0131 RESOLUTION NO. 1 3 1- 7 3 /
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF CERTAIN PROPERTY FROM LEWIS
HAMLIN AND IVA HAMLIN, HI5 WIFE; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Jacksonville, Arkansas,
desires to purchase, and sees a present need for the purchase of certain
lands adjoining the City Water Treatment Plant; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor of said city has been offered the purchase by
the owner of certain lands, which will be more particularly specified
herein, at a price which the City Council feels to be a reasonable and
fair purchase price;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS, that:
1. The City of Jacksonville, Arkansas, does hereby appropriate the
sum of Twelve Thousand and no /100 Dollars ($12,000.00) from the City of
Jacksonville, Arkansas Water and Sewer Department, to cover the cost of
acquiring said property; and
2. The City of Jacksonville, Arkansas, does hereby further
appropriate and additional sum of Fifty and no /100 Dollars ($50.00) to
cover any additional cost for closing costs, revenue fees, filing and
recording fees or for any other incidental matter in the acquiring of
said property. It being the specific understanding that in the event
said closing costs are in any sum less than $50.00, the amount not used
for such purpose shall be refunded to the Water and Sewer Department fund
of said city.
3. The Mayor of said city, John H. Harden, be and he is hereby
authorized and empowered to enter into an agreement with Lewis Hamlin and
Iva Hamlin, his wife, for the purchase of said land, with all appurtenances
thereunto belonging, more particularly described as:
Part of the W1 of the NW's of Section 33, Township 3 North, Range
10 West, Pulaski County, Arkansas, more particularly described
as follows: to -wit: Commence at the Northwest corner of said
Section 33, run thence South 270 feet to the point of beginning,
run thence South 670.15 feet, run thence East 390 feet, run thence
North 670.15 feet; run thence West 390 feet to the point of
beginning, containing 6 acres.
4. The Mayor of said city, John H. Harden, be and he is further authorized
and employed to complete the transaction by receiving an abstract of title
examined by the City Attorney, and upon receipt of an opinion from said
City Attorney, based upon said examination, revealing good and merchantable
title to said property, to deliver to Lewis Hamlin and Iva Hamlin, his wife,
or their duly appointed agent, the sum of Twelve Thousand and no /100 Dollars
($12,000.00) as full payment for said land, and to receive therefor a Warranty
Deed granting said land to the City of Jacksonville, Arkansas.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 1st day of Februar , 1973.
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ATTEST:
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Floy Avants, City Clerk