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l ORDINANCE NO. ~~ ~`~'
WHEREAS, a Petition was duly filed with the City Council
of the City of West Memphis, Arkansas, on the 1 th day of September ,
1959, asking the City Council to vacate and abandon portions of
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certain streets
shown
on plats
of the Southcrest Subdivision
of the
Town (now City) of West Memphis, Arkansas, and the Southcrest Addi-
tion to said City, of record in the Office of the Circuit Clerk and
Recorder of Crittenden County., Arkansas, said streets sought to be
vacated being specifically described as follows, to-wit:
All of First Street lying between Blocks C and D and E
and F of the Southcrest Subdivision
and
All of Arkansas Avenue and all of Mississippi Avenue
(not heretofore closed) in the George T. Kendal Second
Addition to the City of West Memphis as per plat of
record in Plat Book 1 at Page 258 of the Records of
Crittenden 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 streets, or the portions thereof, hereinabove described,
have heretofore been dedicated to the public use as streets, herein
described; have 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 the property abutting upon the portions of the
streets to be vacated have filed with the Council their written con-
sent to such abandonment; and that public interest and welfare will
not be adversely affected by the abandonment of such portions of said
streets.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the City Council of the
2.
City of West Memphis, Arkansas:
SECTION 1. The City of West Memphis, Arkansas, hereby
releases, vacates and abandons all its rights, together with the
rights of the public generally, in and to the portions of certain
streets designated as follows:
All of First Street lying between Blocks C and D and E
and F of the Southcrest Subdivision
and
All of Arkansas Avenue and all of Mississippi Avenue
(not heretofore closed) in the George T. Kendal Second
Addition to the City of West Memphis as per plat of
Record in Plat Book 1 at Page 258 of the Records of
Crittenden County.
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.
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Passed: This ~ ~' day of J > 1959.
CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS
By
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk