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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE BOUNDARY LIMITS AND ANNEXING
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 ACCORDANCE
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,
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 be-
ing situated in Tarrant County, Texas, and being described by metes and
bounds as follows:
Beginning at a point in the present city limit line,
said point being the most northerly corner of Block 216,
Rosen Heights Addition;
Thence in a northwesterly direction along the south-
westerly line of Northwest 31st Street and along the north-
easterly lines of Blocks 221 and 246, Rosen Heights Addi-
tion, to a point, the most northerly corner of Block 246
of Rosen Heights Addition;
Thence in a southwesterly direction along the north-
westerly line of Blocks 246, 245, 244, 243 and 242 to a
point,,the most westerly corner of said Block 242, Rosen
Heights Addition;
Thence south along the west line of Blocks 241 and 227
to a point in the northerly line of the Nine Mile Bridge
Road, said point being the most southerly southwest corner
of Block 227, Rosen Heights Addition;
Thence in an easterly direction along the northerly
line of the Nine Mile Bridge Road and along the southerly
line of Block 227 to a point in the northeasterly line of
Axle Avenue,
Thence in a southeasterly direction along the north-
easterly line of Azle Avenue to a point in the present city
limit line, said point being the most westerly corner of
Block 211, Rosen Heights Addition;
Thence in a northeasterly direction along the present
city limit line and along the easterly line of Titus Street
to the place of beginning, containing approximately 53 acres.
SECTION 2.
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•
This ordinance shall become effective and be in full force and ef-
fect 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 Wednesday, July 25, 1951.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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City Attorney
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