1995-011-RES WHEREAS, CITY COUNCIL DID IN RESOLUTION NO 94129 AUTHORIZED CITY ATTORNEY TO
RESOLUTION NO. 95-011
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris did in Resolution No. 94-129
authorize the City Attorney to negotiate with the Southern Pacific Transportation Company
for the purchase of abandoned railroad right-of-way which could be used as street right-of-
way for a connection between 1st Street S.W. and 4th Street S.W. to enhance that
industrial area; and,
WHEREAS, the purchase price of such property was contributed by Donald G.
Wilson; and,
WHEREAS, Donald G. Wilson promises to convey right-of-way from property
owned by him in the future for the City's procurement effort; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, that
the form of Special Warranty Deed from the City of Paris to Donald G. Wilson, be, and
the same is hereby approved; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the mayor of the City of Paris, Don Shelton,
be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to execute on behalf of the City of Paris the
Special Warranty Deed in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 9th day of January, 1995.
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Don Shelton, Mayor
ATTE..liT:
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Mattie Cunningham, City Clerk
SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED
STATE OF TEXAS
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
COUNTY OF LAMAR
That the CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, a municipal corporation of the
County of Lamar, State of Texas, acting by and through its Mayor, duly authorized,
for and in consideration of the sum of Eight Thousand Five Hundred no/IOO Dollars
($10.00) cash and other good and valuable consideration, to it in hand paid by
DONALD G. WILSON the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged,
and the promise to convey right-of-way, as owned by grantee, to connect 4th Street
S.W. to 1st Street S.W.; has Granted, Sold and Conveyed, and by these presents
does Grant, Sell and Convey unto the said DONALD G. WILSON of the County of
Lamar, State of Texas, whose mailing address is 1401 3rd Street S.W., Paris, Texas
75460, all that certain tract or parcel of land situated in Lamar County, Texas, and
described as follows:
SITUATED within the corporate limits of the City of Paris, County
of Lamar and State of Texas, a part of the Larkin Rattan Survey
#778, and being tracts of land conveyed by H. W. Lightfoot to the
Texas Midland Railroad by deed recorded in Book 81, Page 52,
Lamar County Deed Records and being more particularly described
as follows:
BEGINNING at a point for corner in the South Line of said
Company at the center line of 4th Street S.W., same being the
Southeast corner of that certain tract of land conveyed by Southern
Pacific Transportation Company to the City of Paris, recorded in
Book 45, Page 73, Lamar County Real Property Records;
THENCE North with the center of said 4th Street a distance
of 30.0 feet to a point for corner;
THENCE South 89 Degrees, 57 Minutes, 40 Seconds East
with the North line of said Company a distance of 240.03 feet to a
point for beginning of a curve to the left having a radius of 701.2
feet;
THENCE Northeasterly with said curve having a long chord
bearing North 70 Degrees, 10 Minutes East 542.12 feet, an arc
distance of 556.62 feet to the end of said curve and the beginning of
a curve to the right having a radius of 394.3 feet;
THENCE Northeasterly with said curve having a long chord
bearing North 23 Degrees, 59 Minutes East 313.36 feet, an arc
THENCE North 89 Degrees, 57 Minutes, 40 Seconds West
with said South line a distance of 268.33 feet to the place of beginning
and containing 1.355 acres of land in accordance with a survey made
on the ground by R. Brandon Chaney, Registered Public Surveyor
No. 4057, State of Texas on December 19, 1994.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the above described premises, together with all
and singular, the rights and appurtenances thereto in anywise belonging unto the said
DONALD G. WILSON, his heirs and assigns forever; and it does hereby bind itself,
its successors and assigns, to Warrant and Forever Defend all and singular the said
premises unto the said DONALD G. WILSON, his heirs and assigns, against every
person whomsoever lawfully claiming, or to claim the same, or any part thereof, by,
through or under it, but not otherwise.
WITNESS its hand at Paris, Texas, this 9th day of January, A.D. 1995.
Don Shelton, Mayor
ATTEST:
Mattie Cunningham, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
T. K. Haynes, City Attorney
THE STATE OF TEXAS }
COUNTY OF LAMAR }
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, in and for said County, Texas, on
this day personally appeared Don Shelton, Mayor of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas,
known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument,
and acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purposes and
consideration therein expressed and in the capacity therein stated.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this 9th day of
January, 1995.