ENROLLED
H. B. 2504
(By Delegates Manuel and Doyle)
[Passed April 7, 1993; in effect from passage.]
AN ACT to authorize the county commission of Jefferson County to
convey a parcel of county-owned land to the Jefferson County
Fairgrounds; reserving certain reversionary rights.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
JEFFERSON COUNTY.
§1. County commission authorized to convey land to the Jefferson
County Fairgrounds.
The Legislature hereby recognizes that an adequate site is
necessary for the citizens of Jefferson County to conduct a
county fair to enable youth and adults to exhibit livestock,
horticultural products, agricultural products and home economic
skills. Accordingly, the Legislature hereby finds and declares
that transfers of any property, real or personal, made by county
commissions to any person, organization or corporation for the
furtherance of such activities promotes the cultural and
educational welfare of the public and, therefore, is a public
purpose.
The county commission of Jefferson County is hereby
authorized and empowered to transfer and convey unto the
Jefferson County Fairgrounds all that certain parcel of land
situated within Middleway District of Jefferson County, West
Virginia, more particularly bounded and described as:
DESCRIPTION OF MERGER PARCEL FOR
JEFFERSON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS
A tract or parcel of land located in Middleway District,
Jefferson County, West Virginia; said tract or parcel situated on
the north side of West Virginia secondary route 15 and more
particularly bound and described according to a survey and plat
prepared by Appalachian Surveys, Inc., said plat attached hereto
and made a part of this description.
Beginning at an unmarked point (210) in the center of West
Virginia Route 15, said point a common corner with the Jefferson
County Commission and the Jefferson County Fair Association;
thence with the center of West Virginia Secondary Route 15 for
a new line with Jefferson County NW 51-18-36 418.56 feet to an
unmarked point (212), a new corner with the Jefferson County
Commission in the center of West Virginia Secondary Route 15,
said point being SW 28-41-56 22.77 feet from a set 5/8-inch rebar
with ID cap; thence for two (2) new lines with the Jefferson
County Commission NE 28-41-56 1463.39 feet to a set 5/8-inch
rebar with ID cap (211); thence SE 65-00-00 422.94 feet to a
previously set 5/8-inch rebar (203) a corner with the Jefferson
County Fair Association; thence for two (2) lines with the
Jefferson County Fair Association SW 30-34-53 300.00 feet to an
unmarked point (202); thence SW 28-41-56 1263.45 feet to the
point of beginning, containing 14.352 acres.
Being a part of the same tract or parcel of land conveyed from
Minnor Hurst and Sarah E. Hurst, husband and wife, to the"Overseers of the Poor for the County of Jefferson" by deed dated
December 26, 1857, and recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the
Jefferson County Commission in Deed Book 38 at page 24.
Any proper conveyance made by the county commission of
Jefferson County transferring ownership of the above described
parcel to the Jefferson County Fair Association shall contain a
provision that ownership of such property shall revert to the
county commission should the land cease to be used for the
purpose of conducting a county fair.