H.
B.
4656
(By Delegate Facemyer)
[Introduced March 1, 1994; referred to the
Committee on Political Subdivisions.]
A BILL to authorize the county commission of Jackson County to convey a parcel of county-owned land to the Jackson County Library; and reserving certain reversionary rights.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
JACKSON COUNTY.
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1. County commission authorized to convey land to the Jackson
County Library.
The Legislature hereby recognizes that the Jackson County Library provides valuable educational and community services for the people of Jackson County. The Legislature further recognizes that ownership of the property described below will enable the Jackson County Library to improve its services. 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.
Subject to a new survey, the county commission of Jackson County is hereby authorized and empowered to transfer and convey unto the Jackson County Library a portion of that certain parcel of land situate, lying and being at the southwest intersection of Church Street and Sycamore Street in the City of Ripley, Jackson County, West Virginia bounded and described as follows:
On the north by Sycamore Street;
On the east by Church Street;
On the south by Library;
On the west by Library;
said lot fronting and abutting 63-1/2 feet on Church Street and 84 feet on Sycamore Street, containing 5.334 feet, more or less, and being the same lot, tract or parcel of land, commonly known as the "Wolfe Lot," conveyed unto the Jackson County Commission by the First National Bank of Ripley, Ripley, West Virginia on the sixteenth day of November, 1973, of record in the office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Jackson County, West Virginia in Deed Book 214, page 422.
Any proper conveyance made by the county commission of Jackson County transferring ownership of the above described parcel to the Jackson County Library shall contain a provision that ownership of such property shall revert to the county commission should the land cease to be used in conjunction with the operation of a library.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the County Commission of Jackson County to convey a parcel of county-owned land to the Jackson County Library.