Ordinance No. 2,1037097
ORDINANCE NO. 2103
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE ABANDONMENT OF A 0.21 -ACRE TRACT
OF LAND AND A WATER LINE EASEMENT HERETOFORE GRANTED TO
HARRIS COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
NO. 7 BY HUMBLE OIL & REFINING COMPANY; AUTHORIZING THE
MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE SUCH INSTRUMENTS AS ARE
NECESSARY FOR SUCH ABANDONMENT, IF ANY; AND PROVIDING
FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
WHEREAS, Humble Oil & Refining Company heretofore on
the 23rd day of July, 1946, conveyed to Harris County Water
Control Improvement District No. 7 a 0.21 -acre tract of land
for use as a water well site together with right of way and
easement for a water line, said conveyance was filed for
record under Film Code No. 1380631 of the Deed Records,
Harris County, Texas; and
WHEREAS, said conveyance was conditioned upon said
tract of land and water line easement reverting to Humble
Oil & Refining Company upon abandonment by the District of
said tract and said easement; and
WHEREAS, upon annexation of the aforementioned property
the City of Baytown assumed operation of the District's well
and water line; and
WHEREAS, said well and water line are no longer needed
by the City, and the City Council of the City of Baytown,
Texas, wishes to formally abondon same; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
7098
Section 1: That the City Council of the City of Baytown
does hereby abandon any and all interest in and to the
following described tract of land:
The 0.21 -acre tract of land herein described
is located in the William Scott Upper League in Harris
County, Texas, being out of or across a tract of land
known as Humble Fee No. 2752 now owned by the Humble
Oil & Refining Company.
0.21 -Acre Tract
Beginning at the most westerly corner of the
0.86 -acre tract of land which was conveyed to Mutual
Benefit Association by Humble Oil & Refining Company
in deed dated April 26, 1937, of record in Volume 1052,
page 199, of the Deed Records of Harris County, Texas,
said point being the point of beginning of the 0.21 -
acre tract of land herein described.
Thence N. 530 00' E., along the northwest
line of aforesaid 0.86 -acre M.B.A. tract, 120.00' to a
point;
Thence N. 370 00' W., 78.00' to a point;
Thence S. 530 00' W., 120.00' to a point;
Thence S. 370 00' E., 78.00' to the point of
beginning, containing 0.21 acres of land more or less.
Section 2: That the City Council of the City of Baytown
does hereby abandon any and all interest in and to the
following described right of way and easement:
Beginning at the most westerly corner of the
0.86 -acre tract of land which was conveyed to Mutual
Benefit Association by Humble Oil & Refining Company
in the aforesaid deed dated April 26, 1937;
Thence N. 370 00' W., 73.00' to a point, said
point being the point of beginning of the line easement
herein described;
Thence S. 530 00' W., 128.00' to a point, said
point being the point of ending of line easement herein
described;
Section 3: That the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby
authorized to execute and attest to such instruments as are
necessary for such abandonment, if any.
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7099
Section 4: This ordinance is to become effective from
and after its passage by the City Council of the City of
Baytown, Texas.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of
the City Council of the City of Baytown this 28th day
of October_, 1976.
TOM GENTRY, Mayor
ATTEST:
E LEEN P. HAM , My Clerk
APPROVED:
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CH RDSON, City Attorney
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