1145RESOLUTION NO. it
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AaRBBMBNT WITH THB TOWN
OF JBRICHO FOR THB WEST MBMPHI3 MUNICIPAL COURT TO
HEAR CRIMINAL CA38B FROM TH8 TOWN OF JBRICHO.
WHBRBAB, the Town of Jericho, Arkansas, desires to
enter into an agreement with the City of West Memphis for
the West Memphis Municipal Court to hear criminal cases
from the Town of Jericho; and
WHBRBAB, the West Memphis Municipal Court Judge agrees
to hear criminal cases from the Town of Jericho; and
WHBRBAB, Arkansas Code 16-17-101 authorizes two or more
cities or incorporated towns within the same county to
enter into agreements whereby the Judge of the Municipal
Court of one of the cities or towns may serve as the Judge
of the Municipal Court established in the other agreeing
city or town;
NOW, THBRBFORB, 88 IT RBSOLVBD BY THB CITY COUNCIL OF
THB CITY OF WBST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS, THAT the agreement with
the Town of Jericho, Arkansas, is hereby approved and the
Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized to execute the
agreement. A copy of the agreement shall be attached to
this Resolution and filed with records of the City Clerk,
and a copy shall also be filed with the West Memphis
Municipal Court Clerk.
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AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT, dated this~I~,-{- day of April, 1988, between
the Town of Jericho, Arkansas, hereinafter referred to as the
Party of the First Part, and the City of West Memphis, Arkansas,
hereinafter referred to as the Party of the Second Part;
WITNBSSETH: That each of the aforementioned Parties
acknowledge the receipt of valuable consideration from the other
Party and that they and each of them act herein in further
consideration of the engagements of the other as herein stated:
1. The Party of the Second Part agrees that the West Memphis
Municipal Court shall try all misdemeanor cases originating in
the Corporate limits of the Town of Jericho, Arkansas, for the
Town of Jericho, Arkansas.
2. In such cases both Parties agree that the Party of the
First Part is entitled to any and all fines assessed against
each defendant; and that the party of the Second Part is
entitled to the Court costs assessed against each defendant.
3. Such cases shall be prosecuted in the West Memphis
Municipal Court on the State docket and subject to such Court
costs as applicable to the State docket.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands this a..1,~,4--
day of April, 1988.
TOWN OF JERICHO, ARKANSAS
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~ JAMES W. ADAMS, Mayor
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MARY ANN RO~jT1SON, T~WN RECORDER
CITY OF WEST MEMPH,TS, ARKANSAS
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CITY Off' ~XT~~ST' M~MPI~I~
205 S. Redding - West Memphis, Arkansas 72301 - (501) 735-2720
April 22, 1988
Mr. Samuel Turner
Attorney-At-Law
P. O. Box 1043
West Memphis, Arkansas
Dear Mr. Turner:
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David Peeples advised us to mail to you the enclosed original Agreement
dated April 21, 1988 between the town of Jericho and the City of West
Memphis to be signed by Mayor James W. Adams and attested by Mary Ann
Robinson, Recorder of Jericho. Please mail it back to the City Clerk's
office, P. O. Box 1728, West Memphis, Arkansas.
Thanking you, I am
Yours truly,
Bernice Holland
Deputy City Clerk
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