By Stiles H.B. No. 2914
75R5505 PAM-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the conveyance by the General Land Office of the
1-3 state's interest in certain real property.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION FOR CONVEYANCE. (a) The state
1-6 grants and relinquishes any right, title, and interest in and to
1-7 the use of the property described by Section 2 of this Act that the
1-8 state may have. The commissioner of the General Land Office may
1-9 convey, on behalf of the state, any such interest to the City of
1-10 Port Arthur.
1-11 (b) The conveyance authorized by this section must be for a
1-12 cash consideration in an amount not less than the fair market value
1-13 of the property to be conveyed, as determined by the commissioner
1-14 of the General Land Office after an appraisal performed by an
1-15 appraiser employed by the General Land Office and taking into
1-16 consideration improvements already made by the City of Port Arthur
1-17 and under other terms negotiated in a purchase and sale agreement
1-18 between the parties. The commissioner shall reserve for the state
1-19 the minerals in or on the property and their ownership and the
1-20 rights for their exploration. The conveyance must be completed by
1-21 an instrument quitclaiming the state's interest, including a
1-22 quitclaim deed.
1-23 (c) On payment of the consideration required by Subsection
1-24 (b) of this section and the issuance of the quitclaim instrument,
2-1 the title of the City of Port Arthur to the property described in
2-2 the instrument becomes absolute, subject to the reservations made
2-3 by Subsection (b) of this section. The property shall no longer be
2-4 subject to a public trust or any other restriction on its use or
2-5 disposition by the municipality except as provided by Subsection
2-6 (b) of this section, and the municipality may use, develop, lease,
2-7 sell, option, or convey all or any portion of the property for
2-8 public or private purposes subject to applicable provisions of the
2-9 Texas Constitution.
2-10 (d) Section 31.158, Natural Resources Code, does not apply
2-11 to the conveyance authorized by this section.
2-12 SECTION 2. PROPERTY DESCRIPTION. The real property
2-13 authorized for conveyance by Section 1 of this Act consists of the
2-14 real property commonly known as Pleasure Islet:
2-15 (1) excluding the real property conveyed by the City
2-16 of Port Arthur to the Government of the United States described by
2-17 Section 3 of this Act; and
2-18 (2) including the real property described as follows:
2-19 (A) Tract 1 is 1,895.57 acres of land situated
2-20 and described as follows:
2-21 In Jefferson County, known as the H. L. McKee survey,
2-22 situated about 10 miles S 32 E from Beaumont; same having been
2-23 surveyed by virtue of H.B. No. 66 passed by the 5th Called Session
2-24 of the Forty first Legislature; Beginning at a point on the extreme
2-25 SE corner of Pleasure Pier bulkhead; thence S 50 47' E parallel
2-26 the center line produced of Austin Avenue, in Port Arthur 4613.9
2-27 varas to a corner of this tract on the E bdy line of the State of
3-1 Texas, and the W bdy line of the State of Louisiana, known as N
3-2 131,617.07 and W 98,954.40 of the Sabine-Neches district system of
3-3 co-ordinates of the US Engineering Dep't., from which corner a 5'
3-4 section of 4" soil pipe on the Louisiana shore of Sabine lake 13.6
3-5 varas back from edge of water and 16" above ground brs. S. 50 47'
3-6 E 5226.15 varas;
3-7 Thence S 58 W 2281.32 varas with the E bdy line of the State
3-8 of Texas the W bdy line of the State of Louisiana, to a corner of
3-9 this tract on line parallel with center of Austin Avenue in Port
3-10 Arthur and 2160 varas from the place of beginning; being located by
3-11 above mentioned coordinates Nos. N 128,258.76 and W.104,328.50;
3-12 thence N 50 47' W with a line parallel with center line of Austin
3-13 Avenue, projected and 2160 varas from the place of beginning
3-14 4611.05 varas to a corner of this tract, on the W shore of Lake
3-15 Sabine; same being a point on the mean low water contour; located
3-16 by coordinate Nos. N. 136,358.00 and W 114,251 Thence N 40 52' E
3-17 with the mean low water contour of the W shore of Lake Sabine 1160
3-18 varas to a point for corner of this tract; thence N. 38 57' E with
3-19 mean low water contour of the W shore of Lake Sabine 1000.34 varas
3-20 to the most northeasterly corner of this tract, located by
3-21 coordinates N 140,955.34 and W 110.396.64 from which corner of the
3-22 SW corner of the Joseph Butler survey brs S 50 12' W 1029 varas.
