NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

CHAPTER 451

HOUSE BILL 663

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE TOWN OF AYDEN TO EXECUTE A DEED RECONVEYING CERTAIN PROPERTY SITUATED IN PITT COUNTY TO E. F. DENNIS AND WIFE.

WHEREAS, on May 22, 1957, the Town of Ayden purchased from E. F. Dennis and wife, Gracie T. Dennis, a certain tract of land situated on the edge of the Town of Ayden for use as a pumping station site for a new sewer system; and

WHEREAS, after the engineering had been completed, it was decided that the said tract of land would not be needed for the pumping station; and

WHEREAS, since the said tract of land was Bold to the Town of Ayden for the consideration of one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175.00), the governing body of the Town of Ayden now desires to reconvey said tract of land to E. F. Dennis and wife, Gracie T. Dennis, for the same consideration of one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175.00): Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. The governing body of the Town of Ayden, in Pitt County, is hereby authorized and empowered to execute on behalf of the Town of Ayden a deed reconveying to E. F. Dennis and wife Gracie T. Dennis, for the consideration of one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175.00), a certain tract of land situated on the edge of the Town of Ayden and being more particularly described as follows:

Lying and being on the South side of the Snow Hill Highway or Street and West of the Town of Ayden and beginning at Jasper Gardner's northwest corner in the edge of the right-of-way of said highway and running in a southerly direction with the Gardner line 70 feet, to a stake; thence North 74-00 West 30 feet to a stake; thence in a northeasterly direction in a line parallel with the first line 60 feet to the highway right-of-way; thence with the highway right-of-way; in an easterly direction to the point of beginning, being the plot of land shown on the map made by River's and River's Engineers on May 18, 1957 showing site of proposed Pumping Station No. 2, Ayden, North Carolina, and the same being recorded in Book 29, Page 507, in the Pitt County Register of Deeds office.

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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 5th day of May, 1959.