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A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE TO ABANDON THE WEST 161 FEET OF ROSE AVENUE IN BELMONT ADDITION TO THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS
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WHEREAS, a petition was duly filed with the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, on the 30th day of December, 1949, asking the City Council to vacate and abandon all that portion of the street designated on the plat of the Belmont Addition to said City now appearing of record in Deed Record 48, page 115, in the office of the Recorder of Craighead County.
WHEREAS, after due notices 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 the street or the portion thereof, hereinbefore described, has heretofore been dedicated to the Public use as a street herein described; has not been actually 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 property abutting upon the portion of the street to be vacated have filed with the 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 ordinance 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 it public generally, in and to the street designated as follows:
The West 161 feet of Rose Avenue in Belmont Addition being that part of Rose Avenue West of Madison Street and bounded by Block “G” on the South and Lot “D” of Belmont Addition on the North and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the Northeast corner of Lot 6 in Block “G” of Belmont’s Addition; thence North 50 feet to the southeast corner of Lot 26, Block “D” in said Addition; thence West 161 feet; thence South 50 feet to the northwest corner of Block “G”; thence East 161 ...
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