Wheeler v. City of Brownsville

In December, 1930, the City of Brownsville, a home-rule city, by ordinance passed under section 3 of article 1182a, V. A. C. S., and by charter amendment subsequently adopted on August 12, 1931, extended the city boundaries by annexing 268 acres of adjacent land lying in Water Control and Improvement District No. 7, situated, organized and operating in Cameron county under the conservation laws of the state, particularly section 59, article XVI of the state constitution. The matters voted on, as stated pro and con on the ballots pursuant to the ordinance, are embodied in the following:

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