ORD NO 03-1968 ORDINANCE NO. 3 -1968
•AN ORDINANCE CONFIRMING AND ACCEPTING OF CERTAIN TERRITORY
dJJACENT AND CONTIGUOUS TO THE PRESENT LIMITS OF SAID CITY LYING IN
CRAWFORD COUNTY, ARKANSAS WHICH WAS ANNEXED Tn_THE CITY OF VAN BUREN,
ARKANSAS, BY ORDER OF THE COUNTY COURT ON THE 12TH DAY CE AUGUST,
1968, AND „PPROVING THE PLAT.
,+HEREAS, certain land has been annexed to the City of Van Buren
by order of the Crawfurd County Court and
WHEREAS, it is desirable that this land containing an inJust-
rial park be annexed to the city.
NO. i THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS.
That the following district territory adjacent and contiguous
to the,prasent city limits of said city lying in Crawford Cuunty,
Arkansas to wit:
Commencing at the NW corner of Section 20, T -9 -N,
R -31 -W thence East to the Half section line, thence
South following said half suction line to the present
city limits to the point of beginning thence South to
the South line of Section 20, T -9 -N, R-31-W,
South to the South line of Section 32, T -9 -N, R -31 -W,
thence West along said South Section line to the Western
line of Section 32, T -9 -N, R -31 -W, thence along the
South Section line Section 31, T -9 -N, R -31 -W, to the
'center line of the Arkansas, thence in a northwesterly
direction following the canter lino of the Arkansas
River to the present city limits of the city of Van
Buren, thence following the said city limits line in
a northeasterly direction to the point of beginning,
taking into the City of Van Burun, Arkansas, that
.'part of the West Half of Section 29, T -9 -N, R -31 -W
'not already in the City of Van Buren, ;Arkansas, that
part of Suction 30, T -9 -N, R -31 -W in Crawford County
and the West Half of Section 32, T -9 -N, R -31 -W.
That the City of Van Buren, Arkansas confirms and accepts the
above `l described land to the city of Van Buren, Arkansas as annexed
by the order of the County Court, the 12th day of August, 1968.
That the plat showing said described land is approved.
That by reason of the immediate necessity of completing the
annexation of the described land an emergency is hereby declared to
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exist, and this ordinance being necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the public peace, health, and safety, shall take effect
and be in force from and after its passage and approval.
PASSED AND G,PPROVED this 26th day cf August, 1966.
Allen R. Tocthaker (s)
Mayor
Attest:
Geo L Crofton (s)
City Clerk
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