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r i i -G- h`~I~ltltAS, the City Commission of the City of La Porte, a:r'ter due and careful consideration, determined that the territory r~ithin the hereina{ter des- cribed limits, lying adjacent to the City GI La k~orte, is adaptable to, and neces- sary for, the economical and municipal needs and growth of the City of La Porte, alrt~ should be annexed to said city: td011, THl~.it~'EU!?E, BE I'T fl:t~tI~AINrI) RY TIIE.' CTTI' Cfli~~:IIS~~IGtd OF THE; CITY fll+ LA PflitTE, TEXI~S, 'TH(~T: Secti~an 1, The boundary limits of t~~e City of La forte, Texas, he en- larged and extenF_'ect, as hereinafter set out, so as to ine~.ude wtliin the boundary limits of said City ail tlae tern°itory lying adjacent to saiu City ~rithin the fol- loa~inr~ describes limits, tiaithout tlae consent of the territory and the inhabitants annexed, to-gait: Beginning on the taresent City Limit line of the City o~' La torte, at the intersection of the center line of tilest P~adison Street (formerly known as idorth :'1 Street) and the e9est right-of-way line of North Second Street; Thence in a Northerly direction along the ~dest right-of-way line of North Second Street to the point ~~here the Vilest right-of-~aay line of saic North Second Street, extended in the same direction, intersects ~~~i.th idorth right-of-way line of the T, C N. fl. Rail- road (also known as the G. Il. `, S. A. I{ailroad); Thence in a Nr~rthwesterly direction along the idorth right-oT-way line of the said T. t. lV. fl. Railroad to the paint where the sacrke intersects vJith the East uoundary line of the 'Town of Loraax, Texas; Thence in a P~ortherly direction talong the East boundary lime of the Toi~~n of Lomax, Texas, to the IVorttaeast corner of the said Town of Lo~aax; Thence in a Westerly directiE~n along the rJorthernmost boundary line of the said Town of Lomax extended, to the point where the same iu- . tersects laith the Portherly right-of-way line of Texas State Itigh- way ~~~i (also knotun as Houston-La Porte ~3oad), '1'tience in a Pdorttawesterly direction along the Northerly p iyht-o_k- way line of the said Texas State lligttway iVo. 22b, to the point where the same intersects with the Easterly right-of-quay line r~ Texas State ltighraay No.134 (also kno~an as battleground fioad); 'Thence in a Northerly dii°ecticn along the Easterly right-of-way line of the said State Highway No. 136, to the laoint where the same intersects with an imaginary line twr;i:£.,;-five hundrec? (2~G^U) feet distant from, parallel to, and South of the center line a.f the Iious- ton Ship Channel., said imaginary line also being the City Limit line of the City of c~ouston; Thence in a ilorthe~sterly direction along the said irraaginary line twenty-five hundred (.~~GG) feet distant from, parallel to, and 5orith of the said Ilouston Ship Channel, to the point where the swine inter- , sects urith the Southerly boundary line of the San racinto I#attlegroanr: State i'ark of Texas; 'Thence in a Southeasterly direction 31ong the said Southerly boun- `? nary line oi~ the said State Park to the Southernmost point of sari boundary line;