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ORDINANCE NO.
ORDINANCE ACCEPTING TERRITORY ANNEXED TO THE CITY OF WEST
MEMPHIS AND INCORPORATING SUCH TERRITORY INTO WARD FOUR,
CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS, CRITTENDEN COUNTY, ARKANSAS:
WHEREAS, Dacus Lumber Company, et al, has instituted proceedings
in the County Court of Crittenden County, Arkansas, for the annexation of
certain territory to the City of West Memphis, and,
WHEREAS, such territory is contiguous to the City of West Memphis
and it is proper and right that such territory should be annexed, and,
WHEREAS, the County Court of Crittenden County, Arkansas, has
entered its order approving the annexation of such territory as hereinafter
described to the City, and it is necessary that the City accept such territory so
that it may become a part of the City of West Memphis, and the same should be
attached to a ward of the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council of the City of
West Memphis, Arkansas:
Sect One. That the territory hereinafter described be, and it is
hereby, accepted as a part of the City of West Memphis, Arkansas, to-wit:
A tract or parcel of land in the North Half (N2) of Section Fifteen
(15), and the North Half (N2) of Section Sixteen (16), Township
Six (6) North, Range Nine (9) East, more particularly described
as follows:
Beginning at a point where the City limit line of the City of West
Memphis intersects the south right-of-way line of U. S. Highway
No. 70, thence eastwardly along said highway right-of-way line to
the right-of-way of the St. Francis Levee, thence southwesterly
along the right-of-way line of the St. Francis Levee and the Rock
Island Railroad to a point where the City limit line intersects such
right-of-way, thence northwardly to the point of beginning.
Section Two. That the territory herein described be, and it is hereby,
attached to and incorporated in Ward 4 of the City of West Memphis, Arkansas,
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and shall be forthwith considered as and become a part thereof.
Section Three. It is hereby declared by the City Council of the City of
West Memphis that this Ordinance being necessary for the preservation of
the public peace, health and welfare, an emergency is hereby found and
declared to exist and this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage, approval and publication as required by law.
PASSED this 5th day of September 1968.
Mayor
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