Loading...
O62-04") KENNEDALE ORDINANCE NO. 62-4 AN ORDINANCE RECEIVING AND ANNEXING TERRITORY ADJACENT AND CONTIGUOUS TO THE CITY OF KENNEDALE, TEXAS; PROVIDING THAT SUCH AREA SHALL BE.MADE A PART OF SAID CITY AND THAT THE OWNERS AND INHABI- TANTS THEREOF SHALL BE ENTITLED TO ALL TEE 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 PRO— VIDING FOR, AMENDING AND.CORREOTING THE OFFICIAL BOUNDARIES OF SAID CITY AS HERETOFORE ADOPTED, AND FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Article 974-g, Texas Revised Civil Statutes of 1925, as amended, Trinity Valley Seminary, being the sole owner of the hereinafter described real property, acting through its duly authorized officers, has made application 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, described as follows, to -wit: BEING a part of the E. C. Cannon Survey, Abstract No. 378, in Tarrant County, Texas, and described by metes and bounds as follows: BEGINNING in the present southerly corporate limit line of the City of Kennedale, Texas at the point of inter- section of the north line of said E.C. Cannon Survey, being also the south line of the J.B. Renfro Survey, Abstract No. 1260, and the east right of way line of U.S. Highway No. 287; THENCE southeasterly with the east right of way line of said U. S. Highway No. 287 to the southwest corner of a tract deeded to J.S. Compton by warranty deed recorded in Vol. 3129, page 406, Tarrant County Deed Records, and the northwest corner of a tract deeded to Trinity Valley Seminary by warranty deed recorded in Vol. 3596, Page 534, Tarrant County Deed Records, said point being the northwest corner of petitioner's property in the nort4- east right of way of the Fort Worth -Mansfield Road (U.S. Highway No. 287); THENCE north 47 deg. 52 min. east 310.4 feet to the most northerly corner of said Seminary Tract in the north line of the E.C. Cannon Survey and the present south line of the Kennedale city limits„_ said point being 585.44 feet west of the southeast corner of the J.B. Renfro Survey, Abstract No. 1260; THENCE south 42 deg. 08 min. east 280.6 feet to a point for corner, being the southeast corner of said Seminary Tract; THENCE south 47 deg. 52 min. west 310.4 feet to the southwest corner of said Seminary Tract in the northeast right of way line of said Fort Worth -Mansfield Road; THENCE continuing southwesterly at a 90 deg. angle to the northeasterly right of way line of U.S. Highway No. 287 to the southwesterly right of way line of said U.S. Highway No. 287; THENCE northwesterly along the southwestern right of way line of said U. S. Highway No. 287 to the north line of the said E. C. Cannon Survey, said point being in the present corporate City limits line of the City of Kennedale, Texas; THENCE east with the present city limits of the City of Kennedale„ Texas to the place of beginning. (It is the intention to herein describe for annexation the entire property of Trinity Valley Seminary as described in and acquired by a warranty deed from the Trustees of Bethel Baptist Church to Trinity Valley Seminary, recorded in Vol. 3596, at page 534, of the Tarrant County Deed Records, together with that portion of U. S. Highway No. 287 abutting said property on the west and intervening between such abut- ting portion of the highway and the present south corporate limit line of the City of Kennedale, Texas, on said U.S. Highway No. 287.) WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Kennedale, Texas, as provided by law, at a regular meeting on this the 1st day of March, 1962 (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, hearing the arguments for and against such annexation, and it appearing to the City Council that all statutory requirements in connection with said application and petition have been ful- filled and that all of said area, on which less than three aualified voters reside, is adjacent and contiguous to the present existing boundaries and limits of the City of Kenne- dale, 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 TIE CITY OF KENNEDALE, 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 inhabitantsof the area herein annexed, be, and they are hereby declared entitled to ali of the rights and privilegesof other property owners and citizens of the said City of Kennedale, Texas, and shall henceforth be bound by all of the acts and ordinances of said City of Kennedale which are now in force and effect, and which may be hereafter adopted. Section 3. That the official map and boundaries bf the City of Kennedale, Texas, as heretofore adopted and amended, be