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ORDINANCE NO. �7
AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE BOUNDARY LIMITS AND ANNEX-
ING 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 ACCORD-
ANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 40, CHAPTER XXVIII
OF THE CITY CHARTER AND PRESCRIBING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
Section 1.
That the hereinafter described territory lying 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 2.6 square mile tract of land north of and
adjacent to County Road #1043, and east of and adjacent to
the City of Benbrook, including all of the J. Spillman,
the N. Proctor, the J. Rickals, and part of the J. Watson
and J. F. Heath Surveys, and being more fully described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a corner in the present City of Fort Worth
city limit line, said corner being in the east line of the
John Watson Survey;
THENCE west 334 varas more or less along and with the
present city limit line of Benbrook to the most southerly
southwest corner of the H. F. Stute 179 Acre tract out of
the James Rogers Survey A-1264, said point being in the
west line of the John Watson Survey;
THENCE north 334 varas more or less along and with the
present city limit line of Benbrook to the northeast corner
of the James Spillman Survey and the northwest corner of the
John Watson Survey;
THENCE west 1000 varas more or less along and with the pre-
sent city limit line of Benbrook to the northwest corner of
the James Spillman Survey and the northeast corner of the W.J.
Jackson Survey;
THENCE south along and with the present city limit line
of Benbrook and with the common line of the J. Spillman and
W. J. Jackson Surveys and the J. A. Durham and J. F. Heath
Surveys to the southeast corner of the J. A. Durham Survey;
THENCE west along and with the present city limit line of
Benbrook and with the south line of the J. A. Durham Survey to
the northwest corner of the J. Rickals Survey and the northeast
corner of the J. Bartlett Survey;
THENCE south along and with the present city limit line of
Benbrook and with the east line of the J. Bartlett Survey to
its intersection with the north line of County Road #1043;
THENCE west along the north line of County Road #1043 to
its intersection with the east line of the J. F. Heath Survey;
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THENCE north with the east line of the J. F. Heath Sur-
vey to the northwest corner of the M. E. Asbury Survey;
THENCE west with the south line of the J. B. McDermett
Survey to its southwest corner;
THENCE north with the west line of the J. B. McDermett
Survey to its northwest corner;
THENCE east with the north line of the J. B. McDermett
Survey to the southwest corner of the J. Wilcox Survey
(Abstract No. 1742);
THENCE north with the west line of the J. Wilcox Survey
and the west line of the I. &G. N. Railroad Company
Survey to the northwest corner of the I. &G. N. Railroad
Company Survey which corner lies in the present City of
Fort Worth city limit line;
THENCE west along and with the present City of Fort Worth
city limit line to the place of beginning and containing
approximately 2.6 square miles of land.
SECTION 2.
That this ordinance shall be published one time in the Fort Worth
Press, 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 3•
That this ordinance shall become 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 publication, as aforesaid, and it is so
ordained.
Presented and passed on first reading Friday, February 14, 1958.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
Assistant City Attorney
ORDINANCE
Adopted
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