3-23 Thence S 50 47' E parallel with center line produced of Austin
3-24 Avenue 488.26 varas pass the most southwesterly corner of Pleasure
3-25 Pier Bulkhead 703 varas to the place of beginning.
3-26 (B) Tract 2 is 14.7 acres of land situated and
3-27 described as follows:
4-1 In Jefferson County, known as Jefferson Scrip 596, situated
4-2 about 17 miles S 35 E from Beaumont; Said land having been
4-3 surveyed by virtue of S B 58, H B 73, First Called Session
4-4 Forty-Third Legislature;
4-5 Beginning at the U S Engineers Department Station 544 / 94.2,
4-6 on the Reference line of the Sabine Neches Waterway, where it
4-7 intersects the N line of Pleasure Pier Causeway, and also N 3544'
4-8 E 1137 varas of the S W corner of the Joseph Butler Survey; Said
4-9 beginning corner being also the Beginning corner of the first tract
4-10 of those lands surveyed for the City of Port Arthur by virtue of
4-11 authority of an Act of the 42nd Legislature, H B 819, Approved 18th
4-12 May 1931;
4-13 Thence, with said reference line, S 2731' W 36 varas a steel
4-14 bar on the S side of said Pleasure Pier Causeway, the N corner of
4-15 the U S Reservation 20.8 acre tract, surveyed by virtue of Senate
4-16 Bill 56, First Called Session 43rd Legislature;
4-17 Thence, with the S line of Pleasure Pier Causeway, the N line
4-18 of said U S Government 20.8 acre tract, and Tract 3, Jefferson
4-19 Scrip 594, S 5053' E 256.4 varas a steel bar for the E corner of
4-20 said U S Government 20.8 acre tract, 636.07 varas a corner, S
4-21 3807' E 22 varas; S 1123' E 29.16 varas; S 1513' W 53.95 varas;
4-22 S 2720' E 44.34 varas to the SW corner of Pleasure Pier Concrete
4-24 Sabine Lake;
4-25 Thence S 5050' E with the S line of Pleasure Pier Concrete
4-27 of Pleasure Pier Bulkhead, the beginning corner of the H L McKee
5-1 survey;
5-2 Thence N 39 E with the E line of the Pleasure Pier Concrete
5-3 Bulkhead, 217.3 varas to the NW corner of Tract 2, Jefferson Scrip
5-4 594, the SE corner of Tract 1, Jefferson Scrip 594;
5-5 Thence N 5051' W with the northerly side of said Concrete
5-6 Bulkhead, 216.92 varas a corner of same;
5-7 Thence, with the northerly side of Pleasure Pier Causeway, N
5-8 7547' W 44.61 varas, S 6301' W 53.95 varas; S 8937' W 29.16
5-9 varas; N 6339' W 22 varas; N 5053' W 643.32 varas to the place of
5-10 beginning.
5-11 (C) Tract 3 includes three separate tracts
5-12 containing 1,524.77 acres of land situated and described as
5-13 follows:
5-14 In Jefferson County, known as Jefferson Scrip No. 594,
5-15 situated in the water of Lake Sabine immediately adjoining the City
5-16 of Port Arthur in the County of Jefferson and State of Texas,
5-17 surveyed by virtue of House Bill No. 819, Forty-second Legislature,
5-18 Special Laws, regular session.
