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ORDINANCE NO.c-
AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO JOHN SEALY,
E. R. BROWN, R. WAVERLEY SMITH, E. E.
PLUMLEY ANP GEORGE C. GREER' TRUSTEES
OF MAGNOLIA PETROLEUM COD"PANY0 AN UN-
INCORPORATED JOINT STOCK ASSOCIATION,
AN EXTENSION OF TIME FOR THE BUILDING
OF A 11IPE LINE IN THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH, TEXAS, UNDER THE FRANCHISE
GRANTS HERETOFORE GIVEN TO SAID TRUS-
TEES OF SAID COYTANY; SAID FRANCHISE
GRANTS BEING CONTAINED WITHIN ORDINANC-
ES 417, 433, 440, 461, ALL OF RECORD
ON THE MINUTES OF THIS BOARD OF COASIIS-
SIONERS, AND PROVIDING THAT THE FAILURE
TO LAY AND CONSTRUCT SAID LINE WITHIN
TWO YEARS FROM THE ACCEPTANCE OF SAID
ORIGINAL FRANCHISE GRANT SHALL NOT
WORK A FORFEITURE THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE J30ARD OF COYJAISSIONERS OF THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH: _
That John Sealy, E. R Brown, George C.
Greer, E. E. Plumley and R. Waveriey Smith, Trustees
of Magnolia Petroleum CompaiV, the survivor or sur-
vivors of them, their sluccessors and assigns, are
hereby granted an extension of time within which to
lay and construct the following described pipe line
within the City of Fort Worth to-wit:
BEGINNING in North Second StAet '
at a point therein where a connection
can be made with the pipe line crossing
same in Jones Street, said pipe line in
Jones Street having heretofore been con-
strueted by said Magnolia Petroleum
Company under franchise granted in Or-
dinances Nos. 417, 433, 440 and 462;
THENCkE West along North Second
Street to the right-of-way of the`St.
Louis & S¢uthwestern Railway in Bridge
Street;
THENCE South along Bridge St., to
Burnett Street;
THENCE South along Burnett st., to
where said Burnett Street intersects the
North line of West Weatherford Street;
so that instead of being required to lay and construct
said pipe line above described at this time, and with-
in two years from the date of the acceptance of said
franchise, as was and is specified in Section 7 of
said Ordinance No. 417, it, the said Magnolia Petrol-
eum 'Company, shall only be required and obligated to
lay same when, after a hearing by the Board of.Com•-
missioners of the City of Fort Worth, it is ordered
by said Board to so do.
2.
II
A failure to lay and construct said pipe
line within two years from the date of the accept-
ance of said franchise shall not operate or work a
forfeiture of said franchise.
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III
A refusal to lay and construct said pipe
line when ordered to so do by the Board of Commissioners,
as aforesaid, shall work a forfeiture of said franchise.
IV
That this Ordinance shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage, subject
to its being published for five days immediately,
after the passage thereof, in the Fort Worth Record,
the present official newspaper of the City of Fort
Worth.
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I hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance was duly
presented and unanimously passed acid adopted , ky the Board of Cdtnmis -
sioners of the City of Fort Worth at a regular session of daid Board
held Tuesday, August `23nd, A. D. 1916.1
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City Secretary.