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AN CiDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE PURCIIASING AND PAYING FOR
A STRIP OF GROUND ON FOURTH STREET AT THE INTERSECTION OF FOURTH STREET
AND BROADWAY FOR THEPURPOSE OF WIDENING THE SIDEVIALK.ON THE VIEST SIDE
OF FOURTH STREET SOUTH OF BROADPIAY�AND AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF DE:
TO SAID PROPERTY FROM THE TAYLOR REAL ESTATE COMPANY, AND MRS. ADIPTE M.
TAYLOR AND HER HUSBAND, J.Q. TAYLOR.
WHEREAS, in a.litigation between the Taylor Real Estate
Company and Mrs. Adine M. Taylor and her husband, J.Q. Taylor, against
the City of Paducah for the purpose of determining the ownership of a
strip of ground two feet, nine inches wide on the west side of Fourth
Street at the intersection of Broadway and Fourth Street and south from
Broadway, in which it has been determined by the Court that said strip
of ground belongs to the Taylor Real Estate Company and to Mrs. Adine M.
Taylor and her husband, J.Q. Taylor, and
WHEREAS, it is deemed to the best interest of the City of
Paducah to procure said strip of ground for the purpose of widening the
sidewalk and making said street and sidewalk uniform in width and on
account of the fact that said street is in the heart of the business
district of the City of Paducah and said added space is needed to acc-
omodate the traffic on said streets, and
PIHEREAS, the said Taylor Real Estate Company and Mrs. Adine
M. T&ylor and her husband, J.Q. Taylor, have agreed to execute a deed
to said strip of ground to the City of Paducah, Kentucky, for the purp-
ose of allowing said strip to be used for city purposes in considereltion
of the payment by the City of Paducah of the sum of Two Thousand($2000.Oq
Dollars.
NOW TIiEREFORE; BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONER
OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1.
That the proposition of the Taylor Real Estate Company and
Mrs. Adine M. Taylor and her husband, J.Q. Taylor, to convey to the City,
of Paducah for the purpose of widening the Street and sidewalk on the
South side of Broadway and West side of Fourth Street, a strip (of ground)
extending approximately Seventy (70) feet southwardly from Broadway and
Two feet, Nine inches, westwardly and making a parallelogram appro-Vimate
Seventy (70) feet long by Two feet, Nine inches wide for the sum of Two
Thousand ($2000.00) Dollars be accepted and that said deed, when tender-
ed, be accepted subject to its approval by the Board of Commissioners
and upon the acceptance of said deed the Commissioner of Public Finance
is hereby authorized and instructed to issue to the Taylor Real Estate
Company and to Mrs. Adine M. Taylor and her husband, J.Q. Titylor, or to
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whomsoever they shall direct to receive same, a check for the sum
of Two Thousand ($2000.00) Dollars dravin on the City of Paducah
and payable out of the general funds of said City.
SECTION 2.
This Ordinance shall tgke effect ten days after its
passage by the Board of Commissioners.
PASSED BY THE BOARD OF COIrIMISSIONERS March 5th, 1928
RECORDED BY HUNT CROSSLAND, CLERK March 5th,' 1928
SIGNED
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