S.L. 1969-468

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 468

HOUSE BILL 641

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE MARION CITY SCHOOL BOARD TO CONVEY, WITHOUT CONSIDERATION, TO THE CITY OF MARION OR MCDOWELL COUNTY CERTAIN DESCRIBED LAND.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. The Marion City Board of Education is hereby empowered and authorized to convey to McDowell County, either with or without consideration, the land hereinafter described:

PARCEL NO. ONE:

BEGINNING on a black oak, the Southeast corner of the Presbyterian Church lot and runs with a line of said lot South 61 deg. West 19 poles to a stake, the Southwest corner of said lot; then same course 10 poles to a stake; then South 26 deg. East 11 poles to a stake; then North 61 deg. East 29 poles to a stake in the old town line; then North 26 deg. West 11 poles to the BEGINNING, and being the same tract of land described in that certain deed from D. E. Hudgins and wife, Josie Hudgins, et al, to George I. White, George E. Evans, E. J. Justice, J. L. C. Bird and Thomas Morris, as the Graded School Committee for Marion, N.C., dated June 25, 1901, and which is recorded in Deed Book 30, at page 176, of McDowell County Deed Records.

PARCEL NO. TWO:

BEGINNING on the Southwest corner of F. P. Crawford lot and runs a North course with said Crawford's line to The Marion Graded Schools' line; thence a West course with the South line of The Marion Graded School lot to the Southwest corner of The Marion Graded School lot or old Marion Academy lot; thence a South course a parallel course or line with D. S. Masters and L. C. Burgins' line to a stake on D. S. Master's line on Old Fort or Cross Street; thence an East course with Old Fort or Cross Street to the BEGINNING, and being the same lot of land described in that certain deed from D. S. Masters to The Marion Graded School, dated March 12, 1906, and which is recorded in Deed Book 38, at page 89, of McDowell County Deed Records.

PARCEL NO. THREE:

BEGINNING on a stake on the North side of Old Fort or Court Street in the Master's line and runs North, with the Master's line to a stake in the line of the Marion Graded School lot; then East with said line to a stake on the West side of the new street leading to the Graded School; then South, with the West side of said street, to a stake in Old Fort, or Court Street; then West with said Street to the BEGINNING, and being the same lot of land described in that certain deed from F. P. Crawford to The Marion Graded School, dated March 13, 1906, and which is recorded in Deed Book 38, at page 242, of McDowell County Deed Records.

PARCEL NO. FOUR:

BEGINNING at a stake in the J. F. Wilkerson's line said stake being located North 27 deg. 30 min. West 280 feet from the Beginning corner of the J. C. Rabb lot as described in deed from T. M. Finley and Bessie May Finley to J. Clyde Rabb and Iris Rabb, dated February 24, 1919, and runs same course North 27 deg. 30 min. West 260 feet to stake in the Hudgins line; thence North 68 deg. East 60 feet to a stake in the Hudgins line; thence South 27 deg. 30 min. East 260 feet to a stake in the J. C. Rabb East line; thence South 68 deg. West 60 feet to the BEGINNING, let the same contain what it may, and being the same tract of land described in that certain deed from J. C. Rabb and wife, Itasco Foister Rabb to Eugene Cross, Jr., R. W. Proctor, R. W. Twitty, W. W. Neal, Jr., T. H. Henderson, W. P. Elliott and Mrs. B. A. Dickson, Trustees Marion City Administrative School Unit, dated July 29, 1948, and which is recorded in Deed Book 121, at page 318, of McDowell County Deed Records.

PARCEL NO. FIVE:

Tract A: BEGINNING at an iron stake in D. E. Hudgins Estate West line of the G. A. Masters lot, and the East line of the McNeeley lot, said stake being located North 32 deg. West 320 feet from an iron stake in the Northern margin of West Court Street, Southeast corner of the McNeeley lot, and runs North 61 deg. East 126 feet to an iron stake; thence North 10 deg. West 73 feet to an iron stake; thence South 84 deg. West 187 feet to an iron stake in the said McNeeley and Masters line; thence with said line South 32 deg. East 142 feet to the BEGINNING.

Tract B: BEGINNING at an iron stake, said stake being located North 32 deg. West 18 feet from the Northwest corner of Tract A hereinabove described, and runs with the D. E. Hudgins Estate line (formerly Masters and McNeeley line) North 32 deg. West 75 feet to an iron stake in the Southern margin of Hillcrest Drive; thence in a Westerly direction with the Southern margin of Hillcrest Drive 250 feet to an iron stake in the margin of said Hillcrest Drive; thence South 27 deg. 30 min. East about 123 feet to the Northwest corner of the McNeeley tract; thence North 68 deg. East with the McNeeley North line about 245 feet to the BEGINNING, and being the First Tract and Second Tract of land described in that certain deed from Carter Hudgins, et al, heirs at law of D. E. Hudgins, to Trustees of Marion City Administrative Unit, dated December 14, 1956, and which is recorded in Deed Book 143, at page 325, of McDowell County Deed Records.

PARCEL NO. SIX:

Tract A: BEGINNING at a point which is located exactly South 61 West 54.4 feet from the Southwest corner of that certain tract of land described in a deed from G. L. Carson and wife, to the Trustees of the First Presbyterian Church of Marion, North Carolina, bearing date of June 25, 1845, and appearing of record in Deed Book 2, at page 60, of McDowell County Deed Records, and runs thence North 22 deg. 30 min. West 60-1/2 feet to a stake; thence South 10 East 63 feet to a stake; thence North 61 deg. East 13.6 feet to the BEGINNING, let the same contain what it may.

Tract B: BEGINNING at a point which is located South 84 West 187 feet, and then North 10 West 10 feet from the Northwest corner of the Tract A hereinbefore described, and runs thence North 32 West 133 feet to a stake in the South margin of Hillcrest Drive; thence with the South margin of Hillcrest Drive North 84 East 13.3 feet to a stake; thence South 32 East 133 feet to a stake; thence South 84 West 13.3 feet to the BEGINNING, let the same contain what it may, and being the same tract of land described in that certain deed from the First Presbyterian Church of Marion, N. C., to the Marion City Board of Education, dated June 4, 1962, and which is recorded in Deed Book 172, at page 39, of McDowell County Deed Records.

Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This Act shall apply only to the Marion City Board of Education and McDowell County.

Sec. 4. This Act shall be effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 12th day of May, 1969.