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AN ORDINANCE TO ABANDON AN UNUSED ALLEY RUNNING EAST AND WEST BETWEEN POPLAR AVENUE AND AGGIE ROAD IN JONESBORO, ARKANSAS
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS:
That, whereas, a petition was filed with the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, on the 6th day of June, 1949, asking the said City Council to vacate and abandon an alley running in an east-west direction between Poplar Avenue and Aggie Road in Jonesboro, Arkansas, being more particularly described as follows:
The east-west alley lying between Poplar Avenue and Aggie Road, as shown in plat filed in the Circuit Clerk's Office of Craighead County, Arkansas, said plat being entitled "College Place Subdivision of part of the Northeast Quarter of Section 17, Township 14 North, Range 4 East" said alley being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner of Lot 1 of said College Place Subdivision thence running east to the northeast corner of Lot 13 and running thence north 16 feet to the southeast corner of Lot 40, thence running west to the southwest corner of Lot 48, thence south 16 feet to the northwest corner of Lot 1.
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 hard on the question and has ascertained that the alley hereinabove described has heretobefore been dedicated to the public use as an alley; said alley has not been actually used by the public generally for a period of five years subsequent to the filing and recording of the plat, or for a period of ten years next before the filing of this petition; that all owners of the property abutting on said alley to be vacated have filed with the City Council their written consent to such abandonment and that the public interest and welfare will not be adversely affected by the abandonment of said alley as above described.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of July, 1949.