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AN ORDINANCE VACATING ABANDONING AND CLOSING THE FORTY (40) FOOT
ROAD EXTENDING EAST AND WEST ACROSS TAE LA PORTE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT
AND LYING BETWEEN BLOCKS N0, ONE (1) AND TWO (2) OF THE W. J.
PAYNE S'cJBDIVISION.
WHEREAS, the Uited States of America, acting by and
through the War Assets Administrator, by Deed dated June4, 1947,
recorded in Volume lbl4, Page 190, of the Deed Records of Harris
County, Texas, sold and conveyed unto the City of La Porte, all
its right, title and interest in the following described property
situated in the County of Harris, State,of Texas, to-wit:
That certain piece or parcel of land situated in
the County of Harris, State of Texas, more parti-
cularly described as follow::
Being all of Lots No. One(1), Two (2),and Three
(3), and part of Lot No. Four (4), Block No. One
(1), part of Lots No. One (1) to Five (5), irclu~
sive, Block No. Two (2), and part of the road
lying between said Blocks No. One (1) and Two (2),
W, J. Payne Subdivision (according to a plat re-
corded in the records of Barris County in Deed
Record Books 384 at page lbl), and being more
particularly described as follows:
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Beginning at the Northeast corner of W, M. Jones
Survey; thence due South 3160.2 feet along the
East line of said W, M. Jones Survey to its inter.,
section with the ~TOrtherly line of the right of
way for Spencer Road; thence North 890334 West
4136,6 feet along said Northerly right of way
line to a point; thence due North 3157.8 feet to
a point on the North line of said W, M, Jones Sur
vey; thence South 89035 East, 4136.6 feet along
the North line of said survey to the point of begin
Wing, containing three hundred (300) acres, more
or less,
together with all runways, taxiways, apron, drainage system,
buildings and fencing thereon, and being the same land des-
cribed in deed from Helen Elizabeth Preston, Individually
and as Independent Executrix of the estate of Dora Lloyd
Preston, deceased, to the Jnited States of America, dated
May 15, 1943, and recorded in Vol. 1284, Page 4, of the
Deed Records of Harris County, Texas; ar_d
WHEREAS, since the date of said deed from the United
States of America, the City of La Porte has owned, maintained and
operated the La Porte Municipal Airport on all of said property
conveyed to said City by said deed; and
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WHEREAS, the plat of the said W. ,.~. Payne Subdivision in
the W. M. Jones Survey, recorded in Vol. 384, Page 161, of the Dee
Records of Harris County, Texas, shows a dedicated road forty (¢0)
feet in width lying between said blocks rdo. One (1) and No. Two (2
of the said W. J. Payne Subdivision and extending from the East li
of the hereinabove described property in a Westerly direction to
the West line of the said hereinabove described property; ar_d ~~
WHEREAS, the said forty (¢0) foot road running East and
West across the La Porte Municipal Airport has never been opened
or used as a public road or street; and
WHEREAS the City Commission of the City of La Porte has
determined and does hereby find, determine and declare that the
said forty (40) foot road across the La Porte Municipal Airport is
not suitable, needed or beneficial to the public as a public road
or street and should be vacated, abandoned and permanently closed;
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BE IT ORDAINED D".' THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA
PORTE, TEXAS, THAT:
Section 1. Under and by virtue of the powers granted to
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'the City of La Porte under its Home Rule Charter and Chapter 13,
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Title 28, Article 117$, of the Revised Civil Statutes of the State
of Texas, 1925, the forty (40) foot road extending East and West
across the La Porte Municipal Airport and lying between blocks iTo.
One (1) and Two (2) of the W. J. Payne Subdivision, as shown on the
plat recorded in Vol. 384, Page 161, of the Deed Records of Harris
County, Texas, is hereby permanently vacated, abandoned and closed
jby the Cityof La Porte.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be in
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force from and after its passage and approval.
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" PASSED AI~TD APPROVED THIS THE DAY OF C~.~'c.~.C-.
A.D.- 1957.
~ ATTEST: / /' ;,~
Mayor Pro.~tem~o ~~ tla(e City of La
Porte, Texas
City Clerk of the City of La
Porte, Texas