1-1 By: Zbranek (Senate Sponsor - Bernsen) H.B. No. 794
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House March 29, 1999;
1-3 March 30, 1999, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Natural Resources; May 5, 1999, reported favorably by the following
1-5 vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 5, 1999, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the boundaries of the Chambers County-Cedar Bayou
1-9 Navigation District.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Section 3, Chapter 589, Acts of the 75th
1-12 Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, is amended to read as follows:
1-13 SECTION 3. BOUNDARIES. The district shall include all of
1-14 the territory contained within the following described area:
1-15 BEING approximately 8420 [8640] acres of land situated wholly in
1-16 Chambers County, Texas, and being more particularly described by
1-17 metes and bounds as follows, to-wit:
1-18 BEGINNING at the most Western Northwest corner of the existing
1-19 Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation District boundary on the East
1-20 Bank of Cedar Bayou for the Southwest corner of this tract of land
1-21 and being the Northwest corner of the John Ijams League, Abstract
1-22 No. 15 and the Southwest corner of the John Steele Survey, Abstract
1-23 No. 227.
1-24 THENCE in a Northerly direction with the West line of this tract,
1-25 the West line of the Steele Survey and the East Bank of Cedar Bayou
1-26 to a point in the North right of way line of Spur 55 for a corner
1-27 of this tract and the Southwest corner of a 6.35 acre tract of land
1-28 belonging to Johnnie G. Jennings.
1-29 THENCE in an Easterly direction with the North line of this tract
1-30 of land, the North right of way line of Spur 55 and the South line
1-31 of the Johnnie G. Jennings 6.35 acre tract of land to the East
1-32 corner of said 6.35 acre tract of land in the South line of the
1-33 Rosemary Jennings 61.56 acre tract of land.
1-34 THENCE in an Easterly direction with the North line of this tract
1-35 of land, the South line of said 61.56 acre tract of land, the South
1-36 line of the Rosemary Jennings, et al, 29.47 acre tract of land and
1-37 the North line of the Cedar Crossing Business Park Subdivision
1-38 crossing Spur 55 to the Southeast corner of the Rosemary Jennings,
1-39 et al, 29.47 acre tract of land for a corner of this tract of land.
1-40 This corner being an interior corner of the Cedar Crossing Business
1-41 Park Subdivision.
1-42 THENCE in a Northerly direction with the West line of this tract of
1-43 land, the West line of the Business Park and the East line of said
1-44 29.47 acre tract of land to a point for the most Western Northwest
1-45 corner of the Business Park, the Southwest corner of the Rosemary
1-46 Jennings, et al, 22.50 acre tract of land and a corner of this
1-47 tract of land.
1-48 THENCE in a Easterly direction with the North line of this tract,
1-49 the North line of the Business Park and the South line of said
1-50 22.50 acre tract of land to a point for a corner of this tract of
1-51 land in the West right of way line of West Bay Road.
1-52 THENCE in a Northerly direction with the West line of this tract of
1-53 land and the West right of way line of West Bay Road crossing Spur
1-54 55 to a point for a corner of this tract of land and the Northeast
1-55 corner of the Rosemary Jennings, et al, 10.00 acre tract of land.
1-56 THENCE in a Westerly direction with the South line of this tract of
1-57 land and the North line of said 10 acre tract of land to a point
1-58 for a corner of this tract of land and the Northwest corner of said
1-59 10 acre tract of land.
1-60 THENCE in a Southerly direction with the East line of this tract of
1-61 land and the West line of said 10 acre tract of land crossing Spur
1-62 55 to a point for a corner of this tract of land and the Northeast
1-63 corner of the Rosemary Jennings, et al, 29.47 acre tract of land.
1-64 THENCE in a Westerly direction with the South line of this tract of
2-1 land, the North line of the said 29.47 acre tract and the North
2-2 line of the Rosemary Jennings 61.56 acre tract of land to a point
2-3 for a corner of this tract of land in the North right of way of
2-4 Spur 55.
2-5 THENCE in a Westerly direction with the South line of this tract,
2-6 the North right of way line of Spur 55 and the South line of the
2-7 Johnnie Jennings 6.35 acre tract of land to a point for a corner of
2-8 this tract of land and the Southwest corner of said 6.35 acre tract
2-9 of land. This corner is on the West line of the Steele Survey and
2-10 the East Bank of Cedar Bayou.
2-11 THENCE in a Northerly direction with the West line of this tract,
2-12 the West line of the Steele Survey, the West line of the Christian
2-13 Smith League, Abstract No. 22, and the East Bank of Cedar Bayou to
2-14 a point where the East Bank of Cedar Bayou intersects the West
2-15 right of way line of West Bay Road for a corner of this tract of
2-16 land.
