MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2005 Regular Session

To: Public Property

By: Senator(s) Jackson (32nd)

Senate Bill 2602

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO TRANSFER CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN LINCOLN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, TO THE CITY OF BROOKHAVEN; TO AUTHORIZE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO TRANSFER CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN WILKINSON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, TO THE CITY OF WOODVILLE; TO AUTHORIZE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO TRANSFER CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN LAWRENCE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, TO THE COUNTY OF LAWRENCE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  (1)  The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall transfer and convey to the City of Brookhaven, Mississippi, all of the right, title and interest in certain real property located within the County of Lincoln, described more specifically as follows:

     2.63 acres, more or less, situated in Lot 7 of the Price Estate, City of Brookhaven, said lands are situated in the SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 12, Township 7 North, Range 7 East, Lincoln County, Mississippi, and described in particular as follows:  Commencing at a Nail in the center of Hartman Street marking the NE Corner of the SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 12 run N 89°16'00"W 30.00 ft. to a Fence Corner on the West side of said Hartman Street and the Point of Beginning.  Thence S 00°16'45"E 125.22 ft. along said Street to a 1/2 Inch Iron Pin on the North Right-of-Way of the Mississippi Central Railroad, thence away from said Street and along said Right-of-Way S 77°53'15"W 618.94 ft. to a concrete Right-of-Way Marker, thence away from said Railroad Right-of-Way N 00°41'00"W 251.91 ft. to a concrete Right-of-Way Marker, thence N 89°41'45"E 607.56 ft. to the Point of Beginning.

     (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 City of Brookhaven, Mississippi.

     SECTION 2.  (1)  The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall transfer and convey to the City of Woodville, Mississippi, all of the right, title and interest in certain real property located within the County of Wilkinson, described more specifically as follows:

     From the Southwest Corner of Section 27, Township 2 North, Range 2 West, run thence North 0° 58' 15" East, a distance of 390.0 feet; thence South 89° 01' 45" East, a distance of 1100.0 feet; thence South 77° 01' 45" East, a distance of 359.0 feet to the centerline of U.S. Highway No. 61 and 65 at Station 436 + 74.27 (F-62-(2)); thence Northerly along the centerline of said highway, a distance of 1916.07 feet to Station 455 + 90.34 on the centerline of said highways (F-41-(4)); thence North 13° 29' 45" West, a distance of 501.7 feet; thence South 70° 05' 45" East, a distance of 670.3 feet to the point of beginning of the parcel of land herein conveyed; thence North 3° 55' East along a line that is parallel with and 50 feet from the West boundary of that certain parcel of land conveyed to the Town of Woodville, Mississippi, by G.E. Miller and wife, Mary R. Miller, by deed recorded in Wilkinson County Deed Record Book 4-L, page 45, a distance of 323.0 feet; thence East, a distance of 150.1 feet; thence South 3° 55' West, a distance of 345.9 feet to a point on the Northerly boundary of Sweeny Town Lane; thence North 86° 40' West, a distance of 76.6 feet; thence North 75° 41' West, a distance of 74.6 feet to the point of beginning, containing 1.16 acres, more or less, and being situated in the East 1/2 of the West 1/2 of Section 27, Township 2 North, Range 2 West, Town of Woodville, Wilkinson 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 City of Woodville, Mississippi.

     SECTION 3.  (1)  The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall transfer and convey to the County of Lawrence, Mississippi, all of the right, title and interest in certain real property located within the County of Lawrence, described more specifically as follows:

     2.89 Acres, more or less, situated in the East 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of Section 32, Township 7 North, Range 11 East, Lawrence County, Mississippi, and described in particular as follows:  Commencing at a Cotton Picker Spindle marking the NE Corner of said Section 32 run WEST 14.43 ft., run SOUTH 589.41 ft. to a 1/2 Inch Iron Pin on the East R/W of old Highway 27 50 ft. rt. of Station 1745+80 and the Point of Beginning.  Thence S 00°25'00"E 1375.55 ft. to a R/W Marker, thence S 56°53'30"W 250.03 ft. to a R/W Marker, thence N 10°47'30"E 184.12 ft. to a 1/2 Inch Iron Pin, thence N 79°10'15"W 10.00 ft. to a 1/2 Inch Iron Pin, thence along a R/W Curve to the left with a Delta Angle of 6°40'43", a Radius of 11509.16 ft., a Length of 1341.55 ft., and a Chord of N 07°29'20"E 1340.79 ft. to the Point of Beginning.

     (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 Board of Supervisors of Lawrence County, Mississippi.

     SECTION 4.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.