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ORDINANCE NO.
An ordinance providing for the annexation of that certain
territory in Tarrant County, 'texas, adjoining and contiguous to the
City of. Fort Worth, and more particularly described by metes and
bounds as follows, to-wit:-
Beginning at the N. West Corner of the A. T. Card
Survey, at a point in the present boundary line of the
City of Fort Worth; thence East with said boundary line
1800 feet to the S. W. Corner of Thos.Hicks Survey across
Loving Ave; thence North with the East line of said Loving
Ave. 1180 feet parallel with 31st Street as per original
map or plat of the former City of North Fort Worth, Texas;
thence West 1830 feet to the center of Hannah Ave. , also
known as Midway Ave. ; thence South 1180 feet to a point
30 feet West of N. W. Corner of the A. T. Card Survey,
which is the S. W. Corner of the A. Voght Survey; thence
East 30 feet to N. W. Corner of A. T. Card Survey and the
place of beginning;
And extending the corporate limits of the said Oity of Fort Worth
so as to embrace and include said territory and male the same an
integral part of the said City of Fort Worth and granting unto the
inhabitants of said territory the lawful privileges and imposing
upon them the lawful responsibilities of citizens of the City of
Fort Worth.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF C0MMISSIONERS OF THE CITY
OF FORT WORTH:-
Section 1: That it being made to appear to the Board of
Commissioners of the City of Fort Worth that all of the inhabitants
qualified to vote for members of the Legislature, residing in and
having their domicile 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 terri-
tory is described .as follows:-
Beginning at the N. West Corner of the A. T. Card Survey,
at a point in the present boundary line of the City of
Eort Forth; thence East with said boundary line 1800 feet
to the S. W. Corner of Thos. Hicks @Purvey across Loving Ave.;
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thence North with the East line of said Loving Ave. 1180
feet parallel with 31st Street as per original map or
plat of the former 8ity of North Fort Worth, Texas; thence
West 1830 feet to the center of Hannah Ave. , also known as
Midway Ave. ; thence South 1180 feet to a point 30 feet
West of N. W. Corner of the A. T. Card Survey, which is
the S. W. Corner of the A. Voght Survey; thence East 30
feet to N. W. Corner of A. T. Card Survey and the place
of beginning;
have signified their desire by petition in writing, describing said
aforesaid territory by metes and bounds, to which their names are
signed, subscribed and appended, to have said territory annexed to
and become part and parcel of the City of Fort Worth, and it further
appearing that said petitioners own and hold the real property des-
cribed in said territory so seeking admission, save and except the
streets, alleys and thoroughfares which have heretofore been dedi-
cated to the public, and that said petition, in due form of law
as required by the City Charter of the City of Fort Worth, has
been filed with the City Sectetary and presented to the Board of
Commissioners of the Qity of Fort Worth, and the same h,avinv been
duly considered, it is therefore further
ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF
FORT WORTH:
Section 2: That the above and foregoing territory as
hereinbefore described be and the awns is hereby annexed to and
made a part of the municipal corporation of the City of Fort
Worth 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 terri-
tory residing and having their domicile therein shall hereafter
be entitled to and enjoy all the lawful rights and privileges of
the citizens of the 0ity of Fort Worth and be bound by and re-
quired to observe all the lawful acts, ordinances, rules and
regulations governing other citizens of said city and they shall
be required to bear and discharge the same responsibilities thereof.
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Section 3: This oedinance shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage and publication as required by
law.
0. K. W. H. Slay.
S hereby certify that the above and fore going Ordinance was duly
presented and nnanimonsly passed by the 'Board of Commissioners of the
Cit-r of Fort Worth at a session held Tuesday May 4th,1909.
W.J.Fstes
City Secretary
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