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A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CLOSING AND THE SALE OF THE WEST TWENTY FEET OF JUDY STREET ADJACENT TO LOTS 12, 14 AND 15 IN BLOCK 1 OF MANGRUM'S SUBDIVISION OF BLOCK 4 OF SENTER AND COMPANY'S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF JONESBORO
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BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro:
WHEREAS, an Ordinance has been duly passed and adopted by this Council closing Judy Street between Lots 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 in Block 1, and Lots 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 in Block 2 of Mangrum's Subdivision of Block 4 of Senter and Company's Addition to the City of Jonesboro, for the purpose of enabling the owners of adjacent land to develop a housing project in connection with which a thirty foot drive will be sufficient for the needs of the parties and a thirty foot access thereto along Judy Street is ample for the traffic that will use the same;
AND, WHEREAS, this leaves a twenty foot vacant strip adjacent to the property of Ralph W. Smythe and Opal Smythe in Lots 13, 14 and 15 in Block 1 of said Addition; and it is desirable that the City of Jonesboro be relived of the burden of caring for some consideration of $1.00 Dollar
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Council of the City of Jonesboro:
Section 1: The Council finds and determines that Judy Street has never been opened or used as a public street; that the West twenty feet thereof adjacent to Lots 13, 14 and 15 in Block 1 of Mangrum's said Subdivision are not required for street purposes and a sale thereof is desirable;
Section 2: The Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to execute a deed conveying said twenty foot strip to the said Ralph W. Smythe and Opal Smythe and to deliver the same upon payment of the consideration above stated.
Section 3: All Ordinances and parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 2nd day of April, 1962.