Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-02
OFFICIAL BALLOT
PROPOSITION No. ONE

5nau section : OF Arllcle ! OF the
existing charter Of the City Of
Brownsville, Texas, relating to
BOUNDARIES be repealed, and
the following proposition and pro-
vision be enacted and adopted as
q part Of the charter OF the City
of Brownsville:
BOUNDARIES: The boundaries
and limits OF the City OF Browns
vile shall be as follows:
Beginning at q point on the
north bank Of the Rio Grande Riv-
er, IN Cameron County. Texas.
where said bank is -intersected by
the dividing line between the u. S..
Military Reservation, known as
Fort Brown, and a tract Of lll.3
acres in the name Of r. j. Combe.
known as and being Tract No. g..
in the partition OF a larger tract
commRrly known as the Paroles
Trace which larger tract Is Share
No. 1917 IN the partition Of the Is
piritu Santo Grant:
Thence N. 13 degrees 80 minutes w
with said dividing line 500 IT more
or less to a corner Of said reserva-
oAoAS bS4AAS dA AA-ASAANA VI SdIQ
Tract No. 3;
Thence N. ~ degrees 50 minutes
K. 1920 It. TO the southwest cor
ner Of Paroles Tract No. 10;
Thence N. ~ degrees &C minutes
e. 578 IT.; thence II. ii degrees %
minutes E 73l it.; thence N. Al de-
grees 10 minutes Z. 62l f.; thence
N. 81 degrees % minutes Z. $50 Il.
70 the most easterly corner Of Pa
redes Tract No. 10:
Thence ". "a degrees <. 3470 II.
more or less, TO a point in the
boundary line Of the right OF way
Of the ST. L. b. a. NJ. Ry. Cos
Piper Plantation Spur. which said
point is situated at the intersec-
ton Of said RAILROADS. north right
of way line with the western boun-
Diary line OF Paroles Tract No. 5.
Thence N. Go degrees IA minutes
w. with the north right OF way
line Of said st. L. 3. & NJ. r. r.
Co.'S Piper Plantation Spur, a dis
lance OF 1925 it., more or less, TO
a point where said right Of way
line will intersect the east boun-
dairy line Of Paroles Tract No. 20,
II said line were extended IN a
southerly direction TO said Railroad
Company's right Of way.
Thence N. 4 degrees "a minutes
Z. $50 r.. along said extended line
10 the southeastern corner Of said
Paroles Tract No. 20:
Thence N. 4 degrees "a minutes
Z. a distance OF 1910 1t. with the
east boundary line Of said Paroles
Tract No. 20. to a point in the old
original City Limits line:
Thence S. 80 degrees 06 minutes
w. along said old City Limits line
approximately $3.50 #. TO its inter-
section with the west line OF State
Highway No. s, otherwise known as
Paroles Avenue:
Thence northerly along the west
line of Paroles Avenue approx
mately 1915 fl. TO It's intersection
with the south line OF Las Casas
Street;
Thence Westerly along the south
line OF Las Casas Street approx
mately 800 #. 10 the point OF in
t~ersection with the west boundary
line Of Colonia Mexicana subdivi-
sion:
Thence southerly along the west
boundary line Of Colonia Mexi-
cana subdivision approximately 500
It. to its intersection with the south
line Of a proposed so II. ROADWAY
extension OF Morton Road. the
description of the ~centerline OF
which roAd is as follows;
"Be& ming at the point where
the cehter line OF Palm Boule-
ward intersects the centerline OF
Goodrich Avenue in the Los Eba-
nos Properties subdivision as rec
orded on page II Of Plat Book
No. 8 Of the deed records OF
Cameron County. Texas;
Thence N. Sc degrees 90 min
utes w. along the centerline Of
said Palm Boulevard 2l4l It. to
the point Of intersection where
said Palm Boulevard makes a
bend TO the south;
Thence continuing on said N.
So degrees 90 minutes w. course
1874 II. to the point Of begin
ming Of a 4 degree curve 10 the
right which has an interesting
angle az g G@-r-c7 c5 minutes
and a radius Of 14s27 IT,:
Thence along said 1 degree