HomeMy WebLinkAbout0002_1894-316TOWN OF GEORGETOWN CHANGED TO CITY OF GEORGETOWN
Georgetown,Texas. April 23rd,1890,
Town Council met in regular meeting in Council Room with
the following members present:
Mayor W.Y.Penn and the full Board of Aldermen, viz J.L.Brit-
tain, George Irvine, J.R.Roberts and J,W,Whittle;
The council was duly called to order when the following
business was transacted and proceedings had, viz: -
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The following resolutions were presented by Aldermen J.L.
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Brittain and seconded by Alderman George Irvine, viz:
BE IT RESOLVED by the Town Council of the Town of George.
town, at the regular meeting thereof, held this April 23rd, 1890,that
the provisions of Title Seventeen of the Revised Statutes of Texas
and the Amendments thereto made from time to time heretofore by the
Legislature of said State in reference to Cities and towns be accepted
in lieu of the existing charter of this town approved March 8th, 1871,
and this town be hereafter known as the City of Georgetown, and that
the said provisions of Title seventeen and amendments thereto in refer-
ence to cities and towns be accepted as the charter of said city with
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limits as set out in said special charter of said town, to -wit: -
BEGINNING at a stake that is one-half mile due east from
the center of the court house (as it then stood). Thence due south one.
half mile; Thence due west one mile to a stake for the southwest corner
of this corporation; Thence due north to the middle of the channel of
the south San Gabriel. Thence down the same with its meanders to a
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point that a line due south would strike the place of beginning;.Thence
due south to the place of beginning.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the foregoing resolutions be
entered`&n, the Journal of the proceedings of said Town Council and that
a copy ofti%same signed by the Mayor and attested by the Secretary
under the corporate seal of said town of Georgetown be filed and
recorded in the office of the Clerk of the County Court of Williamson
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