Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-09-20
ORDINANCE NO. s33

| An Ordinance providing sfor NAM
ing and remaining the city park of
the city of DEBORAH, Iowa.
WHEREAS, certain real estate
described as follows; all of lot four
of lot three excepting rectangle
portion Of SOP feet X 33l feet, said
accepted portion being the east 500
feet of said lot four of lot three
and also the west 726 feet of lot one
of lot three of lot three; the whole
including ten acres more or less sit
uated in the southeast quarter of the
| southwest quarter of section 16,
township 90, range s, Winneshiek
county, Iowa. 1t is provided that X
| the above described land or any part
of it shall at any time be used for
purposes other than those instru-
ment to its use to a public park
owned and controlled by the city OF
DEBORAH, the title and ownership and
fee simple to the whole of said land
shall Immediately revert to Milton
| Updegratf or his heirs and assigns:
| and also lot two, lot two of lot one
| OF lot three; lot two of lot two of lot
! three; of the southeast quarter OF
the southwest quarter; also lot two
of lot five; lot six, and lot seven of
southwest quarter of southwest quar-
ter; all in section 16, township 9S,
| north, range 8, west of the 9Th p.
NJ, and also all of the east half of
the southeast quarter of the south
east quarter which lies south of the
center of the Upper Iowa river be-
ling that part of lot one of the south
east quarter of the southeast quarter
of section II, township 90, north,
range 8, west of the 9th p. NJ. re-
served in deed recorded in deed re-
corded in Book Sc, page IT'S of the
records Of Winneshiek county to be
used for park purposes and to re-
vert to grantors herein if ever offer
ed for sale, and also lot two of lot
four Of lot three Of the southeast
quarter of the southwest quarter OF
! section 16, township 9S, north, range
! s, west of the 9Th p. NJ. in the coun-
ty of Winneshiek, according to the
recorded plat thereof, has been estab-
lished and accepted by the city of
DEBORAH, Iowa, for public park pur-
poses and the deeds and conveyances
to the city of DEBORAH, Iowa, have
been and are hereby accepted by
said city. Said above described pro-
perty being on the south side of the
city of DEBORAH, Iowa, and il the
vicinity of the Phelps Cemetery and,
whereas said property above describ-
ed has heretofore been known in
part as the City Park and, whereas,
the above described property so es-
tablished as a public park has cost
the city of DEBORAH, Iowa, the sum
of ten thousand dollars and it be-
ing DESTROYS to change the name OF
said park, therefore, be it ordained
by the city council of DEBORAH, Iowa,
that the name Of the property above
described and heretofore designated
as the City Park, be and the name
is hereby changed from the City
Park or City Park Of DEBORAH, Iowa,
to the Phelps Park and the name of
a portion of the above described de-
dicated for Park purposes to the
city of DEBORAH, Iowa, and which has
never been named be and the same
is hereby designated and named
Phelps Park.
Passed and approved this 18th, day
September, 1922.
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Attest F. M. Hughes, City Clerk.