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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Thursday, June 4, 1964
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Aggie Senior Gives Account
Of Chief Pirate Lieutenant
A&M University senior Samuel
C. Welsh has written the first
modern account of Jim Campbell,
onetime chief lieutenant to pirate
Jean Lafitte.
Welsh also has prepared the first
listing of people buried in the small
cemetery on the shore where
Campbell Bayou flows into Galves
ton Bay within the limits of Texas
City.
This all came about as a part of
Welsh’s work this spring in Eng-
ORDINANCE NO. 404
AN ORDINANCE DETERMINING TO ASSESS A PART OF THE COST OF IMPROVING A PORTION
OF PARK PLACE IN THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, AGAINST ABUTTING PROPER
TY AND THE OWNERS THEREOF, ADOPTING ENGINEER’S ROLLS, PROVIDING FOR NOTICE OF
HEARING AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of College Station, Texas, has heretofore ordered that the
following portion of a street in said city be improved by raising, grading and filling the same, paving and
installing drains, inlets and storm sewers where provided in the plans, with necessary incidentals and
appurtenances and in accordance with the plans now on file with the City and in accordance with the
specifications therefor, said portion of said street being as follows, to wit:
All that certain portion of Park Place described as follows:
Commencing at the intersection of Park Place and Fairview Avenue thence in a westerly direction along
Park Place until same intersects FM 2154.
The improvements to Park Place shall consist of a six (6) inch compact depth limestone base with
a one (1) inch plant mix surfacing 24 feet in width as provided in said plans and specifications; and
WHEREAS, the City of College Station has entered into a contract with B W Construction Com
pany for the improvements of said Park Place, and the City Engineer has prepared and filed rolls or state
ments concerning the improvements and assessments therefor; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined to assess a portion of the cost of such improvements
against the owners of the property abutting thereon and against such property; and
WHEREAS, the present condition of said street endangers the public health and safety and it is
necessary that the improvements thereof be proceeded with while the weather permits, and such im
provements are being delayed pending the passing and taking effect of this ordinance and the other pro
ceedings incidental thereto, and such facts constitute and create an emergency;
THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STA
TION, TEXAS, THAT:
The City of College Station does hereby determine to assess a portion of the cost of said improve
ments on said portion of street against abutting property thereon and against the owners of such proper
ty and said assessments to be levied in exercise of the power gi’anted in Article II, Section XI of the Char
ter of said city, and as provided by Acts of 1927, 40 th Legislature of the State of Texas, First Called
Session, Chapter 106, page 489, as amended, commonly known as Article 1105-B, Revised Civil Statutes
of Texas.
Said rolls or statements be and the same are hereby adopted and approved.
The several amounts proposed to be assessed against such parcels of property and the owners there
of, the other matters and things as shown on said rolls or statements being as follows, to wit:
Name of Owner
John Manthei
Description
Lots 1 & Pt. 2, Blk. 1
West
Park
No. of
Front Ft.
100.
Amount
$ 75.00
L. G. Jones
Lots Pt. 2 & 3, Blk. 1
II
11
65.
48.75
Mrs. Francis Smyth
Lot 4, Blk. 1
It
II
65.
48.75
Monroe J. Goldberg
Lot 6, Blk. 1
II
II
57.5
43.12
Francis Cox
Lot 7, Blk. 1
11
11
50.
37.50
W. L. Pipkin
Lots 8 & Pt. 9, Blk. 1
If
II
65.
48.75
E. N. Roots
II
80.
60.00
E. W. Landua
Lots Pt. 10 & 11, Blk. 1
If
67.5
50.62
Wayne Todd
Lot 13, Blk. 1
Lot 14, Blk. 1
Lot 15, Blk. 1
Lot 16, Blk. 1
If
II
68.5
51.38
Mrs. A. F. Buchanan ....
II
If
55.
41.25
R. L. Parsons
It
M
50.
37.50
Mrs. Lois Webb
II
II
89.3
66.98
R. G. McMullan
Lot 17, Blk. 1
II
If
50.
37.50
C. F. Smith
Lot 18, Blk. 1
Lot 19, Blk. 1
II
It
50.
37.50
T. W. Leland
II
II
50.
37.50
W. F. Adams
Lot 20, Blk. 1
II
If
54.8
41.10
R. R. Lyle
E. R. Bulin
Lot 10, Blk. 2
II
II
215.
161.50
Lot 11, Blk. 2
Lot 11-B, Blk. 2
11
II
100.
75.00
W. R. Logan
II
II
75.
56.25
Ran Boswell
Lot 13, Blk. 3
II
II
150.
112.50
Ward Const. Co
Lot 20, Blk. 3
Lot 13, Blk. 4
M
II
150.
112.50
L. G. Jones
If
II
225.
168.75
Henry Jones
Lot 20, Blk. 4
II
11
214.4
160.80
W. M\ Sparks
Lot 1, Blk. D
II
II
75.
