Senate Bill 2116

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE MISSISSIPPI BOARD OF MENTAL HEALTH ACTING THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, TO TRANSFER AND CONVEY TO THE CLARKE COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN NEWTON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, FOR USE AS A CLARKE COLLEGE ALUMNI HOUSE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. (1) The Mississippi Board of Mental Health, acting through the Mississippi Department of Mental Health, is authorized to transfer and convey to the Clarke College Alumni Association certain state-owned real property located at the Central Mississippi Residential Center in Newton County, Mississippi, for use as a Clarke College Alumni House, such property being more specifically described as follows:

Start at the intersection of the West right-of-way line of Scanlan Street and the North right-of-way line of College Street, said point being 1295.24 feet North and 2084.32 feet East of the Southwest corner of Section 27, T6N, R11E, City of Newton, Newton County, Mississippi, and run thence North 06 degrees 02 minutes 03 seconds East, 130.89 feet along the West right-of-way line of Scanlan Street to the point of beginning: Thence run North 06 degrees 02 minutes 03 seconds East, 33.36 feet along the West right-of-way line of Scanlan Street; thence North 00 degrees 40 minutes 33 seconds East, 139.33 feet along the West right-of-way line of Scanlan Street to its intersection with the South right-of-way line of McMullan Avenue; thence North 89 degrees 32 minutes 43 seconds West, 251.47 feet along the South right-of-way line of McMullan Avenue; thence South 01 degree 42 minutes 37 seconds West, 172.58 feet; thence South 89 degrees 32 minutes 43 seconds East, 251.47 feet to the point of beginning. The herein described property is situated in the NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 and the SE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of the said Section 27 and contains 1.0 acre, more or less.

This conveyance is made subject to any and all prior reservations or exceptions of oil, gas and minerals.

(2) The grantee shall maintain and make necessary repairs and improvements to the building structure and grounds previously recognized as the Clarke College Alumni House in a condition of repair and improvement consistent with other structures under the responsibility of Central Mississippi Residential Center. This will include, but not be limited to, maintaining the physical plant and grounds associated with the building. If the grantee should fail to maintain the property in good repair and in keeping with the therapeutic environment of surrounding the adjacent Department of Mental Health program location, the property shall revert back to ownership of the State of Mississippi, for the use and benefit of the Department of Mental Health.

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