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WHEREA.S, the total corporate area of the City of Paris, Paris, <br />Texas, on the first day of January, 1973, was 12, 251. 6552 acres; and, <br />WHEREAS, the population of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, <br />is in excess of 5, 000 and less than 25, 000 inhabitants; and, <br />WHEREAS, Tract 1 described above, being wholly owned by the <br />City of Paris and the State of Texas, lies partially within the extra- <br />territorial jurisdiction of the City of Paris and partially without and is <br />used for public purpose, and Tract 2 described above is privately <br />owned and lies wholly within the extraterritorial j urisdiction of the <br />City of Paris, Paris, Texas; and, <br />WHEREAS, the above described territory lies adjacent to and <br />adjoins the City of Paris, Paris, Texas; and, <br />WHEREAS, the above described territory contains 1548. 12 <br />acres, more or less, 1544. 45 acres of which is owned by the City of <br />Paris and the State of Texas and is used for a public purpose and <br />3. 67 acres, which is privately owned, which said 3. 67 acres is less <br />than ten per cent (1070) of the acreage contained in the corporate <br />limits of the City of Paris, Texas; NOW, THEREFORE, <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />PAR IS: <br />Section 1. The following described land and territory lying <br />adjacent to and adjoining the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, is hereby <br />added and annexed to the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, and said terri- <br />tory hereinafter described shall hereafter be included within the <br />boundary limits of the City of Paris, Texas, and the present boundary <br />limits of said city, at the various points contiguous to the area here - <br />inafter described, are altered and amended so as to include said area <br />within the corporate limits of the City of Paris, Texas, to-wit: <br />TRACT l: Situated in the County of Lamar and State <br />of Texas, a part of the John W. Williams, John Skidmore, <br />R. G. Miller, William Scott, and H. B. Davis Surveys, and <br />described as follows: <br />BEGINNING at a point 50 feet North of F. M. Highway <br />No. 1508 C/L Sta. 35+70. 3, and being in the City Limits line <br />described by City Ordinance No. 2162, dated August 13, 1973; <br />THENCE N 80 ° 30' E parallel and 50 feet North of said <br />Highway C/L a distance of 442. 0 feet to a point, said point <br />being 50 feet North of F. M. Highway No. 1508 C/L Sta. <br />40+12. 3 and the beginning of a curve to the right, which has <br />a radius of 5, 779. 65 feet, degree of 0° 59' and intersection <br />angle of 9 ° 22' ; <br />THENCE along said F. M. Highway No. 1508 and curve <br />to the right being 50 feet North of and radial with said C/L a <br />distance of 944. 84 feet to the end of said curve; <br />THENCE N 89 ° 52' E a distance of 739. 1 feet to a <br />point in the East R. O. W. of F. M. Highway No. 1508 and the <br />West Boundary Line of a tract of land owned by the City of <br />Paris, Lamar County Records, Volume 208, Page 287, and <br />known as Cox Field; <br />