2-17 THENCE in a Northerly direction with the West line of this tract
2-18 and the West right of way line of West Bay Road to the South right
2-19 of way line of F. M. Highway No. 565 for the Northwest corner of
2-20 this tract of land.
2-21 THENCE in an Easterly direction with the North line of this tract
2-22 and the South right of way line of F. M. Highway No. 565 to a point
2-23 for the most Northerly Northeast corner of this tract of land and
2-24 the Northwest corner of the West Chambers County Estates
2-25 Subdivision in the East boundary of the R. A. Porter Survey
2-26 Abstract No. 205, the West boundary of the Chambers County School
2-27 Land Survey, Abstract No. 321,
2-28 THENCE in Southerly direction with the East line of this tract, the
2-29 East line of the Porter Survey, the West line of the School Land
2-30 Survey and the West line of the West Chambers County Estates
2-31 Subdivision to the Southwest corner of the West Chambers County
2-32 Estates Subdivision, a Southwest corner of the Chambers County
2-33 School Land Survey, an interior corner of this tract of land and an
2-34 interior corner of the Porter Survey.
2-35 THENCE in an Easterly direction with the South line of this tract,
2-36 the South line of the West Chambers County Estates Subdivision, the
2-37 South line of the School Land Survey and the most Southern North
2-38 line of the Porter Survey passing the Northeast corner of the
2-39 Porter Survey and continuing across the School Land Survey to a
2-40 point for the most Eastern Northeast corner of this tract of land
2-41 in the East line of the School Land Survey, the West line of the
2-42 Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation District existing boundary and
2-43 in the West line of the Benjamin Winfree Survey, Abstract No. 28.
2-44 THENCE in a Southerly direction with the East line of this tract of
2-45 land, the West line of the Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation
2-46 District existing boundary, the West line of the Winfree Survey and
2-47 the East line of Chambers County School Land Survey, Abstract No.
2-48 321, to the Southwest corner of the Winfree Survey, a corner of the
2-49 School Land Survey and a corner of this tract of land.
2-50 THENCE in an Easterly direction with the North line of this tract,
2-51 the South line of the Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation District
2-52 existing boundary to a point for the Northwest corner of the
2-53 Solomon Barrow Survey, Abstract No. 3, a Northeast corner of the
2-54 School Land Survey and a corner of this tract of land.
2-55 THENCE in a Southerly direction with the East line of this tract,
2-56 the West line of Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation District
2-57 existing boundary, the East line of the said School Land Survey and
2-58 the West line of the Barrow Survey to a point for a corner of this
2-59 tract of land, the Southwest corner of the Barrow Survey and a
2-60 corner of said School Land Survey. This corner is in the North
2-61 line of the J. L. Hill Survey, Abstract No. 106.
2-62 THENCE in a Westerly direction with the South line of this tract,
2-63 the North line of Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation District
2-64 existing boundary, the South line of said School Land Survey and
2-65 the North line of the Hill Survey to a point for the Northwest
2-66 corner of the Hill Survey, a corner of this tract of land, a corner
2-67 of the existing District boundary and a corner of said School Land
2-68 Survey.
2-69 THENCE in a Southerly direction with the East line of this tract,
3-1 the East line of said School Land Survey, the West line of the Hill
3-2 Survey, the West line of Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation
3-3 District existing boundary and the West line of the J. K. Allen
3-4 Survey, Abstract No. 31 to a point for the Southeast corner of this
3-5 tract of land, a corner of the Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation
3-6 District boundary, the Southeast corner of said School Land Survey
3-7 and the Northeast corner of the Chambers County School Land Survey,
3-8 Abstract No. 320.
3-9 THENCE in a Westerly direction with the South line of this tract,
3-10 the North line of the Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation District
3-11 existing boundary, the South boundary of the School Land Survey,
3-12 Abstract No. 321 and the North boundary of the School Land Survey,
3-13 Abstract No. 320 to a point for a corner of this tract of land, the
3-14 Southwest corner of the School Land Survey Abstract No. 321 and
3-15 the Northwest corner of the School Land Survey Abstract No. 320.
3-16 This corner is in the East line of the Andrew Beard Survey,
3-17 Abstract No. 44.
3-18 THENCE in a Northerly direction with the West line of this tract,
3-19 the East line of the Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation District
3-20 existing boundary, the West line of the School Land Survey Abstract
3-21 No. 321 and the East line of the Beard Survey to a point for a
3-22 corner of this tract of land, a corner of the Chambers-Liberty
3-23 Counties Navigation District existing boundary, the Northeast
3-24 corner of the Beard Survey and the Southeast corner of the John
3-25 Steele Survey.
