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BOUNDARIES be repealed.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
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 Rz4wn, and a tract OF il1.3
acres IN the name Of r. j. Combe,
known as and being Tract No. 8,
In the partition Of a larger tract
commonly known as the Paroles
Tract. which larger tract IS Share
Nc. 10, in the partition OF the ES-
piritu Santo Grant:
Thence N. IS degrees 80 minutes w
with said dividing line 500 #. more
or less to a corner OF said reserva-
ton. being an in-corner OF said
Tract No. 8;
Thence ". A degrees 80 minutes
y. 1920 IT. to the southwest cor
ner Of Paroles Tract No. 10;
Thence N. A degrees 40 minutes
y. 578 it.; thence N. A degrees IS
minutes <. 731 it.; thence N. Al de-
grees 10 minutes z. GIL IT.; thence
N. 81 degrees % minutes K. 600 It.
to the most easterly corner Of Pa
redes Tract No. 10:
Thence N. "a degrees Z. 3470 n.
more or less. to a point in the
boundary line OF the right OF way
OF the st. l.. b. & NJ. Ry. Co.'S
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. Sc 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
lance Of 1925 f.. more or less, TO
q point where said right OF way
line will intersect the east boun-
Diary line Of Paroles Tract No. %.
IL said line were extended In a
southerly direction TO said Railroad
Company'S right or way.
Thence N. 4 degrees "a minutes
II. $50 II. along said extended line
TO the southeastern corner Of said
Paroles Tract No. 90:
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r.. a distance OF 1910 II. with the
east boundary line OF said Paroles
Tract No. 20, 10 a point in the old
oriesnal City Limits line,
Thence S. 80 degrees 06 minutes
/. w. along said old City Limits line
approximately $3.50 1T. TO 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
rnately 1915 II. 10 It's intersection
with the south line OF Las Casas
Street;
Thence Westerly along the south
line OF Las CaSaS Street approx
imately 500 1t. to the point Of in
tt~rRction with the west boundary
Of Colonia Mexicana subdivi-
don;
Thence southerly along the west
I boundary line Of Colonia Mexi-
cana subdivision approximately $40
1t. to I s<rtersection with the south
Zine of\a proposed 80 II. roadway
extension Of Morton Road. the
description OF the centerline of
which road Is as follows:
Beginning at the point where
the center line Of Palm Boule-
ward intersects the ~centerline OF
Goodrich Avenue in the Los Eba-
nos Properties subdivision as rec
orded on page IL OF Plat Book
Nc. s Of the deed records OF
Cameron County, Texas;
Thence N. Sc degrees 90 min
utes w. along the oenterline Of
said Palm Boulevard 2l4l II. TO
the point Of intersection where
said Palm Boulevard makes a
bend to the south;
Thence continuing on said ".
S6 degrees 90 minutes ". curse
1874 IT. to the point OF begin
ming OF a 4 degree curve TO the
right which has an interesting
ann'e az IS deTr~-z O. minutes
and a radius az l4S2.7 It.:
Thence along said : degree