Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-22
OFFICIAL BALLOT
PROPOSITION No. ONE

snail section = 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BOUNDARIES be repealed, and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
a 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, n Cameron County, Texas.
where said bank IS -intersected by
the dividing line between the u. s..
Military Reservation, known as
Font Brown, and q tract Of lib
fs in the name OF +. J. Combe.
Town as and being Tract No. 9,
81 the partition OF a larger tract
commonly known as the Paroles
Tract, which larger tract is Share
No. 10, in the partition Of the Es-
piritu Santo Grant;
Thence N. IS degrees 80 minutes w
with said dividing line 500 ft. more
or less TO q corner Of said reServa-
ton, being an in-corner OF said
Tract No. 9;
Thence ". AZ degrees 30 minutes
z. 1920 IT. to the southmost cor
ner Of Paroles Tract No. 10;
Thence ". "A degrees 40 minutes
Z. SIS it,; thence N. "A degrees IS
minutes K. 73l it.; thence ~. Al de-
grees 10 minutes Z. GIL it.; thence
N. 81 degrees % minutes +. 600 #.
TO the most easterly corner Of Pa
redeS Tract No. 10.
Thence N. "a degrees e. 34T0 II.
more or less, 10 a point in the
boundary line Of the right Of way
OF the ST. l.. =. a 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-
Diary line OF Paroles Tract No. 5.
Thence N. 66 degrees IA minutes
w. with the north right Of way
line Of said st. /. B. & M. r. r.
Cos Piper Plantation Spur, a dis
lance of 1925 it., more or less. to
a 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
southerly direction to said Railroad
Company's right OF way.
Thence N. 4 degrees "a minutes
Z. $50 II. along said extended lipe
to the southeastern corner OF said
Paroles Tract No. 90:
Thence NJ. 4 degrees "a minutes
<. a distance OF 1910 10. with the
east boundary line Of said Paroles
Tract No. 20, 70 q point ii 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
Paroles Avenue;
Thence northerly along the west
line OF Paroles Avenue approx
mately 1915 II. 70 IT'S intersection
with the south line OF Las CasaS
Street:
Thence Westerly along the south
line OF Las CasaS Street approx
mately 500 It. to the point OF in
te~rsection with the west boundary
lidr of Colorfa Mexicana subdivi-
kience southerly along the west
bod adary line Of Colonia Mexi-
carA subdivision approximately $50
II. d its intersection with the south
linelns a proposed so fl. roadway
exteflslon OF Morton Road, the
description OF the ~centerline or
which road Is as follows:
Beginning at the point where
the center line OF Palm Boule-
ward intersects the ~centerline or
Goodrich Avenue in the Los Eba-
nos Properties subdivision as rec
orded on page - OF Plat Book
No. 8 Of the deed records OF
Cameron County. Texas:
Thence n. SIS degrees 90 min
utes w. along the centerline of
said Palm Boulevard 2i4l Fl. 10
the point Of intersection where
said Palm Boulevard makes q
bend 10 the south:
Thence continuing on said ".
as degrees 90 minutes w. curse
1874 II. TO the point Of begin
ming Of a 1 degree curve 70 the
right which has an in~tersecting
anrls OF 80 de-reas o5 minutes
and Z radius o. l432.7 IT,:
Thence along said 1 degree