NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 735

HOUSE BILL 595

 

 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO DEED CERTAIN PROPERTY TO THE STORY'S CREEK PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH.

 

WHEREAS, the Story's Creek Primitive Baptist Church is a religious organization in the County of Person, State of North Carolina; and

WHEREAS, said church was organized in the early 1800's for the purpose of fulfilling the religious needs of said community; and

WHEREAS, said church has continued to be active from its date of organization and is still an active church within the community where it is situated; and

WHEREAS, said church was originally constructed upon lands now owned or formerly owned by the County of Person, State of North Carolina; and

WHEREAS, said church does not have and has never had a deed to the property upon which the church is located; and

WHEREAS, said church desires to obtain a deed from the County of Person, State of North Carolina; and

WHEREAS, said County Commissioners of the County of Person, State of North Carolina desire to deed said property to the said church without consideration: Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. The Board of County Commissioners of Person County is hereby authorized and empowered to give, grant, and to convey the below described property to the Story's Creek Primitive Baptist Church without consideration:

Lying and being in the Roxboro Township, Person County, beginning at Lot No. 11 of "Subdivision of County Home Land" surveyed by W. R. Cates, December 8, 1923, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at an iron stake on the North edge of Lot No. 13 which stake is 961 feet North 88 1/2 degrees West from a point in the center line of Old Chub Lake Road at the northeastern corner of Lot No. 13; thence North 1 1/2 degrees East 314 feet to an iron stake, corner of Lots No. 67 and 10; thence North 88 1/2 degrees West 314 feet to an iron stake, corner of Lots 6, 5, and 12; thence South 1 1/2 degrees West 314 feet to an iron stake, corner of Lot No. 12 on the northern line of Lot No. 13; thence along the North line of Lot No. 13 South 88 1/2 degrees East 314 feet to the point on place of the beginning.

(For a more accurate and complete description of this parcel of land see Lot No. 11 of a plat entitled "Subdivision of County Home Land" survey by W. R. Cates, December 8, 1923 duly recorded in Plat Book 2, page 62, Person County Registry.)

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

Sec. 3. This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 28th day of May, 1965.