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AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY LIMITS AND WARDS IN THE CITY OF JONESBORO
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The limits of the City of Jonesboro are hereby extended as follows: Beginning at the North West corner of the City, as the limits and boundaries thereof are now fixed and established; thence running West one-half (1/2) mile; thence South one-half (1/2) mile; thence East one-fourth (1/4) mile; thence South three-fourths (3/4) mile; thence East one-fourth (1/4) of a mile, to the South West corner of said City; thence South one-fourth (1/4) mile; thence East one (1) mile; thence North one-fourth (1/4) mile; to the present Southern boundary of said City; Beginning again at the South East corner of Section eighteen (18) in Township fourteen (14) North, Range four (4) East; thence East one-fourth (1/4) mile; thence North one-half (1/2) mile; thence West one-fourth (1/4) mile to the present Eastern boundary of said City.
All that part of the newly-acquired territory described in Sec. 1 which lies North of Washington Avenue and West of Main Street shall be attached to and constitute part of the First Ward; All that part of said territory lying South of Washington Avenue shall be attached to and constitute part of the Third Ward; and all that part of said territory lying North of Washington Avenue and East of Main Street and South of the Frisco Railroad shall be attached to and constitute part of the Second Ward; And all that part of said territory lying East of said Main Street and North of the Frisco Railroad shall be attached to and constitute a part of the Fourth Ward of the City of Jonesboro.
It is hereby ordered that upon the passage of this ordinance, a copy, certified to by the Mayor and Recorder of said City be recorded forthwith in the office of the recorder of Craighead County in the current deed record book.
Passed and adopted this May 15, 1905.