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ORDINANCE NO.
ORDINANCE CANCELLING, ANNULLING AND RESCINDING CONTRACT
WITH TEXAS BITULITHIC COMPANY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF
CERTAIN STREET IMPROVEMENTS ON A PORTION OF LAMAR STREET
AND ON PORTIONS OF SUNDRY OTHER STREETS IN THE CITY OF
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, CANCELLING, ANNULLING AND RESCINDING
ALL ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO
THE IMPROVEMENT OF SAID PORTIONS OF SAID STREETS, AND
RELEASING THE RESPECTIVE PARCELS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON
SAID PORTIONS OF SAID STREETS FROM THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT
LIENS HERETOFORE CREATED ON AND AGAINST SAID PROPERTIES
AND AGAINST THE OWNERS THEREOF.
WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 3021 adopted by the City
Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, on December 31, 1952,
it was determined that the hereinafter described portions of
streets in said city be improved, and that the City Secretary
prepare and file a notice of enactment of said ordinance with
the County Clerk of Tarrant County, Texas, and
WHEREAS, said notice was prepared and filed with the
County Clerk of Tarrant Countyy, Texas, and was duly recorded on
January 12, 1953, in volume 982, page 487, of the deed of trust
records of said county, and said notice is to the effect that a
portion of the cost of the improvements to be constructed is to
be specially assessed as a lien upon the property abutting on
the hereinafter described portions of streets in the City of
,.Fort Worth, Texas, and
WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 3061 adopted by the City
Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, on April 15, 1953,
contract for the making and construction of the improvements
on the hereinafter described portions of streets in said city
,was awarded Texas Bitulithic Company and was duly executed by
the said Texas Bitulithic Company and the City of Fort Worth,
Texas, acting by and through its Mayor and City Secretary, and
WHEREAS, sundry proceedings, including a hearing to
the owners of the respective parcels of property abutting on the
hereinafter described portions of streets and to others interested
were duly taken and had by and before the City Council of the
City of Fort Worth, Texas, and the matter of assessments having
been indefinitely postponed; j
THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, THAT:
I.
Texas Bitulithic Company having consented to the aban-
donment of the improvements heretofore ordered constructed on the
hereinafter described portions of streets in the City of Fort
Worth, Texas, it is hereby found and determined that it is
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not practical to proceed with the improvements as heretofore
provided for and that the construction of said improvements on
the hereinafter described portions of streets should be abandoned
and said improvements be and are hereby abandoned.
II.
The contract with Texas Bitulithic Company for the
making and construction of the improvements heretofore ordered
on the hereinafter described portions of streets be and the same
is hereby cancelled, and Texas Bitulithic Company be and is hereby
relieved from any and all obligations imposed upon it by said
contract.
III.
All ordinances, resolutions and other proceedings of
any and every kind and character whatsoever relating to the
construction of improvements on each of those portions of streets
hereinafter described, be and are hereby cancelled, annulled and
rescinded.
IV.
The special assessment liens created on and against the
respective parcels of property which abut on those portions of
streets hereinafter described, created by virtue of sundry pro-
ceedings passed by the City Council of the City of Fort Worth,
Texas, and evidenced by the notice of assessment recorded in
volume 982, page 487, of the deed of trust records of Tarrant
County, Texas, be and the same are hereby cancelled, annulled and
rescinded and the respective parcels of property abutting on
said portions of said streets are hereby released from said
special assessment liens, which said respective parcels of pro-
perty abut on the following described portions of streets, to-wit:
LAMAR STREET: From the northerly line of West Weatherfor
Street to the southerly line of West Belknap Street; known
and designated as Unit No. 1.
BURNETT STREET: From the northerly line of West Weather-!
ford Street to the southerly line of West Belknap Street;
known and designated as Unit No. 2. ,
CHERRY STREET: From the northerly line of West First
Street to the southerly line of West Belknap Street, save
and except the intersection of West Weatherford Street:
known and designated as Unit No. 3.
FLORENCE STREET: From the northerly line of West. First
Street to the southerly line of West Belknap Street, save
and except the intersection of West Weatherford Street;
known and designated as Unit No. 4.
WEST BELKNAP STREET: From the westerly line of Henderson
Street to the easterly line of Lexington Street; known and
designated as Unit No. 5.
WEST BLUFF STREET: From the westerly line of Henderson
Street to the easterly line of Lexington Street; known and
designated as Unit No. 6.
LEXINGTON STREET: From the northerly line of West First
Street to the northerly line of West Bluff Street, save and
except the intersection of West Weatherford Street; known
and designated as Unit No. T.
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EAST FIRST STREET: From the easterly line of Jones
Street to the westerly line of Hampton Street; known and
designated as Unit No. 8.
GROVE STREET: From the northerly line of East Fourth
Street to the southerly line of East Bluff Street, save
and except the intersections of East Second Street, East
First Street, East Weatherford Street, and East Belknap
Street; known and designated as Unit No. 9.
PECAN STREET: From the northerly line of East Fourth
Street to the southerly line of East Bluff Street, save
and except the intersections of East Second Street, East
First Street, East Weatherford Street, and East Belknap
Street; known and designated as Unit No. 10.
V.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force
and effect from and after the date of its passage, and it is so
ordained.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney
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