House Bill 1163

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION, ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING, TO DONATE TO THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY UNDER THE POSSESSION AND CONTROL OF THE MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN, LOCATED IN LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. (1) The Department of Finance and Administration, acting on behalf of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, is authorized to donate to the City of Columbus, all of the rights, title and interest in certain real property under the possession and control of the Mississippi University for Women, located in Lowndes County, Mississippi, subject to the requirements of Section 29-1-1(11) and the conditions prescribed in subsection (2) of this section. The property is more particularly described as follows:

PARCEL 1:

Beginning at a point 344 feet North of the Southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4) of Section Twenty-one (21), Township Eighteen (18), Range Eighteen (18) West, said point being on the eastern boundary of said section and also on the eastern boundary of South 15th Street in Columbus, Mississippi, thence West 150 feet to the Southeast corner of Block One (1), Sherrod's Subdivision (1904) as shown by plat of record in Plat Book 1, Page 42, of the land records of Lowndes County, Mississippi; thence North 15 degrees West 809 feet or to the Southern right-of-way of the old Forest Railroad; thence Southeasterly along said right-of-way line of said railroad following the curve of said railroad 419 feet to the East boundary line of said Section 21, Township 18, Range 18 West; thence South along the East boundary line of said Section 21, 572 feet to the point of beginning, all lying in the Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4) of said Section 21, Township 18, Range 18 West, and containing approximately 3.8 acres.

PARCEL 4:

That part of Block One (1), Sherrod's Subdivision, 1904, as shown by plat of record in Plat Book No. 1, Page 42 of the land records of Lowndes County, Mississippi, more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at the Southeast corner of said Block One (1) of said Subdivision; thence West along the North right-of-way of 10th Avenue South 115 feet to the Southwest corner of said Block 1 of said Subdivision; thence North along West boundary of said block a distance of 130 feet to the Northwest corner of said block; thence East along the North side of said Block 78.8 feet; thence South 15 degrees East 140 feet to the point of beginning, containing 0.305 acres, more or less; all in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Said above described property containing, in the aggregate, 15.721 acres, more or less, and being expressly SUBJECT TO all easements for installation and maintenance of public utilities and drainage, and rights-of-way for public streets and roads heretofore established and now existing upon said property, such utility easement including, but not being limited to, electric transmission line easements in favor of the United States of America, the City of Columbus, Mississippi, and Mississippi Power Company, granted by instruments recorded in Book 166 at Page 320, Book 342 at Pages 421-426, and Book 358 at Pages 506-508 of the land records of Lowndes County, Mississippi, and sewer line easement conveyed to the City of Columbus, Mississippi, by deed recorded in Book 246 at Page 22 of the land records of said county and state.

(2) If at any time after the donation of the real property described in subsection (1) of this section the City of Columbus ceases to use the real property for the purposes intended at the time of donation, the city shall forfeit its rights, title and interest in the real property, and all of the rights, title and interest in the real property shall revert back to the State of Mississippi, to be held for the use and benefit of the Board of the Mississippi University for Women, under the direction and control of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning.

(3) The State of Mississippi shall retain all mineral rights in the property donated under the provisions of this section.

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