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RESOLUTION NO. 1388
A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE TRANSFER OF LANDS TO THE
t'eALNUT BOTTOM CHURCH AND CFLTTERY CONMITTEE FOR
THE PURPOSE OF FURNISHING A NEW SITE FOR A CEME-
TERY AND CHURCH AND RELOVA_L OF THE OLD CEMETERY
AND CHURCH FROM THE RESERVOIR BASIN.
tBEREAS, the City of Little hock has found it
necessary in clearing the reservoir site for use to remove
the talnut Bottom Church and Cemetery located in the reser-
voir site to a new site outside of the reservoir basin; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Public Affairs has agreed
to trade the Walnut Bottom Church and Cemetery Committee,
as trustees for said church and cemetery committee, the
tract of land hereinafter described in consideration of
their releasing their possession and all right , claim, title
and easement to and on the lands now occupied on what is
known as the tiones property to the City; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
Section 1. That the iviayor and City Clerk of the
City of Little Rock be and they are hereby authorized, in
consideration of the sum of One Dollar and the release and
surrender and deliverance to the City of Little Rock, Arkan-
sas, of the possession and of any and all right, claim, title
and easement of a certain Plot of land known as the +alnut
Bottom Church and Cemetery located in the W of the NE* of
section 24, Township 2 North, rLanr-e 18 1vPst, Saline County,
Arkansas, on the N. A. Jones tract, to transfer, sell and
quitclaim to the Walnut bottom Church and Cemetery Committee
the following described lands situated in the County of Sal-
ine and State of Arkansas, to-wit:
Beginning at a point in the hor.thwest tuarter
(NW==) of Section 29 , Township 2 North, Range 17 'test,
which point is marked with an iron pin and is N 640
55' E, true bearing, from the quarter corner between
Sections 29 and 30, said township and range, a distance
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of 2417.8 feet ; thence along a line of true bearing
S 66° 09' E, 360 feet to a point marked by an iron pin;
thence along a line of true bearing N 23° 51' E, 242
feet to a point marked by a wooden stake; thence along
a line of true bearing N 66° 09' Vd, 360 feet to a point
marked by a wooden stake; thence along a line of true
bearing S 23° 51' x, 242 feet to the point of beginning;
comprising 2 acres.
and upon the delivery of said deed the title to said lands is
hereby ratified and confirmed in said Committee and its suc-
cessors, for the benefit of the Ybalnut bottom Church and Ceme-
tery.
Section 2. It is found and declared that it is urgent
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that said cemetery be moved at once in order that the work on
the reservoir may go forward looking to an early completion of
same and in order to expedite the employment of the unemployed
in the City of Little Rock and the section surrounding the dam
and reservoir site and to secure a new and better water for the
inhabitants of the City of Little Rock and for industrial use.
To that end the immediate operation of t 1 Resolution is necess-
ary far the preservation of the public peace, health and safety;
an emergency is declared to exist and thisResolution shall take
effect and be in force on and after its adoption.
APFROV D:
Mayor.
ADOPTED:._J,yemer 9th ,1936 .
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