Senate Bill 3005

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS TO TRANSFER AND CONVEY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES CERTAIN STATE-OWNED REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE "LYMAN FISH HATCHERY," INCLUDING THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE HATCHERY, LOCATED IN HARRISON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. The Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks is hereby authorized to transfer and convey to the Department of Marine Resources certain state-owned real property, known as the "Lyman Fish Hatchery," including the real property adjacent to the hatchery, located in Harrison County, Mississippi, and more specifically described as follows:

PARCEL ONE

COMMENCING at the intersection of the south line of Section 17, Township 6 South, Range 11 West, Harrison County, Mississippi, and the west margin of Mississippi State Highway 49, thence north along said west margin of Highway 49 660.0 feet, thence S 89°28'44" W 660.10 feet, thence continue S 89°28'44" W 727.53 feet to the east margin of Illinois Central Railroad, thence N 14°28'41" W 3408.91 feet, thence East 466.64 feet to the south bank of the Little Biloxi River, thence along said south bank S 36°38'46" E 121.89 feet, thence S 52°30'56" E 152.19 feet, thence N 62°21'34" E 254.71 feet, thence S 81°18'36" E 125.83 feet, thence S 25°46'36" E 98.27 feet, thence S 30°09'58" E 102.08 feet, thence South 1052.00 feet, thence N 88°58'39" E 1094.32 feet to the west margin of Mississippi State Highway 49, thence S 01°11'43" E along said west margin 668.00 feet, thence S 89°28'44" W 660.10 feet, thence S 01°11'43" E 1320.00 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING. Said parcel contains 80.34 acres more or less.

PARCEL TWO

TOWNSHIP SIX (6) SOUTH, RANGE ELEVEN (11) WEST, ST. STEPHENS MERIDIAN: In Section 17, part of the W 1/2 and in Section 20, part of the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 and all of the E 1/2 of the NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4, all more particularly described as follows:

BEGINNING at Corner 1, the south sixteenth corner between sections 18 and 17, in the center line of old U.S. Highway No. 49, a point; thence along the center line of said highway with six (6) courses, N 0°11' E, 223.74 feet, N 2°27' E, 660.00 feet, N. 7° 52' E, 324.06 feet, N 3°54' E, 477.18 feet, N 15°02' E, 785.40 feet, N 14°39' E, 1461.90 feet, to Corner 2, the intersection of the center line of said highway with the center line of Little Biloxi River, a point; thence with two courses of said river, S 25°48' E, 958.32 feet, S 69°15' E, 231.0 feet to Corner 3, a point; thence S 0°25' E, with part of the east boundary of the NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 246.18 feet to Corner 4, the northwest sixteenth corner of said Section 17, a 1-1/4" x 42" I.P.; thence S 89°55' E, 61.84 feet to Corner 5, the intersection of the south boundary of the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of said Section 17 with the west right of way boundary of the Illinois Central Railroad, a 1-1/4" x 42" I.P.; thence with five (5) lines along said west right of way boundary, S 14° 27' E, 3784.44 feet to Corner 6, a point; S 13° 28' E, 260.04 feet to Corner 7, a point; S 9°33' E, 158.40 feet to Corner 8, a point; S 5°50' E, 578.82 feet to Corner 9, a concrete post marked "1 COR 4 TR 4 1951"; S 5° 31' E, 687.82 feet to Corner 10, a concrete post marked "BOUNDARY MON NO. - 1934"; thence S 89°45' W, 1921.26 feet to Corner 11, a concrete post marked "FISHERIES BOUNDARY MON NO. - 1934"; thence N 1° 57' E, 691.02 feet to Corner 12, a concrete post marked "2 COR 3TR 4 1951"; thence N 1° 57' E, 690.36 feet to Corner 13, 1 1-1/2" x 42" I.P.; thence N 2°06' E, 1304.72 feet to corner 14, a concrete post marked "BOUNDARY MON NO. - 1934"; thence S 88°51' W, 702.24 feet to the place of beginning, containing 214.66 acres, more or less.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.