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AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING THAT THAT PORTION OF SHIRLEY
AVENUE FOR A DISTANCE OF 51.7 FKET AT ITS EXTRMTE
SOUTH END ADJACENT TO LOT 4 AND LOT 8, N. ECMVS
SUBDIVISION TO THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TARRANT COMM,
TEXAS, BE ABANDONED, VACATED AND CLOSED, AND EXCEPTING
THE RIGHTS OF ALL PUBLIC UTILITIES HERETOFORE ACQUIRED
IN SAID PORTION OF SAID STREET, AND PROVIDING FOR THE
REVERSION OF THE FEE IN SAID LAND, AND REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH, AND PROVIDING THAT
THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOIM EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
WHEREAS, the Fort Worth Independent School District owns all of
the property abutting on Shirley Avenue for a distance of 51.7 feet at its
extreme south end adjacent to Lot 4 and Lot 8, N. Eckerts Subdivision to
the City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, a portion of which is used
for school buildings, and the portion across said Shirley Avenue being used
for playgrounds and other public purposes, and that it is necessary for
children attending the said school to travel from one portion of the said
school grounds to the other across said street; and,
19HEREAS, ouch street constitutes a menace to the public, and the
interest of the public safety requires the closing and vacating of such
street; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH,
TEXAS:
SECTION I.
That Shirley Avenue for a distance of 51.7 feet at the extreme
south end and adjacent to Lot 4 and Lot 8, N. Eckerts Subdivision to the
City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, be and the same is hereby closed,
abandoned and permanently vacated as a street or public thoroughfare of any
kind or character whatever.
SECTION II.
That the rights of all public utilities for the purpose Uf con-
structing and maintaining service lines shall not be disturbed, destroyed,
revoked or abrogated by any of the provisions of this ordinance, but said
rights as above set out shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION III.
That the fee to the land in said street shall revert as provided
by law.
SECTION IV.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
SECTION V.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect
from and after the date of its passage.
APPROVED AS TO FOW AND LEGALITY:
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