MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1999 Regular Session

To: Public Property

By: Senator(s) Ross, Frazier

AN ACT TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION TO SELL AND CONVEY TO BELHAVEN COLLEGE CERTAIN PARCELS OF PROPERTY FRONTING THE NORTH SIDE OF RIVERSIDE DRIVE AND THE SOUTH SIDE OF WOODROW WILSON AVENUE IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, AND LYING EAST AND NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF PROPERTY OWNED BY THE SALVATION ARMY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. (1) The Department of Finance and Administration, upon meeting the requirements of Section 29-1-1, shall sell and convey to Belhaven College two parcels of property fronting the north side of Riverside Drive in Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, and the south side of Woodrow Wilson Avenue in Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, and lying north and east and northwest of the property owned by the Salvation Army, the property being more particularly described as follows:

Parcel A

A certain parcel of land being situated in the Northwest

1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 35, T6N-R1E, City of Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, and being more particularly described as follows:

Commence at an iron pin marking the Point of Intersection

of the North right-of-way line of Riverside Drive with

the East right-of-way line of Murrah Drive (as both are

now laid out and improved); run thence North 89 degrees

47 minutes 20 seconds East along said North right-of-way

line of Riverside Drive for a distance of 700.00 feet to

the Southwest corner of a 5.964 acre tract of land

(Belhaven College); leaving said North right-of-way line

of Riverside Drive, run thence North 00 degrees 09

minutes 00 seconds West along the West line of said

5.964 acre tract for a distance of 650.00 feet to the

Northwest corner thereof; run thence North 89 degrees 47 minutes 20 seconds East along the North line of said

5.964 acre tract for a distance of 40.68 feet to a set

1/2" iron pin being the POINT OF BEGINNING of the parcel

of land herein described; from said POINT OF BEGINNING

and leaving said North line of a 5.964 acre tract, run

thence North 30 degrees 25 minutes 33 seconds East for a distance of 334.09 feet to a set 1/2" iron pin on the

South right-of-way line of Woodrow Wilson Drive

(Interstate Highway 55, Ramp "D", Project

I-IF-55-2(31)96); run thence South 78 degrees 57 minutes

13 seconds East along said South right-of-way line of

Woodrow Wilson Drive for a distance of 45.46 feet to a

set 1/2" iron pin being the Point of Curvature of a

9.56412 degree curve bearing to the right having a

central angle of 14 degrees 32 minutes 19 seconds and a radius of 599.07 feet; run thence along said South

right-of-way line of Woodrow Wilson Drive and along the

arc of said curve an arc length of 152.01 feet; said

curve having a chord bearing of South 71 degrees 44

minutes 16 seconds East and a chord distance of 151.60

feet to an existing 1/2" iron pin marking the Northeast

corner of a 10.707 acre tract of land (Belhaven College); leaving said South right-of-way line of Woodrow Wilson

Drive and the arc of said curve, run thence South 00

degrees 12 minutes 40 seconds East along the West line

of said 10.707 acre tract for a distance of 230.54 feet

to an existing 1/2" iron pin marking the Northwest corner

of the aforesaid 5.964 acre tract of land; run thence

South 89 degrees 47 minutes 20 seconds West along the

North line of said 5.964 acre tract for a distance of

358.63 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 1.703

acres, more or less.

Parcel B

The Department of Finance and Administration may have the parcels of property surveyed in order to determine the specific legal description, but the total property conveyed shall not exceed thirteen (13) acres. It is expressly provided that Belhaven College shall have five (5) years from the date of this act to purchase all or part of the property and may do so by purchasing the property in two (2) separate parcels of at least five (5) acres each during the five-year period.

(2) The real property described in subsection (1) of this section shall be sold for not less than the current fair market value as determined by the averaging of at least two (2) appraisals by qualified appraisers who shall be selected by the Department of Finance and Administration and shall be certified and licensed by the Mississippi Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board.

(3) Any funds received by the State of Mississippi for the conveyance of the real property described in subsection (1) of this section shall be deposited into the State General Fund.

(4) The State of Mississippi shall retain all mineral rights to the real property sold pursuant to this section.

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