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AN ORDINANCE TO ABANDON AN UNUSED ALLEYS DESCRIBED IN PLAT DEED RECORD 48 PP. 126-127 IN THE CIRCUIT CLERK’S OFFICE IN JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, AS FOLLOWS:
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Begin at the Southeast Corner of Lot 16 Block “D” of Krewson’s Subdivision of Jonesboro college Addition to the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, thence south 15 feet; thence west 315 feet; thence north 15 feet; thence east 315 feet to point of beginning; AND, Begin at the Northeast Corner of Lot 46, block “D” of Krewson’s Subdivision of Jonesboro College Addition to the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, thence south to the southeast corner of Lot 23 of said Block “D”; thence east 15 feet to the southwest corner of Lot 22 of said Block “D”; thence north to the northwest corner of Lot 2 of said Block “D”; thence west 15 feet to the point of beginning.
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
THAT, WHEREAS, a petition was filed with the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, on the 1st day of December, 1952, asking said Council to vacate and abandon the alleys described above;
AND, WHEREAS, after due notice as required by law the Council has, at the time and place mentioned in said notice, heard all persons desiring to be heard on the question, and has ascertained that the alleys above described have heretofore been dedicated to the public use as alleys; that said alleys have not been used as alleys by the public generally for a period of 5 years subsequent to the filing and recording of the plat of said Subdivision or for a period of ten years next preceding the date of filing of this petition; that all the owners of property abutting on said alleys have filed with the said City Council their written consent to said abandonment; that the public interest and welfare will not be adversely affected by the abandonment of said above described alleys.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
SECTION 1. The City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, hereby releases, vacates and abandons all its rights, together with the rights of the public generally in and to said alleys described as follows:
Begin at the Southeast Corner of Lot 16 Block “D” of Krewson’s Subdivision of Jonesboro college Addition to the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, thence south 15 feet; thence west 315 feet; thence north 15 feet; thence east 315 feet to point of beginning; AND, Begin at the Northeast Corner of Lot 46, block “D” of Krewson’s Subdivision of Jonesboro College Addition to the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, thence south to the southeast corner of Lot 23 of said Block “D”; thence east 15 feet to the southwest corner of Lot 22 of said Block “D”; thence north to the northwest corner of Lot 2 of said Block “D”; thence west 15 feet to the point of beginning.
SECTION 2. A copy of this ordinance duly certified by the City Clerk shall be filed in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Craighead County, Arkansas, at Jonesboro, Arkansas, and recorded in the Deed Records of the Jonesboro District of said County.
SECTION 3. The owners of the property abutting on the above described alleys are permitted to close up the same upon the adoption of this ordinance the absolute ownership of the property abandoned by the City shall vest in the owners of the real estate abutting thereon, each abutting owner shall take title to the center line of the alleys so abandoned, and such ownership shall be free of the easement of the City for public use as an alleys.
PROVIDED, that this ordinance shall not affect suits now pending in any of the Courts of this State.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 15th day of December, 1952.