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ORDI~ANCE NO. 68
AN ORDI~ANCE ADOPTING AND ACCEPTING PROVISIONS
OF TITLE 28 OF THE REVISED CIVIL STATUTES OF
TEXAS, 1925 REVISION AS fu~ENDED, RELATING TO
CITIES AND TOWNS, AND PROVIDI~G FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
~{EREAS, on the 7 day of January A. Do 1956, the Village of
Colleyville, Texas, situated in Tarrant County, by order of the
County Judge of said County, recorded in Volume 2947, Page 463,
Deed Records, Tarrant County, Texas, was declared to be duly
incorporate~ as a Villa3e pursuant to the provisions of Title 28,
Chapter 11, of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes of the State of
Texas; and
WHEREAS, t~e Village of Colleyville, Texas, through its Board
of Aldermen, desi:r.."s to accept t~le provisi:J.1S of Title 28 of the
Revise~ Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925 Revision, Article 961, as
aillen~ed~ relating to Cities and Towns in lieu of its existing
Charter and pOW9rs relating only to Towns and Villages; and
\vHEREAS, t'le said Vi 11:.10e nO\\T con 1:; :tins more Llan s ix hundre~
inhabitants, ."hich fact t:18 Bo",rd so finds, and \\Tilich is hereby
__ off 1 c ially det ermined;
NOW, THEHEFOHE, 3E IT ORDAI=~ED BY THE BOARD OF ALDE\l-'IS\f OE
T:rS VILLII..~E 0.:- COLLE'{VILLE, TE)('':',.s:
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THAT said VilLlbe accept t~e provisions of said Title 28 of the
Revised Civil StatJtes of the State of Texas, 1925 Revision, to-
gether wi tl1 any a;lIendme:l ts ther'2to relatins- to Ci ties and TO'\TrlS;
that said incorporation s11a11 hereafter been kno\\Tn as the "TOW11T OF
COLLEYVILLE, TE)(,C\.S", and shall be sClbject to t'-:te lJrovisions of said
Title 28 relating to cities and towns, and s~all be vested with
all the rights, powers, privileges, immunities and franchises thereill
conferred"
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THAT all ordinances and resolutions heretofore adopted by the
Board of Aldermen be and ;,'Lre hereby ratified, accepted and adopted
as resolutions and ordL-:tances of the Village and are to remain in full
force and effect in all of the provisions thereof Jntil same are
a:ne!,de:l or repe3.1ed 0
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ALL of the present Elective Officers of the Village shall
continue in their respective positions during the term for which they
were elected and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
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THAT a copy of this orJinance, signed by the Mayor, and attested
by the Village Secretary, shall be spread upon the minutes::>.f t:19
Board of Aldermen, and a certified copy thereof shall be recorded in
the Deed Records of Tarrant County; and the Clerk is f~rther ordered
and directed I.:;'J procur8 a. corporate seal for the IlTO\v:I OF COLLEYVILLE,
TEXASIl for the purpose of authenticating the official acts of the
Board 0 f Alderl,len of said Town.
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EXCEPT as hereir\ provid8d all ordi~1~1._1C'~:3 a,li parts elf ordLlances,
and all resolutions and parts thereof, in conflict herewith, are
hereby repealed to the extant of the conflict herawltho
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T=-LI\.T Ulis ord.inance s:lall take eff.act i:n.lIediately upon its
passaGe and approvalo
ADOPTED t:lis --2i.12_da'/ of Febr.rry,
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