HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 3274 (2)ORDINANCE NO. _5c�? /
AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE BOUNDARY LIMITS AND ANNEXING CER-
TAIN TERRITORY LYING ADJACENT TO THE CITY OF FORT WORTH; PRO-
VIDING 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 PRESCRIB-
ING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
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 being
situated in Tarrant County, Texas, and being described by metes and bounds
as follows:
Beginning at a point in the present City of Fort with city
limit line, said point being at a corner in the south line
of the J. Howard Survey and the north line of the T. & P.
Railroad Company's Survey;
Thence west along the south line of the J. Howard Survey, the
Geo. Shield Survey, and across a part of the J. F. Heath
Survey to a point in the east line of the J. Watson Survey,
said point being at a corner of the Benbrook city limit line;
Thence in a northerly and westerly direction along the Ben -
brook city limit line to a point where said line intersects the
City of Fort Worth city limit line in the Old Stove Foundry
Road where the Texas and Pacific spur track turns north to
Carswell Air Force Base;
Thence in an easterly and southerly direction along the present
City of Fort Worth city limit line to the place of beginning,
and containing approximately seven square miles of land.
SECTION 2.
That this ordinance shall be published one time in The Fort Worth
Star -Telegram, a daily newspaper published in the City of Fort Worth, in ac-
cordance with the provisions of Section 40, Chapter XXVIII of the City Charter.
SECTION 3.
That this ordinance shall become effective and be in full force and
effect 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, December 8, 1954•
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney