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AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE CLOSING OF 18711 STREET
EXTENDING FROI.S THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF BROAD:'dAC TO THE SOUTH
PROPERTC LINE OF JEFFERSON STREET IN 'rHE CITY OF PADUCAH, KEN'['UCKY
AND AUTHORIZING THE CORPORATION COUNSEL TO INSTITUTE IN hCCRACKEN
CIRCUIT COURT A SUIT ?OR THE PURPOSE OF HAVING SAID STREET CLOSED
BY A JUDGEMENT OF SAID COURT
WHEREAS, under a deed from it. H. ;feikel, etc., to the
City of Paducah, Kentucky, dated December 22, 1908, and recorded i
Deed Book 88, page 587, in the office of the County Court Clerk
of McCracken County, Kentucky, Lots Nos. 5 and 22 in Block No. 1
of the Fountain Park Addition to the City of iaducah, Kentucky,
was conveyed to said city for use in the establishment of a street
to be known as 18th Street; and,
71HEREAS, under a deed executed by C. T. Allen, Single,
to the City of Paducah, Kentucky, dated November 21, 1921, and
of record in Deed Book 128, page 351, in the aforesaid Clerk's
Office, Lots Nos. 5 and 22 3n Block No. 1 of the Fountain Park
Addition to the City of iaducah, Kentucky, and 6 feet off of the
East side of Lot No. 21 and Lot No. 4, and 4 feet off of the
l°.est side of Lot No. 6 and Lot No. 23 in Block No. 1 of said
Addition were conveyed to the City of Paducah for the purpose
of opening a street running from Broadway to Jefferson Street and
to be known as 18th Street; and,
WH-iREAS, the aforesaid lots and parcels of land heretofore
conveyed to the City of Paducah and dedicated for use as a public
street have never been used for that purpose, and the establis tunent
of a street running from Broadway to Jefferson Street will not affo
any greater convenience for use by the traveling public, and the
opening of said street is unnecessary; N0IN THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE
CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SEC TI ON 1.
That the portions of 18th Street 60 feet in width
extending from the North property line of Broadway to the South
line of a 15 foot alley, and extending from the north line of
said alley to the South line of Jefferson Street, the same having
heretofore been dedicated for use as a public street, and being
more particularly described as follows; to -wit:
"Being Lots Nos 5 and 22 in Block No. 1 of the
Fountain Park Addition to the City of iaducah,
Kentucky, 6 feet off of the East side of Lot No. 21
and Lot No. 4, and 4 feet off of the West side of
Lot No. 6 and Lot No. 23 in Llock No. 1, in Fountain
Park Addition, as shown by a plat of said addition
of record in Deed Book 38, page 147, in the office
of the County Court Clerk of McCracken County, Kentucky;
so
and being the same property conveyed by C. T. Allen
Single, to the City of Paducah, Kentucky, by deed
dated November 21, 1921, and of record in Peed
Book 128, page 351 in the aforesaid Clerk's Office."
be and the same is hereby ordered to be closed, and the Corporation 41
Counsel is authorized and directed to institute in the McCracken
Circuit Court a suit for the purpose of carryinZ the provisions
of this ordinance into effect.
SECTION 2.
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its adoption.
mayor
Passed by the Loard of Commissioners, April 22, 1947
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, April 22, 1947.