Section 25.(27)
The City Council shall have the power:
To provide by ordinance for laying out, opening, extending, widening, straightening, or closing up, wholly or in part, any street, square, lane or alley within Falls City: Provided, that whenever any street, square, lane, or alley shall be laid out, opened, straightened, or widened, the council shall, within thirty days, cause to be recorded in the office of the county clerk of Polk County an accurate plat and a full and definite description of the same, and of the property so appropriated to public use: Provided further, if any street, square, lane or alley be vacated, wholly or in part, a certified copy of such vacating ordinance shall be filed for record in the office of the said county clerk, and he shall record the same in the record of deeds for the said county, and shall place an appropriate reference upon the margin of the plat or plats of said street, square, lane, alley, or part thereof, so vacated, to indicate the book and page where such vacation shall be recorded;