RESO CC 11/05/74 - Land purchase - $20000RESOLUTION No. 74 -25
WHEREAS, the City of Huntsville, Texas, has acquired
various parcels of real estate in Block 12 of the l ty of Hunts-
ville, for public purposes, all of which has previo ly been found
to be necessary by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor of said City did on the 30th day
of October, 1974, execute a purchase agreement with Velma Sue
Ferguson Standley and Lila Pearl Ferguson Simmons for the purchase
of a certain lot or parcel of land located within Block 12 for
a purchase price of $20,000.00, confirmation for which agreement
is required, together with authorization for the payment of the
purchase price upon delivery of an appropriate Deed of conveyance
to the City of Huntsville.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY CQUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, that said City be, and it is hereby,
in all things authorized to purchase from Velma Sue Ferguson Standley
and Lila Pearl Ferguson Simmons for the purchase price of $20,000.00
the real estate hereinafter described, and the sales contract hereto-
fore executed by Morris I. Waller, as Mayor of said City on October
30, 1974, he is in all things confirmed, adopted, and approved as
the act and deed of said City. Said real estate is described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point S 89° 56' 40" W 225 feet from the southeast
corner of Block 12, at a point in the right -of -way line of 13th Street;
THENCE North 00° 03' 20" W 148.35 feet to a point in Smede's Branch;
THENCE North 550 51' 30" W along the center of Smede's Branch 67.26
feet to a point;
THENCE South 00° 03' 20" E 186.10 feet to a point in the north right -
of -way line of 13th Street;
THENCE North 89° 56' 40" E 58 feet to the Place of Beginning, and being
the same land described in a Special Warranty Deed from J. C. Ferguson
to Velma Sue Ferguson, et al dated November 22, 1939, and recorded in
Vol. 94, Page 321, of the Deed Records of Walker County, Texas.
WHEREUPON, said Resolution was duly made and seconded and
upon vote was unanimously passed on this the 5th day of November, 1974.
A ' EST:
UTH DeSHAW, City Secretary
THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS
BY