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San Marcos, Texas June 19, 1970 /1& , City Council City of San Marcos San Marcos, Texas Gentlemen: The undersigned do hereby respectfully submit the follow- ing petition: I THAT WHEREAS, a map or plat of the First and Second Divisions of the Park Addition to the City of San Marcos is of record in Volume 54, Page 420, Hays County Deed Records, which map or plat, and its record, is hereby referred to and made a part hereof for all pertinent, legal and descriptive purposes; and, WHEREAS, the said map or plat has delineated thereon various lots, blocks, streets and alleys, and one of said alleys is shown to be 16.08 to 16.61 feet in width and 349.44 to 364.46 feet in length, and containing 0.14 of an acre of land, according to survey made from the public records by James R. Hall, Hays County Surveyor, during June of 1970, said alley extending along the Southwest lines of Lots Nos. 35 and 16 on the one hand and along the Northeast line of Lot No. 15 and acreage designated "A. S. Burleson" on said map or plat; and I WHEREAS, the said map or plat is accompanied by deed of dedication of the streets and alleys shown on said plat to the use of the public, but there is not indicated on said plat or elsewhere any acceptance by the County of Hays or the City of San Marcos, nor have the County of Hays and City of San Marcos ever exercised ,:nOr is either of them now exercising any jurisdiction over any part of said alley, and no part of said alley has ever been graded, gravelled, paved nor in anywise used by the public as a passageway, nor has the said alley ever been used by the County of Hays or City of San Marcos or the public for any purpose; and WHEREAS, the undersigned are the owners of all of the land adjoining said alley on the Northeast and Southwest lines thereof, said alley otherwise bordering on Walnut and Live Oak Streets as shown on said map or plat, and the undersigned being desirous of having said alley officially closed and abandoned by the City of San Marcos, said Park Addition now being within the boundaries of said City of San Marcos; and WHEREAS, such closing and abandonment of said alley will be to the mutual advantage of the City of San Marcos and the undersigned: I NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned do hereby petition and re- quest of the City of San Marcos that it enact an ordinance closing and abandoning said alley; that the City of San Marcos relinquish and quit-claim all right, title and interest of said city in and to said alley to the undersigned; further, that the Mayor of said city be empowered and directed to execute and deliver for and on behalf of said city quitclaims to the undersigned, such quitclaims covering and describing said entire alley, that such quitclaims be duly attest- ed by the City Secretary, that such quitclaims be acknowledged in the usual form by the Mayor and City Secretary, and that said quitclaims have affixed thereto the seal of the City of San Marcos, Texas. /~~ ;?M--...~ ~/~-~~F ~~~ a6-1~j,-Q 'j :;t/7o