Weaver St-N. 17th--Blk 11 Fairmount.. RESOLUTION .-
WHEREAS Robert P. C{elly and Juanita[ B. welly, husband and wife,
gnd Robert W. Qelly,and Willie Parohman welly, husband and wife,
have filed a petition,
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Buren, Arkansas, to vacate and abandon in favor of the abutting
property owners
That portion of Weaver Street between poplar
Street on the South and the right=of-way of the St. Louis -
San Francisco Railway Company on the North, said street being
60 feet wide and 150 feet long, more or le se, and being
bounded by Lots 5, 6, and 7 of Block 11, Fairmount Addition
to'the Original City'of Van Buren, on the West, and by Lot 9,
Block 10, Fairmount Addition to the Original City of Van Buren
on the east;
and,
WHEREAS, a certified copy of the official city plat on file.
with the Circuit Clerk and Recorder of Crawford County (and showing
in red the street herein sought to be vacated), has been filed and
attached as an exhibit to said petition; and,
WHEREAS, it appears that said petition is duly verified and
states on its face that petitioners are all of the owners of property
abutting on said street; and,
V7HEREAB: said petition states on its face that said street has
not been used as such since it was dedicated and has not been used
by the public generally for a period of more than five (5) years
subsequent to the filing of the official plat of the City in the
Office of the Circuit Clerk and Recorder of Crawford County;
'•NOW, THEREFORE; be it resolved by the City Council of the City
of Van Buren, Arkansas, that the City Clerk of said city shall give
notice, by publication in the Van Buren Press Argus, (a newspaper
�ubliahed in Crawford Count y, and having a general circulation in
he City of Van Buren ) once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks,
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in the manner slid form presoribed by Act 17 oP the Acts of 1946;
that a hearing on said petition will beh;ld by said Ciby Council
Rt 7:30 p.m. on November 1st 1946.
ADOPTED AND PASSED on this the 41hday of October, �948.
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Burton Lanxrora :;{ z c,. ,• "6
T Hitchcock 150.00 Clyde
.maI:fondior �� 150000
Iierman Homes 150.00 Chas J Bolling Jr l40eOO
Vurgil Goff 170.00 Chas I.icCause 165.00
Russell Dunn 155.00 Mrs Fern Elzy 85.00
Jewell Scott 174,00 Chas Matlock 15.00
all Miller 25,00 Goo Crofton 30.00
H B Marley 10.00 71 D Badgott 10.00
w E Neal 10.00 C Brodie. 10.00
C E Riddle 5.00 J D,Fields 12.50
Fairview Cemetery 20.00 Campbell Service Stn .50
C Odom 14.00 Western Union - 3.55
Jeryo Rexall Drug .*91 Sartins Garage 37.86
Cunningham -Young Co 16.63 Twin City Lbr Cc 3.39
Leon E Taylor 5400 R A Young & Son Ino, 9.94
Nlrs Fern Elzy 42.83 Johnson BI-Rito 8.84
Fireston 22.19 Ft Smith Gas Corpn 1.36
Pointer Studio 16,35 Twin City Lbr Cc 5.14
li-okey & Faldon 138.90 ]aclntyre Servie Stn 17.70
O,la Gas Elea Cc 179.5E 'A.G Furry 7.17
L C Moore 64.00 ]acClays Service Stn 15.13
J D Fields 4.12 Shearman Concrete Pipe 7.35
Van Buren Motor Cc 3.00 mci[ecTPitts Industries 27.20
Speer Hdwe 8.52 Crawford Co Motor 13.47
Gibson Products Cc 3.15 Laws Flower Shop 10.20
Ellis Junk Cc 10.50 Sterling Stores 4.90
J&H Building Supply 18.36 Arkansas Equipment Co 3.06
Peggy Joan Stoekbarger 15,00 Bates Milling Cc 15.00
C Tounzen 145.85 J Boyd 145.85
Jewell Scott 6,50 J D Fields Jr 120.00
Crawford Cc Motor Co 7.71 L C Moore 54.00
Ifir Lon Tones appeared before the Council and requested that steps be taY.en t
pumping of refuse and garbage in iYashington St ditoh, he stated that the We
was doing this which caused an offensive odor and was very unsanitary, theC
was instructed to write the Freezing plant and request that this be stopped,
fdr Robert P Gelly appeared before Council and filed with the Council a petit
the alley 20 feet in width platted to run in a northerly direction and at r1
Poplar Street to the right of way of the Frisco Railway, said platted alley
on the west by lot 8 and on the East of lots 5, 6 and 7, all in Block 11, Fa
to the original city of Van Buren, the petition being signed by Robert P Jel
B Golly husband and wife and Fay Peer and Ruth Peer, hunband and wife, The
advised D1r Golly that the City Clark would give notice, by publication in ti
Press Argue, ( a newspaper published in Crawford County and having a genera]
in the City of Van Buren) once a week for 2 consecutive weeks in the manner
prescribed by Act 17 of the Acts of 1945, and that a hearing on said petitic
said City Council at 7;30PT,!, July 3 1950.
