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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1953/02/23 - Results of Election for IncorporationO U 25223 PRECINCT NO. 3 AUTHORIZED TO CONTRACT WITH E.L.BLEVINS { & A. G. CULLINS TO CLEAR RIGHT OF WAY I February 23, 1953 A motion was made by Commissioner Owens, seconded by Commissioner Henderson and carried that Precinct Three be, and it is hereby authorized to contract with E. L. Blevins and A. G. Cullins to clear right of way at rate of '41.00 per hour for a period of 64 hours each. -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-^- 25224 RESULTS OF EULESS ELECTION FOR INCORPORATION DECLARED AND { ALL ELECTION PROCEEDINGS ORDERED SPREAD ON MINUTES OF COURT { BY COUNTY JUDGE I February 23, 1953 THE STATE OF TEXAS I IN THE COMMISSIONERS' COURT COUNTY OF TARRANT I OF TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS TO THE HONORABLE GUS BROWN, COUNTY COURT: WE, the undersigned, Residents and inhabitants of the area and territory described in Exhibits "A" and "B" attached hereto and made a part hereof, do hereby petition, that an Election to be held within said area and territory, as by law provided, for the submission of the question of Inoorporating the area and territory described in Raid attached Exhibits as a Municipality, pursuant to the provisions of Title 28, Chapter 11, Articles 1133, et eeq., of the 1925 Revised Civil Statues of Texas, to be known as the "Village of Euless, Texas". THAT the area and ter^Story described In said Exhibits "A" and "B" is lees than two square miles and erntains more than two hundred and lees than ten thousand inhab- itants, and including only areas used and to be used for Town purposes, same to be oc- cupied by Dwellings and other buildinf-s, Commercial and Industrial and aprurtenances thereto. THAT we the un6erslgned are reaidente and inhabitants of the area and territory defined herein and are qualified voters and electors under the Laws of the State of Texas. WITNESS OUR HANDS this 3 day of February, A. D. 1953• James A. Puckett, Euless, Texas Madie Lou Puckett Euless, Texas 0. I. Longfellow Mrs. 0. I. Longfellow Allen L. King Mrs. Allen L. King Mrs. M. L. Anders M. L. Anders G. L. Anders Mrs. G. L. Anders Mrs. Lena Arnett Ernest Millican Mrs. Ernest Millican Alton R. Ray Reta Jean Ray Mrs. A. M. Payton Zoo Edwards Mrs. Johnnie Edwards C. A. Harton A. E. Tillery Mrs. A. E. Tillery J. A. Tillery E. V. Anddreon J. B. McGinnis Mrs. J' B. McGinnis E. H. Massey Mrs. E. H. Massey (Majorie) Mrs. E. V. Anderson H. H. Fuller R. W. Fuller Raymond Fuller Lorena Fuller Fred E. Gray Mrs. Fred E. Gray Anna Burnett Le Verne Horton Ernest Mllllcan, Jr. Mrs. Ernest Millican, Jr. Ross Cannon Mrs. Rose Cannon J. W. Griffith Mrs. J. W. Griffith Jesse Fuller Arnett Mrs. Robt. L. Nall Robert L. Nail Edith Fuller TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN This is to certify that the attached petition has been checked against the 1951 Poll Tax list of voters and we find more than twenty ( 20) qualified voters. REED STEWART, ASSESSOR-COLIY.CTCR BY E. Bell, Doputy 31 Vol. 45 P-32 Respectfully submitted: Geo. P. Gleeson Attorney for Petitioners FIELD NOTES FOR EULESS TOWNSITE TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS Beginning at a point in the north line of the W. G. Mathews Survey 1319.44 ft. east of the northwest corner of said Mathews Survey; Thence, east 460 ft; thence, north 1,000 ft; Thence, cast 362 ft; Thence, north 1600 ft. to a Point In the north line of Highway 183; Thence, east along the north line of Highway 183 a distance of 540 ft; Thence,,north 2400 ft; Thence, west 1264 ft; Thence, north 674 ft; Thence, west 1271 ft. to a point In the east line of Old Grapevine Road; Thence South along the east line of old Grapevine Rd. 1966 ft; Thence, west 238 ft; Thence, north 100 ft; Thence west 2170 ft; Thence, south 1363 ft. to a Point In the south line of Bedford Road; Thence, west along the south line of Bedford Road 430 feet; Thence, south 1332 ft; Thence, west 2485 ft. to a Point In the east line of Arlington -Grapevine Road #157; Thence, south along the east line of said road 140 ft; Thence, west 274 ft; Thence, north 864 ft;.Thence, east 174 ft. to a Point in the west line of Arlington -Grapevine Road #157; Thence, north along the west line of said road 608 ft. to the intersection of said west line and the south line of Bedford Road; Thence, west along the south line of