O60-09KENNEDA-T7 ORDINANCE NO. 50-9
AN ORDINANCE RECEIVING AND ANNEXING TERRITORY
ADJACENT AND CONTIGUOUS TO TEE CITY OF =NEE-
TEXA. PROVIDING THAT SUCH AREA SHALL
•BE MADE A PART OF SAID CITY AND THAT THE OWNERS
NT) INHABITANTS TF7REOF SHALL BE T7NTITL7D TO
ALL TH77 _ PRIVIT7G7S OF OTF7R PROPERTY OWNERS
AND CITIZLNS OF SAID CITY AND SHALL BE BOUND
BY TNE ACTS AND ORDINANCES NOW IN 77177.7707 AND
TO 37 TiERBAFTkR ADOPTED; FUPLTT47=7R PROVIDING
FOR, AMENDING S0,7D COERECT77G THE OFFICIAL
BOUNDARIES OF SAID CITY AS HERETOFORE ADOPTED,
AND FOR AN 7F.77CTIV7 DAT77.
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pursuant to provisions of rtic 974-g,
Vernon Texas ReviF,'Pd Civil StPtutPs of 7925, as amended,
J. G. Ghormley, Jr., and wife, Ruth, M. Ghormley, being the
owners of the real property hereinafter described, have
made application as 7
r law 7^,TAT
the Mayor and City
Council of the City of KPnredale, Texas, recuesting annex-
ation to said City of the are2, situated in the County of
Tarrant, State of Texas, desnribed as follows, to -wit:
BEGINNING at a point 888 feet north and
120L feet east of the southwest :corner
of the M. F. ScotvSurvey;
THENCE east 348.5 feet3
TP7NC77 south 250 feet;
THENCE west 348.5 feet;
TF7NC7 north 250 feet to the point of beginning,
and containing 2 acres of land.
WF7REA.S, the City Council of the City of Kennedale,
Texas, as provided by law, at a regular meeting on this the
ct,n „.,,ay of October, 1950 (which is
more than five and less
than thirty days since the filing of said petition with the
City), duly and legally considered the said petition, earing
the arguments for and against such annexation, and it ppear-
ing to the City Councii that all statutory requirements in
connection with said application and petition have been
fulfilled and that all of said area, on which less than
three qualified voters reside, is adjacent and contiguous
to the present existing boundaries and limits of the City of
Kennedale, Texas, 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 TEE CITY OF KENNEDATF,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the property hereinabove describe,
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 in5egra1 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 the said City of Kennedale, Texas, and shall
be bound by all the acts and ordinances of said. City of Kenne-
dale which are now in 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 adopted 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.
1960.
ADOPTED AND APPROVED this the 6th day of October, A.D.
APPROVED:
a or o. Ge
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Secretary
ITY SEAL)
STATE OF TEXAS:
COUNTY OF TARRANT:
CITY OF KENUEDALE:
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enne a_e, exas
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 Kennedale Ordinance No. 60-9,
unanimously adopted by the City Council of the City of Kennedale,
Texas, at a regular meeting held in the ILennedale City Hall
on the 6th day of October, 1960, at which meeting a Quorum
was present, as is reflected by the minutes of said meeting.
WITNESS MY HAND and the official seal of the City
of Kennedale, Texas, this 6th day of October, A.L. 1960.
y Secretary, City of;enneda '"e, Texas
PETTTioN Foa ANNEXATION
TO THE HONOBA3LE CITY COUNCIL OF [7F7 177 07 KENNED - TEXAS:
We, the undersigned, J. G. holey, Jr. and wife, Ruth M.
Ghormley, being the owners of all the hereinafter described land
and territory, hereby petition the Mayor and City Council of
Kennedale, Texas, to institute all proceedings and to adopt all
ordinances and do all things necessary to annex the hereinafter
described land and territory and make the same a part of the City
Kennedale, Texas, said land and territory being described by
metes and bounds as follows, to -wit:
Beginning a: a poinc 883.9 feet Noth and
1201.7 fee: as of the Southwest corner
of the M. 7. Scott Survey; :hence Las: 343.5
Lheuce South 253 feet; thence Wes:
348.5 feet; thence 'Torth 250 -ceec to the
point of beginning, and containing two acres
of land,
7Detitioner would show the said Mayor and City Council of
-he City of Kennedale, Teas, that the above described oroperty
ig contiguous and adjacent to the present city limits of the
City of Kennedale, 7xas, is less tan one-half mile in width,
is no: no a par: of any other municipal corporation, and that
less than three ,7ali5ied voters reside on said land and terri-
tory.
SS our hands -this
727 TAE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF TAaa,LNT
day of Se tember, 1960.
:-autt M. Ghormley-
BEFOFE NE, the undersigned authority, in and for said
County, Texas, on this day personally appeared J. G. OHORHLZ7,J7..
and Tluth M. Ghormley his wife, both known to me to be the persons
whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and ack-
nowledged to me that they each executed the same for the pu-r -
poses and consideration therein e2,pressed, and the said Ruth H.
Ghorm.ley, wife of the said J. G. Ghormley, Jr. having been
111 examin-ed by me p-rivily and apart from her husband, and havin the
to her, she, the said Ruth I. Ghormley
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pvedt-Yer51 such instrument to be her an and deed and she
.:.."..,&,dEuar 'that she had willingly signed the same for the purposes
ar,-an-qn-oeLaL.on erein jressed, and that she did notvvisLi to
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ult3r Secretary,
Kennedale,