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AN ORDINANCE providing for the vacating, abandoning and closing
of a 20 foot alley which formerly existed over and across the
South 20 feet of Lots 7 and 18 in Block 9 of Byers & McCart
Addition to the City of Fort Worth, and accepting in lieu thereof
a 20 foot alley over and across the South 20 feet of Lots 6 and
19 in said Block.
WHEREAS, on November 14, 1945, Interstate Circuit, Inc„ the
then owner of Lots 7 and 18 in Block 9 of Byers & McCart Ad—
dition to the City of Fort Worth, did dedicate to the use of
the public an alley 20 feet wide over and across the South
20 feet of said Lots 7 and 18, which instrument of dedication
appears of record in vol. 1754, pg 502, deed records, 'arrant
County, Texas;- and,
WHEREAS, on November 30, 1949, the City Council of the City
of Fort Worth, passed a resolution authorizing the relocation
of said alley over and across the South 20 feet of Lots 6 and
19 in said Block 9, and agreeing to accept such relocated al-
ley and give a quitclaim deed to McKeever Realty Management
Co., Ltd., covering the South 20 feet of said Lots 7 and 18
upon execution and delivery of a written dedication of the
relocated alley on the South 20 feet of said lots 6 and 19; and
WHEREAS, on February 15, 1950, W. W. McKeever et al, Trustees,
the then owners of said lots 6 and 19, did execute and deliver
to the City of Fort Worth an instrument of dedication Whereby
said 20 foot alley was relocated upon the South 20 feet of said
lots 6 and 19, which instrument is of record in Vol. 2165, pg.
400, deed records, Tarrant County, Texas; and,
UMUS on February 22, 1950, The City of Fort Worth, acting
by and through its Mayor, did execute and deliver a quitclaim
deed to McKeever Realty Management Co., Ltd., covering the
South 20 feet of said Lots 7 and 18 in Block 9 of Byers and
McCart Addition, which said quitclaim deed appears of record
in vol. 2167, pg. 376 deed records, Tarrant County, Texas; and,
WHEREAS formal ordinance abandoning, closing and vacating such
20 foot alley as formerly located on the South 20 feet of said
lots 7 and 18 was never passed by this Council, although such al-
ley was actually closed, vacated and abandoned on the ground,
and relocated as hereinabove recited:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City
of Fort Worth, Texas:
SECTION I
THAT the 20 foot alley whbeh formerly existed over and across
the South 20 feet of lots 7 and 18 in Block 9 of Byers and Me—
Cart Addition to the City of Fort Worth, be and the same is
hereby declared to have been vacated, abandoned and closed in—
so—far as said Lots 7 and 18 are concerned, and to have been
relocated upon the South 20 feet of Lots 6 and 19 as hereinabove
more fully recited, and all acts heretofore done by the City of
Fort Worth and the owners of said properties in regard there to
are hereby ratified and confirmed as fully to all intents and
purposes as if an ordinance of abandonment had been passed by
this Council at that time.
SECTION II
THAT this ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from
and after the date of its passage.
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