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WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Beaumont
deems it necessary to locate and construct public facilities,
to -wit, a police station, in Block Eleven (11) of the Original
Townsite of Beaumont, in the City of Beaumont, Jefferson County,
Texas; and,
WHEREAS, said City Council has found that public
necessity requires the location and construction of said
police station on the hereinafter described property; and,
WHEREAS, said City Council deems it necessary to
acquire the hereinafter described interest in and to the
hereinafter described property for said location and con-
struction of said police station, and the said City Council
has found and determined that the said interest in and to the
hereinafter described land is suitable for such purposes and
that it is necessary to acquire same for said purpose;
and,
WHEREAS, the City of Beaumont, through its duly
authorized representatives, has negotiated with the owners
of the hereinafter described land and has been unable to
agree with the owners of such property as to the fair cash
value thereof and damages, if any; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS:
That Thad Heartfield, City Attorney, and Lavon L. Jones,
Assistant City Attorney, be, and they are hereby, authorized
and directed to file or cause to be filed against all owners
of the hereinafter described property, and claimants of
interest therein, Proceedings in Eminent Domain to acquire
fee title, for said purpose, in and to the following described
parcel of land situated in Beaumont. Jefferson County_ Texas_
LJ/im/1/10/72
1972.
Being Lot No. Thirty-seven (37), the adjoining
northeasterly sixty feet (60') of Lot No.
Forty-eight (48), and the adjoining southeasterly
thirty-one one -hundredths feet (.31') of Lot
No. Forty-six (46), all in Block Eleven (11)
of the Original Townsite of Beaumont, Jeffer-
son County, Texas, according to the map or
plat of said Original Townsite of Beaumont
of record in the office of the County Clerk
of Jefferson County, Texas., more fully described
as follows:
BEGINNING at the intersection of Main Street
and Gilbert Street in the said City of Beaumont
at the east corner of Block Eleven (11), for
place of beginning, said point being the east
corner of the tract described herein;
THENCE southwesterly along the northwest boundary
of Gilbert Street�a distance of sixty feet (60')
to a point for the south corner of the tract
described herein;
THENCE northwesterly and at right angles to
Gilbert Street along the boundary line dividing
Lots No. Thirty-seven (37) and Thirty-eight
(38), passing the northwesterly boundary of
said lots at one hundred twenty feet (120')
and continuing in a straight line through Lot
No. Forty-eight (48), passing the northwest
boundary of said Lot No. Forty-eight (48) at
sixty feet (60'), and continuing an additional
thirty-one one -hundredths feet (.31') to a
point for corner, said point being the west
corner of the tract described herein;
THENCE northeasterly parallel to Gilbert Street
sixty feet (60') to a point for corner, said
point being the north corner of the tract
herein described, and said point lying on the
southwest boundary of Main Street;
THENCE southeasterly along the northeasterly
boundary of Block Eleven (11) and the south-
westerly boundary of Main Street a distance
of one hundred eighty and thirty-one one -hundredths
feet (180.31') to the place of beginning,
Subject to the right of the Kansas City Southern
Railway Company to maintain its railroad track upon
the southerly or southeasterly ten and one-h-alf
feet (102') of said above described property.
PASSED by the City Council this , day of January,