1247 RES CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER TO ADVERTISE FOR RECEIPT OF BIDS

Home Browse Search

RESOLUTION NO. 1247 . WHEREAS, the City Council authorized the City Manager to advertise for the receipt of bids for the sale of 30 acres of land, described as follows: A part of the John Wilson Survey in Lamar County, Texas, and being the West one-half of a 60 acre tract describ ed in Deed from E. R. Walker to D. H. Scott, dated May l, 1906, and described by metes and bounds as follows: Beginning at the Southwest corner of said 60 acre tract; THENCE North 48,5 poles to the south boundary of a 30 acre tract deeded to the City of Paris by Randall; THENCE East 99.5 poles to the northwest corner of 30 acres described in deed from D. H. Scott to W. T. Terrell; THENCE South 48,5 poles to the southeast corner of the City of Faris land fill area; THENCE West 99,5 poles to the place of beginning, con~ taining 30 acres, more or less. Being the same property described in deed from S. E. Thompson and wife, Ollie Thompson, to L. M. LeFan, dated November 22, 1950, recorded in deed book 313, page 338, Lamar County Records. AND, WHEREAS, on the 19th day of November, 1967, notice to receive bids for the sale of said property was published in the Paris News; and, WHEREAS, the bids were received in the City Council Room of the City Hall, at 7:00 o'clock P. M,, December 11, 1967, and the bids were opened in open meeting of the City Council, and which bids were as follows: Roland Cagle $2,333.10 Jim N. Thompson $3,780.00 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, That the bid of Jim N. Thompson be, and it is hereby declared the highest and best bid, and the Mayor of the City of Paris, Dr. James M. Brunette, is hereby authorized and directed to execute a deed to Jim N. Thompson to said 30 acres of land upon the payment to the City of Paris of the sum of $3,780.00. Passed and adopted tiis llth day of December, A. D., 1967. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk