance tax from fifty (~0~) cents to seventy-five (75~) cents on the $100.00 valuation of taxable property 'within said district..~.k ........ · · · · · · · .... ~. AO~INST increasins the levy of local school maintenance tax from-f~ty (~O~) cents to sevsnt~-five (7~) cents on the $100.00 valuation of tax, able within said district ............... 23 vote~ .,, 1 vote ' WH]g.R~UPON it was found and declared by the Court mat the proposition to in-' ,,', crease the local school ~,aintenenoe ~ax in Common School District No. 8~ Steep Hollow .had been approved by a majority o.f,, 22 yotea; and the Court ordered the l~,vyin& ~and . ._.,, ,, collecting of this tax at the new rate of seventy-five (75o) cents on the $100.0~ val- uation of taxable property within said district ,for the tax year beginning October 1, ",19~6. : :.. The cour~ received and oonstd'ered the following communication from the Bryan ,, ,, ., Motor Gr~pany of Bryan,,Texaa, authorized Ford dealers: ..... ~anuary 21, 19&6 Brazes County Cceunissioner's Court Bryan, Texas. , Gentlemen: We are pleased to submit a bid of $1216.00 on a new 1946 Ford 100 HPV8 Super Deluxe Ford Sedan less your trade-in of 19~0 Fora Fordo~ Sedan of $550.00. Making a net bid of ~666.o0. Yours very truly, Bryan Motor Company Brady l~lner Assistant ~nbger Whereupon on motion duly seconded and unanimously adopted, it was voted to accept the fore6oin& bid of $1216.00 on a new 19~6 Ford 100 horse power V-8 Super Deluxe Fordor Sedan for official use of the Sheriff of Brazes County, less trace-in allowance of $550.00 for old 1920 Ford, maki~& a net cash difference of $666.00. ' It was therefore ,'. ordere~ by the Court that the Bryan Motor Company be authorized to deliver this new esr at the earliest possible date. The Court received end considered the following communication from Honorable A. · ~ Garland Adair, Commissioner of the Texas Centennial of Statehood Commission, at Austin, Texas: ,. 'Deer ~udga Ware: ~,. ~ As you know, our state is this year observing its centennial, and by the authority , , vested in him by,the legislature, Governor Stevenson has proclaimed February 19, 1926, : aa Texas S1mtehood Day. It was on tha~ same date 100 years ago that ~ames Pinckney Henderson was inaugurated as the first governor. 'A~e ceremony wes in the presence of ! President ~onee' cabinet and the members of both houses of the first legislature. ', In the afternoon of February ~St~, a parade of States ia being ~rranged. In the Texas division we hope to have represented as many counties as possible. Since your ~ county was one of the first 36 counties of Texas, we would very much like to have you~ , your commissioners' court and any others of your county to be here end Join in the parade.- Your representative and'senator'will glee be invited.' Please let us know if you or. ~omerepreaentative d~al&nate~ by you can b~ h~re. We will, give out information later '"' Just ~here ~o come' for your position amen& the counties. O~neral Wainw~l&h~ and the ' ';" :'~' Governors of 8eee'ral~st'ste8 ~.11. ~ls~ be in the parade ~an, d .reviewing stand, A real Austi , . "weioema' awaits you 'and ,your' people, . , ,' ", ' '" ' ' '~ '~,.~-e A; ~J Ware ~ .,-- '' -' ('(': Bryan, Texas ~_a ,.':. .... - ,"*:'~ ' "County ~&e.' ' - - ,, Austin, Texas/ "' '' , . -,, " ~, ~" - .: 2, .~, ., : -,'- ',~ .' [ ',, ., ,,' ~ .?' ~ ,'. , 'f,, [- . ~, ,, . , RROUIAR MEE~II~t OF O~MISSIONEP~ COURT February Il, 19A6 ~E~EUPON on motion duly seconded and unanimously adopted, the Court voted to accept the foregoing Invitation' and to, pertisipate in the para4a in Austin, Texas,,,on Februa,ry es official rel~ esentetivss of Brazos County. It was further specified' that the County Clerk and the County "ngineer be lnsluded in the official delegation. Came ca to be considered the matter of naming officers of elections for the several voting precincts in Brezos County, for the year 19~6. Whereupon by motion duly seconded end unanimously adopted, the Court named Presiding ~udgss and ~udges of ltleotion in the 1~ votin~ precincts of the County as follows: day :¥. Rarrls, Presiding ~ohn W. Thompson Ro Ho ~mit, h R. L, Hudspeth P~eeinot ~o 8 Albert ~yne, Presidl~ Judge Ernest Lewis ~erry W. ~mlth, Preside6 ~ohn Homola ~. L. o~gham not No. 10 . . ~'. L. Henderson, ~ealil~ T. H. Haltom N. &. S~ewart Mrs. ITan Langf~d A.P.Oarr Precinct No. 1 .................. Millioan A. T. Langford, Presiding Judge ~. H. ~.:oDonald Mrs. t~. tJ. ~impson oo H. Smith Precinct No. 2 ................. Wellborn Ed Mosley, Presiding ~udge ~. D. "llliams Miss Laura Etdson W.B. Barton Precinct No. 3 ............ . · · · · College Station ~eorge B. ~'lloox, Presiding ~udge V. ~. Bariskie C. W. Crawford E. R. Brison W. E. Gandy Precinct No. 4 .............. '.-~,~ .' · 8teele'a Store' ~oe Varlaoo, Presidin~ ~u~ge ~. Me Patrons ' . ~'ilburn Wallin Charlie Nlgllazzo Precinct No 5 ' ' · * ' ' ' · · · · · · * · · · · ...., Harvey N. ~. Cole, Preaidl~ ~udge ~. E. Weedon E. U. Peters O. A. ~onsa , Precinct No. 6 ........... · .... · Ktirte~l B. F. Lloyd, Presidlil~ ~ud~e - , ~',. T. l[elley Fritz ~ahnert · Adolph Opersteny Preolnot No. ? ........ · · · Tabor - · %:, 't '9 Edge -~metwla : Library* C ' ~ . '~ '. ' ' '~.,. '~..Precinct No. 11 . . o o ..... ° . ,o-.. o o Courtho se ', .- .... ,., .,~:~& ~, E ~mon, Presidi~ J~ ~ , '~.:c "'.. ,.. c.r~Id';..,~'9~ .; Mit Dansby .':',~,.~u: ,'~t. ~ ,..,,. L ~.%.%., ,. ' ~: "~[k .~,.; NO. 12 . . . . , , . . . ,.-.'. . . , Helianoe ~ U. 0 Gobb '," %..'~, ,. '.' ' -Y '.' , -. a.M. Hartsfield ...... ~.4 ..,,.. I ' , ", . , Precinct ~o. 1) ............. Country Club L' ~ Fred Hale, Presiding dudge , L.L. ~'o~aker - · .... -. w. ~. Mu~erlyn '- " " ,,' ' J ' ~. H. Stockton ," " Precinct No. lA .............. City Hall [: , . . C.M.~Bet~ny, ~e~idi~ ~udge " ,.- R. ~. ~rrison .. ~ohn d. Stasney ~ , ~. N. ~ Ooul~er Hoppess ' ' ~otnct No. 1~ .............. North Main ." John M. Moore, ~esiling gudge ~ '., R.L. ~'oster " "' '( " ' ~en o~e Mrs. ~ewel M. Montg~ery, County Treasurer of Brazos Cowry, Texas, and ~ ', ~ livered in open Court the or'gin, s of the f~[l~lng desoribe~ ~onds, which had here- ~ - . ',' ~ tofore been ~id off ~d retire~ and ~ioh'ore aow'~onounce~ to ~ ready f~ des-, _, - truction and official retir~nt from the.outs~n~!~ indebte~ss ~f the County:- ..,. ~ ,' ~[~ Name OF BO~: ,~..,,-, ,:: ISS~D: :,~-'C. ~'~'~ ~,' ~: '' ~I0~: '' R~d Ref~d~g Bond, .~ ~p;,. Series "A", 1935 ,~ , '~,' ~-10-3~ ,...,..; .v~,,~ 69.~A-~. :: $ 6,000.~ ,~,'~ R~d Bond, Series ~C~ ' 10-10-29 j~i..