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A RESOLUTION ,
RESOLUTION FILE NO,
WHEREAS the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas
the application of the North Texas Baseball Club, a partnership,
for a franchise in the National League; and,
WHEREAS the general partners of the North Texas Baseball Club,
T. G. Mercer of Fort Worth and Lamar Hunt of Dallas,are held in the highest
esteem by the citizens of Fort Wortb, Texas; and,
WHEREAS the citizens of the Fort Worth metropolitan area overwhelm-
ingly endorse and support the leadership taken by the North Texas Baseball
Club to bring major league baseball to this area; and,
WHEREAS the application of the North Texas Baseball Club is a realistic
approach for bringing major league baseball, the nation's No. 1 pastime and
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sport, to the Fort Worth-Dallas metropolitan area; and,
WHEREAS the City of Fort Worth is fully aware of the responsibilities
created by the establishment of a major league baseball franchise within this
metropolitan area and agrees to cooperate to the utmost with the North Texas
Baseball Club to fulfill these responsibilities;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Fort Worth, Texas that the application of the North Texas Baseball Club for a
major league baseball franchise within the National League be approved and
endorsed and that the Mayor and City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth be
authorized to advise each of the owners of current franchises in the National
League as well as its President and the Commissioner of Baseball of this reso-
lution and strongly urge favorable and immediate action on the application of
the North Texas Baseball Club.