3-26 THENCE in a Westerly direction with the South line of this tract,
3-27 the North line of the Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation District
3-28 existing boundary, the South line of the Steele Survey and the
3-29 North line of the Beard Survey to a point for a corner of this
3-30 tract of land, the Northwest corner of the Beard Survey and the
3-31 Northeast corner of the Ijams League.
3-32 THENCE in a Westerly direction with the South line of this tract,
3-33 the North line of the Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation District
3-34 existing boundary, the South line of the Steele Survey and the
3-35 North line of the Ijams League to the PLACE OF BEGINNING,
3-36 containing within said boundaries approximately 8420 acres of land.
3-37 [BEGINNING at the most Western Northwest corner of the existing
3-38 Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation District boundary on the East
3-39 Bank of Cedar Bayou for the Southwest corner of this tract of land
3-40 and being the Northwest corner of the John Ijams League, Abstract
3-41 No. 15 and the Southwest corner of the John Steele Survey, Abstract
3-42 No. 227;]
3-43 [THENCE in a Northerly direction with the West line of this tract,
3-44 the West line of the Steele Survey, and the East Bank of Cedar
3-45 Bayou to a point in the North right of way line of Spur 55 for a
3-46 corner of this tract and the Southwest corner of a 6.35 acre tract
3-47 of land belonging to Johnnie G. Jennings;]
3-48 [THENCE in an Easterly direction with the North line of this tract
3-49 of land, the North right of way line of Spur 55 and the South line
3-50 of the Johnnie G. Jennings 6.35 acre tract of land to the East
3-51 corner of said 6.35 acre tract of land in the South line of the
3-52 Rosemary Jennings 61.56 acre tract of land;]
3-53 [THENCE in an Easterly direction with the North line of this tract
3-54 of land, the South line of said 61.56 acre tract of land, the South
3-55 line of the Rosemary Jennings, et al., 29.47 acre tract of land and
3-56 the North line of the Cedar Crossing Business Park Subdivision
3-57 crossing Spur 55 to the Southeast corner of the Rosemary Jennings,
3-58 et al., 29.47 acre tract of land for a corner of this tract of
3-59 land. This corner being an interior corner of the Cedar Crossing
3-60 Business Park Subdivision;]
3-61 [THENCE in a Northerly direction with the West line of this tract
3-62 of land, the West line of the Business Park and the East line of
3-63 said 29.47 acre tract of land to a point for the most Western
3-64 Northwest corner of the Business Park, the Southwest corner of the
3-65 Rosemary Jennings, et al., 22.50 acre tract of land and a corner of
3-66 this tract of land;]
3-67 [THENCE in an Easterly direction with the North line of this tract,
3-68 the North line of the Business Park and the South line of said
3-69 22.50 acre tract of land to a point for a corner of this tract of
4-1 land in the West right of way line of West Bay Road;]
4-2 [THENCE in a Northerly direction with the West line of this tract
4-3 of land and the West right of way line of West Bay Road crossing
4-4 Spur 55 to a point for a corner of this tract of land and the
4-5 Northeast corner of the Rosemary Jennings, et al., 10.00 acre tract
4-6 of land;]
4-7 [THENCE in a Westerly direction with the South line of this tract
4-8 of land and the North line of said 10 acre tract of land to a point
4-9 for a corner of this tract of land and the Northwest corner of said
4-10 10 acre tract of land;]
4-11 [THENCE in a Southerly direction with the East line of this tract
4-12 of land and the West line of said 10 acre tract of land crossing
4-13 Spur 55 to a point for a corner of this tract of land and the
4-14 Northeast corner of the Rosemary Jennings, et al., 29.47 acre tract
4-15 of land;]
4-16 [THENCE in a Westerly direction with the South line of this tract
4-17 of land, the North line of the said 29.47 acre tract and the North
4-18 line of the Rosemary Jennings 61.56 acre tract of land to a point
4-19 for a corner of this tract of land and the North right of way of
4-20 Spur 55;]
4-21 [THENCE in a Westerly direction with the South line of this tract,
4-22 the North right of way line of Spur 55 and the South line of the
4-23 Johnnie Jennings 6.35 acre tract of land to a point for a corner of
4-24 this tract of land and the Southwest corner of said 6.35 acre tract
4-25 of land. This corner is on the West line of the Steele Survey and
4-26 the East Bank of Cedar Bayou;]
4-27 [THENCE in a Northerly direction with the West line of this tract,
4-28 the West line of the Steele Survey, the West line of the Christian
4-29 Smith League, Abstract No. 22, and the East Bank of Cedar Bayou to
4-30 a point where the East Bank of Cedar Bayou intersects the West
4-31 right of way line of West Bay Road for a corner of this tract of
4-32 land;]
4-33 [THENCE in a Northerly direction with the West line of this tract
4-34 and the West right of way line of West Bay Road to the South right
4-35 of way line of F.M. Highway No. 565 for the Northwest Corner of
4-36 this tract of land;]
4-37 [THENCE in an Easterly direction with the North line of this tract
