Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-29
OFFICIAL BALLOT
PROPOSITION No. ONE

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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BOUNDARIES be repealed, and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 fellows:
Beginning at a 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
ESrt Brown, and a tract OF lll.3
a1kges in the name OF F. j. Combe,
Known as and being Tract No. 8,
in the partition Of q larger tract
commonly known as the Paroles
Tract. which larger tract is Share
No. 10, in the partition Of the ES-
piritu Santo Grant;
Thence N. 70 degrees 80 minutes w
with said dividing line 9O9 #. more
or less TO a corner OF said reserva-
ton, being an tn-corner OF said
Tract No. 9;
Thence N. AZ degrees 80 minutes
Z. 1920 II. 70 the southmost cor
ner OF Paroles Tract No. 10;
Thence N. A degrees 40 minutes
Z. 578 it.; thence ". IA degrees %
minutes 4. 73l #; thence ". Al de-
grees 10 minutes z. 62l it.: thence
N. 81 degrees % minutes z. $50 #.
TO the most eaSterly corner Of Pa
redes Tract No. 10;
Thence N. "a degrees z. 347o n.
more or less, TO a point IN the
boundary line OF the right Of way
of the st. T.. B. & 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. S.
Thence N. &c degrees IA minutes
w. with the north right Of way
line OF said st. l.. B. & NJ. r. r.
Cos Piper Plantation Spur, a dis
.tance Of 1925 it., more or less. 10
a point where said right Of way
line will ~intersect the east boun-
Diary 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 II. along said extended line
20 the southeastern corner OF said
Paroles Tract No. 20;
Thence ". 4 degrees "a minutes
Z. a distance Of 1910 fl. 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 fl. 10 its inter-
section with the west line OF state
Highway NO. 8, otherwise known as
Paroles Avenue;
Thence northerly along the west
line Of Paroles Avenue approx
mately 1875 II. TO its intersection
with the south line OF Las Casas
Street;
Thence Westerly along the south
line OF Las CaSas Street approx
mately 800 It. TO the point OF in
~tersectIon with the west boundary
line Of Colonia Mexicana subdivi-
sion;
Thence southerly along the west
boundary line Of Colonia Mexi-
cana subdivision approximately $40
ft.Ato its intersection with the south
liz of a proposed 80 II. roadway
extension Of Morton Road. the
description OF the c~enterline OF
which road Is as follows:
Beginning at the point where
the center line of Palm Boule-
yard intersects the c~enterline OF
Goodrich Avenue in the Los Eba-
nos Properties subdivision a. rec
orded on page IL Of Plat Book
Nc. 8 Of the deed records Of
Cameron County. Texas:
Thence N. IS degrees 90 min
utes w. along the c~enterline OF
said Palm Boulevard 2i4.1 II. to
the point Of intersection where
said Palm Boulevard makes a
bend TO the south;
Thence continuing on said N.
IS degrees 90 minutes w. course
1874 Il. to the point OF begin
ming Of a 4 degree curve TO the
right which has an interesting
angle OF 80 DEGREES c. minutes
and q radius Of 1432.7 it,;
Thence along said 4 degree