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ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND ACCEPTING THE ANNEXATION TO THE CITY OF BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS OF FOUR TRACTS OF LAND ALL IN SECTION 9, TOWNSHIP 13 NORTH, RANGE 6 WEST, IN INDEPENDENCE COUNTY,ARKANSAS. WHEREAS, the County Court of Independence County, Arkansas entered its Order of June 28, 1976, upon the petition of Charles R. Barnett, Charles N. Hathcock, and Wesley J. Ketz, Jr., Trustees, Barnett Land Company, H. Paul Willmuth and Hazel Willmuth, his wife, Clem Moore and Janice Moore, his wife, White River Bituminous, Inc. and Vickers-Waymack Animal Hospital, Inc., the sole owners of the lands to be annexed, after due notice of hearing on said petition for the time and in the manner prescribed by law, ordering the annexation of the follow- ing described lands located in Independence County, Arkansas, to -wit: TRACT I. A part of the Southwest Quarter of Section 9, Township 13 North, Range 6 West, described by metes and bounds thus: Beginning at the Southend of the County bridge on the County road known as the Polk Bayou road; thence in a southerly direction along the West side of said road 150 yards more or less to the North line of right of way of the St. L. I. M. & S. Ry.; thence in a westerly direction along the North line of said right of way to a point opposite and South of the mouth of Miller's Creek and opposite a large gum tree standing the South bank of said creek; thence in a northerly or northwesterly to the bank of said creek at said gum tree; thence in a general easterly or northeasterly direction up said Miller's creek to place of beginning at said bridge, containing 2 acres, more or less, with all accretions thereto. This tract is the same land conveyed by Simon A. Ball and Hula Ball to the Grantor herein by deed dated June 6, 1925, recorded in Deed Record Book A-5, page 68 of the deed records of Independence County, Arkansas. TRACT II Part of the West half of Section nine (9) , Township Thirteen (13) North, Range Six (6) West, described by metes and bounds as follows, to -wit: Beginning at the quarter section corner between sections four (4) and Nine (9), Thence West on said line Thirteen Hundred seventeen (1317) links to rock for corner; Thence South Fifteen (15) degrees East Forty-one (41) chains and Forty-one (41) links to quarter section line between the East Half of the Northwest quarter and the EAst half of the southwest quarter of said Lsection nine (9) to iron bar down in center of Batesville and Polk Bayou road for corner; thence South down center of said road to