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ORDINANCE NO. 742
AN ORDINANCE VACATING PART OF A STREET IN EDGEWOOD THIRD ADDITION
TO AMES, IOWA.
Be It Ordained by the City Council of the City of
Ames , Iowa:
Section 1. That that part of West Street in Edgewood
Third Addition to Ames , Iowa, lying West of the West line of
Crane Avenue in said addition, is hereby determined unnecessary
as a public street and is hereby ordered vacated and discontinue*;
that said land , having been dedicated to the City of Ames for
street purposes by Robert S. Crane, Mary Crane Douglas , and
Helen Elizabeth. Crane Harsh, who still own adjacent property ,
should be reconveyed to said named owners.
Section 2. That West Street lying East of the East
line of Crane Avenue in Edgewood Third Addition, should be re—
duced to a fifty foot street to conform to the established
street line on the East line of Edgewood Third Addition; that
that part of the said West Street lying East of the East line
of Crane Avenue, not needed for a proposed projection of a
street fifty feet in width to Crane Avenue is hereby determined
unnecessary as a public street and is hereby ordered vacated
and discontinued; that that part here vacated , lying North of
said extension of West Street should be conveyed to Michael
M. Wharton and Myrna M. Wharton, husband and wife, as Joint
Tenants , owners of Lot 6 in Edgewood Third Addition, and that
part lying South of said extension of West Street, should be
conveyed to Robert S. Crane, Mary Crane Douglas , and Helen
Elizabeth Crane Harsh, owners of the adjacent property on the
South.
Section 3 . That the mayor and the city clerk are
hereby authorized and directed to execute Quit Claim Deeds
to the portion of street herein vacated to the parties as
named in Sections 1 and 2 above.
Section 4. That the city_ clerk is hereby authorized
and directed to make a certified copy of this ordinance and
to attach the same to said deeds.
Section 5. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances
in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Section 6. That this ordinance shall be in full force
and effect from and after passage and publication as provided
by law.
Passed this 16tt'day of February , 1954.
W. PRATHER , CITY CLERK. . Lawlor , MAYOR.
Moved by Bliss and seconded by Judge that Ordinance No. 742 be passed on its
first reading.
Voting Aye: Griffith, Judge, De Hart, Bolton and Bliss
Voting Nay: None
Absent: Smith
Moved by Griffith and seconded by Bolton that the rules governing the passage
of ordinances be suspended, the second and third readings omitted, and Ordinance
No. 742 be placed on its final passage.
Voting Aye: Griffith, Judge, De Hart, Bolton and Bliss
Voting Nay: None
Absent: Smith
Moved by Bolton and seconded by De Hart that Ordinance No. 742 do now pass .
Voting Aye: Griffith, Judge, De Hart, Bolton and Bliss
Voting Nay: None
Absent: Smith
Maylor Lawlor declared Ordinance No. 742 duly passed.
I, J. W. Prather, City Clerk of the City of Pmes, Iowa, do hereby certify that the
above and foregoing Ordinance No. 742 was duly and properly passed at a meeting
of the City Council on the 16th day of February, 1954 and published in the Ames
Daily Tribune on the 19th day of February, 1954.
J W. Prather, City Clerk
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