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That power is hereby conferred on the City of Fort Worth to acquire or own by lease, purchase, donation, bequest, eminent domain or otherwise all property within or without the limits of the City of Fort Worth, that may be necessary for the purpose of establishing, maintaining and operating an airport and landing field and to fully provide for the accommodation of planes transporting United States mail and other aerial machines and to make suitable charges therefor. That the ownership, maintenance and operation by the City of Fort Worth of such an airport shall be deemed a municipal purpose and the city shall pass appropriate ordinances providing for the fees to be collected and other charges to be made in the operation of such field and port.
That all of the powers granted by Chapter 276 of the General and Special Laws of the Fortieth Legislature, known as Senate Bill No. 271 on page 415, relating to the establishment of building lines in cities and providing for an assessment therefor, be adopted and made a part of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth.
That in addition to the powers provided by the above and foregoing section, the City of Fort Worth shall have the further power for the purpose of promoting the public health[,] safety, order, convenience, prosperity and general welfare, acting through its governing authorities, under the police power, to provide by suitable ordinance building lines on any street or any block of any street and to require their observance by suitable penalties.
The City of Fort Worth shall have and exercise all of the powers conferred upon cities having a population of over five thousand (5,000) inhabitants and all “home rule” cities that have been conferred upon such cities by the Constitution, laws, and statutes of this state or which may hereafter be enacted by the legislature or other law-making body of this state.
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