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<br />ORDIiTA%?CE N0, ~,,~c C~'~
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<br />AN ORDINANCE VACATING ABANDONING AND CLOSING THE FORTY (40) FOOT
<br />ROAD EXTENDING EAST AND WEST ACROSS TAE LA PORTE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT
<br />AND LYING BETWEEN BLOCKS N0, ONE (1) AND TWO (2) OF THE W. J.
<br />PAYNE S'cJBDIVISION.
<br />WHEREAS, the Uited States of America, acting by and
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<br />through the War Assets Administrator, by Deed dated June4, 1947,
<br />recorded in Volume lbl4, Page 190, of the Deed Records of Harris
<br />County, Texas, sold and conveyed unto the City of La Porte, all
<br />its right, title and interest in the following described property
<br />situated in the County of Harris, State,of Texas, to-wit:
<br />That certain piece or parcel of land situated in
<br />the County of Harris, State of Texas, more parti-
<br />cularly described as follow::
<br />Being all of Lots No. One(1), Two (2),and Three
<br />(3), and part of Lot No. Four (4), Block No. One
<br />(1), part of Lots No. One (1) to Five (5), irclu~
<br />sive, Block No. Two (2), and part of the road
<br />lying between said Blocks No. One (1) and Two (2),
<br />W, J. Payne Subdivision (according to a plat re-
<br />corded in the records of Barris County in Deed
<br />Record Books 384 at page lbl), and being more
<br />particularly described as follows:
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<br />Beginning at the Northeast corner of W, M. Jones
<br />Survey; thence due South 3160.2 feet along the
<br />East line of said W, M. Jones Survey to its inter.,
<br />section with the ~TOrtherly line of the right of
<br />way for Spencer Road; thence North 890334 West
<br />4136,6 feet along said Northerly right of way
<br />line to a point; thence due North 3157.8 feet to
<br />a point on the North line of said W, M, Jones Sur
<br />vey; thence South 89035 East, 4136.6 feet along
<br />the North line of said survey to the point of begin
<br />Wing, containing three hundred (300) acres, more
<br />or less,
<br />together with all runways, taxiways, apron, drainage system,
<br />buildings and fencing thereon, and being the same land des-
<br />cribed in deed from Helen Elizabeth Preston, Individually
<br />and as Independent Executrix of the estate of Dora Lloyd
<br />Preston, deceased, to the Jnited States of America, dated
<br />May 15, 1943, and recorded in Vol. 1284, Page 4, of the
<br />Deed Records of Harris County, Texas; ar_d
<br />WHEREAS, since the date of said deed from the United
<br />States of America, the City of La Porte has owned, maintained and
<br />operated the La Porte Municipal Airport on all of said property
<br />conveyed to said City by said deed; and
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