Ord. 0025 1960-06-21ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS,
RECEIVING AND ANNEXING AS A PART OF SAID CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS, THE FOLLOWING INHABITATED TERRITORY LYING ADJACENT TO
THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PEARLAND, TEXAS, DULY ASSEMBELED:
SECTION 1: WHEREAS, on the 21 day of June
A. D. 1960, there was filed with the Mayor of the City of
Pearland, Texas, the following instrument:
TO THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS:
We, the undersigned, being a majority of the
inhabitants, residents and qualified voters of the hereinafter
described territory, which adjoins the City Limits of the City
of Pearland and is not more than one-half mile in width, do
hereby petition your Honorable Body to extend the present City
Limits so as to include the following described territory as a
part of the City of Pearland, Texas,to-wit:
BEGINNING at a stake for corner in the Southeast
corner of the City of Pearland as described in metes
and bounds description of City Boundary and filed for
record in the County Deeds and Records Book;.
Go East 2,640 feet to a stake for corner;
Then go in a Northerly direction parallel to the
East boundary of the City of Pearland approximately
15,180 feet to the point where said line intersects
Clear Creek and the City Boundary of Pasadena, Texas,
for stake for corner;
Then Northerly with the meanders of Clear
Creek adjacent to and contiguous with the City
Boundary of Pasadena to a point where Pasadena City
Limits and Houston City Limits meets, continuing in
a Northwesterly direction along Clear Creek to
stake for corner in Northeast corner of City of
Pearland as described in metes and bounds description
of City Boundary;
Then Southerly along Pearland East boundary
to point of origin.
The above described area is approximately 1,215 acres.
We, and each of us, the undersigned, are inhabitants,
and residents of the above described territory and are duly
qualified to vote for members of the State Legislature and
have expressed our choice and vote by affixing our signatures
to the petition under the appropriate heading listed below:
FOR ANNEXATION AGAINST ANNEXATION
John G. Worrall
Eileen D. Worrall
Ross Sheffield
Ida Sheffield
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF BRAZORIA
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a Notary
Public in and for said State and County, on this day personally
appeared
and
John G. Worrall
Ross Sheffield
Eileen T) Worrall
, well known to me and who after
being duly sworn, depose and say: that they and each of them,
are inhabitants of the territory described in the attached and
foregoing petition are duly qualified to vote for members of the
State Legislature, and have had notice of and an opportunity
to vote his or her choice in the matter of annexing said terri-
tory to the City of Pearland, and that a majority of those
qualified to vote, have voted in favor of becoming a part of
said City of Pearland, Texas.
John G. Worrall
Eileen D. Worrall
Ross Sheffield
SUBSCRIBED and SWORN TO before me by the said
John G. Worrall Eileen D. Worrall and
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Rnca Sheffield
, on this the 21 day of June
A. D. 1960, to certify which witness my hand and seal of office.
/S/ Louise Fuller
Notary Public in and for
Brazoria County, Texas.
SECTION 2: That on the 21 day of
June
A. D. 1960, E. T. Gibbons, Mayor of the City of Pearland, Texas,
certified to the City Council of the City of Pearland, Texas,
the following:
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF BRAZORIA
CITY OF PEARLAND
I, E. T. Gibbons, the duly elected and qualified
Mayor of the City of Pearland, Texas, do hereby certify that on
21 day of June , A. D. 1960, there was filed with me,
as Mayor of the said City of Pearland, the following instruments:
1) Petition for Annexation;
2) Certificate of Election in the Territory
Sought to be Annexed;
3) Affidavit showing a Majority of the Residents
of the Adjoining Territory Favoring Annexation.
That an examination of the above described instruments
and petition reveal that an election was held in the herein de-
scribed territory adjoining the City of Pearland, Texas, on the
21 day of June , A. D. 1960, and that a majority of
the residents who were and are qualified to vote for members of
the State Legislature did vote in favor of the annexation of the
territory described in the petition to the City of Pearland, and
properly filed and certified such action to me as the Mayor of
the City of Pearland, Texas.
That the above described territory adjoining the City
of Pearland, Texas, is now legally susceptable of annexation to
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the City of Pearland, upon the passage and approval of a proper
ordinance.
/S/ E. T. Gibbons, Mayor, City
of Pearland, Texas
ATTEST:
/S/ Victor A. Nolen, City
Secretary, City of Pearland, Texas
SECTION 3: All of the above mentioned instruments
having been filed with the City Secretary of the City of Pearland,
by E. T. Gibbons, the Mayor thereof, together with his
certificate on this the 21 day of June , A. D. 1960,
the City Council of the City of Pearland having examined the same
and having inquired into the facts and circumstances surrounding
all of said proceedings and being fully advised of the premises,
hereby finds that all of the statements therein contained
are true and correct and that the procedure initiated, pro-
secuted and concluded by the inhabitants of said territory was,
in all respects proper and in keeping with the laws of this
State prescribing such procedure and that there has been per-
formed and consummated every legal prerequisite necessary to a
valid and effectual election and petition for annexation of
said territory as a part of the City of Pearland.
SECTION 4: The City Council finds as a fact that a
majority of the inhabitants residing in said territory who are
qualified to vote for members of the State Legislature, have
duly and regularly cast their vote in favor of said annexation.
SECTION 5: That said territory described in said
proceedings lies adjacent and contiguous to the City of Pearland
and does not at any Race extend one-half mile or more in width.
SECTION 6: There is hereby received and annexed as
a part of the City of Pearland, Texas, the following territory,
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being the same as described in the petition for annexation
hereinabove set out:
BEGINNING at a stake for corner in the South-
east corner of City of Pearland as described in metes
and bounds description of City Boundary and filed for
record in the County Deeds and Records Book;
GO East 2,640 feet to a stake for corner;
THEN go in a Northerly direction parallel
to the East boundary of the City of Pearland approxi-
mately 15,180 feet to the point where said line
intersects Clear Creek and the City Boundary of
Pasadena, Texas, for stake for corner;
THEN Northerly along the meanders of Clear
Creek adjacent to and contiguous with the City
Boundary of Pasadena to a point where Pasadena City
Limits and Houston City Limits meets, continuing
in a Northwesterly direction along Clear Creek to
stake for corner in Northeast corner of City of
Pearland as described in metes and bounds description
of City Boundary;
THEN Southerly along Pearland East boundary
to point of origin.
The above described area is approximately 1,215 acres.
SECTION 7: That said territory and the inhabitants
thereof shall hereafter have and enjoy all the rights, privileges
and obligations incident to and flowing with the annexation of
said territory and its incorporation in and within the corporate
limits of the City of Pearland.
SECTION 8: The Corporate Limits of the City of
Pearland are hereby extended so as to include and there is here-
by included within said Corporate Limits, the above described
territory.
SECTION 9: This Ordinance shall take effect
immediately upon its passage and approval by the Mayor and
thence forth said territory shall be and remain a part of the
City of Pearland, Texas, as fully and to all intents and purposes
as if said territory were included within the Corporate Limits
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of the City of Pearland as originally incorporated.
PASSED on this 21 day of
June , A. D. 1960.
APPROVED on this 21 day of June , A. D. 1960.
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E. T. Gibbons, Mayor, City
of Pearland, Texas.
-Victor A_ 'ilol
City of Pearland,
THE STATE OF TEXAS
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is sad for u:d County. do be. cby
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STEVENS. Jr, Clan of the Casty Caurt
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H. R. STEVENS, JR.
Clark County Cour - Rrerorla. Co. Tetaa
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THE..STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF BRAZORIA'
CITY OF PEARLAND
I, E. T. GIBBONS, the duly elected and qualified
..Mayor -of the City of Pearland, Texas, do hereby certify that
on the 21 day of June , A. D. 1960, there was filed
with me, as Mayor of said City, the following instruments:
1) Petition for Annexation;
2) Certificate of Election in the Territory
Sought to be Annexed;
3) Affidavit showing a Majority of the Residents
of the Adjoining Territory Favoring Annexation.
That an examination of the above described, instru-
ments and petition reveal that an election washeld in the herein_
.described territory adjoining the City of Pearland, Texas, on
the 21 day of June , A. D. 1960, and that a majority
of the residents who were and are qualified to vote for members
of the State Legislature did vote in favor of the annexation
of the territory described in the petition to the City of
Pearland, and properly filed and certified such action to me as
-the Mayor of the City of Pearland„ Texas.
That the above described territory adjoining the
City of Pearland, Texas, is now legally susceptable of
annexation to the City of Pearland, upon the passage and approval
proper ordinance.
E. T.'Gibbons, Mayor, City
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF BRAZORIA
PETITION FOR ANNEXATION
TO TEE HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,.
TEXAS:
We, the undersigned, being a majority of the inhabitants,
residents and qualified voters of the hereinafter described
territory, which adjoins the City Limits of the City of Pearland
and is not more than one-half mile in width, do hereby petition
your Honorable Body to extend the present City Limits so as to
include the following described territory as a part of the City
of Pearland, Texas, to -wit:
Feyi nni nE 'a t a stake for corner in the south east corner of
City of _'erla_ d. as described inmetes and bounds description
of city boundar • and 3fi ledfor records in the County Deeds
and RTcords Book;
Go east 2,6,10 feet to a stake for corner;
Then c,o in a northerly direction i arallel to the east boundary of th
City of Pearland. a; -:proximately 15,180 feet to the point :-There
said line intersects Clear Creek and the city boundary of Pasadena,
as for stake for poriier;' , ,f , ••v' L��L gait. 04V 1
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Then northerly alonirmeanders --f-e Clear Cr Lek as cent to and
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contiguous �r�.�tt� the �
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_.; ; orth o: ;y dir.a t.ion _a1oi g-C-lea Cr c :x to stake for cornea in
north east corner of city of Pearland as described in metes and
bounds description of city boundary;
Then southerly along Pearland east boundary to point of origin
We., and .each of us, the undersigned, .:are inhabitants
• arid 'residents of -the above described territory and are - duly
qualified to vote for members of the State Legislature and have
expressed our choice and vote by affixing our signatures to the
petition under the appropriate heading listed below.
FOR ANNEXATION
AGAINST ANNEXATION
THE STATE OF TEXAS
,COUNTY OF BRAZORIA
BEFORE MB, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public
in and for said State and County, on this day personally
appeared414,,./6// % iS�fiQ��� � �-c� 9 ,0,44a
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duly sworn, depose and say: that.they and each of them, are in-
habitants of the territory described in the attached .and foregoing
.petition and are duly qualified to vote for members of the State
Legislature, and have had notice of an an opportunity to vote his
:or her choice in the matter of annexing said territory to the
. City of Pearland, and that a majority of those' qualified to vote,
-have voted in favor of becoming a part of said City of-Pearland,.
Texas . . .
, well known to me and who after being
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SUBSCRIBED and SWORN TO before me by the said
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. D. 1960, to certify which witness my hand and seal of office.
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and
, on this the day of
(Seal).
otary_Public in .and for Bra-
zoria County, Texas..
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF BRAZORIA
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I, the undersigned, Secretary of the City of
Pearland, Texas, do hereby certify that the attached and_
fo,:,egoing is a true and correct copy of an ordinance
• adopted by the City Council of said City at a meeting
thereof held the 21st day of June 1960
together with an excerpt from the minutes of said meeting,
showing the adoption thereof., as same appears of record in
the official minutes of said City Council on file in my
office.
WITNESS MY HAND AND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID
CITY, this 30th
day of March
W. A. McCLELLAN
Secretary, City of Pearland, Texas
1965