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" - /,-' -........... e e ,,...--....... ~e . 386 . AN ORDINANCE ENLARGmG AND EXTENDING THE BOUNDARY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, AND ANNEXING ADDrrIONAL ADJACENT TERRI.. TORY TO SAID CITY 0 BE IT ORm.INED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE 0 SECTION ONE: That the boundary lines of the City of La Porte. Texas, be enlarged and extended as hereinafter set out so as to inolude within the bOlmdary limits or said City all that territory lying adjaoent to said City within the following des- oribed lines, to-wit: BEGmNING at tbs intersection of the North righ:l;-of-way line of South 0 Street, City of La Porte, with the West right-of-way l1ne of the G. H. a:nd S. A. Railroad; THEEOE in a Southerly direotion with said Railroad right-of..wq to Q. point where said Railroad interseots the North line of the Geo. Mo Kinstry Survey, Abstraot 47; THENCE in a Westerly' direotion with said Survey line to a point where said survey line interseots an imag1nary line projeoted Southerly from Underwood Road; THENCE in a Northerly direotion with the projeoted imaginary Une of Under- w'ood Road, and oantinuirJg along the East right-of-way line of said Underwood Road for a distance of 201)000 feet, more or less, to a point \'bere said right-of-way Une interseots the Harth right-of~ line of Texas State RighWl\Y' 225,; THENCE, in a NOJrthwesterly direotion, along the North right-of-~ line of Texas State Highway 225 to a point where said right-of-wa.y line 1ntersects with the West right-of-way line of Texas state High~ 134; THENCE, along the West right-of-way line of Texas State Highway 134 to a point where the East right"'o:f~ line of State Highway 134. interseots the South bOlDlda:ry ,line of the San Jaointo Battleground State Park of Texas,; THENCE, in an Easterly direotion following the South boundary line of the San Jadinto Battleground State Park to the Southern most, point of s aid boundary; THENCE, in a No:rtheasterly direotion following the East boundary line of said State Park and sa:id East boundary line of said State Park extended in the same direc- tion to a point of intersectian with an imaginary line 2500 feet distant from and parallel to, and an the South side of, the center l:1ne of the Houston Ship Charme 1; THENCE, follow1ng in a Southeasterly direotion, said imaginary line to a point where such line intel"seots the North right-of-~ line of State Highway 146; THEli!CE, along the North righ:t;-of-~ l:1ne of Texas State Highway 146 :1n a south-westerly direction to a point mere said right-of-way line interseots the East right-of-wa;y line of Donaldson Street, City of La Porte, TexQ.s, such point at intersection being m the East bOUIldary line of the preserrli limits of said City o,f Ie. Porte e SECTION TWO: That the territory :1noluded within the above desoribed' bOlmdary lines be hereby annexed to,!) aul made a part of, the City of Ia. Porte, Texas, a:nd the in- habitants thereof shall be bound by the aots and ordinanoes of said City. SECTION THREE: That if al'lY portion or portions of the above desoribed territory is validly inoluded tvith:1n the territorial limits of another oity or t om, thEm such portion or portians of the above described territory is hereby excluded. and the remaining territory is hereby annexed to the City of La Porte, and the bO\mdary limits of s aid City are hereby amended to oonform to the boundary limits of such other oity or town or such other cities or towns along the area of the oonfliot. SECTION FOUR: That if ~ portion or portions of the above desoribed territory l.egally mq beo()lD!L1:a.oluded within the limits of another city or town by reason elf a valid amle xation ordinance heretofore introduoed before the 001.D1Oil, Comm.- i,ssion or other legislative body of suoh oity or t own, then such portion or portiClls et t he above desoribed territory is hereby exoluded from the limits of the City of 108. Porte and tl'e remaining territory is hereby annexed to the City of La Porte and the boundary limits of said City of La Porte are hereby amended to oonform to the 'boundary limits of s uoh other oity or town or suoh other oities or toms along the erea of the oonfliota