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ORDINANCE NO. ab i FL �0W T�1, TIX.
AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE BOUNDARY LIMITS AND
ANNEXING CERTAIN TERRITORY LYING ADJACENT TO THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH; PROVIDING THAT THE ORDINANCE
BE ADVERTISED IN A DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN
SAID CITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF
SECTION 40, CHAPTER XXVIII OF THE CITY CHARTER;
AMENDING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH;
PRESCRIBING A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND SPECIFYING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
Section 1.
That the hereinafter described territory hying adjacent to the City of
Fort Worth is hereby annexed and brought within the corporate limits and made
an integral part of said City of Fort Worth, said territory being situated in
Tarrant County, Texas, and being described by metes and bounds as follows:
BEING a tract of land about 10 miles northeast from the Courthouse
of Tarrant County, Texas, and lying in and including all or part of the
S. Cotrail, A.B. Howerton, W.P. Burns, J.A. Hust, J. Overton, W. Bradshaw,
S. Davis, J. Armendaris, W.J. Bonner, A. Hampton, and J.R. Newton Surveys,
and being more fully described as followst
BEGINNING at a point in the present City Limit Line of the City of
Fort Worth, at the intersection of the east right-of-way line of Randol
Mill-Hurst-Precinct Line Road (County Road No. 3035) with the middle of
the Trinity River;
THENCE dawn the middle of the Trinity River, the present City Limit
Line of the City of Fort Worth, with its meanders, in an easterly direc-
tion, to its intersection with the north line of the J. L. Hallum Survey;
THENCE east, along the north line of the J. L. Hallum Survey, the
present City Limit Line of the City of Fort Worth, to its intersection
with the west right-of-way line of Bedford Arlington Road (County Road
No. 3094);
THENCE north, along the most right-of-way line of Bedford Arlington
Road (County Road No. 3094) the present City Limit Line of the City of
Fort Worth to its intersection with the south right-of-ray line of the
C.R.I. & G. R.R.;
THENCE westerly, along the southerly right-of-way line of the C.R.I.
& G. R.R.,the present City Limit Line of the City of Fort Worth to its
intersection with the east line of the R. P. Barton Survey;
THENCE south, along the east lines of the R. P. Barton and W. P.
Burns Surveys,the present City Limit Line of the City of Fort Worth to
a point 2000 feet south from the southerly right-of-way line of the C.R.I.
& G. R.R.;
THENCE westerly, along a line parallel to and 2000 feet southerly
from the southerly right-of-way line of the C.R.I. & G R.R., the present
City Limit Line of the City of Fort Worth, to its intersection with the
east right-of-W line of Souder Hurst Road (County Road No. 3104);
THENCE south, along the east right-of-way line of Souder Hurst Road
(County Road No. 3104), the present City Limit Line of the City of Fort
Worth, to its intersection with the south right-of-way line of Trammell-
Davis Road (County Road No. 3112);
THENCE west, along the south right-of-way line of Trammell-Davis
Road (County Road No. 3312), the present City Limit Line of the City of
Fort Worth, to its intersection with the east right-of-way line of Randol
Mill-Hurst-Precinct Line Road (County Road No. 3035);
THENCE south, along the east right-of-way line of Randol Mill-Hurst-
Precinct Line Road (County Road No. 3035), the present City Limit Line of
the City of Fort Worth, to the place of beginning and containing approx-
imately 3.228 square miles.
Section 2.
That this ordinance shall and does hereby amend every prior ordinance in
conflict herewith, and more particularly this ordinance expressly amends
Ordinance No. 3871, heretofore adopted and passed on May 23, 1958, but as to
all other ordinances or section of ordinances not in direct conflict herewith
this ordinance shall be and is hereby, made cumulative.
Section 3.
That this ordinance shall be published one time in a daily newspaper
published in the City of Fort Worth, in accordance with the provisions of
Section 40, Chapter XXVIII of the City Charter.
Section 4.
If any section, subsection, clause, sentence, phrase, or word of this
ordinance is for any reason held void or unconstitutional by a court of compe-
tent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining
sections, subsections, clauses, sentences, phrases or words, except as the same
are inseparable from and indispensable to the remaining portions of the ordinance.
Section 5.
That this ordinance shall became effective and be in full force and effect
upon its final passage, which in no event shall be less than thirty (30) days
from the date of its publications, as aforesaid, and it is so ordained.
PRESENTED AND PASSED on first reading Monday, #Ss
A.D., 1963.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney