MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2003 Regular Session
To: Public Buildings, Grounds and Lands
By: Representative Eads, Gadd, McBride, Reynolds
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 1, CHAPTER 354, LAWS OF 2000, WHICH AUTHORIZES THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO TRANSFER CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI, ACTING THROUGH THE BOARD FOR TRUSTEES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING, TO CLARIFY THE PROPERTY TO BE TRANSFERRED BY THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 1, Chapter 354, Laws of 2000, is amended as follows:
Section 1. (1) In consideration for the conveyance of property authorized in Section 2 of this act, the Mississippi Department of Transportation shall transfer and convey to the University of Mississippi, acting through the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, all of the right, title and interest in certain real property located within the County of Lafayette, described more specifically as follows:
From the Southeast Corner of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 29, Township 8 South, Range 3 West, of Lafayette County, Mississippi, run thence West 1644.0 feet to the point of beginning; thence South 17 degrees 16 minutes West, a distance of 328.7 feet; thence South 89 degrees 20 minutes West, a distance of 967.7 feet; thence Westerly along a line that is 150 feet Northerly of and parallel to the centerline of Federal Aid Project #F-020-1(4), a distance of 810.1 feet to a point that is 150 feet Northerly from and perpendicular to Station 217 + 00 on the centerline of said project; thence North 48 degrees 50 minutes West, a distance of 118.7 feet to point on the Easterly right of way line of the old Illinois Central Railroad; thence North 49 degrees 49 minutes East, a distance of 75.6 feet along the old railroad right of way line; thence East a distance of 1882.2 feet to the point of beginning, containing 11.65 acres, more or less, situated in the NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 and the NW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 29, T-8-S, R-3-W, Lafayette County, Mississippi.
(2) The conveyance authorized in this section may be subject to additional terms and conditions accepted and agreed upon by the Mississippi Department of Transportation and the University of Mississippi.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.