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r BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF BATESVILLE , ARKANSAS IN RE: PETITION OF M. F. HIGHSMITH, PRESTON W. GRACE , SR. , DOYLE W. ROGERS , SR. , GUY MOSELEY, C. E. LEONARD AND MARY M. LEONARD , HIS WIFE, TO VACATE AND ABANDON ADLER STREET AND BALL STREET EXTENDED Come now the petitioners, by and through their attorneys, Highsmith, Gregg , Hart, Farris & Rutledge, and for their petition to vacate, close and abandon Adler Street and Ball Street Extended in Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas , state : (1) Petitioners are the sole owners of all lands abutting Adler Street and Ball Street Extended . Attached hereto marked Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein is a plat reflecting Adler Street and Ball Street Extended which are the subject of this petition. Adler Street runs in an east-west direction and is located east of Cedar (Cedarwood) Street and west of Ball Street Extended in the City of Batesville, Arkansas ; Ball Street Extended runs in a north-south direction from Adler Street . (2) Said streets were dedicated to the City of Batesville, Arkansas pursuant to a plat filed in Book V-7 , page 552A of the records of Independence County, Arkansas . A copy of said plat is attached hereto as Exhibit "B" and incorporated herein. Petitioner are seeking to have said streets vacated, closed and abandoned because they are not required for corporate purposes of the City, have not been actually used by the public as a street or alley for a period of over five (5) years ; and in fact, have never been opened to use by the general public since their dedication. The vacating, closing and abandoning of said streets will be in the best interest of petitioners , who are the only abutting land- owners, will be in the best interest of the public in general, and the best interest of all interested parties .