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ORDINANCE NO. 128 /
AN ORDINANCE RECEIVING AND ANNEXING THE
INHABITANTS AND TERRITORIES ADJACENT TO THE
TOWN OF SOUTHLARE, TEXAS, AND PROVIDING THAT
SUCH AREA SHOULD BE A PART OF THE TOWN OF
SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS, AND THAT THE INHABITANTS
SHALL BE ENTITLED TO THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES
OF.OTHER CITIZENS OF THE TOWN. OF SOUTHLAIZE, TEXAS,
AND BOUND BY THE ACTS AND ORDINANCES ENACTED IN
PURSUANT TO TITLE 28, CHAPTERS 1 to 10 INCLUSIVE,
REVISED CIVIL STATUTES OF TEXAS, AND AMENDING AND
CORRECTING OFFICIAL BOUNDARIES OF THE TOWN OF
SOUTHLAIC;, TEXAS, AS HERETOFORE ADOPTED AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Pursuant to Article 974 of the 1925 Revised Civil
Statutes of Texas, Irving E. Cope, Sr. and others, inhabitants of
the area herein described and who are qualified to vote for
members of the State Legislature, have heretofore filed with the
Mayor and the City Council of the Town of Southlake, Texas, their
petition requesting annexation of the said area to the Town of
Southlake, Texas, such area being described as follows:
BEGINNING at the S. E. corner of the J. B. Martin Survey;
THENCE, East 394 varas to a stake in N. line of James West
Survey;
THENCE, North 716 varas to a stake in West line of the J. W.
Chivers Survey;
THENCE, West 394 varas to a stake in the West line of the
R. D. Price Survey and the East line of the J. B. Martin
Survey;
THENCE, South 716 varas to the place of beginning; containing
50 acres of -land, on the waters of Denton Creek.
WHEREAS, said petition was accompanied by an affidavit
executed by Irving E. Cope, Sr. and others, inhabitnats of the areas
described and who are qualified to vote for members of the State
Legislature and that by signing said affidavit certified that said
petition contains the signatures of more than fifty percent of the
qualified voters residing in such area who have voted in favor of
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having the said area and the inhabitants thereof annexed to and
become a part of the Town of Southlake, Texas; and
WHEREAS$ it appearing to the City Council of the Town of
Southlake, Texas, that all statutory requirements in connection
with said proposed annexation have been fulfilled and that the said
area duly grouped into one territory is not more than h mile in
width and that all of same is adjacent of the present City Limits
of the Town of Southlake, Texas;
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS:
1.
THE hereinbefore described territory lying adjacent to the
Town of Southlake, Texas, is hereby annexed and brought within the
corporate limits and made an integral part of the Town of Southlake,
Texas.
2.
THAT the inhabitants of the territory herein annexed to the
Town of-.Southlake, Texas, shall be entitled to all the rights and
privileges of other citizens and bound by all the acts and ordinances
made in conformity thereto and passed and adopted in pursuant to
Title 28, Chapters 1 to 10 inclusive, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas.
3.
THE official map and boundaries of the Town of Southlake, Texas,
to be corrected and amended so as to include the aforementioned.
described territory as part of said Town.
4.
THIS ordinance shall become effective from and after its
passage and approved.``
ADOPTED this ~Lday of January, A. D. 1965.
APPROVED:
c r = MAYOR
ATTEST'
SECRETARY
To the Mayor and Town Council of
the Town of Southlake, Texas
Greeting:
We, the undersigned qualified voters and inhabitants of the
area described in the metes and bounds description as follows:
BEGINNING at the S. E. corner of the J. B. Martin
Survey; Thence East 394 varas to a stake in N. line of
James West Survey; Thence North 716 varas to a stake
in West line of the J. W. Chivers Survey; Thence West
394 varas to a stake in the West line of the R. D.
Price Survey and the East line of the J. B. Martin
Survey; Thence South 716 varas to the place of be-
ginning; containing 50 acres of land, on the waters
of Denton Creek.
and plat attached hereto marked EXHIBIT "A" and made a part hereof
for all intents and purposes herein, do hereby petition your
Honorable Body to extend the present City Limits of the Town of
Southlake, Texas, so as include such territory as a part of said Town.
Your petitioners agree that if this request for annexation be
granted, said land shall become a part of the Town of Southlake,
Texas, and the said land and any future inhabitants thereof shall
be entitled to all the rights and privileges of other Citizens of
said Town and shall be bound by the acts and ordinances of said
Town of Southlake, now in effect and as hereafter enacted.
FOR ANNEXATION AGAINST ANNEXATION
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COUNTY OF TARRANT X
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public in and
for the State of Texas, personally appeared
• Irving E. Cope, Sr. , Hugh N. Davis ,
and Harry Boyer , known to me to be the persons
whose names are subscribed hereto, who, after being by me duly sworn
upon oath state; that they are signers of the attached petition
and are qualified to vote for members of the State Legislature and
are familiar with the area described in said petition; and that
said petition contains the signatures of more than fifty percent of
the qualified voters residing in such area who have voted in favor
of having the said area annexed to the Town of Southlake, Texas.
WITNESS our hands at Southlake, Tarrant County, Texas, this
the 19th day of December A. D. 19blL-.
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED before me this 19 day of December
A. D: 19to certify which witness my hand and seal of office.
Notary Public in and for
Tarrant County, Texas
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