O57-01ORDINANCE NO. 57-1
AN ORDINANCE RECEIVING AND ANNEXING TERRITORY
ADJACENT AND CONTIGUOUS TO THE CITY OF KENNE-
DALE, TEXAS; PROVIDING THAT SUCH AREA BE MADE
A PART OF SAID CITY AND THAT TIE OWNERS AND
INHABITANTS THEREOF SHALL BE ENTITT,rD TO ALL
THE PRIVIT,FGES OF OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS AND
CITIZENS OF SAID CITY AND SHALL BE BOUND
BY THE ACTS AND ORDINANCES NOW IN EFJ'J.CT AND
TO BE HEREAFTER ADOPTED; FURTHER PROVIDING
FOR AMENDING AND CORRECTING THE OFFICIAL
BOUNDARIES OF SAID CITY AS HERETOFORE ADOPTED,
AND FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, pursuant to provisions of Article 974-g,
Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes of 1925, as amended, Raymond
Rufus Swiney and wife, Polly Leodia Swiney, being all of the
owners of real property hereinafter described, have made appli-
cation as by law provided to the Mayor and City Council of the
City of Kennedale, Texas, requesting annexation to said City of
the area situated in the -County of Tarrant, State of Texas, des-
cribed as follows, to -wit:
BEING a part of the David Strickland Survey,
Abstract No. 1376, Patent No. 50, Volume 13,
in Tarrant County, Texas, adjoining the present
north boundary line of the corporate limits of
the City of Kennedale, Texas, and more particularly
described as follows:
BEGIINNING at the northeast corner of the Shelby
County ,:School Land, and thence west 50 varas
to the center of Village Creek for the beginning
corner of this tract, said point being in the
present corporate boundary line of the City of
Kennedale, Tarrant County, Texas;
THENCE with the meanders of said Creek north
622 degrees east 108 varas, north 84 degrees
east 199 varas, north 36 degrees east 89 varas,
north 63 degrees east 64 varas, north 36 degrees
45 minutes east 80 varas, north 22 degrees 10
minutes east 86 varas, north 32 degrees east
100 varas, north 40 degrees 05 minutes east
139 varas, north 0 degrees 15 minutes east
103 varas, north 18 degrees 05 minutes west
73 varas, north 54 degrees west 221 varas to
an iron pipe on creek bank for corner;,
THENCE east along fence line 352 varas for
corner;
•THENCE south 113.4 varas to an iron pipe for
corner;
THENCE east 3022 varas to an iron pipe set in
fence line for corner;
THENCE south 7012 varas to stake for corner
in the present north boundary line of the
corporate limits of the City of Kennedale;
THENCE west 1100 varas, more or less, with
the present corporate boundary line of the
City of Kennedale, Texas, to the place of
beginning; and containing 121 acres of land,
more or less; it being the intention to in-
clude herein all of the property now owned
by the petitioners, Raymond Rufus Swiney
and wife, Polly Leodia Swiney, in the said
David Strickland Survey and adjoining the
present corporate limits of the said City
of Kennedale, Texas.
WHEREAS, the City Council, as provided by law, at a
regular meeting on the lst day of March, 1957, duly and legally
considered the said petition, hearing the arguments for and
against slah annexation, and it appearing to the City Council
of the City of Kennedale, Texas, that all statutory requirements
in connection with said application and petition have been ful-
filled and that all of said area, on which not more than three
aualified voters reside, is adjacent and contiguous to the present
existing boundaries and limits of said City, and is not more than
one-half mile in width, all of which the Council so finds; now,
therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENNEDATF,, TEXAS:
Section 1. That the property hereinabove described
lying adjacent and contiguous to the present existing boundaries
and limits of the City of Kennedale, Texas, be, and the same is
hereby annexed and brought within the corporate limits and made
an integral part of the said City of Kennedale, Texas.
Section 2. That the owners and inhabitants of the
area herein annexed be, and they are hereby declared entitled
to all the rights and privileges of other property owners and
citizens of said City of Kennedale, and shall be bound by all
the acts and ordinances of said City of Kennedale which are
now in full force and effect and which may be hereafter adopted.
Section 3. That the official map and _boundaries of
the City of Kennedale, Texas, as heretofore -ad -Opted and amended,
be corrected and amended, so as to include the above described
area and territory as a part of the City of Kennedale, Texas.
Section 4. That this ordinance -shall become effective
from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, duly
attested by the City Secretary:
ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 1st day of March, A.D. 1957.