said Bedford R. 1980 ft; Thence, south 2194 ft; Thence, seat 2080 ft. to a point in the east line of Arlington -Grapevine Road #157; Thence, south along the east line of said road 1387 ft; Thence, east 1305 ft; Thence, north 1430 ft; Thence, east 2221 ft; Thence, south 7Ll1 ft; Thence, west 1075 ft. to a noint in the east line of a county road; Thence, south along the east line of said road 2200 ft. to the in- tersection of said east line and the north line of a county road; Thence east along the north line of said county road 4045 ft; Thence, north 2650 ft. to place of beginnin and containing 920.0 acres of land. STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF DALLAS I hereby certify that this Plat was made from an actual and accurnte survey of the land made on the ground In January and February, 1953, and is true and correct to the best of my knowledge. � Joe N. Shields I9� 1109 W. 7th 3t. YA 5704 � Dallas, Texas (Flet Attached Here) (ORDER CALLING INCORPORATION 3LECTION) THE STATE CF TEXAS ] IN THE CIUNTY COURT CCUNTY OF TARRANT I TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS ON this the 6th day of February, A. D. 1953, the petition for incorporation of the village of Euless, Texas, signed by James A. Prickett and Forty-six (46) other citizens of the said proposed municipal corporation, was Presented to me; and WHEREAS, I, the County Judge of Tarrant County, Texas, have considered said petitl with exhibits attached thereto and the Proof offered In connection therewith, -nc' have satisfied myself as tc the truth of the statements in said notiti�n contained; and WHEREAS, upon proof obtained by me with respect to the matters in such Petition, and particularly the fact that the said Village of Euless, Texas, as descriv-d and Identified in Bald petition.and exhibits contains the required number of inhabitants and is within the maximum area as by law Provided; and. nHEREA5, it appearing to this Court that the said petition contains the s_t,:cat r s of more than twenty (20) of the inhabitants of said area who are duly qualified voters in the State of Texas, and who have resided therein for more than six months nrior to the date hereof, and that the facts in said netition are found to be true and that the Inhabitants of said proposed Village of Euless are entitled under the law to Sncorpora under the provisions of Chapter 11, Title 28, of the Revised Civil Statutes, of the State of Texas, 1925 Revision, as amended, which the Court so finds, and that all of s Justifies the holding of an election as Prayed for; NOW, THERRFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that an election as pray, for be held on the 21st day of February, A.D. 1953, between the hours of 7:00 o'clock A.M. and 7:00 o'clock P.M. at the Euless Methodist Church Annex, which is -,,,,lthin the limits of said proposed incorporated Village of Euless, Texas, for the purpose of sub- mitting.to th.a electorate of the proposed incorporated Village, the question as to whether said proposed Village shall be incorporat•�d under the laws of the State of T under the provisions of Chapter 11, Title 28, of the Revised Civil Statutes, of the ` State of Texas, 1925 Revialon, as amended. IT I8 FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that M. L. Anders be and Is hereby appointed as the officer to preside at the said election and that he shall select four (4) assistants to act as assistant Jude and clerks to assist in holding the same, which election shall be held and governed by the General Laws of this State, except as otherwise provided in Chapter 11, Title 28, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925 Revision, as amended, which will govern in case of conflict with the General Laws. IT I8 FURTHER ORDERED that notice of such election be given ten days prior to the holding of said election by posting advertising thereof at three (3) public places In the said proposed Village of Euless. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the ballot's to be used in said election shall have written or printed thereon the following; r: OFFICIAL BALLOT •• "CORPORATICNs "NO CORPORATION" IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the returns of said election provided for herein shall be made to the County Judge of Tarrant County, Texas, by the officers holding such election within ten (10) days after such election shall have been held. WITNESS MY HAND this 6th day of February, A. D. 1953. GUS BROWN, COUNTY JUDGE (COUNTY JUDGE'S ORDKR DECLARING RESULT OF ELECTION) THE STATE OF TEXAS 1 COUNTY OF TARRANT ( ON this day came on to be considered the retu^ns of a special election held on February 21, 1953, pursuant to an order executed by me on the 6th day of February, A. D. 1953, to determine whether the Village of Euless, Texas, should be incorporated under the provisions of Chapter 11; Title 28, of the Revised Citll Statutes of 1925, as amended; and it appearing to me, the County judge of Tarrant County, Texas, that after canoassing and considering the said returns, that the vote on said election was; 'CORPORATION" 59 VOTES "NO CORPORATION" 27 VOTES IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the Village of Euless, Texas, the boundalies of which are described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a hart hereof, be and is hereby a duly incorporated municipality under the provisions of Chapter 11, Title 28, Revised Civil Statutes of 1925, as amended, and other laws per tlnent to ouch character of Village and that the inhabitants of such Village of Euless, Texas, are incorporated within the boundaries as shown in Exhibit "A" attabhed hereto. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that a copy of this order be entered upon the records of the Commissioners' Court; and that a certified copy of this entry, Including the plat of the Village of Euless, Texas, shall be recorded in the Deed Records of Tarrant County, Texas. WITNESS MY RAND this 24th day of February, A. D. 1953. Gus Brown, County Judge Tarrant County, Texas 33 p • 34 (COUNTY JUDGEIS ORDER CALLING ELECTIONIOR OFFICIALS) THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF TARRANT WHEREAS, the Village of Euless,Texas, has heretofore been incorporated under the provisions of Chapter 11, Title 28, Revised Civil Statutes of 1925, and it Is the du of the County Judge to order an election for officers of said Village, to -21t: A Mayor, five (5) Aldermen and a Marshal. NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that an election be held on the 21st day of March, A. D. 1953, between the hours of 9200 o'clock A. M. and 7:00 o'clock P. M. at the Euless Methodist Church Annex, situated within the limits of the Village of Euless, Texas, for the purpose of electing a Mayor, hive Aldermen and a Marshal, as by law provided, all of whom shall hold office until their successors are duly elected and qualified. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that obly those persons who have attained the age of twenty- one (21) years, and who have resided within the limits of the Village of Euless, Texas for six (6) months next preceding the date of said election, and who is a qualified elector, under the Constitution and Laws of this State, by having paid his or her poll tax, or by being entitled to vote upon an exemption, shall be eligible for any of said offices.. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED That the qualified person receiving the highest number of votes for Mayor, and the qualified person receiving the highest number of votes for Marshal and the five qualified persons who shall receive the highest number of votes for Aldermen shall be eleotbd to serve in such capacities until the first Tuesday in April, 1954, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified: OFFICIAL BALLOT For Mayor: For Aldermen: For Marshal: IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. M. L. Anders be and he is hereby appointed as the officer to preside at each election, and that he shall select two clerks to assist in holding the same, which election shall be governed as provided In Chapter 11, Title 28 of the Revised Civil Statutes of 1925, as amended, except as otherwise provided in the Election Gods of 1951.of the State of Texas, which shall govern in the event of con- fliot with the provisions aforementioned. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the returns of the election provided for herein shall be made to the County Judge of Tarrant County, Texas, by the officers holding such election within the time and the manner provided by law after such election shall have been held. IT I8 FURTHER ORDERED that notice of such election shall be given by posting a notice thereof at three public places in the Village of Euless, Texas. WITNESS MY HAND this 24th day of February, A. D. 1953• Gus Brown COUNTY JUDGE, TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-