CM 1955-11-21 (2) ELECTION NOTICE
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNT OF DALLAS
TOWN OF COPPELL
TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS RESIDING IN THE TERRITORY HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED,
TAKE NOTICE THAT ELECTION WILL BE HELD ON THE 17th DAY OF DECEMBER,
1955, PURSUANT TO AN ELECTION ORDER ENTERED BY THE COUNTY JUDGE OF
DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, AS FOLLOWS:
THE STATE OF TEXAS
ELECTION ORDER
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNT OF DALLAS
TOWN OF COPPELL
WHEREAS, on thee 18th day of November, 1955, a petition was presented
to me by W. A. Hodges, and more than 34 other persons of the Twwn of Coppell,
Texas, prayiing that an election be ordered to be held in the territory
described in said petition for the purpose of determing whether or not
the same shall be incorporaed for municipal purposes as a Town, under the
Aldermaic form of government; and
IT APPEARING 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 petition 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 here at theSchool House in the said Town of Coppell,
Texas, on the 17th day of December, 1955, for the purpose of detererming
whether or not the same shall be incorporated for municipal purposes as a
Town, under the Aldermanic form of government, under authority 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 Presiding Judge of said election,
and the said T. B. Moore shall select the 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 shallhave 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; "CORFORATION".
AND EACH VOTER desiring to vote aga.inst the incorporation under
the Aldermanic form of government shall permit to remain on his or her
ballot the words; "NO
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 snd 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. RR. 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 being more particularly
described by metes and 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;
THENCE 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 snd 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 COPPELL, 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 publication of said notice shall be ten (10) full days prier 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
AFFIDAVIT OF ~OSTING
THE S TA~E OF TEXAS ~
COUNTY OF DALLAS ~
I, C. C. MITCHE~, after having been duly sworn, on my oath state:
1. That I am a resident of the Town of Coppell, Texas.
2. That I posted a true and correct copy of the foregoing Notice
of Election at each of three (3) public places within the Town of
Coppell, Texas, to-wit:
One at English ' s Store.
One at Cooper's Store.
One at Harwell's Barber Shop.
3. ~I~at each of the Notices of Election were posted by me on the
22nd day of November, 1955, which is not less than ten full days prior
to the date of the election.
IN T~TIMONY -~HE~E~F, ~itness my hand this the 2Otb day of December,
1955 ·
SUBSCRIBED AND HORN TO BEFORE ME this the 2Otb day of December,
1955.
SHINY ~. PETERS
Notary Public in and for Dallas County
Texas