ORD CC 11/06/1945 - abandoning Houston Street to Huntsville Cotton Oil CompanyORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING THE CLOSING
AND ABANDONING OF A STREET FORMERLY SITUATED BETWEEN BLOCK
NO, 39 AND BLOCK NCB. 42; RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING CONVEYANCE
FROM CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, TO HUNTSVILLE COTTON OIL COM-
PANY, DATED FEBRUARY 18, 1914; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND
FIXING A TIME FOR THIS ORDINANCE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE.
WHEREAS, prior to February 18, '1914, the City Coun-
cil of the City of Huntsville, Texas, by proper means, author-
ized the closing and abandoning of the street theretofore
existing between Block No. 39 and Block No. 41 (sometimes
theretofore known as Houston Street) in the City of Huntsville,
Texas, and for a valuable consideration paid to said City of
Huntsville, authorized the deeding of the property formerly in
such street to Huntsville Cotton Oil Company; and pursuant
thereto, a dead was executed, acknowledged and delivered by
the duly authorized officer of the said City to Huntsville
Cotton Oil Company, which deed is dated February 18, 1914 and
recorded in Volume 36, pages 310 -311, of the Deed Records of
Walker County, Texas; and
WHEREAS, the official records of the said City, in-
eluding its ordinances, passed and adopted in the year, 1914
and in prior years,have been destroyed by fire, and it is the
wish and desire of the present owner of the said land and of
the City Council of the City of Huntsville, Texas, that the
City, by its official records, show the closing and abandoning
of the said street and the sale by the City of such property;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS:
THAT, the action of the City of Huntsville, in closing
and abandoning the said street formerly existing between Block
No. 39 and Block No. 42, in the, City of Huntsville, Texas, prior
to Feburary 18, 1914 (sometime prior to said date referred to
as Houston, Street), be in every manner ratified and con -
firmed, and that such street is hereby closed and permanently
abandoned as a street and thoroughfare for traffic of all
kinds and for all purposes; and
THAT, the action of the City of Huntsville, Texas,
by and through its then Mayor T. C. Gibbs, in conveying the
property formerly situated in said street between Block No.
39 and Block No. 40 in Huntsville, to Huntsville Cotton Oil
Company, by deed dated February 18, 1914, recorded in Volume
369 page 310.311, Deed Records of Sulker County, Texas, be
fully and completely ratified and confirmed as the official
act of the City of Huntsville; that by this ordinance, the
City of Huntsville, Texas, does hereby recognize such deed as
a valid and enforceable conveyance from the City of Huntsville,
Texas, according to its terms and conditions; and
THAT, the loss by fire of the official ordinances
of the City passed and adopted in the year, 1914 and in prior
years thereto, and the immediate need of the City to properly
show of record the closing and abandon. -ag of the said street,
creates an imperative public necessity that all requirements
for the reading of this ordinance more han one time be sus-
pended and this ordinance be in full force and effect immed-
iately upon its passage and adoption.
Passed and adopted by a vote of 4 11Ayes" and
"Nos11 on this the '6`4� day of November, A.D. 1945.
Mayor, City o villa, Texas
ecretary, City of Huntsville, Texas
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