5-19 FIRST TRACT: The beginning corner of the first tract is
5-20 situated at Station 544 plus 94.25 on the reference line of the
5-21 Sabine Neches Waterway, Texas, said beginning corner being on the
5-22 North line of Pleasure Pier Causeway, and N. 36 01' E. 928.1 varas
5-23 of the figured position of the Southwest corner of the Joseph
5-24 Butler survey; Thence along and parallel to the government
5-25 reference line N. 27 31' E. 163.31 varas to the point of curvature
5-26 of a curve to the right with a radius of 1965.28 varas thence along
5-27 the chords of that curve N. 28 02' E. 36 varas, N. 29 05' E. 36
6-1 varas, N. 30 08' E. 36 varas, N. 31 11' E. 36 varas, N. 32 13'
6-2 E. 36 varas, N. 33 16' E. 36 varas, N. 34 19' E. 36 varas, N. 35
6-3 22' E. 36 varas, N. 36 25' E. 36 varas, N. 37 27' E. 36 varas,
6-4 N. 38 23' E. 26.2 varas, to the point of tangency marked by United
6-5 States Engineer Department Brass Disc covered pipe; Thence N. 38
6-6 45' E. along said reference line 1558 varas to U. S. E. D. Brass
6-7 Disc; Thence N. 38 24' E. 41.08 varas to U. S. E. D. Brass Disc
6-8 marked 605 plus 09; Thence N. 37 40' E. along said reference line
6-9 at 429 varas pass figured position of S. W. corner of Horatio
6-10 McHany's Headright survey, at 1522.8 varas to the point of
6-11 curvature of a curve to the right with a radius of 1954.66 varas
6-12 marked by U. S. E. D. Brass Disc 647 plus 37.7; Thence along the
6-13 chords of that curve, N. 38 12' E. 36 varas, N. 39 15' E. 36
6-14 varas, N. 40 18' E. 36 varas, N. 41 22' E. 36 varas, N. 42 25'
6-15 E. 36 varas, N. 43 28' E. 36 varas, N. 44 14' E. 15.85 varas to
6-16 the point of tangency U.S.E.D. Brass Disc marked 654 plus 10.7;
6-17 Thence N. 44 28' E. along said reference line 1561.1 varas to the
6-18 point of curvature of a curve to the left with a radius of 2170.66
6-19 varas; U.S.E.D. Brass Disc; Thence along the chords of that curve
6-20 N. 44 E. 36 varas, N. 43 03' E. 36 varas, N. 42 05' E. 36
6-21 varas, N. 41 08' E. 36 varas, N. 40 12' E. 36 varas, N. 39 15'
6-22 E. 36 varas, N. 38 17' E. 36 varas, N. 37 20' E. 36 varas, N. 36
6-23 44' E. 10.7 varas to the point of tangency U.S.E.D. Brass Disc
6-24 marked 705 plus 42.4; Thence N. 36 35' E. along said reference
6-25 line 1116.7 varas to the point of curvature of a curve to the right
6-26 with a radius of 1954.66 varas; Thence along the chords of that
6-27 curve N. 37 07' E. 36 varas, N. 38 10' E. 36 varas, N. 39 13' E.
7-1 36 varas, N. 40 17' E. 36 varas, N. 41 20' E. 36 varas, N. 42
7-2 23' E. 36 varas, N. 43 08' E. 14.2 varas to the point of tangency
7-3 U. S. E. D. Brass Disc 743 plus 20.4; Thence N. 43 20' E along
7-4 said reference line 409.4 varas to a 2" iron pipe in the North City
7-5 Limits Line of the City of Port Arthur; Thence S. 50 53' E. along
7-6 and parallel to the present city limits a distance of 932.8 varas
7-7 to corner in the bed of Sabine Lake; Thence S. 39 02' W. a
7-8 distance of 7411.8 varas to the Northeasterly corner of the present
7-9 Port Arthur Pleasure Pier Bulkhead, said corner being N. 39 E.