corrected and amended, to as to include the above described area and territory as a part of the City of Kennedale, Texas. Section 4. That this ordinance is adopted -subsequent to the prior adoption of Kennedale Ordinance No. 62-2, and all of the property and territory herein described was included within the boundaries of the territory described in and annexed to the City of Kennedale by said Kennedale Ordinance No. 62-2, The sole purpose inthe 'adoptibh of this Ordinance is hereby declared to be precaUtiOnary, so that if the annexation of the larger territory by Kennedale Ordinance No. 62-2 pursuant to the provisions of Article 974, Texas Revised Civil Statutes of 1925, as amended, should be hereafter declared to be ineffective for any reason, that in all events the herein described territory WilL±:be effectively annexed to the City of Kennedale under the provisiors of Article 974-g. Section 5. 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 the lst day of March, A.D. 1962. APPROVED: -17:Wz-e yor, City of'Kennedale, Texas A TTES T: (CITY SEAL) _ ..... • %,-1ME STATE OF TEXAS: _ • • - - 7. • •' 1:00UNTY OF TARRANT: ... OF KENNEDALE: I, Susie A. Langford, City Secretary of the City of Kennedale, Texas, hereby certify that the above and fore- going is a true and correct copy of Kennedale Ordinance No. 62-4, unanimously adopted by the City Council of the City of Kennedale, Texas, at a regular meeting held in the Kennedale City Hall on the lst day of March, 1962, at which meeting a quorum was present, as is reflected by the minutes of said Council. TO CERTIFY WHICH witness my hand and the official seal of the City of Kennedale, Texas, this 1st day of March, A.D. 1962. Ci y Secretary, C Texas. (CITY SEAL) y nneda el ,74 PETITION FOR A TION TO THE HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF K. DALE, TEXAS: The undersigned, Trinity Valley Seminary, a Texas corporation, of Tarrant County, Texas, acting by and through its duly authorized undersigned officers, being the only owner of all of the hereinafter des- cribed land and territory lying contiguous and adjacent to the existing corporate lioits of the City of Kenne- dale, Texas, hereby petitions the Mayor and City Council of the City of Kennedale, Texas, to institute all pro- ceedings and to adopt all ordinances and do things neces- sary to annex the said hereinafter described land and territory and make the same a part of the City of Ken- nedale, Texas, said land and territory being more par- ticularly described a.s follows, to -wit: BEING a part of the E. C. Cannon Survey, Abstract No. 378, in Tarrant County, Texas, and described by metes and bounds as follows: BEGHIING in the present southerly corporate limit line of the City of Kennedale, Texas at the point of inter- section of the north line of said E. C. Cannon Survey, being also the south line of the J. B. Renfro Survey, Abstract No. 1260, and the east right of way line of U. S. Highway No. 287; THENCE southeasterly with the east right of way line of said U. S. Highway No. 287 to the southwest corner of a tract deeded. to J. S. Compton by warranty deed recorded in Vol. 3129, Page 406, Tarrant County Deed Records, and the northwest corner of a tract deeded to Trinity Valley Seminary by warranty deed recorded in Vol. 3596, Page 534, Tarrant County Deed Records, said point being the northwest corner of petitioner's property in the north- east right of way of the Fort Worth -Mansfield Road (U. S. Highway No. 287); THENCE north 47 deg. 52 Hin. east 310.4 feet to the tost northerly corner of said Seminary Tract in the north line of the E. C. Cannon Survey and the present south line of the Ken edale city limits, said point being 585.44 feet west of the southeast corner of the J. B. Renfro Survey, Abstract No. 1260; THENCE south 42 deg. 08 min. east 280.6 feet to a point for corner, being the southeast corner of said Seminary Tract; THENCE south 47 deg. 52 min. west 310.4 feet to the, southwest corner of said Seminary Tract in the northeast right of way line of said Fort Worth -Mansfield Road; THENCE continuing southwesterly at a 90 deg. angle to the northeasterly right of way line of U. S. Highway No. 287 to the southwesterly right of way line of said U. S. Highway No. 287; THENCE northwesterly along the southwestern right of ,:y line of said U. S. Highway No. 287 to the north line of the said E. C. Cannon Survey, said point being in the present corporate city limits line of the City of Kennedale, Texas; THENCE east with the present city limits of the City of Kennedale, Texas to the place of