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RESOLUTION NO, 121 - 71
A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR AN ELECTION TO DETERMINE THE QUESTION OF ANNEXING
TO THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS CERTAIN CONTIGUOUS TERRITORY, DECLARING
AN EMERGENCY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Whereas, the City Council of the City of Jacksonville, Arkansas, on the
18th day of November, 1971 passed Ordinance No. 245 annexing to said City of
Jacksonville, Arkansas certain lands deemed to represent the actual growth of
the municipality beyound its legal boundary, said lands being needed by the
City of Jacksonville, Arkansas for the extension of needed police regulation,
for improving the adaptability of certain industrial property for further
growth and development, for prospective municipal parks and recreation areas
and for other municipal purposes; and
WHEREAS, E S, it is necessary to submit the question of annexing said area
to the legal voters in said area and in said City of Jacksonville, Arkansas;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS, that
SECTION 1: That it is hereby proclaimed that there shall be submitted
to the legal voters of the City of Jacksonville, Arkansas and of the property
described in Ordinance No. 245 of the City of Jacksonville, Arkansas, at a
special election to be held in said city and in said area on January 18, 1972,
the question of the annexation of certain herein described territory contiguous
1 to said city and within the same county.
Section 2. That at said election on January 18, 1972 there shall be
provided a place on the ballot for each qualified elector voting in said election,
affording said electors an opportunity to vote either for or against the
annexation of said area in substantially the following form:
Vote on measure by placing anuX'V in the square above
the measure either for or against:
For Annexation of Territory Proposed by
Ordinance. NO. 245 / /
Against Annexation of Territory Proposed
by Ordinance No. 245
Ordinance No. 245 proposes the annexation to the City of Jacksonville,
Arkansas of the Boyd property, more particularly described as follows,
to -wit:
SE', NEy, Section 17, Township 3 North, Range 10 West, Pulaski County,
Arkansas, containing 40 acres, more or less.
Section 3. That municipal officials and county and state election officials
shall do any and all things necessary in conducting said election as aforesaid.
Section 4. That there is hereby found and declared to be an immediate,
need for determining the question of the annexation of the aforesaid afeasto
the City of Jacksonville, Arkansas and it is therfore declared that an
emergency exists and this resolution being necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public health, safety and welfare, shall be in full force and take effect
immediately upon and after its passage.
PASSED this 2nd day of December, 1971.
APPROVED:
Robert G. Hill
ATTEST: President protempore
Floy ts, City Clerk
C E R T I F I C A T E
I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Jacksonville, Arkansas,
hereby certify that the foregoing pages numbered one (1) through two (2)
inclusive, are a true and correct copy of Resolution Number 121 -71, adopted
at a regular session of the Council of the City of Jacksonville, Arkansas, held
at the regular meeting place of the Council in said City at 7:30 p.m., on the
Second day of December, 1971, and that said Resolution is of record in
Resolution Book No. 2 now in my possession.
Given under my hand and seal this Sixth day of December, 1971.
City Cleryof Jacksonville, Arkansas
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