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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0071_69Apr pRDr;IA CE OF T' "E CITY OF GEUAGETO STT TEXAS, FX=,—'DII1TG TFE CORPOTIUTE LI NTS OF TITE SAID CIT';, AATD IITCORPOTZA- TI1!G Ii4TO Til SAID CITY AS A PART THEREOF T" E TMRITORY TI T IS DESCRIBED IN TINS ORDINANCE, Ac"D i.?AICING THE PERSONS �JTO RESIDE IIT THE SAID TERRITORY SO A.N MED, CITIZE_,TS OF T,iE SAiD CITY : AI'TD DECLARING AFT ElZRGL ;CY. '<ESTEAS, all of the provisions of Art. X74, of the Revised Civil Statutes: of Texas, which prescribed the mode wherebrr territory may be annexed to and in- corporated into a City of the Class of this City, has been f>>lly complied with; in that a retition in writing , and addressed to the City Council of this City, and asking that the herein described territory, be tal-en into and be made a part of the said City, was presented to and circulated among the persons who reside within the said territory, herein after described, for their si r-nat»res thereto a.nd action thereon. The sail potition was hear'.ed, " PETITION FOR TWE AT'IffMAI_T'ION OF TERRITORY" and irnediately follorred, with a column for the si f"naf- T -q. of trose who were for annexation, and ar_other cvl..7-r for sign+^tures bf"those who werA against annexation, the said places for the said signatures -beim' indicated by the words, "FOR AP11EXATION" and "._Ar*A?NST kJT,1EXATIO1T,11 respectively. That the body of the Said petition clearly. set out the purposes thereof, together rrith'a description of,the territory sou -ht to be an-, nexed. That all persons residing within the herein after described territory, who were under the law qualified to vote for members of -the State Legislature,.were given an opportunity to sign and each had the rimht to sign, under the column "FOR AI'r1EYD&TION" or under the column, "AGAINST A 2TEXATION, as he or she desired; and that in the manner above indicated, an election was held and the said qualified voters, by siring their ns -ries in the column, that they desired, did, in accords -nee with the separate wish of each voter cast his or her vote, either for or against, the said proposition of annexation. That the said petition, so siCned by the qualified voters of the said terri.tory, sought to be annexed, supported by the affidavit of three of the signers, thereto, wherein the said affiants, state that they each reside i.n the said territory, and that facts set ot?t in said petition, and pertaining thereto are true and that more t!^.an a majority of the said qualified voters,residin in the said territory, did in the manner aforesaid vote for the said annexation, was filed with the P^llyor of the City of Georgetcmm, Texas. and was by him prosented to the �itv Council of said City for its consideration, and: VFTEREAS, the City Council of the said City, having examined the said petition# to^ether with the accaQnpaning affidavits, find that the territory covered by the said petition and that is sought to be annexed thereunder, all is located adjacent to and to the north of the present corporate limits of said City, and that it is all within one-half mile of the said corporate limits of the said City; and further finds that all natters pertaining to the said petition for annexation, are true and that more than a majority of the persons, who are under the law gralified to vote for the annexation of said territory, described in and covered by said petition, did in the manner above set out vote for the said annexation, and further finds that it is to the best interests of the persons residin,- in the territory sou -ht to be annexed, and the best interest of this City that the territory so sourrt to be annexed, and that is herein after fully described, should be incorporated into and become a part of this City, and that the persons residing in said territory, be made citizens of this City, as prayed for by therm§ Ti,'_ PEFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY CITY COMNCIL OF TiM CITY OF rEORGETOval TEXAS: That the afore mentioned petition, be and the same is in all thins accepted, and tha t the said territory tor -ether with the persons residing therein are received into and made a part of the said City, with all of the ri-hts, and liabilities, pertaining thereto. That the said territory covered by the said pe- tition for annexation, and that is horeby annexed to and made a part of the said City, is described as follows; Said area or tract is more particularly described by meters and bounds as follows, to wit: Beginning at a concrete monument found on the centerline of the South jan Gabriel River at its intersection with the extended East right of way line of Rock Street in the City of Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas, said centerline of the river being the present City Limit of the City of GeorCetaan: