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[Dallas City Charter, 1871]

Description: Original text of the charter to incorporate Dallas as a city of Texas, located in Dallas County. The document has 40 sections outlining the various aspects of governance and the city's relationship to the government of Texas. It was filed April 20, 1871 and officially signed and sealed by the Secretary of State on May 9.
Date: 1871
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Legal Document
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

Mayor's Message and Annual Reports of City Officers of the City of Dallas, Texas: For the Fiscal Year Ending April 15th, 1889

Description: Report on various aspects of the city of Dallas, Texas describing activities, funding, and other information for fiscal year 1888-1889, including an overall report from the mayor as well as departmental reports from the health officer, city chemist, chief of the fire department, superintendent fire alarm telegraph, city engineer, superintendent of waterworks, city recorder, city marshal, city collector, city treasurer, and city secretary. An index to the reports is on page 108.
Date: 1889
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Dallas City Code]

Description: Text of laws in the city of Dallas, Texas, including standing rules, revised civil and criminal ordinances, and revised city ordinances. Most of the ordinances were enacted in 1889 with amendments in 1891 and 1893. Index to civil ordinances starts after page 296.
Date: 1893
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
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Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

Annual Reports, City of Dallas: 1900-1901

Description: Report on various aspects of the city of Dallas, Texas describing activities, funding, and other information for fiscal year 1900-1901, including an overall report from the mayor as well as departmental reports from city officials.
Date: 1901
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
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Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

Charter of the City of Dallas

Description: Official copy of the text of Senate Bill 316, titled "An act to grant a new charter to the City of Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; repealing all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith, and declaring an emergency." It includes a certificate of authenticity signed by the Texas Secretary of State.
Date: 1907
Creator: Texas. Legislature.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Legislative Document
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

A City Plan for Dallas

Description: Report of the Park Board in Dallas, Texas, including the text of the proposed city plan, called the "Kessler Plan." The plan describes suggested changes to the city including building levees; creating a belt railroad; building a union station; creating freight terminals; organizing a civic center; eliminating railroad grade crossings in downtown districts; extending roads in downtown areas; building parks, parkways, and boulevards; and adding playgrounds throughout the city. The text includes… more
Date: 1911
Creator: Kessler, George E.
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Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Dallas City Hall Building Contract]

Description: Legal contract describing work by an architectural company (C. D. Hill and Company) to furnish plans to the city of Dallas for a municipal building, to be located on Main Street between Harwood and Commerce streets, and to serve as the Dallas City Hall.
Date: January 22, 1913
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
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Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

Dallas City Park Board Annual Report: 1914-1915

Description: Annual report for 1914-1915 compiled by the Park Board regarding the park system in Dallas, Texas. The report includes overarching reviews of the system's status and future plans as well as commentaries on each individual park. Near the end of the report, there are financial statistics showing the amounts spent by the park funds on maintenance for each of the parks as well as sketched maps of selected parks. There are also facts about "Dallas, the City of the Hour."
Date: 1915
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Park Board.
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Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

The Kessler City Plan For Dallas: A Review of the Plan and Progress on its Accomplishment

Description: This pamphlet contains the reprints of twenty-three articles from The Dallas Morning News regarding the Kessler Plan for the city of Dallas, Texas and the progress that had been made over the fifteen years since its inception. The articles in order are: Article 1--Origin of the Plan; Article 2--Early Efforts at Civic Development; Article 3--Kessler Plan for All of the City; Article 4--The Trinity River Levee Plan; Article 5--Belt Line Railway Proposal; Article 6--Pacific Avenue Track Rem… more
Date: 1925
Creator: Head, Louis P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

Trinity River Sanitary Survey

Description: This river survey is a report about the the health and sanitation of various portions of the Trinity River in Texas. The report includes accompanying photographs, diagrams, and graphs as well as statistical readings from the monitoring stations along the river. There is a table of contents following the title page and letter of transmittal.
Date: June 1925
Creator: Texas. State Dept. of Health.
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Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

Prospects Bright for Kessler Program Cary Report Urges Action: Points Out Unity of Support and Cost of Further Delay

Description: Article describing the changes to the city of Dallas, Texas during 1925 under the supervision of the Kessler Plan Association which designed the city plan. The article includes an over view of the plan, expenses, progress, county assistance, legal issues, and opinions. A sub-section includes a breakdown of some specific projects that happened under the plan.
Date: 1926~
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Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Letter from the Kessler Plan Association, January 19, 1926]

Description: Letter from John E. Surratt at the Kessler Plan Association to members of the Advertising League regarding ways that the special committee could help to promote the Kessler Plan Association's city plan for Dallas, Texas. The original letter included copies of maps and literature about the Kessler Plan.
Date: January 19, 1926
Creator: Kessler Plan Association
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

Report on the Completion of Garza Dam

Description: Report describing the construction and completion of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas, resulting in the creation of Lake Dallas. It includes pages of inserted photographs and a fold-out technical drawing that shows a "Typical Section of Completed Fill Between Stas. 15 & 30."
Date: November 12, 1927
Creator: Hawley, John B. & Floyd, O. N.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Letter from Chief of Police E. M. Flattery to W. F. Rhinow, Superintendent of the St. Paul, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Investigation - 02/29/1928]

Description: Letter from Chief of Police E. M. Flattery to W. F. Rhinow, Superintendent of the St. Paul, Minnesota Bureau of Investigation providing information on Harvey J. Bailey and his known associate, Scholberg.
Date: February 29, 1928
Creator: Flattery, E. M.
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Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

What Does "Our City" Need?

Description: Printed speech about city planning that was presented to the Woman's Forum of Wichita Falls, Texas by the secretary of the Kessler Plan Association in Dallas, Texas. The address includes an overview of what city planners need to consider, including growth, parks and recreation, alleys, landscaping around highways, consultants, and funding.
Date: 1930
Creator: Surratt, John E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives
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