The Mayor advised that the sexton at Fairview Cemetery should have a special
,scion to properly handle tresspassers and oghor law violaters in cemetery,
special officers commission was granted John Young, Sexton but limited to tl
After a general discussion as to the privilege license for retail dairios, s
by Alderman Brewer that the license be $ 25.00 per year ohioh motion died f,
a econd, motion was then made by Alderman 1:larley that the license be 0 15.0(
seconded by Alderman Brodie, which motion on roll call carried by the falls,
the Council, Ayea:- Badgett, Brodie) Marley and Neal, Nays;-Vertroea and]
Motion
by Alderman Badgott, seconded by Alderman Marley that the privilege
Tom Lightfood seed store be 4 10,00 per year which motion carried by the uni
oft he Council.
A. letter from Mrs Layette Rankin read by the Mayor in which she stated that
Faber addition and owned by her had been destroyed by the building of highwi
Mayor advised would have the board of appraisers handle.
The Mayor made full report on the research labatories which may locate in V
It was reported that the Moore Locker Plant had soma unsanitary conditions
of waste materials account connection to storm sewer and causing offensive
Broadway, City Attorney instructed to write this £irm and toll them this c
be corrected at once, Motion by Alderman Badgett, seconded by Alderman Bra
by the unantrous vote a' the Council.
Twin City Lbr Co . ..
Bates Hdwe Co 3.76 S'N Bell Telephone Co 5�.3£3 Her
175.00 J Boyd 175.00 T Big
C Tounzen 39.57 mondiors Service Stn 69.30 L C 1d
Firestone
Mr Lon Jones again appeared before the Council with reference to the dim
ty Attorney advised that he ha
arbage in UdashingtoBlantrand was eet csure hy tthat he istisfactory arrangements would
.an Buren Freezing
Ifr L F Corey appeared before the Council with reference to the offensive
Van Buren Canning Co. caused by dumping waste water from washing spinaol.
into open ditch, the City Attorney advised Is1r Corey that he had handled w
Canning plant and that the matter would be handled to correct this matter.
Itir Lloyd Summerhill appeared before the Council with reference generalto rbage
to the Council his idea of how the garbage
die
no action ta'.cen. +
I;iotion by Alderman Ideal, seconded by Alderman Brodie y be in salary of AG
ttioti be increased tir 5.00 per month so that this salary be 1n line e�lth Ase
0 179.00 per month, which motion on roll call carried by the unanimpus Vol
motion by Alderman Brodie, seconded by Alderman Ideal that the mayor be aui
for and hire two additional street men to clean out the ditches of our dri
other street work, which motion on roll call carried by the unanimous vote
The mayor advised that a meeting of the Civil Service Commission had bee
er of the fire trucks and that the matter n
hand
batteries in eithof
Chief batteries
ain repition, the matter of firemen handling operation
ssed and it was decided at the meeting of the commis
new set up was discu
men would handle.
V the Mayor advised that he had stated this numerous times before and he w
that whon any emergency should arise he had instructed the heads of the v
to handle as they thought best until they could
their cdudgo et the 10 ntw uld ber and
the departments did this he was sure �iaRmt
Mayor and the Cpuncil.
II The Ivlayor advised that ,the thought it would be g
ood.idea to have fish fr;
sheriff force Ft Smith and the officers from!
FBI, all local officers,
got togeher,
jterritory and have one good speaker and have a en°
,of the Dt�tY.. ahntltni Ved
The following ordinate was presented and read. d ,neY as to' be sale
x filedwith the, tonnes y
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