0670 – Authorizing Purchase of Abstract & Perfection of Title

ORDINANCE NO. 670

AUTHORIZING PURCHASE OF ABSTRACT AND PERFECTION OF TITLE 

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF RICH HILL, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS;

Section 1:  The Mayor of the City of Rich Hill, Missouri is hereby authorized to purchase on behalf of the City an abstract showing title to the following described land:

            A tract of land described as beginning at a point on theNorth line of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 5, 50 feet west of center of main track of Missouri Pacific Railroad, and running thence west 750 feet, Thence south 750 feet, thence east to a point 50 feet west of said main tract of said railway, thence along a line running in a northwesterly direction parallel to said main track of railway and 50 feet distant there from to beginning, and containing 13 acres, more or less, and being a part of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 5, township 38, Range 31.  Also, a tract described as commencing at a point 1194-6/12 feet east and 750 feet south of the Northwest corner of Lot 1 of the Northwest Quarter of Section 5, said point being the southwest corner of land formerly owned by Southwest Land & Zinc Company, thence west 477 feet, thence north 425 feet to land owned by W.W. Cheverton, thence east on south line of said Cheverton land in Township 38, Range 31, and containing 4.65 acres, more or less, Bates County, Missouri,

which said land is thought to belong to the City of Rich Hill.

Section 2:  The Mayor of the City of Rich Hill is hereby authorized to employ counsel for examination of such abstract.

Section 3:  If examination of such abstract to said land shows title in the City of Rich Hill to be defective, the Mayor is hereby authorized to employ counsel to correct any defects, which may appear.

Read three times and passed this 8-day of October 1957.

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Marvin Hurst, Mayor

Approved this 8 day of October, 1957

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Mayor Hurst

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Attest: Craig, City Clerk

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