~,.,2,~ ~1-~/ ~ [ , ~,000.~ c' ,. . Road Bond, Series "D" ~ .~-15-30 ,. ~ =.~'. ' 22-26 ~'.: ,t: ' 3,000.~ ,~j ~yv;~. Road ~ Bridge Re~ndin8 - .~ f' ~'~ ~ ~ .... ,' B~d, Series of 1928 2-15- 1~ 1,000.~, " - ,., Road A Bridge Ref~di~ ~{ ~ ~ ' Bond, Series of 1929 h-~5-29 , 32 1,000.00 Y ; , ,-~',. Bridge 0onstruction ,{ , . Re~nding Bond, Series of 19bO' 9-1-~0 ,. 13-1& 2,000.~ ~ ' 7 "L' ~ Road & Bri~e- Ref~ding %,,' . Gene~l ~d Ref~ding ..... ' ,'~. ,. "'~ Bond, Series ~A~ ~-1-3~ 10 1,000.00 ~,. ,, '..j General Fund Ref~di~ "'. '. Bond, Series "B~ 12-1-3~ ~ 1,000.00 '-"~ Brazos County ~ov~ent '" 10-10-07 ' ~. ~' ~ ~LeveeJ. not 0o~ty-wide - , 16-17 2,000.00 '~ ' ~ "' Bond. District No~ 1 ,, ,-'~. - ~.. ' ~ereupon the said bo~s as desl~ate~ able and of the total amo~t of '" ,' ~ $28,000.~ were burned and completely ~destroFe~ In o~n oo~t an~ thus for~lly oas- -. "~ -oelled an~ retire~. · ' -': ' " ~'~!-.';[ ;. ~,,: "On motion ~uly seconded and ~an~ously adopted, ,the Co~t voted ~ authorize Iii ,;.t;, , .: ~ , ,, .... - , . ,~ .,,, , r , , , . , -ii: .... . i :' ', · :...",:." '-, ,-,- ,.: .:'.. '.'.' - - ':.'.": .": '"' . ' ".,, · -.-', ~[.~.~,~:,: :,',~ - .,: ,,:.-,.,, .....?.,,, ,:., ..,_ , - -/,,.:~ .: .'. ..... , ,. ,', ~m:~, ' ; ~ ~ ' ,' ,', " -' . ..... -' · , , '. . ' - ' · ' ' ' ' ' . ' ~ . ..q .',. ~ ', ~ ,.. , '. ,- .~ ...... t .-, .~ ~-~,----~.--. ~, -,F~,. ~ / ~ ~ ~5~~;~"-'::~": ....... ~ - . - . _ 7: , . .. ,: , · ' ~ , '~ ' '' ~ ' ' :: ' -, -- ;'- ~ ' ~" ~'-' '" ~"' · . ~ ~ , .,,',', , ,, . ~ % . ~ , , .., ' , ; ~ -,~,k , ,, ..,, ,, ,~ , .J ~ ,. ,, ,~ ,,j . ~ .' uount~ Cle~¢ - FEBRUARY 20, 1946: The Co~.n~ssioner8 Cou~t of Bra~8 Co~ty,Toxas, mot In speo~ oa~o4 session at o~loe of ~o Co.if ~ud~o, et 12~00 n~n on ~'~8~ay, 'Febr~ry 21, 19~6, with tho followl~ m~bor8 w~ent: A. S. W~o, Cowry Judas, p~sidins{ 'C~i'8ioneF N. R. Bur~alter, o~ ~eoinot No. 1;. J. ~. Ryb~lik, " ' ' ' Roy Danf~th, " ' - an4 Cowry ~6~s~ ~ohn ~, Oriffith, The p~po~ of ~o meetl~ ~8 to ~ooeed ~o Austin, Texas f~ a hearl~ before ~tate H~way C~m~osion with reference ~ the deol~ation and ult~to co~t~ot~o~ of a ~to Farm-to-~rket Hi~y ~om Bryan'thro~h Ta~r to a oon~otion~th tho Old -n~onio ~md ~ar ~heelo~, Texas, arranged by the Co~t~ ~u~e ~ aooordenoo ~th eotion of ~e Co~t t~ken at ~to last ~et~ ~ ~onda~, Febr~ry 11, W~reup~ ~e ~mbero of ~o Co~t ~esent and the Co~t~ 2n~ln~r prooeeded ~d ~d ~e hear~nE before ~e ~wa~ Co~ission ~ f~hor referenoe ~o the hid road ~oJeot end red~ouosed the mt~er. ~e C~loalon m~bers were very oo~teous and appeared ~o be interested in the ~oJeot, but stated that available ~nds ~d ell been all~ated fo~ ~e taros year-per~od of ~e oooalled ~o~ War ~rl~. The C~i88ion embers, h~ever, 8ave ass~anoe that tho Tabor-~'~eel~k Fas-to-Market HI.way proJeot wo~d be ~tven careful oonside~tion with the view to boin~ appr~ed at a later date If additlo~l f~da wore available. ~ereupon the dele~ation returned to Bryan and then upon motion d~y 8eoonded and un- ani~usly adopted, It wan voted to authorize tho County Ju~e to file re~b~o~ont fo~ repayment of oa~ ~ld out for ~fiolal expoasoo of ~e Co~t f~ ~o day, ~oun~l~ to $~,6}, to be ~ld ffom~o Road ~d Brl~e F~d. T~re boi~ no f~ther b~lnoao, tho Co~t adJo~d. ~o~ty ~ler~p , ', ,'II}