O71-06CITY OF KENNEDALE ORDINANCE NO. 71-6
AN ORDINANCE RECEIVING AND ANNEXING TERRITORY AD-
JACENT AND CONTIGUOUS TO THE CITY OF KENNEDALE,
TEXAS: PROVIDING THAT SUCH AREA IS HEREBY MADE A
PART OF SAID CITY AND THE OWNERS AND INHABITANTS
THEREOF SHALL BE ENTITLED TO ALL THE PRIVILEGES
OF OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS AND CITIZENS OF SAID CITY
AND SHALL BE BOUND BY THE ACTS AND ORDINANCES NOW
IN EFFECT AND TO BE HEREAFTER ADOPTED: FURTHER
PROVIDING FOR THE AMENDING AND CORRECTING OF THE
OFFICIAL BOUNDARIES OF SAID CITY AS HERETOFORE
ADOPTED, AND FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, after due notice as required by Section 6,
of the Texas Municipal Annexation Act, the City Council of the
City of Kennedale, Texas, has duly held a public hearing on
the question of whether the said City should institute annex-
ation proceedings on the hereinafter described property and
territory, giving all interested persons an opportunity to
be heard at such hearing; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Kennedale,
Texas, after such public hearing and within the time prescribed
by law, has determined that it will be in the best interest of
the City of Kennedale, Texas, its inhabitants and the owners
and inhabitants of the hereinafter described territory, that
such land and territory be annexed to the City of Kennedale,
Texas; and
WHEREAS, said City Council at a special meeting on
this 16th day of August, 1971, has duly considered such annex-
ation, and finds that all of the territory hereinafter described
is situtated within the extra -territorial jurisdiction of the
City of Kennedale, that it is adjacent and contiguous to the
existing boundaries of said City, that it is not more than
one-half mile in width, that all of the owners thereof have
made written application as by law provided for the annexation
thereof to said City, and that all statutory requirements and
conditions for the annexation of such territory have bee-: ful-
filled; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENNEDALE, TEXAS:
Section 1. That the land and territory hereinafter
described, lying entirely within the extra -territorial jur sdic-
tion of the City of Kennedale, Texas, and being adjacent and
contiguous to the existing boundaries of said City, be, and
the same is hereby annexed to and brought within the corporate
boundaries and hereby made an integral part of the City of Ken-
nedale, Texas, such land and territory hereby annexed being des-
cribed by metes and bounds as follows, to -wit:
BEING a part of the W. E. Haltom Survey, Abstract No.
1791, in Tarrant County, Texas, and further described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point in the South line of said Haltom
Survey 501 varas East of the Southwest corner of said Survey;
THENCE North parallel with the West line of said
Survey 338 varas for corner;
THENCE East with the North line of said Survey 857
varas for corner;
THENCE South 338 varas on a line parallel with the
West line of said Survey for corner in the South line of said
Survey;
THENCE West with the South line -of said Survey 857
varas to the place of beginning; together with any portion o
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the public road abutting such property along its South boundary
line that is not already within the corporate limits of the
City of Kennedale, Texas.
Section 2. That the owners and inhabitants of the
property above described and hereby annexed be, and they are
hereby declared entitled to all of the rights and privileges
of other property owners and citizens of the City of Kennedale,
Texas, and shall henceforth be bound by all of the acts and
ordinances of said City of Kennedale, Texas, which are now in
force and effect, and which may be hereafter adopted.
Section 3. That the official 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 effec-
tive from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, duly
attested by the City Secretary..
ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 16th day of August, 1971.
ATTEST :
J 1 D. Boyd, City Se etary
(CITY SEAL)
THE STATE OF TEXAS:
COUNTY OF TARRANT :
CITY OF KENNEDALE
APPROVED:
J " H. Spud)` Martin, Mayor of the
City of Kennedale, Texas
I, Jewel D. Boyd, City Secretary of the City of
Kennedale, Texas, hereby certify that the above and foregoing
is a true and correct copy of City of Kennedale Ordinance
No. 71-6 duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Kenne-
dale, Texas, at a special meeting on the 16th day of August,
1971, at which meeting a quorum was --present, as is reflected
by the minutes of said City Council.
TO CERTIFY WHICH witness my hand and the official
seal of the City of Kennedale, Texas, this 16th day of August,
A. D. 1971.
(CITY SEAL)
Jeae1 D. Boyd, City Secre ry of the
City of Kennedale, Te as
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