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ORDINANCE NO. 6 46S
AN ORDINAICE GRANTING TO THE ARK ASPS LOUISIANA GAS COMPANY,
ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, AN EASEMENT AND RIGHT OF WAY OVER
AND THROUGH ISAAC T. GILLA'A, SR. MEMORIAL PARK FOR THE PURPOSE
OF LAYING, MAINTAINING AND REMOVING GAS DISTRIBUTION !MAIN AND
APPURTENANCES INCIDENT THERETO.
WHEREAS, on the 15th day of November, 1934, the Union Trust Company
of Little Rock, as trustee, and Marion 5 asson, as Bank Commissioner of the State
of Arkansas in charge of Union Trust Company for liquidation, were the owners of the
following described land situated in Pulaski County, Arkansas, to wit:
The North Half (N2) of the Northeast Quarter (NE-,_j-)
of Section 26, Township 1 North, Range 12 West,
and on said date granted to Arkansas Louisiana Pipe Line Company, the predecessor
of Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company, an easement and right of way across said lands
for the purpose of laying a gas main thereon and maintaining, operating, repair-
ing and removing the same, and
WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock thereafter purchased said lands for
use as a public park by its negro citizens, and the City of Little Rock is now the
owner thereof, and
WHEREAS, the Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company has found it necessary to
install and extend additional gas mains from its main gas line to Sweet Home and
vicinity for the purpose of supplying Dulin Aluminum Company and other mining
operators engaged in mining bauxite in and near Sweet Home, Arkansas, for defense
purposes, with an adequate supply of natural gas for use in their mining operations,
and stands in need of additional right of way and easement across the aforesaid
lands for such purposes and has applied to the City of Little Rock for the grant-
ing of such additional easement and right of way;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LITTLE ROCK:
SECTION 1. That there is hereby granted to Arkansas Louisiana Gas
Company, its successors and assigns, an easement and right of way along and over
the lands hereinabove described, which easement and right of way shall be along
side of Loud ad acent to the right of way and easement heretofore granted to Ark -
ansas/Pipe leine 8C ompany and hereinbefore mentioned, together with the right of
ingress and egress to and from said lands for such purposes.
SECTION 2. Said easement and right of way shall be for a period of
Fifty years or so long thereafter as it is used for the purpose of distributing
natural or artificial gas and shall be for the purposes of laying, maintaining,
repairing, operating and removing gas distribution mains and pipes and appurtenances
incident thereto.
SECTION 3. All mains and pipe lines laid over and across said lands
under the authority and provisions of this Ordinance shall be laid at a depth of
not less than Eighteen (18) inches beneath the surface of the ground, and all ex-
cavations made in connection with installation, or repairs, or removal of same
shall be filled and tamped and maintained level with the adjoining surface. In
the event the City at any time should change or alter the present grade or soil
level of that part of said lands traversed by such pipe lines and it should be-
come necessary by reason Ahereof to lower the same to a greater depth, the cost
thereof shall be borne by Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company, its successors and assigns.
SECTION 4. The City shall receive the sum of Forty Dollars (;x40.00)
as a consideration for the granting of this easement and right of way, to be paid
upon the passage and approval of this Ordinance.
SECTION 5. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict here-
with are hereby repealed.
SECTION 6. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and
after its passage. Af
Aubust 31, 1942
ATTEST:
ty Clerk ___