56.25
Isaac Peters
Lot 1-B, Blk. D
II
II
100.
75.00
Mrs. Ann Baker
Lot 1, Blk. A
College
M
Park
117.5
88.13
J. T. Sanders
Lot 18, Blk. A
II
117.5
88.13
City of College Station
Blk. B
II
It
250.
187.50
Where more than one person, firm or corporation owns an interest in any property above described,
each person, firm or corporation shall be personally responsible only for its, his or her pro rata of the total
assessment against such property in proportion as its, his or her respective interest bears to the total own
ership of such property and its, his or her respective interest in such property may be released from the
assessment lien upon payment of such proportionate sum.
A hearing shall be given by and before the governing body of the City of College Station, Texas,
on the 15th day of June, 1964, at 7:00 p.m. at the City Council Chamber of the City Hall of the City of
College Station, Texas, to the owners of the respective parcels of property and to all others in any wise
interested, whether they be named herein or not, all of whom are hereby notified to be a n d appear at the
time and place herein named and fixed, and said hearing shall be continued from time to time and from
day to day, if necessary, until all desiring and presenting themselves to be heard, shall have been fully
and fairly heard, and at which hearing any mistakes, irregularities or invalidities in any of the proceed
ings with reference to the making of said improvements or assessments therefor m a y be corrected and
the benefits by means of said improvements, and the amount of the assessments, and the apportionment
of the cost of the said improvements, and all other matters and things shall be determined, and the real
to be improved, and any and all
others in
and true owners of the property abutting upon the said street to _ .
any wise interested, their agents and attorneys shall be and appear at said hearing at said time and place
and present and make any protest or objections which they or any of them may have as to the said im
provements, as to the benefits therefrom, as to the cost thereof, as to the amounts of such assessments, or
as to the amounts assessed, or as to any mistake, irregularity or invalidity in any proceedings with ref
erence to said assessments, such improvements, or to the contracts therefor and as to any other matter or
thing in any wise connected either with said improvements, contracts, or proceedings and after all de
siring and presenting themselves to be heard, either in person or by agents, attorneys, or representatives
have been fully and fairly heard, the said hearing shall be closed and assessments will by ordinance and
in accordance with law and the proceedings of the city be levied against the respective parcels of abutting
property and the owners thereof, whether such owners be named herein or not, and whether the property
be correctly described or not. At such hearings anyone in any wise interested or affected may subpoena
witnesses and introduce evidence and have the right to appear and be heard.
Assessments against abutting property and the owners shall be a personal liability of the owners of
such property and a first and prior lien on the property against which assessments are levied, and shall
be due and payable on or before thirty days after date of completion and acceptance of the improvements
and said assessments shall bear interest from date of such completion and acceptance until paid at the
rate of eight per centum (8%) per annum, payable annually, provided, any owner shall have the right to
pay the assessment at any time before maturity by paying principal and interest accrued to date of pay
ment, provided further that if default be made in the payment promptly as the same matures the entire
assessment shall be collectible together with reasonable attorney fees and cost of collection, if incurred.
and
The improvements in each unit constitute an entirely separate district and independent unit,
the proposed assessment for the improvement in each unit is in no wise affected by any fact or circum
stance in connection with any other unit all to the same extent and as fully as if entirely separate pro
ceedings had separate hearings, and separate notices thereof ordered.
YII
The City Secretary of the City of College Station is directed to give notice to the owners of prop
erty abutting upon the said portions of street named to be improved and to all others interested, of the
time, place and purpose of such hearings and of all m atters and things by causing a substantially correct
copy of this ordinance to be published at least three times in a newspaper published in and of general
circulation in the City of College Station, Texas, the first of which publication shall be made at least ten
days before the date of such hearing, and by such publication all owners of property abutting upon said
portions of said street, whether such owners be named herein or not and whether the property be correct
ly described herein or not, as well as to all others in any wise interested therein or to be affected there
by, shall be and are duly notified and no error or mistake in the name of any property owner, in the de
scription of any property or in the amount of any proposed assessment shall in any wise affect or invali
date such notice or any assessment levied pursuant thereto, and the real and true owners of such abutting
property shall be and are by such notice duly and fully notified. The City Secretary is further directed,
but not required to give further notice of such hearing by causing a substantial copy of such published
notice to be mailed to each owner of property abutting upon such portions of said street, but all such no
tices by mail shall be only cumulative of such notice by advertisement and publication, and said notices
by advertisement and publication shall in all cases be sufficient and binding whether or not any other
kind or character of notice be given.
VIII
The present condition of said portions of street endangers health and public safety, and it is neces
sary that the improvements thereof be proceeded with at once and while the weather will permit, and
such facts constitute and create an emergency and an urgent public necessity requiring that the rules
and provisions providing for ordinances to be read more than one time or at more than one meeting be
suspended, and requiring that this ordinance be passed as and take effect as an emergency measure, and
such rules and provisions are accordingly suspended and this ordinance is passed as and shall take ef
fect as an emergency measure and shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 25th day of May, 1964.
