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ORDINANCE N0. ~__~' L. OF 1973
WHEREAS, a Petition wa duly filed with the City Council of
the City of West Memphis, Arkansas, on the 15th day of June, 19.73,
asking the City Council to vacate and abandon all that portion of
the street .estimated to be 40 .feet North. and .South by 200 feet
East and West which lies North of Lot 67 and South. of Lot 68 of
the M. L. Thompson's West Memphis Sub-Division to said City. as
same appears of xecoxd in a Plat of said Sub-Division prepared by
St. George Richardson, C. E., in February of 1925, and filed for
xecoxd on Octobex 10, 1929, in Plat Book 1 at Page 42, in .the Of-
fice of the Recorder of Crittenden County at Marion, Arkansas; and,
WHEREAS, after due notices as required by law,. the Council
has, at the time and place mentioned in the notice, heard all per-
sons desiring to be heard on the question and has ascertained
that .the street or portion thereof, hereinbefore described, has
heretofore been dedicated to the public use as a street .herein de-
scribed; has not been actually used by .the public generally for a
period of at least .thirty-nine (39) years subsequent to the fil-
ing of the Plat; that .all the owners of the 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 weafare will not be adversely affected by the abandonment of
such street.
NOW, THEREFORE., BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY. OF WEST MEMPHTS, ARKANSAS:
Section 1. The City of West Memphis, Arkansas, hereby re-
leases, vacates and abandons all of its rights, together wi h the
rights of the public generally, in and to the street designated
as follows.:
All that portion of the street estimated to
be 40 feet North and South by 200 feet East
and West which lies North of Lot b7 and
South of Lot 68 of the M. L. Thompson's
West Memphis Sub-Division to the City of
West Memphis, Arkansas, as same now .appears
of xecoxd on a Plat of said Sub-Division
prepared by St. George Richardson, C. E.,
in February of 1925, and filed for record
on Ootober 10, 1929, in Plat Book 1 at Page
42, in the Office of the Recorder of Crit-.
tenden County. at Marion, Arkansas.
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Section 2. A copy of the Ordinance duly certified by the City
Clerk shall be filed in the Office of the Recorder. of the County
and recorded in the Deed Records of the County.
Section. 3. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage.
PASSED by the Council and approved by the Mayor this 19th
day of July, 1973. ,
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ATTEST:
CITY CLERK