Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-22
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BOUNDARIES be repealed.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 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. ).
Military Reservation, known as
Fort <rown, and q tract Of 11l.3
acreN n the name Of +. J. Combe.
known as and being Tract No. 9,
in the partition OF a 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. Is degrees 80 minutes w
with said dividing line 909 #. more
or less TO q corner OF said reserva-
ton, being an in-corner Of said
Tract No. 8;
Thence N. ~ degrees 30 minutes
Z. 1920 It. 70 the southwest cor
ner Of Paroles Tract No. 10;
Thence N. A degrees 40 minutes
<. 578 it.: thence ". A degrees IS
minutes K. 73l it.: thence N. Al de-
grees 10 minutes K. 62l IT.; thence
N. 81 degrees % minutes E. 600 #.
TO the most easterly corner Of Pa
redes Tract No. 10;
Thence N. "a degrees Z. 3470 n.
more OF 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 at the ~interSec-
ton OF said Railroads north right
OF way line with the western boun-
dairy line OF Paroles Tract No. s..
Thence N. 60 degrees IA minutes
w. with the north right OF way
line Of said St. L. B. 81 M. r. r.
Cos Piper Plantation Spur. q dis
tance OF 1925 it., more or less, to
a point where said right OF way
line will intersect the east boun-
Diary line OF Paroles Tract No. 90.
II said line were extended in a
southerly direction TO said Railroad
Company's right Of way.
Thence ~. 4 degrees "a minutes
+. $50 IT. along said extended line
to the southeastern corner OF said
Paroles Tract No. 20;
Thence n. 4 degrees a minutes
f. a distance OF 1910 IT. with the
east boundary line OF said Paroles
Tract No. 20, 10 a point in the old
original City Limits line;
Thence s. SO degrees O6 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 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 #. 70 the point OF in
LeISCClACA WIFI AA4E NGNN UOLlAAdIN
line Of Colonia Mexicana subdivi-
sion:
Thence southerly along the west
boundary line OF COlonia Mexi-
cana subdivision approximately $50
II. to Its intersection with the south
line o. proposed so #. roadway
exten{on 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 e
orded on page IL of Plat Book
No. 8 OF the deed records OF
Cameron County. Texas;
Thence N. Sc degrees 90 min
utes w. along the centerline Of
said Palm Boulevard 2l41 #. 10
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 II. to the point OF begin
ming Of n 4 degree curve to the
right which has an interesting
anrle OF 90 oorrces c. minutes
and 4 radius CT 1927 IT,:
Thence along said Z degree