HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 88 ORT)TrAYCE NO.
An ordinance providing for the annexation o `mat certain territory
in Tarrant County, Texas, adjoining and contiguous to the City of Fort
Worth, and more particularly described by metes anJ bounds as follows,
to-wit:
Beginn?;g at the Rest terminus of Bxmwood Avenue, same beltig
a point on the South boundary line of t3Vr present limits of the
City of Fort Worth where Elmwood Avenue adjoins the right--of-vay
of the Missouri Kansas & Texas Railway Company of Texa,s;thence
South with the Aast boundary line of the present city limits of
the City of Fort Worth to a point in the East boundary line of
said City where it intersects with Worn & Avenue; thence in an East
erly direction with the South boundary line of said Wornall Avenue
to a point"where said Avenue intersects with the South terminus of
Mans Avenue; thence continuing East with th'e South boundary line
of Ramsey Avenue and the South boundary line of Southland Addition
to a point at the terminus of Ramsey Avenue with the South terminus
of Mi,asisolppi Avenue(said Southland Addition having been platted
and Q.fi record in Book 310, page 11 of the deed records of Tarrant
County,Texas, to which reference is hereby made);thence North of
the East boundary line of the said Mississippi Avenue to a point
in the South boundary line of the present city limits;thence West
with the South boundary line of the present city limits to the place
of beginning, containing and embracing in said territor7,in numer-
ANI s0quem- a7 all of Blocks Uo.Onf(lt,to Forty ne n ,
9,f if",e`Maxk adwd y� t the- ZJ-ty- af. F Worth Tar, rR i Lt count,:
Texas, as awn br the Flat of said AdfittJLan o f r ieso rd inry_00
pages 9 and 10 of the deed records of Tarrant Co+a�rtp,Tax+�e,to _
which reference is hereby made; rt
and extending the corporate limits of the said City of Fort Worth so
as to embrace And include said territory and make the same an integral
part of the said Cit=r of Fort worth and grating unto the inhabitants
of said territory the lawful privileges and imposing upon them the 1aw-
ful responsibilities of citizens of the City 'of Fort 11-orth,and making
said territory„ so annexed a part of the , } Ward of said Cit-.
BE IT ORDATNSD BY THE BOARD OF C0MMTSSION19RS OF THE CITY OF
FORT WORTH:-
Section 1: That it being made to appear to the Board of Commis-
sioners of the City of Fort Worth that all of the inhabitants qualified
to vote for members of the Legialature,residing in and having their dom-
icile in that certain territory in Tarrant County,Texas, adjoining and
contiguous to the City of Fort Worth, as its limits are now prescribed
in its present Charter, which said territory is deec3ribed as follows:
Beginning at the West terminus of Elmwood Avenue, same being
a point on the South boundary line of the present limits of the
City of Fort Worth where F wood Avenue adjoins the right-of-way
of the Visgouhhri aKKansas &Texas Railway Compan;, of Texas; thence
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Ci itoft?e# t thutoaa line of the present city limits of
point in the East boundary line of
said City where it intersects with Wornall Avenuf ;thence in an
easfterly direction wd th the South boundary line sf said Torna,ll
Avenue to a point where said Avenue intersects w&th the South
termi,nuis of Rva,ns Avenue;thence continuing East with the South
boundary line of Ramsey Avenue and the South boundary line of
Southland Addition to a point at the terminus of Ramsey Avenue
with the South terminus of Mississippi Avenue(said Southland Addi-
tion having been platted and of record in Book 310,page 11 of the
deed records of Tarrant County,Texas, to which reference is hereby
made) ;thenee WlMh of the East boundary line of the said Mississip-
pi Avenue to a point in the South boundary line of the present city
limits;thence West with the South boundary line of the present
city limits to the place of beginning, containing and embracing
in said territory, in numerical sequence, all of Blocks No. One(1)
to Forty-One(41) inclusive, of Hyde Park Addition to the City of
Fort Worth, Varrant County,Texas, as shown by the plat of said
Addition of record in Book 63, pages 9 and YO of the deed records
of Tarrant County,Texas, to which reference le hereby made;
have eign;,fied their desire by petition in writing, describing said
aforesaid territory by metes and bounds, to which their names are
oigned,subscriged and appended, to have said territory annexed to and
become part and parcel of the City of Fort Worth, and it further appear-
ing that said petitioners own and hold the real property described in
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said territory so seeking edmieeion, save and "coat the sire eta_
~h,3roughfares which have heretofore been dedicated to the public, and
that said petition,in due form of law as required by the City Charter
of the City of Fort North, has been filed with the City Secretary and
presented to 'tl4e Board of Commissioners of the City of Fort Worth,and
the same having been dull, considered, it is therefore further
ORDAINRD BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH:
Section 2: That the above and foregoing to r?iwary as here_nbefo re
described be anez' the same is hereby annexed to and made a part of the
municipal corporation of the City of Fort forth and the corporate limits
of the said City of Fort Worth as they now exist be and the same are
hereby accordingly extended so as to embrace and include said territory
as an integral part of the said City of Fort Worth, and the inhabitants
of said territory residing and having their domicile therein shall here-
after be entitled to and enjoy all the lawful rights and privileges of
the citizens of the City of Fort Worth and be bound by and required to
obaerve all Lhe lawfulacts, ordinances,rules and regulations governing
other citizens of said city and they shall be required to bear and dis-
charge the same responsibilities thereof.
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3eotion 3: That the territory hereinbefore ieecribed and annexed
to the City of Fort worth shall be and the some is hereby attached
to the Ward of the city and the limits 4nd boundaries of the
said ward shall extend to and be ooextensive with tke territory so an-
nexed.
Section 4: '1is ordinance shall take effect and be in force from
and after its passage and publication as required by law.
I hereby certify that the above and forgoing ordinanoe was
du* presented and unanimously adopted by the Board of Oommissioners
of the Qity of Fort Worth at a session held April loth, 1909.
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0i ,Secretary• `
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