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ORDINANCE TO VACATE AND ABANDON A STREET FROM BURKE AVENUE TO THE ST. LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY RIGHT-OF-WAY
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS:
WHEREAS, a petition was duly filed with the City Council of the City of Jonesboro on the 28th day of May, 1956 asking the City Council to vacate and abandon a fifty foot street running North and South between Block 1 and Block 2 of Wilson’s Second Addition to the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas as same as appears in Deed Record 48. Page 66 of the records in the office of Circuit Clerk at Jonesboro, Arkansas, designated as follows, to-wit:
The fifty foot (50’) street shown on the plat of Wilson’s Second Addition to the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, running North and South from Burke Avenue to the right-of-way of St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company between Blocks 1 and 2 of Wilson’s Second Addition to the City of Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, subject to any existing easements for water, sewer and gas lines, and
WHEREAS, after due notices as required by law, the City Council has, at the time and place mentioned in the notice, heard all persons desiring to be heard on the question and has ascertained that the street hereinabove described has heretofore been dedicated to the public use as a street herein described; has not actually been used by the public generally for a period of at least five years subsequent to the filing of the plat; that all the owners of the property abutting the street to be vacated have filed with the City Council their written consent to such abandonment; and that public interest and welfare will not be adversely affected by the abandonment of such street;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS:
Section 1. The City of Jonesboro, Arkansas hereby releases, vacated and abandons all its rights, together with the rights of the public generally, except existing easements, if any, fo...
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