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

Shall Section ? OF Article I Of the
existing charter Of the City Of
Brownsville, Texas, rslatlg TO
BOUNDARIES be repealed. and
the following proposition and pro-
vision be enacted and adopted as
o cart 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 q point On the
north bank Of the Rio Grande Riv-
er, In Cameron County. Texas,
where said bank IS i~ntersected by
the dividing line between the u. S.
Military Reservation, known as
Fort Brown. and q tract Of lib
acres IN the name OF r. j. Combe.
known as and being Tract No. g.,
In the partition OF a larger tract
commonly known as the Paredes
Tract, which larger tract Is Share
Nc. 10, In the partition OF the Es-
piritu Santo Grant;
Thence ~. Is degrees 80 minutes w
with said dividing line 900 It. more
or less 20 O corner Of said reserva-
ton. being an in-c0rner OF said
Tract No. 9;
Thence N. 40 degrees 30 minutes
E. 1920 70. to the Southmost cor
me- OF Paroles Tract No. 10.
Thence ~. "A degrees 40 minutes
H. 578 IT,; thence n. "A degrees Is
minutes z. 731 IT,: thence N. Al de-
grees 10 minutes Z. GIL It.; thence
nv. 81 degrees p minutes K. $50 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. 3. & NJ. Ry. Cos
Piper Plantation Spur. which said
point IS situated az the intersec-
ton OF said Railroads north right
or way line with the western uoun-
dairy line Of Paroles Tract No. s..
Thence N. 66 degrees IA minutes
w. with the north right Of way
line OF said st. L. 3. a. NJ. r. r..
Co.'S Piper Plantation spur, a dis
tarlee OF 1925 f., more or less. to
a point where said right OF way
line viii intersect the east boun-
Diary line Of Paroles Tract No. 20,
II said line were extended IN a
southerly direction 10 said Railroad
Company,s right OF way.
Thence N. 4 degrees "a minutes
n. $50 It. along said extended line
20 the southeastern corner OK said
Paroles Tract No. 20;
Thence N. 4 degrees "a minutes
4. q distance OF 1910 II. with the
east boundary line of said Paroles
Tract No. 90, 70 q point IN the old
original City Limits line,
Thence S. SO degrees O6 minutes
W. along said old City Limits line
approximately $3.50 II. to its inter-
section with the west line OF State
Highway No. 8. otherwise known as
Paredes Avenue;
Theme northeriy along the west
line OF Paroles Avenue APPROX
mately 1915 II. TO its intersection
with the south Inns or Las Casas
Street;
Thence Westerly along the south
line OF Las CasaS Street approx
mately 500 It. TO the point OF in
t~ersection with the west boundary
line Of CoIonia Mexicana subdivi-
sion:
Thence southerly along the west
boundary line OF Colonla Mexi-
cana subdivision approximately $50
IT. to its intersection with the south
line Of d proposed 80 IT. roadway
extension OF Morton Roa6. TIA
description Of the ~centerline o..
which road Is as follows;
beginning at the point where
the center line Of Palm Boule-
ward s~ntersects the ~centerline Of
Goodrich Avenue in the Los Eba-
nos Properties subdivision as rec
orded on page II Of Plat Book
No. s OF the deed records Of
Cameron County, Texas:
Thence n. IS degrees 90 mir
utes w. along the centerline Of
said Palm Boulevard 2l4i It. 10
the point Of intersection where
+. said Palm Boulevard makes a
bend to the south;
Thence continuing on said N.
Sc degrees 90 minutes w. course
1874 1T. TO the point Of begin
nira or q 4 degree curve TO the
right which has an intersecting
anrle az SO degrees 05 minutes
and q radius OF 1927 IT.
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