APPROVED:
S/J. A. Orr
Mayor Pro-tem
ATTEST:
S/K. A. Manning
City Secretary
lish 329, “Folklore and Folk
Songs,” taught by Dr. John Q. An
derson.
“I mentioned in the autobiogra
phy Anderson had us write that
my father-in-law remarked one
time that he was a descendant of
one of the lieutenants of Jean La
fitte,” Welsh said.
The Texas Aggie confesses he
had doubts that Campbell had been
chief lieutenant to Lafitte from
1818 to when the pirate—by U. S.
government “invitation” — left
Galveston Island in 1821. These
doubts faded with the reading of
Mirabeau B. Lamar’s “Information
derived James Campbell.” Lamar,
second president of the Republic of
Texas, visited Jim Campbell’s
home in 1855.
A year later Campbell died in a
storm while going to New Orleans
but the settlement remained until
after the Galveston Storm of 1915.
Now few traces remain except for
the cemetery with its defaced
tombstones, Welsh said.
Talk of pirates brings visions of
treasures, but Welsh insists that
Lafitte left nothing in the Galves
ton Island area.
The Texas Aggie points out that
Lafitte had three weeks to dig up
treasures before he sailed. But La
fitte did sail without his lieutenant,
Jim Campbell.
Campbell, who grew up in Balti
more, came into the Gulf of Mexi
co area after the War of 1812.
During his naval service he had
served aboard both the Constitu
tion and the Constellation, two fa
bled names in naval history.
In 1818 Campbell became chief
lieutenant to Lafitte at Galveston
Island and served until 1821.
“Mary (Mrs. Campbell) was
tired of having to move around
. . .,” Welsh wrote of her refusal
for the family to follow the pirate.
“Jim showed two pistols to back
up his decision to remain.”
Land in what now is the Camp
bell Bayou area was purchased
later and the family settled there.
“The heart-breaking thing of
this whole story is that the Gal
veston Storm of 1900 washed away
a trunkful of family papers,”
Welsh said. A telescope used by
Jim Campbell during his days with
Lafitte was found by a friend and
returned after the hurricane.
Student Sent To
Special Course
John Van Conner of Uvalde has
been awarded a $750 grant to at
tend a special graduate - level
at Tulane University this
course
summer.
A graduate wildlife management
major, Conner will be among a
limited number of students and
professors who will participate in
field studies in Florida, Georgia,
Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana,
Texas and New Mexico.
Their intensive study of animals
and plants in their natural envi
ronments is sponsored by a grant
from the U. S. Public Health Serv
ice.
AMONG THE PROFS
| Former Professor
iCited For Service
During the commencement exer
cises at Midwestern University,
Cicero H. Bernard, Professor and
Chairman of the Physics Depart
ment was named the Hardin Pro
fessor of the year for his outstand
ing academic contributions.
Bernard was a member of the
physics faculty at A&M during the
20 year period 1941-1961. The
award was presented by the Hard
in Foundation and cited Mr. Ber
nard as “one who has distinguished
himself in the field of physics, one
who has published materials of
academic interest, and who has ex- civil
celled in the inspirational sharing
of his knowledge with his stu
dents.” In addition to an indi
vidual wall plaque, the Hardin
Foundation presented Mr. Bernard
with a check in the amount of
$1250.00 as a gift.
★★★
Dr. C. R. Creger of the Depart
ment of Poultry Science traveled
to the University of Texas Medi
cal Branch in Galveston recently to
confer with Dr. R. H. Rigdon on
the “Muscular Dystrophy in the
Avian Species” project.
Creger is working with chicks
which develop muscular dystrophy.
One of the project’s purposes is to
uncover clues which might be use
ful in fighting muscular dystrophy
in humans.
★★★
Three members of the Engineer
ing Extension Service will help
conduct the eighth annual South
west Texas Water and Sewage
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training program.
★ ★★
Dr. W. R. Bodine of the Engi.
neering Extension Service is par
ticipating in the Region 5 U, S,
Civil Defense Council conference it
El Paso which began Tuesday,
Civil defense officials from a
five-state area will attend the
meeting. Bodine is head of A&M's
defense training school.
★★★
Three members of the Engineer
ing Extension Service are helping
conduct the 17th annual Water
and Sewage School at Arlington
State College.
Leon R. Holbert, chief of water
utilities training, discusses treat
ment, sources, distribution anil
storage of water.
M. A. Mixon spoke on basic wa
ter problems, including physical
and chemical standards, testing
and distributing systems.
The other A&M staff member,
James A. Wilson, outlined sewage
treatment.
★★★
Dr. Jack A. Dabbs of the Depart
ment of Modem Languages will
leave Saturday for Austin where
he will participate in a conference
on the problems of bilingualism.
The University of Texas sponsors
the conference which continues
through Wednesday.
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