7-10 217.3 varas of the beginning corner of the H. L. McKee Survey in
7-11 Sabine Lake; Thence North 50 51' W. 216.92 varas along the
7-12 Northerly side of said pier to the N. W. corner of the concrete
7-13 bulkhead; Thence along the north side of Pleasure Pier Causeway
7-14 marked by row of piling, N. 75 47' W. 44.61 varas, S. 63 01' W.
7-15 53.95 varas, S. 89 37' W. 29.16 varas, N. 63 39' W. 22 varas, N.
7-16 50 53' W. 643.32 varas to the place of beginning containing
7-17 1338.83 acres.
7-18 SECOND TRACT: Beginning at the outside corner of concrete
7-19 Bulkhead, it being the extreme southeast corner of what is now
7-20 known as Pleasure Pier Bulkhead, said point being the beginning
7-21 corner of the H. L. McKee 1895.57 acre survey as surveyed by J. C.
7-22 McVea, Licensed land surveyor, June 25, 1931; Thence South 50 47'
7-23 E. parallel and along the north side of said H. L. McKee survey, a
7-24 distance of 4613.9 varas to the N. E. corner of said McKee survey
7-25 on the East boundary line of the State of Texas, being also a point
7-26 on the West boundary line of the State of Louisiana; Thence North
7-27 58 East a distance of 229.52 varas along the East boundary line of
8-1 the State of Texas, being also the West boundary line of the State
8-2 of Louisiana to corner for this tract; Thence North 50 47' W. a
8-3 distance of 4688.62 varas along a line parallel to the first side
8-4 of tract to the extreme Northeast corn of the Pleasure Pier
8-5 Bulkhead, thence S. 39 W. a distance of 217.3 varas along the
8-6 outside concrete face of the Pleasure Pier Bulkhead to the point of
8-7 beginning, containing 179.03 acr of land.
8-8 THIRD TRACT: Beginning at the most northern corner of the H.
8-9 L. McKee survey of 1895.57 acres, a steel bar in the Southeastern
8-10 line of the U. S. Government 20.8 acre survey surveyed for the U.
8-11 S. Government by virtue of an Act of the 43rd Texas Legislature,
8-12 First Called Session, Senate Bill No. 5 6 approved October, 1933;
8-13 Thence North 38 57' E. along said line, a distance of 89.53 varas
8-14 to steel bar at the most Eastern corner of said U. S. Government
8-15 Survey and in the Southwestern side of Pleasure Pier Causeway, a
8-16 tract of land of 14,693 acres surveyed for the City of Port Arthur;
8-17 Thence along said Pleasure Pier Causeway (marked on the ground by
8-18 row of piling, now covered), S. 50 53' E. 379.67 varas, S. 38 07'
8-19 E. 22 varas, S. 11 23' E. 29.16 varas, S. 15 13' W. 53.95 varas
8-20 and S. 27 20' E. 44.34 varas to the Southwest corner of Pleasure
8-21 Pier Bulkhead, and the Northeast line of the H. L. McKee 1895.57
8-22 acres Survey in Sabine Lake; Thence North 50 47' W. along the said
8-23 McKee survey line, 485.83 varas to the most Northern corner of his
8-24 survey, the place of beginning containing 6.91 acres of land.
8-25 (All bearings were determined from angles measured with
8-26 transit from the U. S. Engine Department Reference Line along the
8-27 Sabine Neches Ship Canal, the Magnetic Variation being 8 12' East)
9-1 No bearing trees.
