HomeMy WebLinkAbout1957-01-03 Ordinance Sims SurveyAN ORDINANCE MAKING A PART OF THE CITY OF STEPHENVILLE THE DOYLE
WHITE LOT 27 AND THE STEPHENVILLE INDUSTRIAL FOUNDATION LOT 31 OF
BLOCK 13 OF THE WM. SIMS SURVEY, HEREAFTER TO BE KNOWN AS LOTS 27
AND 31 OF BLOCK 13 OF THE SIMS ADDITION IN THE CITY OF STEPHENVILLE
TEXAS, DESCRIBING SAID LAND BY METES AND BOUNDS AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF STEPHENVILLE:
That certain area of land situated adjacent to the City
of Stephenville and specifically described as follows:
All of that certain tract or parcel of land, hereinafter
to be known as Lots Numbered Twenty Seven(27) and Thirty -
One (31), of Block No. 13, of the Wm. Sims Addition, a
part of the Wm. Sims Survey, Abstract No. 683, in Erath
County, Texas, described by metes and bounds as follows,
to -wit:
BEGINNING in the North line of Highway No 377 (E. Wash-
ington Street) at the S.W. Corner of the former Cole
60 acre tract ( now owned by Jack Martin, and at the
S.E. Corner of the former Doyle White 65.28 acre tract
out of said Sims Survey, for the S.E. Corner of this;
THENCE N 30 deg W 800 feet running with the West line of
the Jack Martin property and East line of the former
Doyle White 65.28 acre tract to the N.E. Corner of this;
THENCE S 60 deg W (at right angles to the East line of
said 65.28 acres) about 1370 feet to the West line of
said 65.28 acres and East line of Lot No. 19-A in Block 13
of the Sims Addition to the City of Stephenville, Texas
for the N.W. Corner of this, in the East line of said
City;
THENCE S 10 deg 02 min E with the existing East line
of said City and East line of Lot 19-A and Lot 19-B,
and West line of said 65.28 acres to the S.E. Corner
of Lot 19-B and N.E. Corner of Lot 22 in said Block 13;
THENCE S 31 deg 30 min E 9.72 ft to the N.W. Corner of
Lot 23 for the S.W. Corner of this;
THENCE running Easterly parallel to and 200 feet Northerly
from the North line of said Highway No.377, a distance of
about 770 feet to the N.E. Corner of the J.T. Heaton Lot
No. 29 which is described in deed of record in Vol. 343,
page 442, deed records of Erath County, Texas;
THENCE S 31 deg 45 min E 200 feet to the S.E.Corner of
said Lot 29;
THENCE N 58 deg 15 min E 50 feet to the S.E.Corner of
a 50 by 300 ft tract conveyed by C.C.Booth to Doyle White
by deed of record in Vol. 354, page 415, said deed records,
and S.W.Corner of the C.C.Booth Lot 28;
THENCE N 31 deg 45 min W 300 feet to the N.W. Corner of
said Booth Lot 28 and N.E.Corner of said 50 by 300 ft
tract conveyed to White by Booth mentioned above;
THENCE N 58 deg 15 min E 150 feet to the N.E.Corner of
said Booth Lot 28 and N.W. Corner of the Stephenville
Industrial Foundation Lot 31;
THENCE S 31 deg 45 min E 300 feet to the S.W.Corner of
said Lot 31;
THENCE N 58 deg 15 min E and with the North line of said
Highway No. 377 and South line of said 65.28 acre tract,
at 150 feet passes the S.E.Corner of said Lot 31, in all
630 feet to the place of beginning
(The above field notes,and accompanying plat, were compiled
by the undersigned, from the records of the County Clerk of
Erath County, Texas, on December 28, 1956. Thomas B.King,
Registered Public Surveyor of Texas, Register No. 425.)
is hereby received into the City of Stephenville and made a part of
the City of Stephenville and the City Limit lines of the City of
Stephenville are hereby extended in accordance with the lines of the
tract of land hereinabove described.
This ordinance is passed for the purpose of granting the
petition of the owners of the hereinabove described land, which is
vacant and without residents, duly made in writing to this council
and said territory is hereby received and annexed and the future
inhabitants of such land shall be entitled to all the rights and
privileges of other citizens of Stephenville and shall be bound
by the acts and ordinances of the City.
The fact that the owners of the hereinabove described
land have made written petition to the City of Stephenville and the
city council of Stephenville in accordance with law that such land
be made a part of the City of Stephenville and be annexed creates
a demand and need that this ordinance be enacted and creates an
emergency and an imperative public necessity requiring that this
ordinance become effective immediately. Therefore, any rule that
might require such ordinance to be read at more than one meeting
of the city council is suspend and this ordinance hereby finally
adopted and passed on this 3 day of January, 1957 and same shall
be effective immediately.
PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED this d of January,1957.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Secretary
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF ERATH
I, Rex Cates, City Secretary of Stephenville, Texas, do
hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct
copy of an ordinance passed by the City Council of the City of
Stephenville on the date shown as same is recorded in Minute Book
at page of the minutes of said council.
WITNESS MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF SAID CITY this day
of January, 1957.
City Secretary