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AN ORDINANCE TO ABANDON AN UNUSED ALLEY RUNNING EAST AND WEST BETWEEN SMITH STREET AND FLINT STREET IN THE BLOCK IN JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, BOUNDED ON THE EAST AND WEST BY SAID STREETS AND ON THE NORTH BY OAK STREET AND ON THE SOUTH BY CHERRY STREET
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS:
That, whereas, a petition was duly filed with the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, on the 3rd day of January, 1949, asking the said Council to vacate and abandon the alley running in an east-west direction from Smith Street to Flint Street through the center of the block in Jonesboro, Arkansas, bounded on the east by Smith Street, on the west by Flint Street, on the north by Oak Street and on the south by Cherry Street, more particularly described in Deed Record 17, Page 428 in the Office of the Circuit Clerk and the Ex-Officio Recorder of Craighead County, Arkansas, at Jonesboro, Arkansas, as follows:
Begin at the northwest corner of Witt’s Subdivision of Block 16 of Knight’s First Addition to Jonesboro, Arkansas, thence south 145 feet to the point of beginning; thence east 300 feet; thence south 10 feet; thence west 300 feet; thence north 10 feet to the point of beginning.
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 alley hereinabove described has heretofore been dedicated to the public use as an alley; said alley has not been actually used by the public generally for a period of five years subsequent to the filing and recording of the plat, or for a period of ten years next before the filing of this petition; that all the owners of property abutting on said alley to be vacated have filed with the City Council their written consent to such abandonment; and that the public interest and welfare will not be adversely affected by the abandonment of said alley as above descri...
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