2730 RESOLUTION NO. 2,730
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR
AND CITY CLERK TO CONVEY BY A QUITCLAIM DEED
CERTAIN CITY PROPERTY TO PRUITT HIDE & FUR COMPANY;
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock owns certain property
hereinafter described and did, according to law, call for bids
thereon, did advertise for same; and
WHEREAS, the bid of Pruitt Hide & Fur Company in the
amount of Two Hundred Four and 50/100 Dollars ($204.50) cash
was the highest responsible and responsive bid submitted; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Board of Directors of
the City of Little Rock to sell and convey said property by
Quitclaim Deed to Pruitt Hide & Fur Company;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS :
SECTION 1. The bid of Pruitt Hide & Fur Company in
the amount of Two Hundred Four and 50/100 Dollars ($204.50)
for the purchase of certain city owned property, hereinafter
described, is hereby accepted.
SECTION 2. The Mayor and City Clerk are hereby autho-
rized and directed to execute a Quitclaim Deed in favor of
Pruitt Hide & Fur Company conveying unto the said Grantee all
of the interests of the City of Little Rock in and to the
said property, which Quitclaim Deed, including the description
of the said property, is in form and substance as follows :
Q U I T C L A I M D E E D
WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas,
on the day of , 1961, by Resolution
No. , authorized and directed the Mayor, together with
the City Clerk, to convey to Pruitt Hide & Fur Company, property
in the City of Little Rock, hereinafter described:
NOW THEREFORE, I, W. C. KNOOP, Mayor, and I , PAULINE G.
BEESON, City Clerk of Little Rock, a municipal corporation,
organized, chartered and existing under authority of the laws of
the State of Arkansas, for and in consideration of the sum of
Two Hundred Four and 50/100 Dollars ($204.50) , cash in hand paid,
the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, acting for and in
behalf of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, do hereby convey,
alien and quitclaim unto Pruitt Hide & Fur Company, its successors
and assigns forever, the following lands lying in the City of
Little Rock, County of Pulaski, State of Arkansas, to-wit:
A Part of Commerce Street as platted and the accretion
thereto lying East of and adjacent to the East 75 feet
of Lot 1, Block "A", Pope ' s Addition, Little Rock,
Arkansas, more particularly described as follows : Begin-
ning at a point on the West right of way line of Commerce
Street, said point being 0. 35 feet North of the Southeast
corner of the East 75 feet of Lot 1, Block "A", Pope' s
Addition; thence North along the said West right of way
line of Commerce Street for 39.65 feet to the Northeast
corner of the said East 75 feet of Lot 1, as platted; thence
continue North along the said West right of way line of
Commerce Street projected for 40. 55 feet to a point on the
North side of an existing stone foundation; thence East
along the North side of the existing stone foundation for
3. 1 feet; thence in a southerly direction along the East
side of the existing stone foundation for 41.4 feet, more
or less, to a point on the Old River bank, as shown on
the plat of Pope ' s Addition, Little Rock, Arkansas; thence
continue in a southerly direction along the East side of
the existing stone foundation for 38. 8 feet ; thence in a
westerly direction along the South edge of the existing
stone foundation for 2. 0 feet to the point of beginning
containing 204.5 square feet more or less.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD THE SAME unto Pruitt Hide & Fur Company,
and unto its successors and assigns forever, together with all
and singular, the tenements, appurtenances and hereditaments
thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of Little Rock, a municipal
corporation, has caused these presents to be signed by its
Mayor, its Clerk and its corporate seal to be herewith affixed,
all in accordance with and pursuant to a Resolution of its
Board of Directors, duly and regularly adopted, a copy of which
is hereto attached and made a part hereof, this day of
, 1961.
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
W. C. Knoop, Mayor
Pauline G. Beeson, City
Clerk
A C K N O W L E D G M E N T
STATE OF ARKANSAS)
ss.
COUNTY OF PULASKI)
On this day personally appeared before me, the undersigned,
a Notary Public within and for the County and State aforesaid,
duly qualified and acting, W. C. Knoop and Pauline G. Beeson,
to me well known as the Mayor and City Clerk respectively, and
stated that they had executed the foregoing Deed pursuant to the
provisions of Resolution No. for the consideration and
purposes therein mentioned and set forth.
WITNESS m y hand and official seal this day of
, 1961.
` - Notary Public
My Commission Expires :
This instrument was prepared
by Joseph C. Kemp, Attorney
at Law, Pyramid Life Building,
Little Rock, Arkansas.
SECTION 3. This resolution shall be in full force and
effect from and after its adoption.
ADOPTED: August 7, 1961
ATTEST:L,-I ` /LQs#„„/ APPROVED:
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City Clerk Mayor.