Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-06
OFFICIAL BALLOT
PROPOSITION No. ONE

Shall Section 2 Of Article I 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BOUNDARIES be repealed, and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 az 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
Fort Brown, and a tract OF 1l1.3
acres IN the name OF +. 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. IS, in the partition Of the Es-
piritu Santo Grant:
Thence N. 10 degrees 80 minutes w
with said dividing line 600 II. more
OF less TO q corner OF said reserva-
ton. being an tn-corner OF said
Tract No. 8;
Thence N. ~ degrees 80 minutes
u. 1920 IL. 70 the southwest cor
ner Of Paroles Tract No. 10:
Thence N. A degrees 40 minutes
K. 578 IT.; thence ". "A degrees IS
minutes <. 73l IT,: thence n. Al de-
grees 10 minutes E. GIL IT,; thence
N. 81 degrees % minutes e. 900 Fl.
to the most easterly corner OF Pa
redes Tract No. 10;
Thence N. "a degrees z. 3470 n.
more or less. 70 q point in the
boundary line Of the right OF way
OF the st. Il. b. a. M. nv. 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 or Paroles Tract No. S.
Thence N. 66 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 IL. more or less. TO
q 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
coutherly direction TO said Railroad
Company's right OF way,
Thence N. 4 degrees "a minutes
+. $50 II. along said extended line
20 the southeastern corner OF said
Paroles Tract No. 20;
Thence ". 4 degrees "a minutes
y. q distance OF 1910 II. with the
east boundary line OF said Paroles
Tract No. 20, to q point IN the old
original City Limits line:
Thence s. 80 degrees 06 minutes
w. along said old City Limits line
approximately $3.50 It. 70 its inter-
section with the west line OF State
Highway No. 8, otherwise known as
Paredes Avenue;
Thence northerly along the west
line OF Paroles Avenue approx
mately 1915 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
t~ersection with the west boundary
line Of Colonia Mexicana subdivi-
sion.
Thence southe-ly along the west
boundary line OF Colonia Mexi-
cana subdivision approximately $50
It. to its intersection with the south
line Of q proposed so #. roadway
extension OF Morton ROAD. the
description OF the ~centerline o..
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 IS rec
orded on page y OF Plat Book
NO. 3 Of the deed records OF
Cameron County. Texas;
Thence N. IS degrees 90 min
utes W. along the centerline Of
said Palm Boulevard 214I II. TO
the point OF intersection where
said Palm Boulevard makes a
bend 70 the south:
Thence continuing on said N.
86 degrees 90 minutes w. Dur
1874 #. to the point Of begin
ninr CT a 4 degree curve to the
rir1t which has an interSecting
ANGLE az 81 de~~ceS n5 minutes
am 4 radius cf 1927 IT,.
Thence along said Z degree