HomeMy WebLinkAbout13 07-06-1953ORDINANCE NO. 13
AN ORDINANCE RECEIVING AND ANNEXING THE INHABITANTS
AND TERRITORIES ADJACENT. TO THE VILLAGE OF EULESS,
TEXAS, AND PROVIDING THAT SUCH AREA SHOULD BE A
PART OF SAID VILLAGE, AND THAT THE INHABITANTS
THEREOF SHALL BE ENTITLED TO ALL THE RIGHTS AND
PRIVILEGES OF OTHER CITIZENS OF THE VILLAGE, AND
BOUND BY ACTS AND 0RDINANCES HERETOFORE ENACTED
AND AS AMENDED; AND AMENDING AND CORRECTING THE
OFFICIAL BOUNDARIES OF EULESS, TEXAS, AS HERETOFORE
ADOPTED AND AMENDED, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article 974 of the 19125 Revised Civil
Statutes of Texas, Willie Lee Byer s, and others, inhabitants and
owners of the area herein described, -vTho are qualified. to vote for
members of the State Legislature, have heretofore filed with the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the Village of Euless, Texas, their
- petition with M'ap and Plat attached thereto, requesting annexation
of the area described therein, to the Village of Euless, Texas, such
area described therein, to the Village of Euless, Texas, such area
being described as folloi�rs:
SI itiATED in Tarrant County, Texas, and being a 100 -
acre tract out of the James P. Halford Survey in
Tarrant County, Texas, wiZi.ch said tract is described
in deed. dated January 5, 1904, recorded in Vol. 1 88,
page 144, Deed Records of Tarrant County, Texas, ez
ecuted bar Louis L. Kuntz and wife, Laura. R. Kuntz, to
Thomas P. Huffman, which ssid 100 -acre traact is described
as folloi »s;
BEGINNING at the Southi,Test Corner of the intersection of
the Arlington-Grapevine Road No. 15'7 and the Bedford
Road the present limits line of the Village of Euless,
Texas, as shown on the official map of said Village;
THNCE, in a Northerly direction crossing Bedford
Road and continuing along the West right -of -;nay line
of said. Road Nom 15'7 a distance of 950 varas;
THENCE, in an Easterly direction crossing said Road
No,. 157, and continuing along the North line of the
100 acre tract above described a distance of 593 -75
varas to the Northeast corner thereof;
THENCE, South along the East line of said Tract 950
varas to the Southeast corner thereof and continuing
across Bedford Road. to the South right- of -w,ay line of
said road;
TH- .9iCE, East along the South right-of-way line or Bedford
Road to the place of beginning;
AND
WHEREAS, said petition was accompanied by an affidavit duly
executed by Billy Lee Byers, lJillip Lee Byers and Jamie H. French,
inhabitants of the area above described, who also executed the
aforementioned petition, and are qualified to vote for members of
the State Legislature, certifying that such petition contains the
signatures of more than fifty percent of the qualified voters re-
siding in such area who have voted. .in favor of having the said
area and. the inhabitants 'thereof annexed to and become a part of
the Villas e of Euless, Texas; (nd
6�HEREAS, it appearing to the Board of Aldermen of the Village
Euless, Texas, that all statutory re4uiremonts in connection with
said proposed annexation have been fulfi=lled and that the said area
duly grouped into one territory is riot rlore 'then one --half mile in
width and that all of same is adjacent to the present Village Limits
of the Village of Euless, Texas, which the Board of Aldermen so finds;
NOW) THEOREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERIIEN
OF THE VILLAGE OF EULESS, TES AS:
1.
THAT the aforementioned petition be and i s hereby ap-proved,
and that the hereinafter described area and territory lying adjacent
to the Village of Euless, Texas, 'be and. the same is hereby annexed
to and brought within the corporate limits, and made an integral
part of said Village; Said area and territory being situated in
Tarrant County, Texas and is described by metes and bounds as follows:
SI TED in Tarrant Count;;r, Texas, and being a 100 --acre
tract out of the James P. Halford Survey in Tarrant
County, Texas, which said tract is desc- L -ibed in deed
dated January 5, 1904, recorded in Vol. 188, page 144,
Deed Records of Tarrant County, Texas, executed by
Lcuis Kuntz card wife, Laura R. Kuntz, to Thomas P.
Huffman, which said 100 -acre tract iu described as follows:
BEGIN%TIN;G at the Southwest Corner of the intersection of
the Arlington- Grapevine Road Noe 157 and the Bedford
Road the present limits line of the Village of Euless,
Texas, as shown on the official map of said Village;
THENCE, in a Northerly direction crossing Bedford Road
and continuing along the West right-of-way line of said
Road No4 15? a distance of 950 varas;
THENCE, in an Easterly direction crossing said Road No.
15'7, and continuing along the North line of the 100 -acre
tract above described a distance of 593.'75 varas to the
Northeast corner thereof;
2 T
THENCE, South along the East line of said Tract 950
varas to the Southeast corner thereof and continuing
across Bedford Road to the South right —of --way line of
said road;
THENCE East along the South right—of—way line of Bedford
Road to the place of beginning;
II.
THAT, the inhabitants of the area and territory herein annexed
to the Vi lla.ge of Euless, Texas, shall be entitled to all 'the rights
and privileges of other citizens of said Village and bound by all
the acts and ordinances made in conformity thereto, novT in Tull force
and effect and as may be hereinafter adopted.
III.
'HAT, the official map and boundaries of the Village of
Euless, Texas, as .provided in Ordinance No., 10, adopted b�T the
Board of Aldermen of the Village of Euless, Texas, on July 6, 1953,
be corrected and amended so as to include the aforementioned described
terri tory as part of said Village.
IV.
THIS ordinance shall become effective from and of ter its
passage and approval by the Ivilayor duly attested by the Village
Secretary.
ADOPTED this 6th day of July, A.D 1953
APPROVED:
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MAYOR