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e e ..'----..", =II ~e ,. '. 387 AN ORDINANCE ENLARGING AND EXTENDING 'rHE BOUNDARY LIlUTS OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, AND ANNEXING ADDITIONAL ADJACENT TERRITORY TO SAm CITY. BJ~ IT ORDAINED BY THl!: CITY COMl.'J:SSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: S:i!:CTION ONE: That the boundary lines of the City of La Porte, Texas, be enlarged a:::I.d extended as hereinafter set out so as to include within the boundary limits of said City all that territory lying adjacent to said City within the following des- cribed lines, to-witg . BEGINNING at the intersection of the North right-of-way line of South "0" Street, Tovm of La Porte, Texas, with the West right-of-way line of the G. H. and S. A. Railroad, Harris County, Texas; THENCE, in a southerly direction with said railroad right-of-way to a point where said railroad right-of-way intersects the Nprth line of the George McKinstry Survey, Abstract 41, Harris County, Texas; THENCE, in a westerly direction with said survey line to a point where said survey line intersec"(,s the East right-of-way line of the County Road known as "Red Bluff' Road", Harri~ County, Texas; THENCE, in a northerly direction with the East right-of-way line of said Red Bluff Road ~~H,th-'-"~'t=ot'-weyd--::t:ne~~.s~:urRed$l~)to the South right- of-way line of the road commonly lmO'Wll as "Spencer High:way", Harris County, Texas; THENCE in an easterly direction with the South right-of-way line of said Spencer Highway to a point vmere it intersects the East right-of-way line of Center Street of the Tovm of Deer Park, Tex,as; THENCE, in a north~rly direction with the East right-of-way line of said Center:Street to the NorttlRight-of-way line of Texas State Highway #225, Harris County, Texas; THENCE, in a~ easterly direction vuth the North right-of-way line of said !exas State Highway ~o. 225 to the West right-of-way line of Texas State Highway 1\;00 134, Harris County, Texas; THENCE, in a northerly direction with the West right-of-way line of Texas State Highway No. 134 to a point where said line interesects the South boundary line of the San Jacinto Battlegrounds State Park of Texas; THENCE, in an easterly direction following the South boundary line of the S~n Jacinto Battleground State Park to the Southern most point of said boundary; T~CE; in a northeasterly direction following the East boundary line of said State Park and said East bounde.ry line of said State Park extended in the same direction to a point of intersection with an imaginary line 2500 feet distant from undp;lrallel to, and on the South side of, the center line of the Houston Ship \..Ihan- ne1; THENCE, following in a Southeasterly direction, said imaginary line to a point where such line intersects the North right-of-way line of State Highway 1~6; THENCE, along the North right-of-way line of Texas State Highway 146 in a :~outhwesterly direCt ion to a point 1mere said right-of-way line intersects the East right-of-way line of Donaldson Street, City of La Porte, Texas, such point of inter- 13ection being in the East boundary line of the present limits of said City of La Porte; SECTION TV'iO: That the territory included '\outhin the above described boundary lines be hereby annexed to, and made a part of, the City of La Porte, Texas, and the inhabi- '~ants thereof shall be bound by the acts and ordinances of said City.