CM 1955-11-21
ELECTION ORDER
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF DALLAL
TOWN OF COPPELL
WHEREAS, on the 18th day oF November, 1955, a petition was presented
to me by W. A. Hodges, and more than 34 other persons of the Town of
Coppell, Texas, praying that an election be ordered to be held in the
territory described in said petition for the purpose of determining whether
or not the same shall be incorporated for municipal purposes as a Town,
under the Aldermanic form of government; and
IT APPEAREING that the said petition bears the signatures of the
requisite number of qualified voters who are residents of said Town,
and is in every respect in conformity with law; and
IT FURTHER APPEARING that the area comprised within the boundaries
defined in said pettion does not exceed two (2) square miles, and that
all other facts set up in said petition are found to be true;
THEREFORE, I, W. L. STERRETT, in my official capacity as County Judge
of Dallas. County, Texas, do hereby grant said petition and do hereby order
that an election be held at the School House in the said Town of Coppell,
Texas, on the 17th day of December, 1955, for the purpose of determining
whether or not the same shall be incorporated for municipal purposes as a
Town, under the Aldermanic form of government, under auhhority of Article
1133, et seq., Chapter ll, of Title 28, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas,
of 1925, and amendments thereto; and
I HEREBY APPOINT T. B. MOORE as Fresiding Judge of said election and
the said. T. B. Moore shall select two Judges and two Clerks to assist in
holding, the same.
EVERY PERSON residing within the hereinafter described territory
entitled to vote at any general election under the laws of the State of
Texas, regulating general elections, shall be allowed to vote in such
election.
THE BALLOTS to be used in said election shall have written or printed
thereon "CORPORATION" and "NO CORPORATION".
EACH VOTER desiring to vote for the incorporation under the Aldermanic
form of government shall permit to remain on his or her ballot the words;
"CORPORATION".
AND EACH VOTER desiring to vote against the incorporation under the
Aldermanic form of government shall permit to remain on his or her ballot
the words "NO CORPORATION".
THE MANNER of holding said election shall be governed by the
General Laws of the State of Texas regulating general elections, except
as otherwise provided by the Statutes hereinabove referred to.
THE TERRITORY proposed to be incorporated is fully and accurately
described in said petition as follows:
Being a part of the E. A. Crow Survey, Abstract
No. 301, the J. A. Simmons Survey, Abstract No.
1296, the S. A. & M. G. H~. Survey, Abstract No.
1439, the J. F. Vest Survey, Abstract No. 1508,
and the J. W. Anderson Survey, Abstract No. 18,
Dallas County, Texas, and belng more particularly
described by metes ani bounds as follows:
BEGINNING at a point in the center line of New
Belt Line Road at its intersection with the
North corporate limits of the City of Dallas,
Texas, as established on first reading;
Thin, CE North along the center line of New Belt
Line Road to a point 1320 feet South of the
center line of Thweatt Road;
THENCE West 5280 feet;
THENCE South and parallel to the center line of
New Belt Line Road 9200 feet to a point;
THENCE East passing a Northwest corner of the
City of Dallas, Texas, as established on first
reading, continuing along the North corporate
limits of the City of Dallas, Texas, to the
place of Beginning.
THE NAME by which such Town is to be known, if it be incorporated,
shall be "TOWN OF COPPELLE, TEXAS."
A COPY OF THIS ORDER shall be sufficient notice of said election and
ten (10) days notice of the time and place of holding said election shall
be given by posting three written or printed notices of same at each of
three public places within said Town and by publication thereof once in a
newspaper of general circulation published at least one year previous to
the date of this Order in Dallas County, Texas, the date of such publi-
cation of said notice shall be ten (10) full days prior to the date of
the election.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this the 21st day of November,
1955.
W. L. STERRETT
County Judge of Dallas County, Texas