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AN ORDINANCE CORRECTING CLERICAL ERROR IN DESCRIPTION OF LANDS CONTAINED IN ORDINANCE NO.1232 PASSED AND ADOPTED JUNE 16, 1969, DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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WHEREAS, Jonesboro City Ordinance No. 1232 was duly passed, adopted and enacted by appropriate body on June 16, 1969, said Ordinance which accepted certain lands annexed to the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, by order of the County Court dated May 9, 1969 said Ordinance which assigned said annexed lands to Ward 1 and which declared an emergency and for other purposes; and
WHEREAS, the aforesaid Ordinance No.1232 in section two thereof, described the accepted lands as follows:
A part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (7.906 acres), a part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (2.094 acres), all being in Section 7, Township 14 North of the Base Line, Range 4 East of the Fifty Principal Meridian, and being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the center of Section 7, Township 14 North, Range 4 East; aforesaid thence North 88° 44’ East along the South line of aforesaid Northeast Quarter, Section 7 a distance of 493.52 feet to the point of beginning proper; thence North 0°32’ West 417.42 feet thence North 88°44’ East 1043.55 feet; thence South 0°32’ East 417.42 feet; thence South 88°44’ West along the South line of aforesaid Northeast Quarter Section 7 a distance of 1043.55 feet to the point of beginning and containing 10.00 acres, more or less; and
WHEREAS, the above description of lands, due to a clerical error, is misleading in that it described the accepted lands as being in the Southeast Quarter of Section 7, Township 14 North, Range 4 East, when in fact said lands are in the Northeast Quarter of Section 7, Township 14 North, Range 4 East; and
WHEREAS, on the 17th day of July, 1969, the County Court of Craighead County entered an order correcting said clerical error in description of lands annexed:
NOW, THREFORE, be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
Section 1: The description of the lands and territory annexed to and accepted by the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, by City Ordinance No.1232 passed, adopted and enacted on June 16, 1969, be and it is hereby corrected to read as follows:
A part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (7.906 acres); a part of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (2.094 acres); all being in Section 7, Township 14 North of the Base Line, Range 4 East of the Fifth Principal Meridian, and being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the center of Section 7, Township 14 North, Range 4 East, aforesaid; thence North 88 Degrees 44 Minutes East along the South line of aforesaid Northeast Quarter, Section 7 a distance of 493.52 feet to the point of beginning proper; thence North 0 Degrees 32 Minutes West 417.42 feet; thence North 88 Degrees 44 Minutes West along the South line of aforesaid Northeast Quarter of Section 7 a distance of 1043.55 feet to the point of beginning and containing 10.00 acres, more or less.
Section 2: Said City Ordinance No.1232, as corrected by this order, shall continue in full force and effect from the date of its passage, which was June 16, 1969
Section 3: It is hereby found and declared by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas that immediate plans for development of the lands annexed to the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas and accepted by said city, in City Ordinance No.1232, dated June 16, 1969, as corrected by this Ordinance, require the immediate extension of fire, police, zoning, waster and other protection and benefits in order to allow the orderly growth and development of said lands and territory and an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Ordinance being necessary for the preservation and protection of the public peace, health and safety take effect and be in full force from and after its passage.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 21st day of July, 1969.