Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-09
OFFICIAL BALLOT
PROPOSITION No. ONE


Shall Section 2 OF Article / 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BOUNDARIES be repealed.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
O 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-
Ter. in Cameron County, Texas,
where said bank is intersected by
the dividing line between the u. S.
Military Reservation, known as
Fort Brown, and q tract Of 1il.3
acres in the name Of r. J. Combe.
lsknown as and being Tract No. 9,
lin the partition OF a larger tract
3commoIG7f known as the Paroles
Tract, which larger tract is Share
mo. 10, in the partition OF the Es-
piritu Santo Grant:
Thence N. Is degrees 80 minutes w
with said dividing line 900 It. more
Tor less to a corner OF said reserva-
|ti2n, being an in-corner OF said
Tract No. 8;
Thence N. AZ degrees 30 minutes
lie. 1920 Il. to the southwest cor
Fner of Paroles Tract No. 10;
Thence N. Al degrees 40 minutes
IL. 578 It.; thence N. "A degrees IS
minutes L. 73l It,; thence N. Al de-
krees 10 minutes K. 62l IT,; thence
lin. 81 degrees IS minutes K. $50 #.
Ito the most easterly corner Of Pa
|redes Tract No. 10:
Thence ~. "a degrees E. 3470 II.
more or less, to a point in the
boundary line of the right Of way
Vpf the st. L. B. a. M. Ry. Cos
ripper Plantation Spur, which said
4point Is situated at the intersec-
<.ion Of said Railroads north right
y3f way line with the western boun-
larry line OF Paroles Tract No. 5.
Thence NJ. GO degrees IA minutes
wv. with the north right Of way
7 dne of said st. l.. b. e. M. r. r.
Cos Piper Plantation Spur, a dis
tance OF 1925 IT,, more or less. 70
10 point where said right OF way
Iline will intersect the east boun-
diary line Of Paroles Tract No. 20.
kn said line were extended IN a
4 5outherly direction to said Railroad
[Company's right OF way.
Thence N. 4 degrees "a minutes
10. $50 II. along said extended line
no the southeastern corner Of said
Ijparedes Tract No. 20:
Thence NJ. 4 degrees "a minutes
III. q distance OF 1910 It. with the
>Rst boundary line OF said Paroles
Tract No. 20, 70 a point in the old
nginal City Limits line;
Thence S. 50 degrees 06 minutes
M along said old City Limits line
approximately $3.50 IT. TO its inter-
ksection with the west lire OF State
Highway No. 3, otherwise known as
f,aredes Avenue;
Thence northerly along the west
Inc OF Paroles Avenue approx
Y nately 1875 #. to its intersection
With the south line Of Las Casas
4 Jtreet;
Thence Westerly along the south
me OF Las CaSaS Street approxi-
snately 800 II. to the point Of in
.ersection with the west boundary
line OF Colonia Mexicana subdivi-
5iDn;
Thence southerly along the west
oundary line OF Colonia Mexi-
ana subdivision approximately $50
i TO its intersection with the south
ne OF a proposed so n. roadway
Extension of Morton Road. the
description OF the centerline Of
mich roasfl' as follows;
beginning at the point where
4the center line OF Palm Boule-
Evard intersects the c~enterline Of
A Goodrich Avenue In the Los Eba-
nos Properties subdivision as rec
|N0rded on page IL Of Plat Book
Elvo. 8 OF the deed records OF
E1ameron County. Texas;
RThence n. SO degrees 90 min
HES w. along the ~centerline OF
lnid Palm Boulevard 2l4.l fl. to
he point Of intersection where
nid Palm Boulevard makes a
IND 10 the south:
Thence continuing on said N.
degrees 90 minutes w. course
MA II. to the point .of begin
3Adng Of a 4 degree curve to the
Hrht whi-h has an in.eTsacting
8nnele OF SO de---~7 c. minutes
emo n radius Of 1887 IT,:
r~hnr~n along said A dacrnn