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ORDINANCE NO, O —(0 AN ORDINANCE BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN TERRITORY TO THE CITY OF BATESVILLE,ARKANSAS AND MAKING SAME A PART OF THE CITY OF BATESVILLE,ARKANSAS AND ASSIGNING SAME TO WARDS. WHEREAS, Petition was filed with the Court Clerk of Independence County, Arkansas by the majority of the real estate owners of the hereinafter described territory praying that said territory be annexed to, and made a part of the City of Batesville, Arkansas; and, WHEREAS, on the p day of June, 2002, theounty Court of Independence County, Arkansas found that the petition was signed by a majority of the real estate owners in said territory; that said territory was contiguous and adjoining the present corporate limits of the City of Batesville, Arkansas; that an accurate plat or map of said territory had been filed with and made a part of said petition; that proper notice had been given for the time and in the manner prescribed by law, and that all things pertaining thereto had been done in the manner prescribed by law, and the said lands and territory should be annexed to and made a part of the City of Batesville, Arkansas subject to the acceptance of same by the City Council of said City at the proper time, as provided by law; and WHEREAS, the time fixed by law for appealing from said Order of Annexation made by the County Court has expired and no appeal had been taken from said Order. NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BATESVILLE,ARKANSAS: SECTION 1. That the following described lands and territory contiguous and adjoining the City of Batesville, Arkansas, be and the same is hereby accepted as part of and annexed to and made a part of the City of Batesville. A tract of land being a part of the East Half(E ''/z) of the East Half(E %z)of the Northeast Quarter(NE '/4) in Section 8,Township 13 North,Range 6 West in the City of Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas, more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a mound of stones on the North side of a graveled roadway,the Southwest corner of the Southeast Quarter(SE '/4)of Northeast Quarter(NE ''/4)of said Section 8; thence North 02 degrees 19 minutes East a distance of 639.2 feet to a point on a wire fence; thence South 88 degrees 48 minutes East along said fence a distance of 10.06 feet; thence 48 degrees 54 minutes East along said fence a distance of 40.95 feet to a fence corner; thence North 01 degree 19 minutes East a distance of 595.77 feet along said wire fence to a point; thence North 22 degrees 49 minutes East a distance of • 24.6 feet along said fence to a fence corner on the South right of way line of White Drive (Arkansas State Highway#69); thence North 75 degrees 30 minutes East along