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