1747 RESOLUTION NO. 1747
A R: SOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE A DEED FOR
CERTAIN LANDS IN FAIR PARK FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A STADIUM; AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES.
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WHEREAS Act 249 of the Acts of the General Assembly of the
State of Arkansas for the year 1947 provides for the construction
of a stadium for the use of the various schools, colleges and
universities in the State, to be known as the War Memorial Stadium;
and
WHEREAS said Act provides for the selection of a Commission
authorized, among other things, to select a site in the State of
Arkansas for said stadium; and
WHEREAS Paragraph I, Section 4, of said Act provides that the
site selected for the stadium must be furnished free of cost to
said Commission; and
WHEREAS the City of Little Rock, by reason of its central
location, is conveniently accessible to all the people of Arkansas ;
and
WHEREAS the City of Little Rock owns in fee the lands in Fair
Park, a portion of said lands being now little used and which said
portion naturally lends itself to the construction of a stadium; and
WHEREAS the construction of a stadium in Little Rock would be
a great benefit to the City of Little Rock and all of the people
in Arkansas :
NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Council of the City of
Little Rock, Arkansas :
Section I. That the Mayor and City Clerk be and they are
hereby authorized to execute a deed to the stadium commission con-
veying to said commission for the purpose and in consideration of
the erection of a stadium in Little Rock, Arkansas, the following
described lands located in the SW*, SE*, Sec. 6, Ti N, Range 12 W, Little
Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas:
Starting at the northeast corner of SW4 NE*,
Section 6, T-1-N, R-12-W; thence south 502 feet
to a point; thence N 83° 00' W 423 feet to the
point of beginning which is the northeast corner
of the tract herein described; thence continuing
N 83° 00' W 700 feet to the northwest corner of
said tract; thence S 7° 001 W 700 feet to the
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southwest corner of said tract; thence
S 83° 00' E 700 feet to the southeast
corner of said tract; thence N 7° 00'
E 700 feet to the point of beginning,
containing 11.25 acres more or less.
Section II. This resolution being necessary for the preser-
vation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is
hereby declared to exist and this resolution shall be effective
immediately upon its passage.
ADOPTED: May 19, 1947
APPROVED:
Mayor
NOWA
ATTEST:
/ ty Clerk