9-2 (D) Tract 4 is 1,877.94 acres of land situated
9-3 and described as follows:
9-4 In JEFFERSON County, known as a portion of the bed of Sabine
9-5 Lake, about 20 miles from Beaumont. On the application of The City
9-6 of Port Arthur, Texas, by C. R. Eisler, Mayor, filed in the General
9-7 Land Office October 21, 1955; bought and fully paid for under the
9-8 provisions, limitations, and reservations of H.B. 541, Acts 54th
9-9 Legislature, approved May 11, 1955, for municipal purposes only;
9-10 and the said provisions, limitations, and reservations are hereby
9-11 incorporated into this patent by reference the same as if they were
9-12 specifically set out herein.
9-13 For a locative and beginning corner, the Northwest corner of
9-14 a 1338.33 acre tract survey by Forrest Daniell on July 27, 1931,
9-15 said corner being in the Sabine Neches Waterway;
9-16 Thence along a calculated line and parallel to the present
9-17 U.S.E.D. Reference Line as follows: Thence North 4322' East
9-18 207.50 varas; Thence North 4219' East 51.01 varas; Thence North
9-19 4032' East 77.29 varas; Thence North 3820' East 96.98 varas;
9-20 Thence North 3704' East 2027.34 varas; Thence North 3734' East 54
9-21 varas; Thence North 4017' East 86.40 varas; Thence North 4254'
9-22 East 126.83 varas; Thence North 4742' East 125.46 varas; Thence
9-23 North 4803' East 117.61 varas; Thence North 4409' East 130.50
9-24 varas; Thence North 4124' East 115.85 varas; Thence North 3834'
9-25 East 107.60 varas; Thence North 3710' East 134.21 varas; Thence
9-26 North 3550' East 132.48 varas; Thence North 3332' East 114.12
9-27 varas; Thence North 3019' East 190.19 varas; Thence North 2659'
10-1 East 180.00 varas; Thence North 2303' East 108 varas; Thence North
10-2 2134' East 149.40 varas; Thence North 1843' East 95.69 varas;
10-3 Thence North 1645' East 140.40 varas; Thence North 1311' East 144
10-4 varas; Thence North 1119' East 108 varas; Thence North 835' East
10-5 163.01 varas; Thence North 510' East 94.14 varas; Thence North
10-6 404' East 48.31 varas; Thence North 342' East 95.80 varas; Thence
10-7 North 357' East 324 varas; Thence North 8601' West 18 varas;
10-8 Thence North 357' East 1436.58 varas; Thence North 549' East
10-9 92.52 varas; Thence North 1156' East 149.76 varas; Thence North
10-10 2211' East 177.91 varas; Thence North 2829' East 104.76 varas;
10-11 Thence North 3449' East 119.63 varas; Thence North 3957' East
10-12 87.62 varas; Thence North 4217' East 285.95 varas to point for the
10-13 Northwest corner of this tract, said point being in the Sabine
10-14 Neches Waterway; Thence South 5053' East, at 108.33 varas U.S.E.D.
10-15 Concrete Monument with brass plate marked Sta.610 [/] 84.4, at
10-16 2709.83 varas to point in Sabine Lake for the Northeast corner of
10-17 this tract; Thence South 3902' West--7493.98 varas to a point in
10-18 Sabine Lake for the Southeast corner, same being the Northeast
10-19 corner of the 1338.33 acre tract surveyed by Forrest Daniell on
10-20 July 27, 1931; Thence North 5053' West at 824.33 varas intersect
10-21 U.S.E.D. present Reference Line, at 932.80 varas to the place of
10-22 beginning.
10-23 (E) Tract 5 includes three separate tracts
10-24 containing 5,920.82 acres of land situated and described as
10-25 follows:
10-26 In JEFFERSON County, known as 5,920.82 acres, being hereby
10-27 conveyed in accordance with the provisions of Senate Bill No. 285,
11-1 Acts of 1967, Regular Session, for commercial, recreational and
11-2 industrial development, and in order to provide a spoil area to the
11-3 Corps of Engineers for re-working and cleaning out the
11-4 Intra-coastal Canal in the Sabine Lake area, said lands being
11-5 described in three tracts by metes and bounds as follows:
11-6 TRACT 1:
11-7 A tract of submerged land, containing 1,326.12 acres, situated in
11-8 Jefferson County, Texas, being parts of State Tracts 13, 14, 15,
11-9 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 31 in Sabine Lake, and being more
11-10 particularly described by metes and bounds as follows, to-wit:
11-11 Commencing at a point which marks the U.S. Corps of Engineers
11-12 Sabine-Neches Canal Reference Line Station 240[/]05.9; said point
11-13 being 171.05 varas from the theoretical centerline of the
11-14 Sabine-Neches Canal;
11-15 Thence, South 6832'05" East, a distance of 360.00 varas to a
11-17 Thence, South 8358'05" East, a distance of 667.9 varas to a
11-18 point for corner on the Northeasterly end of an existing timber
11-20 being 2502.70 varas along the Southerly side and measured from the
11-21 most Southerly corner of the 1338.33 acre tract of land granted to
11-22 the City of Port Arthur by the State of Texas and recorded in
11-23 Volume 64-A, No. 212 of the General Land Office Patent Records,
11-24 said point also being the point of beginning of the tract of land
11-25 herein described;
11-26 Thence, North 3638'35" East, a distance of 6948.00 varas to
12-1 Thence, South 0537'16" East, a distance of 1937.00 varas to
12-3 Thence, South 3638'35" West, a distance of 4,545.51 varas to
12-5 Thence, West a distance of 1623.60 varas to the place of
12-6 beginning.
12-7 All bearings herein refer to the Lambert Plane Coordinate
12-8 System which differ by 229'30" clockwise from the True Meridian.
12-9 (South Central Zone).
12-10 TRACT 2:
12-11 A tract of land containing 3230.7 acres in Jefferson County, Texas,
12-12 being parts of State Tracts 32, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, and 42 in
12-13 Sabine Lake, and being more particularly described by metes and
12-14 bounds as follows, to-wit:
12-15 Beginning at a point on the Southwesterly line of the H. L.
12-16 McKee Survey, Jefferson County, Texas, a distance of 270.00 varas
12-17 from the most Westerly corner of the aforementioned H. L. McKee
12-18 Survey and being a point from which the U.S. Corps of Engineers
12-19 Sabine-Neches Canal Reference Line Station 116[/]28.60 bears North
12-20 5336'14" West 381.04 varas; said Reference Line Station being
12-21 126.00 varas from the theoretical centerline of the Sabine-Neches
12-22 Canal, said point also being the point of beginning of the tract of
12-23 land herein described;
12-24 Thence, South 5336'14" East 2420.85 varas to a point for
12-26 Thence, South 1009'07" West, 8,236.48 varas to a point for
13-1 Thence, North 3745'58" West, 881.91 varas to a point for
13-2 corner;
13-3 Thence, North 3016'11" West, 423.00 varas to a point for
13-4 corner;
13-5 Thence, North 2100'38" West, 756.00 varas to a point for
13-6 corner;
13-7 Thence, North 3135'15" West, 306.00 varas to a point for
13-8 corner;
13-9 Thence, North 2048'58" West, 705.60 varas to a point for
13-10 corner;
13-11 Thence, North 1517'01" West, 954.00 varas to a point for
13-12 corner;
13-13 Thence, North 2253'31" West, 187.20 varas to a point for
13-14 corner;
13-15 Thence, North 433'44" West, 338.40 varas to a point for
13-17 Thence, North 1534'46" East, 900.00 varas to a point for
13-18 corner;
13-19 Thence, North 2401'13" East, 504.00 varas to a point for
13-20 corner;
13-21 Thence, North 208'30" West, 576.00 varas to a point for
13-22 corner;
13-23 Thence, North 339'50" East, 972.00 varas to a point for
13-24 corner;
13-25 Thence, North 721'00" West, 997.20 varas to a point for
13-26 corner;
13-27 Thence, North 2155'43" East, 491.40 varas to a point for
14-1 corner;
14-2 Thence, North 4223'56" East, 408.60 varas to a point for
14-3 corner;
14-4 Thence, North 038'54" West, 252.00 varas to a point for
14-5 corner;
14-6 Thence, North 3116'43" East, 253.80 varas to a point for
14-7 corner;
14-8 Thence, North 4524'46" East, a distance of 480.24 varas to
14-9 the place of beginning.
14-10 All bearings herein refer to the Lambert Plane Coordinate
14-11 System which differ by 228'41" clockwise from the True Meridian.
14-12 (South Central Zone).
14-13 TRACT 3:
14-14 Field notes of a tract containing 1364 acres in Jefferson County,
14-15 Texas, being parts of State Tracts 32, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42 and 43
14-16 and being the South and West mid part of Pleasure Island and being
14-17 more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows, towit:
14-18 Beginning at a point on the Southwesterly line of the H. L.
14-19 McKee survey, a distance of 270.00 varas from the most westerly
14-20 corner of the said McKee survey, the North corner of a 3230.7 acre
14-21 tract described above;
14-22 Thence in a southerly directly with the west line of said
14-23 3230.7 acre tract with the following meanders:
14-24 S. 45 24' 26" W. 480.2 varas; S. 31 16' 43" W. 253.8 varas;
14-25 S. 0 38' 54" E. 252.0 varas; S. 42 23' 56" W. 408.6 varas; S.
14-26 21 55' 43" W. 491.4 varas; S. 7 21' 00" E. 997.2 varas; S. 3
14-27 39' 50" W. 972.0 varas; S. 2 08' 30" E. 576.0 varas; S. 24 01'
15-1 13" W. 504.0 varas; S. 15 34' 46" W. 900.0 varas; S. 4 33' 44" E.
15-2 338.4 varas; S. 22 53' 31" E. 187.2 varas; S. 15 17' 01" E. 954.0
15-3 varas; S. 20 48' 58" E. 705.6 varas; S. 31 35' 15" E. 306.0
15-4 varas; S. 21 00' 38" E. 756.0 varas; S. 30 16' 11" W. 423.0
15-5 varas; S. 37 45' 58" E. 881.9 varas to the South corner of said
15-7 Thence, N. 10 09' 07" W. 253.4 varas with the East line of
15-8 said 3230.7 acre tract to the line of mean high tide on the east
15-9 side of Pleasure Island;
15-10 Thence, southeastwardly with the line of mean high tide along
15-11 the east side of Pleasure Island with the following meanders:
15-12 S. 38 05' E. 306.7 varas; S. 62 33' E. 371.2 varas; S. 51
15-13 37' E. 247.3 varas; S. 46 31' E. 511.2 varas; S. 73 22' E. 235.8
15-14 varas; N. 88 23' E. 104.4 varas; S. 68 45' E. 460.8 varas; S.
15-15 58 57' E. 399.6 varas; S. 72 04' E. 313.2 varas; N. 82 29' E.
15-16 214.2 varas; S. 52 57' E. 162.0 varas; S. 79 0' E. 273.6 varas;
15-17 S. 57 06' E. 99.0 varas; N. 63 52' E. 82.1 varas; S. 55 47' E.
15-18 79.6 varas; S. 81 20' E. 921.2 varas; S. 64 13' E. 431.3 varas;
15-19 S. 28 57' E. 295.6 varas; S. 21 36' W. 71.6 varas; S. 20 01' E.
15-20 119.5 varas; S. 23 16' W. 194.4 varas to the most southern point
15-21 of land at Mesquite Point;
15-22 Thence, in a Northwestwardly, Northerly and Northeastwardly
15-23 direction with the line of mean high tide along the west side of
15-24 Pleasure Island with the following meanders:
15-25 N. 70 10' W. 82.8 varas; S. 88 31' W. 107.6 varas; N. 70
15-26 33' W. 1541.5 varas; N. 68 23' W. 1349.6 varas; N. 58 54' W.
15-27 303.8 varas; N. 75 35' W. 344.5 varas; N. 65 48' W. 173.5 varas;
16-1 N. 84 26' W. 256.0 varas; N. 66 47' W. 547.9 varas; N. 50 16' W.
16-2 652.7 varas; N. 55 12' W. 225.0 varas; N. 33 18' W. 762.5 varas;
16-3 N. 22 33' W. 1800.4 varas; N. 16 43' W. 733.4 varas; N. 22 06'
16-4 W. 1164.6 varas; N. 33 55' W. 183.2 varas; N. 19 24' W. 958.7
16-5 varas; N. 3 56' W. 490.3 varas; N. 7 58' E. 179.3 varas; N. 27
16-6 11' E. 359.6 varas; N. 38 05' E. 434.2 varas; N. 19 12' E. 256.3
16-7 varas; N. 8 55' E. 777.2 varas; N. 5 49' W. 278.6 varas; N. 5
16-8 32' E. 405.0 varas; N. 15 06' E. 469.1 varas; N. 25 14' E. 520.9
16-9 varas; N. 38 43' E. 652.3 varas; N. 36 04' E. 500.8 varas to the
16-10 point of intersection of the line of mean high tide with a
16-11 northwesterly projection of the southwest line of the H. L. McKee
16-12 survey;
16-13 Thence, S. 53 36' 14" E. 431.3 varas, passing the west
16-14 corner of said McKee survey and continuing with the southwest line
16-15 of said McKee to the place of beginning.
16-16 All bearings herein are grid bearings from the Lambert Plane
16-18 41".
16-19 SECTION 3. EXCLUDED PROPERTY. The real property excluded
16-20 from conveyance under Section 2 of this Act consists of the real
16-21 property described as follows:
16-22 BEGINNING at station 526, plus 74.66 on the Government
16-23 reference line of the Sabine-Neches Waterway, Texas, for the point
16-24 of beginning, said station being north 4723' east 494 varas of the
16-25 figured position of the southwest corner of the Joseph Butler
16-26 Headright Survey;
16-27 Thence along said reference line following the chords of a
17-1 curve to the left with a radius of 1051.63 varas as follows: North
17-2 30 21' east 36.6 varas north 28 12' east 39.37 varas; north 26
17-3 04' east 39.37 varas; north 24 43' east 9.91 varas to the point of
17-4 reverse curve, 3-3/4 brass disc marked U. S. E. D. 529 plus 92.9;
17-5 Thence along the chords of a curve to the right with a radius
17-6 of 4336.45 varas as follows: North 24 41' east 35.27 varas; north
17-7 25 09' east 35.27 varas; north 25 37' east 35.27 varas; north 26
17-8 05' east 35.27 varas; north 26 33' east 35.27 varas; north 27 01'
17-9 east 35.27 varas; north 27 24' east 22.24 varas to point of
17-10 tangency;
17-11 Thence along the said reference line north 27 31' east
17-12 265.75 varas to U. S. E. D. station 543 plus 94.2 on south side
17-13 of Pleasure Pier causeway;
17-14 Thence along Pleasure Pier causeway marked by line of piling
17-15 south 50 53' east 256.39 varas;
17-16 Thence south 38 57' west 609.99 varas;
17-17 Thence North 51 15' west 127.3 varas to the place of
17-18 beginning, containing 20.8 acres of land; said tract being that
17-19 shown on attached plat as "U. S. Reservation 20.8 ac".
17-20 SECTION 4. EMERGENCY. The importance of this legislation
17-21 and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
17-22 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
17-23 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
17-24 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
17-25 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
17-26 passage, and it is so enacted.