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BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED: “AN ORDINANCE TO VACATE AN ALLEY RUNNING NORTH AND SOUTH THROUGH BLOCK 13, OF MATTHEW’S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS”.
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BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas.
WHEREAS, a petition was duly filed with the City Council for the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, on the 4th day of February, 1952, asking the City Council to vacate and abandon an alley running North and South through Block 13 of Matthew’s Addition to the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, as the same appears in Plat Book 5, page 500 in the office of the Recorder of Craighead County, Arkansas, said alley being more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the Northeast corner of Lot 7 of said Block 13, thence East to the Northwest corner of Lot 18, thence South to the Southwest corner of Lot 13, thence West to the Southeast corner of Lot 12, thence North to the point of beginning, being a strip of land 20 feet East and West and 300 feet North and South, lying and being situated in Block 13 of Matthew’s Addition to the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas.
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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 ascertained that said alley as above described has heretofore been dedicated to public use as an alley, has not been actually used by the public generally for a period of more than five years; that all the owners of property abutting upon said alley have filed with the Council their written consent for such abandonment; that the public interest and welfare will not be adversely affected by the abandonment of such alley.
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 the alley designated as follows:
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