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ORDINANCS NO.
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AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING THE HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED rrERRITORY
rro THE CITY OF LA PORrrE, rrEXAS, AND EXrrENDING THE BOUNDAHY LIMITS
OF SAID CITY SO AS rro INCLUDE SAID HEREINMFrEH DESCHIBED TERHITOEY
WrI'HIN SAID CITY LIJ.VlIfrS, AND GRANTING TO j\LL THE INHABITAWrS AND
OWNERS OF SAID PHOPERTY ALL OF THE EIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF OTHER
CITIZENS AND BINDING SAID INHABITANTS BY ALL rrHE ACTS, ORDINANCES,
RESOLUTIONS AND REGULArrIONS OF SAID CI'l'Y.
WHEREAS, the City of La Porte has heretofore adopted a
Home Hule Charter authoriz
it to annex territory and extend the
corporate limits of said city by action of the City Commission; and,
WHEHEAS, the hereinafter described land is adjacent to the
present city limits of the City of La Porte and members of the City
Commission of the City of' La Porte have concluded that said al'ea
should be annexed and made a part of the City of' La Porte, 'Texas;
NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COJVIMISSION OF THS CITY OF
LA PORTE, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the following described territory be and
the same is hereby annexed to the City of La Porte, Texas, and the
boundary limits of the City of La Porte be, and the same are hereby
extended to include the following descI'ibed territory wi thin the
city limits of the City of La Porte, and the same shall hereafter be
included within the territorial limits of said city, a,ld the inbabi-
tants thereof shall hereafter be entitled to all rights and privileges
of other citizens of the City of La Porte, and they shall be bound by
the acts, ordinances, resolutions and l'egulations of said city.
That the territory to be so annexed is more particularly described
as follows, to-wit:
BEGINNING at the intersection of the East right-of-way line
of State Highway 13Lj. (also known as Battleground Hoad) with
the North line of the 'l'exas Alkyls, Inc., 12. '7'79 acre trac t
as described in that certain deed from Phillips Petroleum
Company to 'Texas Alkyls, Inc., dated May 22, 1959, and re-
corded in Volume 3712, Page 95 of the Deed Records of Harris
County, Texas;
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THENCE, North 880 05' East with the North line of the said
Texas Alkyls, Inc., 12.779 acre tract to the Northeast cor-
ner of the said Texas Alkyls, Inc., 12. '779 acre tract;
THENCE, South 200 55' West a distance of 861.7 feet to the
Southeas t corner of' the said Texas .Alk:yls, Inc., 12.7'79
acre tI'act;
rrHENCE, continuing Sou.th 200 55' West to a point 100 feet
North of the South line of the Arthur McCormick Survey #
A_L~6 ;
InmNCE, in an EasteI'ly direction parallel to and 100 feet
North of the South line of the Arthur McCormick Survey
#A-46 to a point of intersection with a West line of that
certain 29 acre tract of land conveyed by R. E. Smith to
The Carwin Company by deed dated February 3, 1960, recorded
in Volume 3930, Page 5 of the Deed Hecords of Harris County,
Texas;
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THENCE, North 010 04' West a distance of 305 feet more or
less along the said West line of the said 29 acre tract to
a point for corner marl(ed by a 1 1/4 II iron pipe;
THENCl!:, South 880 561 West a dj_stance of 828.26 feet to the
mos t wes terly Sou thwes t COI'ner of the said The Carwin Com-
pany 29 acre tract;
THENCE, North 100 091 East a distance of 518.25 feet to the
Northwes t corner of the said The Carwin Company 29 acre
tract;
THENCE, North 880 571 4111 East a distance of 17'76.61 feet
to the Northeast corner of the said The Carwin Company 29
acre tract and being in the West line of the Houston Light-
ing & Power Company 14.156 acre tract, as shown in that
certain deed from J. Waldene Hine to Houston Lighting &
PoweI' Company as l"ecorded in Volume 2643, Page 11.~5 of' the
Deed Records of Harris County, Texas;
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THENCE, South 010 11' 3411 East along the WeE?t line of the
said Houston Lighting & Power Company 14.156 acre tract and the
East line of the said The Carwin Company 29 acre tract a dis-
tance of 913.03 feet to a point in the South line of the
Arthur r1icCormick Survey #A-46 being also the Southwes t cor-
ner of the said Houston Lighting & Power Company 14.156 acre
tract and being the Southeast corner of the said The Carwin
Company 29 acre tract;
THENCE, in a westerly direction along the South line of the
Arthur McCormick Survey #A-1.~6 to the Southwest cor>ner of
the said Arthur IVIcCormic:< SUI'vey #A-46;
THENCE, in a noriherly direc tion along the Wes t line of the
Arthur McCormick Survey #A-46 to the Southeast corner of
that certain 3 acre tract conveyed to Texas Alley-Is, Inc., by
Jeff E. Fleming, Trustee, by that certain deed recorded in
Volume 3705, Page 326 of the Deed Hecords of Harris County,
Texas;
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THENCE, South 890 251 West a distance of 305.58 feet to the
East right-of-way line of State Highway 134;
THENCE, in a northerly direction along the East right-of-way
line of State Highway 134 to the PLACE OF BEGINNING.
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SECTION 2. That should any portion of the territory
sought to be annexed herein not be subject to annexation by the
City of La Porte) then it is the intention oJ:' the City Commission
of the City of La Porte to annex only such portion of said area as
may be legally subject to annex.ation by the City of La Porte) and
the fact that a portion of said area may not legally be subject to
annexation by said city shall not affect the validity of the
annexation of the remaining portions of said territory) it being
the intention of the City Commission to annex all or such portions
of the above described area as it may legally annex.
SECTION 3. That this ordinance shall take effect from
and after its passage as the Charter in such cases provides.
PASSED by the City Commission on first reading on the
..30 7;i(; day of ?z~
) 1960.
APPHOVED: