1498ORDINANCE NO, ' 1498 .
AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING, ADMITTTNG AND iNCORPORATING
ADDITIONAL TERRITORIES IN LAMAR COUNTY, TEXA.S, LYING ADJA-
CENT TO THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, INTO AND AS A PART OF
SAID CITY OF PARIS, EXTENDING THE BOUNDARY LIMITS OF THE
CITY OF PARIS SO'AS TO INCLUDE AND EMBRACE SAID AD3ACENT
TERRITORIES, CONFERRING ALL RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNI-
TIES OF CITIZENSHIP UPON THE INHABITANTS OF SAID TER.R.ITORIES,
EXTENDING THE BOUNDARIES OF WARD THREE AND WAR.D FOUR SO
AS TO EMBRACE AND INCLUDE ALL OF SAID TERRITORIES AND IN-
CORPOR.ATING TR.ACT 1 IN WAR.D THR.EE OF SAID CITY AND INCOR-
PORATINCz TR.ACT 2 IN WARD FOUR OF SAID CITY, PROVIDING THAT
ALL ORDINANCES, RULES, REGUI.3A TIONS AND LAWS IN EFFEC T IN
THE CITY OF PARIS AND THAT MAY HEREAFTER BE PASSED IN FULL
FORCE AND EFFECT IN SAID TERR.ITORZES AFTER PASSAGE OF THIS
ORDINANCE, INSTRUCTING THE CITY ENCxINEER TO MAKE A SURVEY
FIXING AND ESTABLISHING THE BOUNDARY LIMITS OF SALD GITY IN
ACCOR.DA.NCE HEREWI'IIH AND TO CONSTRUCT A COMPLETE MAP OF
SUCH_TERRITOR.IES SHOWING STREETS, ALLEYS, LOTS, TRACTS, AND
PROPERTY OWNERS AND TO FILE THE SAME WITH THE CITY CLERK
AND TO CORREGT T,HE MAP OF THE CITY OF PARIS SO A.S TO ADD
SUCH TER.R.ITORIES THER,ETO; AND IN5TRUCTING THE CITY AS5ESSOR
AND COLLEGTOR OF TA,XES TO LIST ALL PROPERTY THER.EIN AND
PLAC.E SAME ON THE TAX ROLLS OF THE CITY OF PARLS AND HERE-
AFTER ASSESS SAME FOR TAXES 1N ACCORDANCE WITH LAW.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS:
§ection lo That the following described territories in Lamar Caunty,
Texas, lying adjacent to the present boundary limits of the City of Paris be,
and the same are hereby annexed to the City of Paris and admitted into the
corporation of said City, and are hereby made and constituted a part and
portion of the City of Paris, and the boundary limits of the City of Paris
are hereby extended so as . to include and embrace said territories and to
cQnform to same as herein set out, to-wit:
TR.ACT 1: Located within tha County of Lamar and State of
Texa.s, and Beginning at a point w here the Northern Gity
Limits intersect the West Boundary Line of U. S. Highway
271 and/or North Main Street; Thence North with the W. B.
Line of said U. S. Highway 271 to the South Boundary Line
of the Right of Way of Highway Loop No, 286; Thence West
and along the Southern Right of Way Boundary Line of Loop
No, 286 to the E. B. Line of the Right of Way of the Sto
Louis and San Francisco Railroad; Thence 5outh and West
with the E. B. Line of the Right of Way of the St. Louis
and San Francisco Railroad to a point immediately West of
fartheat Northern Boundary. Line of the City Limits of the
City of Paris; Thence East to the North West Corner of said
Gity Limits.
TRACT Z. Located within the County of La.ma.r and State of
Texa,s, and Beginning at a point where the W. B. Line of
U. S. Highway 271 and/or North Main 5treet intersects the
present Northern C,ity Limits, which is the beginning point
of Tract 1 above; Thence East across said Highway to a
dista.nce of 500 feet East of the E. B. Line of U. S. Highway
271; Thence North and parallel to U. S. Highway 271 at a
distance of 500 feet to the S. B. Line of the Right of Way of
Highway Loop No. 286; Thence West with the S. B. Line of the
R.ight af Way of Highway Loop 286 to the W. B. Line of U. S.
Highway 271.
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The inhabita.nts within said annexed territories are and shall here-
after be entitled to enjoy all the rights, privileges and immunities of
citizens of the City of Paris, and all laWs, ordinances, rules, resolutions,
acts, and regula.tions of said City now in force in said City of Paris and
that may hereaftex be passed, shall be and are in full force and effect in
said texritories hereby annexed and admitted.
Section 2, That the preaent boundaries of Ward Three of the City
of Paris be, and the same are hereby 8xtended so as to embrace and in-
clude within said Ward Three all of said property described above as
Tract 1, and the same is hereby incorporated in said Ward Three of the
Gity of Paris.
Section 3. Tha.t' the present bounda,ries of Ward Foux of the Citjr of
Paris be, and the same are hereby extended so as to embrace and include
within said Ward Four all of said property described above as Tract 2, and
the same is hereby incorporated in said Ward Four of the City of Paris.
Section 4. The City Engineer is hereby instructed to ma.ke a com•.
p~ete survey pf the above described territoxies and to maxlc the boundariea
thereof by proper monuments; and to survey, estaliieh and open, under the
direction of the City Ma,na.ger, all streets, roads, alleys and ways in said
territories dedicated to public use;' and to ma.ke and file with the City Clerk
a complete ma,p of said newly annexed territories showing all property lines,
lots, and tracts herein, together with the names of the owners of same, and
all streets, alleys, roads and vvays dedicated to public uae; and to imme-
diately correct the map of the City of Paris so as to add thereto, the addi.-
tiona,l territories described herein, indicating bn s.uch map the date of
annexation, the numberof the ordinances and reference to the minutes or
ordinance records of the City of Paris where such instrument is recorded
in full. '
Section 5. The City Tax Asseasor and Collector of Taxes of the City
of Paris is hereby directed to list all lnta, tracts and property situated in
said annexed territories on the tax rolls of the City of Pa.ris andhereafter
to assess same for taxes in accordance with law.
Section 6. All of the above two txacts are annexed in the coxporate
limita of the City of, Paris in the zoning cla.ssification of "G'i Commercial
described in prdina.nce Na. 1409.
Section This ordinance shaJ.l hecome effective upon fina.l pasaage.
Introduced at a regular maeting of the City Council on the 12th day
of October A. D., 1959.
- Passed on first reading on October 12, 1959; pasaed on second
reading on November 9, 1959; and passed on final reading on December 14,
1959.
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Mayo r •
ATT~S :
City Clerk - '
APPRO VED FOR M:
City Attor oy.