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Cd ORDINANCE No. 3397•
n Ordinance Ratifying and Confirming the Actions of the Board of
?ublic affairs, the Mayor and City Clerk, in Purchasing
124 1:cres, More or mess, as a Portion of the New Park Site,
Issuing the City's 71,arrant in Payment Therefor, Confirming the Fund-
ing and Reissuance of Said r, arrant, and For Other Purposes.
Whereas, Under Ordinance No. , the sum of
0300,000.00, or as much thereof as might be necessary, was appro-
priated for the purpose of purchasing and equipping a park site,
and a joint committee appointed to select such site; and,
rhereas, Under the authority of said ordinance the
joint committee named therein did report back to this council that
they had selected as a part of such park site the North Half of the
Southwest Quarter and the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter
of Section 6, Township 1 North, :.Range 12 Yl est , Pulaski County, Ark-
ansas, containing 124 acres, more or less; and,
Whereas, Under the authority of Ordinance No.
the Board of Public Affairs did purchase said tract and the Mayor
and City Clerk did issue Warrant No. 5 a'7 of the City of Little
Rock, for y .'79,312.50, in full payment for said tract, upon the un-
derstanding with grantors that title to said tract would be con-
firmed on account of minor irregularities, which transaction has
heretofore been explained in detail to this council; and,
Whereas, Subsequent thereto this council did, by Or-
dinance No. fund and reissue said warrant, by the issuance
and delivery of ka arrant5 No j , ,F1YA ,?5.5i
Whereas, This council has re- examined and re- investi-
gated all the facts relative and incidental to all of the above pro-
ceedings and has found and does hereby find, adjudge and declare
that the action of the Board of Public !'.ffairs, the Mayor and the
City Clerk were in all respects autho�rized and performed under the
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direction of this council and that Zarrant� 4g► 3a, for •,
Vw duly and properly issued and that the indebtedness represented
thereby is ` A valid and binding obligation of the City of Little
Rock;
N011, THEREF ORE , BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The action of the Board of Public Affairs,
the Mayor and the City Clerk in connection with and incidental to
the purchase of the above described property and the issuance of
"Tarrant No. I r+ therefor are hereby ratified, confirmed and
validated in each and every respect, and the previous action of this
council in funding Warrant No7o� by Ordinance No. �' under
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which}WarranUN4 g) 1,, issued, is hereby confirmed and said
�- arrantl No-* Pig 143 herdby declared 0 valid and binding obliga-
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tior of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas.
Section 2. This ordinance has the statutory effect of
a judgment determining the validity of Warrant�Nok�Q14"; of r
0 and the indebtedness represented thereby, and the holder
of said warrant,;may enter judgment thereon in any court having
jurisdiction lion of the parties, upon presenting to such court both such
warrantcand a duly certified copy of this ordinance; provided that
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such, warranty, "ll have been presented for payment at or after matur-
ity, which fact may be evidenced by statement thereon signed by the
City Treasurer.
Section 3. This ordinance is hereby determined to be an
ordinance for the support and maintenance of the municipal govern-
meat of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, and shall be in full force
and effect from and after its passage.
Passed :January 7, 1924. Approved < —c%
Mayor.
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