ENROLLED
H.
B.
4510
(By Delegates Rowe and Wallace)
[Passed March 11, 1994; in effect from passage.]
AN ACT to authorize the county commission of Greenbrier County to convey a parcel of county-owned land to the Greenbrier Historical Society; reserving certain reversionary rights.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
GREENBRIER COUNTY.
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1. County commission authorized to convey land to the
Greenbrier Historical Society.
The Legislature hereby recognizes that the Greenbrier Historical Society has leased the North House Museum property from the county commission since one thousand nine hundred seventy-five and has made significant improvements to the North House Museum property while providing faithful stewardship over this valuable historical and educational community asset. The Legislature further recognizes that ownership of the North House Museum property by the Greenbrier Historical Society will enable the Society to attract more private sector financial support to enable an expansion of its educational and historical programs to children and adults who visit the Museum. 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 Greenbrier County is hereby authorized and empowered to transfer and convey unto the Greenbrier Historical Society all that certain parcel of land situated within Lewisburg Municipal Tax District, in Central Magisterial District of Greenbrier County, West Virginia, more particularly bounded and described as:
DESCRIPTION OF PARCEL FOR
NORTH HOUSE MUSEUM PROPERTY
That certain parcel of land situated within Lewisburg Municipal Tax District, in Central Magisterial District of Greenbrier County, West Virginia, being all of that certain lot or parcel of land containing seven hundred twenty-two thousandths of an acre on which is situate that certain building known as "North House," together with the improvements thereon, including said "North House," and appurtenances thereunto belonging, and being more particularly bounded and described as:
"Beginning at a hub on the south line of U. S. Route No. 60 and at the west side of the driveway leading into the Mental Health Facility in the City of Lewisburg, West Virginia, said hub being situate N 46-15 W 120 feet from a SDH right-of-way marker at the southwest corner of the intersection of U. S. Route No. 60 and Church Street; thence following the south line of U. S. Route No. 60 N 48-32 W 176.05 feet to a hub at the edge of the parking lot pavement; thence leaving U. S. Route 60 with the edge of the parking lot and driveway pavements S 36-24 W 138.49 feet, S 07-29 W 73.81 feet, S 48-13 E 84.30 feet, S 82-57 E 33.53 feet to a 20" maple tree, N 58.44 E 28.48 feet, N 42-14 E 153.63 feet to the point of beginning, containing in all 31,457 square feet, or 0.722 acres, together with a right of way from Washington Street, or U. S. Route No. 60, across the parking lot situate on this property and on the westerly side of the above described property to the rear of said property, and also together with the use of the parking facilities on said parking lot situate on the westerly side of the above described property"
and being the same real estate which was conveyed unto the county commission by the State of West Virginia by deed dated the twenty-seventh day of May, 1975, of record in the office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Greenbrier County, West Virginia, in Deed Book 297 at page 230.
Any proper conveyance made by the county commission of Greenbrier County transferring ownership of the above described parcel to the Greenbrier Historical Society 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 operating a museum.