beginning. It is the intention to herein describe for annexation the entire property of Trinity Valley Seminary as described in and acquired by warranty deed from the trustees of Bethel Baptist Church to Trinity Valley Seminary, recorded in Vol se 3596, at Page 534, of the Deed Records of Tarrant County, Texas, together with that portiof of U. S. Highway No. 287 abutting said pro- perty on the west and intervening between such abutting portion of the highway and the present south corporate limit line of the City of Kennedale, Texas, on U. S. Highway No. 287. Petitioner represents and hereby shows the said Mayor and City Council of the City of Kennedale, Texas, that the above described property is contiguous and adjacent to the present city limits of the City of Kennedale, Texas, is less than one-half mile in width, is not now a part of any other municipal corporation, and that less than three qualified voters reside on said land and territory. EXECUTED by Trinity Valley day of February, 1962. AVIITST: - . • q 7 etary Seminary this TRINITY VALLEY SE ARY bypf Dr. L.E. Mil'er, President (Seal) -2- THE STATE OF TEXAS: 3 COUNTY OF TARRANT: ) Whereas, the aforesaid Trinity Valley Seminary is in the process of incorporation, but said incorpora- tion has not been completed at the time of the execution of this foregoing petition for annexation, so that the President and Secretary of Trinity Valley -Seminary, who have signed the foregoing petition, are in fact acting as de facto officers of a de facto corporation; and WHEREAS, the undersigned are all of the Trustees of Trinity Valley Seminary, an -.unincorporated association presently in the process of effecting in- corporation; and are the governing body of said Trinity Valley Seminary and as such, holders of title to.its realty, until such incorporation is completed; NOW, THEREFORE, we, the undersigned, being all of the Trustees of Trinity Valley Seminary, hereby ex- pressly authorize the aforesaid Dr. L. E. Miller, as de facto president of Trinity Valley Seminary, a de facto corporation, being the same organization as the Trinity Valley Seminary for which we are Trustees, and the afore- said de facto secretary, G. Harold O'Neal, to execute and acknowledge the aforesaid petition for annexation of the Seminary's aforesaid real property to the City of Kenne- dale, Texas, and as Trustees of Trinity Valley Seminary, we hereby expressly ratify and confirm said petition, and hereby request the annexation of said property to the City of Kennedale, Texas. WITNESS OUR HANDS this day of February, 1962. J.S. Miles, Chairman and x - �P Trustee: .� James E. Denman, Trustee: CVL-C= .-,�^��✓n _ o, _ .1 Everett E. James,Trustee: H.M. Corey, Trustee: Jessie W. Simon, Trustee: �I�r1 t i✓y-/ % THE STATE OF TEXAS: )' COUNTY OF TARRANT: )) BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared J. es, James R. Denman, Everett E. James, H. M. Corey and Jessie W: Simon, Trustees of Trinity Valley Seminary, known to me to be the persons whose naes are subscribed to the foregoing instru- ment, and acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed, as the act of Trinity Valley Seminary, and in their capacity as Trustees. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF O ICm-_ s .the ":. day of February, 1962. Notary Pu lip. i Tarrant County;.. r- t , TRE STATE OF CO a OF TA .7A S: ) - ) : ) BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Dr. L.E. Miller, President of Trinity Valley Seminary, a corporation, known to me to be the person and officer whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to tie that the same was the act of the said Trinity Valley Se inary, a corporation, and that he executed the same as the act of such corporation for the purposes and consideration therein expressed, and in the capacity therein stated. GIVEN ER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE this the 2i) day of February, 1962. HAWKINS> o ary Public in and for Tarrant County, Texas TEE STATE OF TEXAS: CO OF TA NT: CITY OF KENNE ALE:t Susie A. Lan -,ford, City Secretary of the City of Kennedale, Texas, hereby certify: that the above and foregoing Petition for Annexation was filed in my of- fice on the ay of February, 1962, and was thereafter presented by the Mayor, Norman T. Childres, to the City Council of the City of Kennedale, Texas, for hearing and 1962. action thereon, on the day of TO CERTIFY WHICH witness my// hand and the official seal of the City of Kennedale, Texas, this 11„1---day of X , 1962. or - Susie A. Langford/ City Secretary, City of Kennedale, Texas.