O62-02KENNEDALE ORDINANCE NO. 62-2
AN ORDINANCE RECEIVING AND ANNEXING TERRITORY
ADJACENT AND CONTIGUOUS TO THE CITY OF KENNE-
DALE, TEXAS; PROVIDING THAT SUCH AREA SHOULD
BE MADE A PART OF SAID CITY AND THAT THE OWNERS
AND INHABITANTS THEREOF SHALL TRF, 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
FTER ADOPTED; FURTHER PROVIDING FOR AMENDING
AND CORRECTING THE OFFICIAL BOUNDARIES OF SAID
CITY AS HERETOFORE ADOPTED, AND FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article 974, Texas Revised
Civil Statutes of 1925, as amended, three inhabitants of
the hereinafter described territory, ea-ch of whom is
qualified to vote for members of the State Legislature,
have heretofore executed and filed with the Mayor of the
City of Kennedale, Texas, their affidavit reciting that
an election has been held in and among the inhabitants of
said hereinafter described territory, who are qualified to
vote for members of the State Legislature, and that a
majority of such inhabitants who are so qualified to vote
have voted in favor of said hereinafter described territory
becoming a part of the City of Kennedale, Texas, which
affidavit has been duly certified by the Mayor to the
City Council of said City of Kennedale, Texas; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Kennedale,
Texas, as provided by law, has duly and legally considered
the same, and it appearing to the City Council that all
statutory requirements in connection with said election and
affidavit and the annexation of said hereinafter described
territory have been fulfilled, that an election was in fact
held as recited in said affidavit, that a majority of the
inhabitants of said territory, qualified to vote for members
of the State Legislature, have voted in favor of annexation,
that said territory is adjacent to the present boundaries of
the City of Kennedale, Texas, and is not more than one-half
mile in width, and that it would be to the best interest of
the City of Kennedale and its inhabitants, as well as the
inhabitants of said territory, to annex the same, all of which
the City Council so finds; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENNEDALE,
TEXAS:
Section 1. That the hereinafter described territory,
lying adjacent to the existing boundaries of the City of
Kennedale, Texas, be, and the same is hereby annexed and
brought within the corporate -limits -and hereby made an integral
part of the City of Kennedale, Texas, said land and territory
being described by metes and bounds as follows, to -wit:
BEGINNING at a present southeast corner of
the existing corporate limits of the City
of Kennedale, Tarrant County, Texas, said
point being 384.5 feet south 88 deg. 15 min.
west of the southwest corner of the E.C.
Cannon Survey, Abstract No. 378, and being
the southeast corner of that certain land
and territory in the R. C. Richey Survey,
Abstract No. 1327, in Tarrant County, Texas,
as described in and annexed to the City of
Kennedale by Kennedale Ordinance No. 61-6,
recorded in Vol. 3568, at page 110, of the
Tarrant County Deed Records;
THENCE north 88 deg. 15 min. east 384.5
feet to the southwest corner of the said
E.C. Cannon Survey, Abstract No. 378;
THENCE east with the south line of said
E.C. Cannon Survey and the south line of
the Franklin Wood Survey, Abstract No.
1628, to the southeast corner of said
F. Wood Survey in the west line of the
B. Jopling Survey, Abstract No. 880;
THENCE south with the west line of said
B. Jopling Survey to the southwest corner
of said survey, and continuing south with
the west line of the J. Russell SurveY,
Abstract No. 1328, and the east line of
the W.H. Hudson Survey, Abstract No. 716, an
additional 795 feet to a point in said survey
line 25 feet due west from the southwest
corner of a seven acre tract of land as des-
cribed in deed from Thomas P. Randall and wife,
to W.E. Hughes, recorded in Vol. 2355, at page
281, of the Tarrant County Deed Records;
T CE east 25 feet to the southwest corner
of said W.E. Hughes Tract, and continuing east
along the south line of said Hughes Tract and
crossing the Old Mansfield Road to the easterly
right-of-way line of said Old Mansfield Road;
THENCE northwesterly with the easterly right-of-
way line of said Old Mansfield Road to its inter-
section with the existing corporate limits of the
City of Kennedale, Texas, in the east line of the
said F. Wood Survey, said point being in the east
boundary line of that certain property annexed to.
the City of Kennedale by and described in Kennedale
Ordinance No. 60-8, recorded in Vol. 3484, at page
162, of the Tarrant County Deed Records;
THENCE southerly, and then westerly, northerly,
etc., with the meanders of the existing corporate
limits of the City of Kennedale, Texas, to the
place of beginning; all of the aforesaid property
and territory being situated in Tarrant County,
Texas.
Section 2. That the owners and inhabitants of the
area hereinabove described and annexed shall be entitled to
all the rights and privileges of other owners and citizens
of the City of Kennedale, Texas, and shall be bound by all
of the acts and ordinances of the City of Kennedale now in
full force and effect and that may be hereafter adopted.
Section 3. That the official map and boundaries
of the City of Kennedale, Texas, as heretofore adopted, be,
and the same are hereby corrected and amended so as to
include the hereinabove described area and territory as
a part of the City of Kennedale, Texas.
Section 4. This ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon itspassage and approval by the Mayor, duly
attested by the City Secretary.
ADOPTED AND APPROVED THIS THE 1st day of March,
A.D. 1962.
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.c.ity Secretary
APPROVED:
CITY OF KENNEDALE:
r diy- ofJenne.da1e,Texas
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. 62-2 duly and unanimously adopted by the City Council
of the City of Kennedale, Texas, at a regular meeting held
at the Kennedale City Hall on the 1st day of March, 1962,
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 the 1st day of March, A.D. 1962.
City Secretary, City 0 Knnedae Texas
20PADO
PETITION FOR ANNEXATION
TO THE HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENNEDALE,
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 limits 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 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 north-
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;
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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 Volume 3596, at Page 534, of the
Deed Records of Tarrant County, Texas, together with
that portion 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 Seminary this ; 0
day of February, 1962.
PfiTEST:
TRINITY VALLEY SEMINARY
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Dr. L.E. Mil er, President
(Seal)
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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 24L,day of February, 1962.
J.S. Miles, Chairman and
Trustee:
James E. Denman, Trustee:
Everett E. James, Trustee:
H.M. Corey, Trustee:
Jessie W. Simon, Trustee:
THE STATE OF TEXAS: )
COUNTY OF TARRANT: ))
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BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day
personally appeared X. S. Milep, 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 names 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 capacityas Trustees.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF O iIEW V S .the
A- day of February, 1962. , v
Notary Public. it :;.zed°or
Tarrant ..Count,
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THE STATE OF TEXAS:
COUNTY OF TARRANT: )
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this
day personally appeared Dr. L;E. Miller, President of
Trinity Valley Seminary, a corporation, down to me to
be the person and officer whose name is subscribed to
the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that
the same was the act of the said Trinity Valley Seminary,
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 UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE this
`the 2 d day of February, 1962.
Hs HAWKINS
o ary ub is in and ror
Tarrant County, Texas
THE STATE OF TEXAS:
COUNTY OF TARRANT:
CITY OF KENNEDALE:
I, Susie A. Langford, City Secretary of the
City of Kennedale, Texas, hereby certifYthat the above
and foregoing Petition for Annexation was filed in my of-
fice on the ,,?':'day 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
action thereon, on the ], day of
, 1962.
TO CERTIFY WHICH witness my hand and the official
seal of the City of Kennedale, Texas, this 1,- day of
, 1962.
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Susie.A. Langford/
City Secretary, City of
Kennedale, Texas.