Acquisition of parkways between City and parks or between parks.
Memphis Charter, art. 57, § 578
in effectSec. 578. - Acquisition of parkways between City and parks or between parks.
Such City shall have the power to purchase, by private negotiation, or acquire by condemnation, a parkway or parkways, either running from said City to any such park, or running between and connecting such park, and such City may purchase or condemn such parkways, either within or without the limits of such City, but in no case more than ten miles beyond the nearest point on the limits of such City as the same may be at the date of such purchase or condemnation.
(Acts 1899, ch. 142, § 5)
Source: City of Memphis, Code of Ordinances and Charter and Related Laws (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tn/memphis/codes/charter?nodeId=PTICHRELA_ART57PAPACO_S578ACPABEPABEPAFetched: 10/28/2026
