HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2402 ORDINANCE NO. 2402
AN ORDINANCE ORDERING AND DECLARING IN FORCE AND EFFECT A
CERTAIN AMENDIENT TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH,
DULY AND LEGALLY ADOPTED AND MADE A PART OF THE CHARTER
OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH AT AN ELECTION HELD IN SAID CITY
ON TUESDAY, THE 17TH DAY OF DEMMER, A. D. 1946.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That on the 9th day of October, A. D. 1946, an ordinance was duly
passed by the City Council of the City of Fort Worth giving due notice,
in strict compliance with the Constitution and statutes of the State of
Texas, of its intention to pass an ordinance providing for the submission
to the qualified voters of the said City of Fort Worth of proposed amend-
ments to the existing Charter.
SECTION 2.
That notice of intention to submit such charter amendments was duly
given by publication in The Fort Worth Tmas, a newspaper published daily
in the City of Fort Worth and the official newspaper of said City, which
notice was published for ten (10) days, the date of the first publication
thereof being not less than twenty (20) days next preceding the date of
the passage of the ordinance calling said election and submitting said
amendments. That on Wednesday, the 13th day of November, A. D. 1946, the
City Council duly enacted Ordinance No. 2367, ordering a special home-rule
election in the City of Fort Worth to be held on Tuesday, the 17th day of
December, A. D. 1946, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters
of said City, for adoption or rejection, certain proposed amendments to
the existing Charter, and that said election was held in strict compliance
with all laws governing said election.
SECTION 3.
That all acts, conditions, notices and things required by the Consti-
tution and laws of the State of Texas precedent to the passage of the
ordinance submitting said amendments and the calling and holding of said
election have been done, have happened, and have been performed in proper
and lawful time, form and manner as prescribed by lax.
SECTION 4•
It appearing that Amendment No. %VI was approved and adopted by the
qualified voters of the City of Fort Worth and that the presiding officers
in each precinct under oath made their returns as true and correct to the
best of t6ir knowledge and belief on December 17; 1946, said Amendment
No. XVI, which is described as follows, became a part of the Charter of
the City of Fort Worth on the said 17th day of December, 1946:
AMENDIENT NO. %VI.
Shall Chapter XM of the existing Charter of the City
of Fort Worth, which chapter sets forth and defines the
present corporate boundaries of said City by metes and
bounds, be amended by adding thereto Section 16 (b), which
reads as follows:
Section 16 (b). The corporate boundaries of the City
of Fort Worth, Texas, shall be changed so as to annex cer-
tain adjacent and contiguous territory to said City by ex-
tending said boundary lines as follows:
The area embracing the territory known as Handley and
Rosedale Park Addition, situated in Tarrant County, Texas:
Beginning at a point in the present city limits,
said point being in the south line of Ramey Street
and the west line of Stalcup Road (Wi.nnie Street);
thence easterly to the southwest corner of the
Chas. Phipps Survey; thence east along the south
line of said Phipps Survey to the southeast corner
of said survey, said corner being in the west line
of the J. A. Creary Survey; thence south along the
west line of the J. A. Creary Survey to the south-
west corner of the Carl Wollner 142.83 acre tract
in said Creary Survey; thence easterly along the
south line of said 142.83 acre tract to its south-
east corner in the west line of the R. F. Ball
11.57 acre tract in said Creary Survey; thence
south along the west line of said 11.57 acre tract
to its southwest comer; thence east along the
south line of said 11.57 acre tract to the south-
westerly line of Arkansas Lane in said Creary Sur-
vey; thence southeasterly along the southwesterly
line of Arkansas Lane to its intersection with the
center line of Village Creek; thence down the center
of-Village Creek with its meanders to its intersec-
tion with the east line of the B. E. Beaty 58 acre
tract in the J. A. Creary Survey; thence north along
the east line of said 58 acre tract to its north-
east corner; thence west along the north line of
said Beaty 58 acre tract to the northeasterly line
of Arkansas Lane; thence northwesterly along the
northeasterly line of Arkansas Lane to the east
line of the Texas Electric Service Co. 77.17 acre
tract in�the J. A. Creary Survey$ thence north
along the east line of said 77.17 acre tract to
the north line of said Creary Survey; thence
east along the north line of said Creary Survey
to its northeast corner, being the southeast
comer of the S. G. Jennings Survey; thence
north'along the east line of said Jennings Survey
and continuing north along the east line of the
J. W. Haynes Survey and the W. S. Sublett Survey
to a point in the north line of Meadowbrook Drive,
said point being also in the east line of the
W. S. Sublett Survey; thence west along the north
line of Meadowbrook Drive to its intersection with
the present city limits, said point of intersec-
tion being 100 feet east of the east line of Weiler
Boulevard and in the north line of Meadowbrook
Drive; thence south along the present city limits
100 feet east of and parallel with the east line
of Weiler Boulevard and continuing along the present
city limits to the place of beginning.
SECTION 5.
That the City Secretary is hereby ordered and directed to enter
said Amen4ent No. %VI in the records of the City in a separate book
kept in his office for such purpose.
SECTION 6.
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect the 17th day of
December, 1946, the date the election was held and the returns received
and tabulated.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney
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