4-38 and the South right of Way line of F.M. Highway No. 565 to a point
4-39 for the Northeast corner of this tract of land in the West boundary
4-40 of the Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation District, the East
4-41 boundary of the Jacob Townsend Survey, Abstract No. 25 and the West
4-42 boundary of the Benjamin Winfree Survey, Abstract No. 28;]
4-43 [THENCE in a Southerly direction with the East line of this tract
4-44 of land, the West line of the Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation
4-45 District existing boundary, the East line of the Townsend Survey,
4-46 the West line of the Winfree Survey and the East line of Chambers
4-47 County School Land Survey, Abstract No. 321, to the Southwest
4-48 corner of the Winfree Survey, a corner of the School Land Survey
4-49 and a corner of this tract of land;]
4-50 [THENCE in an Easterly direction with the North line of this tract,
4-51 the South line of the Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation District
4-52 existing boundary to a point for the Northwest corner of the
4-53 Solomon Barrow Survey, Abstract No. 3, a Northeast corner of the
4-54 School Land Survey and a corner of this tract of land;]
4-55 [THENCE in a Southerly direction with the East line of this tract,
4-56 the West line of Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation District
4-57 existing boundary, the East line of the said School Land Survey and
4-58 the West line of the Barrow Survey to a point for a corner of this
4-59 tract of land, the Southwest corner of the Barrow Survey and a
4-60 corner of said School Land Survey. This corner is in the North
4-61 line of the J.L. Hill Survey, Abstract No. 106;]
4-62 [THENCE in a Westerly direction with the South line of this tract,
4-63 the North line of Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation District
4-64 existing boundary, the South line of said School Land Survey and
4-65 the North line of the Hill Survey to a point for the Northwest
4-66 corner of the Hill Survey, a corner of this tract of land, a corner
4-67 of the existing District boundary and a corner of said School Land
4-68 Survey;]
4-69 [THENCE in a Southerly direction with the East line of this tract,
5-1 the East line of said School Land Survey, the West line of the Hill
5-2 Survey, the West line of Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation
5-3 District existing boundary and the West line of the J.K. Allen
5-4 Survey, Abstract No. 31 to a point for the Southeast corner of this
5-5 tract of land, a corner of the Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation
5-6 District boundary, the Southeast corner of said School Land Survey
5-7 and the Northeast corner of the Chambers County School Land Survey,
5-8 Abstract No. 320;]
5-9 [THENCE in a Westerly direction with the South line of this tract,
5-10 the North line of the Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation District
5-11 existing boundary, the South boundary of the School Land Survey,
5-12 Abstract No. 321 and the North boundary of the School Land Survey,
5-13 Abstract 320 to a point for a corner of this tract of land, the
5-14 Southwest corner of the School Land Survey Abstract No. 321 and
5-15 the Northwest corner of the School Land Survey Abstract No. 320.
5-16 This corner is in the East line of the Andrew Beard Survey,
5-17 Abstract No. 44;]
5-18 [THENCE in a Northerly direction with the West line of this tract,
5-19 the East line of the Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation District
5-20 existing boundary, the West line of the School Land Survey Abstract
5-21 No. 321 and the East line of the Beard Survey to a point for a
5-22 corner of this tract of land, a corner of the Chambers-Liberty
5-23 Counties Navigation District existing boundary, the Northeast
5-24 corner of the Beard Survey and the Southeast corner of the John
5-25 Steele Survey;]
5-26 [THENCE in a Westerly direction with the South line of this tract,
5-27 the North line of the Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation District
5-28 existing boundary, the South line of the Steele Survey and the
5-29 North line of the Beard Survey to a point for a corner of this
5-30 tract of land, the Northwest corner of the Beard Survey and the
5-31 Northeast corner of the Ijams League;]
5-32 [THENCE in a Westerly direction with the South line of this tract,
5-33 the North line of the Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation District
5-34 existing boundary, the South line of the Steele Survey and the
5-35 North line of the Ijams League to the PLACE OF BEGINNING,
5-36 containing within said boundaries approximately 8640 acres of
5-37 land.]
5-38 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
5-39 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
5-40 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
5-41 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
5-42 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
5-43 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
5-44 passage, and it is so enacted.
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