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Whereas, a petition was duly and legally filed with the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, on the 21st day of May, 1951, asking the City Council to vacate and abandon all of the streets, alleys, parks, parkways and passageways of Meyer’s Park Place Addition to the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, said plat being recorded in Deed Record 48 at Page 80-81 and 82 in the Circuit Clerk’s office in the Craighead County Court House in Jonesboro, Arkansas.
Whereas, after due notice as required by law, the 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 all streets, alleys, parks, parkways and passageways of said addition has heretofore been platted to public use as herein described; that none of said streets, alley, parks, parkways and passageways have actually been used by the public generally for a period of at least twenty years subsequent to the filing of the plat; that the petitioner Charles P. Harris is the owner of all the property abutting upon all of the property to be vacated; and that public interest and welfare will not be adversely effected by the abandonment thereof.
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 of its right, together with the rights of the public generally, in and to all of the streets, alleys, parks, parkways and passageways designated as follows: said streets, alleys, parks, parkways and passageways are not named on the plat but they run parallel together in the center of the addition north from Nettleton Avenue for a distance of around 1110 feet of said combined width being 90 feet except between Lots 7-8-9-10-11-12-13 and 14 the combined width is 190 feet, more or less, which includes a lot 100 feet, east and west and 200 feet north and south, all of said lots from 1 to 22 inclusive abutting thereon. Ther...
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