APPROVED:
AtTESsll'i
-).02.ty'Secretary
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF TARRANT
CITY OF KENNEDALE
I, Susie A. Langford, City Secretary of the City of
Kennedale, Texas, hereby certify that the above and foregoing is
a true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 57-1 unanimously adopted
by the City Council of the City of Kennedale, Texas, at a regular
meeting held at the Kennedale City Hall on the lst day of March,
-2-
1957, at which meeting a quorum was present, as is reflected
by the minutes of said meeting.
WITNESS my hand and official seal of said City this
lst day of March, A.D. 1957.
Cicy Secretary, Cicy
PETITION FOR ANPTEXATION
TO THE HONORABT,F CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENNEDATF, TEXAS:
We, the undersigned owners of the hereinafter described
land or territory, hereby petition the Mayor and City Council
of the City of Kennedale, Texas, to institute all proceedings
and to adopt all ordinances and do all other things necessary
to annex said hereinafter described land and territory and make
the same a part of the City of Kennedale, Texas, said land and
territory being described by metes and bounds as follows, to -
wit:
BEING -a part of the David Strickland Survey,
Abstract No. 1376, Patent No. 50, Volume 13,
in Tarrant County, Texas, adjoining the present
north boundary line of the corporate limits of
the City of Kennedale, Texas, and more particularly
described as follows:
BEGINNING at the northeast corner of the Shelby
County School Land, and thence west 50 varas
to the center of Village Creek for the beginning.
corner of this traet, said point being in the
present corporate boundary line of the City of
Kennedale, Tarrant County, Texas;
THENCE with the meanders of said Creek north
622 degrees east 108 varas, north 84 degrees
east 199 varas, north 36 degrees east 89 varas,
north 63 degrees east. 64 varas, north 36 degrees
45 minutes east 80 varas, north 22 degrees 10
minutes east 86 varas, north 32 degrees east
100 varas, north 40 degrees 05 minutes. east
139 varas, north 0 degrees 15 minutes east
103 varas, north 18 degrees 05 minutes west
73 varas, north 54 degrees west 221 varas to
an iron pipe on creek bank for corner;
THENCE east along fence line 352 varas for
corner;
THENCE south 113.4 varas to an iron pipe for
corner;
THENCE east 3022 varas to an iron pipe set in
fence line for corner;
THENCE south 7012 varas to stake for corner
in the present north boundary line of the
corporate limits of the City of Kennedale;
THENCE west 1100 varas, more or less, with
the present corporate boundary line of the
City of Kennedale, Texas, to the place of
beginning; and containing 121 acres of land,
more or less; it being the intention to in-
clude herein all of the property now owned
by the petitioners, Raymond Rufus Swiney
and wife, Polly Leodia Swiney, in the said
David Strickland Survey and adjoining the
present corporate limits of the said City
of Kennedale, Texas.
Petitioners would show the said Mayor and City Council
of the City of Kennedale that the above described property is
contiguous and adjacent to the present city limits of the City
of Kennedale, Texas, and is less than 1/2 mile in width, and
that less than three qualified voters reside on said land.
WITNESS OUR HANDS this 23rd day of February, A.D. 1957.
Ra kond Rufus Swiney
,451!-,
Po1X Leodia Swiney
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF TARRANT
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day per-
sonally appeared Raymond Rufus Swiney and Polly Leodia Swiney,
his wife, known to me to be the persons whose names are sub-
scribed to the foregoing petition, and each acknowledged to me
that they had executed the same for the purposes and consideration
therein expressed, and the said Polly Leodia Swiney, wife of the
said Raymond Rufus Swiney, having been by me examined privily and
apart from her said husband, and having the same fully explained
to her, she, the said Polly Leodia Swiney, acknowledged that she
had willingly signed the same for the purposes and consideration
therein expressed, and that she did not wish to retract it.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND OFFICIAL SEAL OF OFFICE this 23rd
of -February, A.D. 1957,
Notary Public,
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF TARRANT
CITY OF KENNEDALE
Tarrant County, Texas
I, Susie A. Langford, City Secretary of the City of
Kennedale, Texas, do hereby certify that the above and fore-
going is a true and correct copy of a petition filed by Raymond
Rufus Swiney and wife, Polly Leodia Swiney, with the City Council
of the City of Kennedale, Texas, on the 23rd day of February, 1957.
WITNESS my hand and official seal of said City this
23rd day of Februavy, A.D. 1957.
Cy Secretary, City o ne a e Texas