H.B. No. 866
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the conveyance of certain state-owned real property in
1-3 Wilson County.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. CONVEYANCES REQUIRED. (a) The Parks and
1-6 Wildlife Department shall convey, on behalf of the state, all of
1-7 the interest of the state in the real property described by Section
1-8 2 of this Act to the federal government for administration by the
1-9 National Park Service as a national park.
1-10 (b) The conveyances required by this section are contingent
1-11 on the written agreement of the federal government to grant the
1-12 Parks and Wildlife Department, on behalf of the state, a right of
1-13 first refusal to the real property described by Section 2 of this
1-14 Act should the federal government decide to convey the property.
1-15 (c) The conveyances required by this section must be
1-16 completed by special warranty deed. Any expenses incurred by a
1-17 party to the conveyances shall be borne by that party.
1-18 (d) The conveyances required by this section must be
1-19 completed not later than the 60th day after the date on which the
1-20 Parks and Wildlife Department receives from the secretary of the
1-21 interior a written request for conveyance of both tracts of land
1-22 described by Section 2 of this Act.
1-23 (e) Section 31.158, Natural Resources Code, does not apply
1-24 to the conveyances required by this Act.
2-1 (f) The conveyance of this real property interest from the
2-2 state to the federal government shall provide for the prohibition
2-3 of development of all minerals under the land from the surface
2-4 estate of the real property as described in Section 2 of this Act
2-5 and conveyed by this Act.
2-6 SECTION 2. PROPERTY DESCRIPTION. The real property required
2-7 to be conveyed by Section 1 of this Act is:
2-8 (1) A 55.180 acre tract described as all of that
2-9 certain tract or parcel of land out of the Maria Calvillo Two
2-10 League Survey No. 22, Wilson County, Texas, and being 55.180 acres
2-11 of land out of that certain 200 acre tract of land conveyed by
2-12 Viola George Shives, et vir, to Winston L. Southern, et ux, by deed
2-13 dated September 22, 1970, and recorded in Volume 432 on pages 17-19
2-14 of the Deed Records of Wilson County, Texas, and described more
2-15 particularly by metes and bounds as follows:
2-16 FROM the South corner of the Maria Calvillo Two League Survey No.
2-17 22;
2-18 THENCE N. 37 43' W. 7,920.5 feet to an iron pin and corner post in
2-19 the East line of a County Road, set for the South corner of that
2-20 certain 171 acre tract of land conveyed by Ed. J. Kneupper, et ux,
2-21 to Henry W. Krueger, Jr., et ux, by deed dated January 20, 1975 and
2-22 recorded in Volume 472 on page 772 of the Deed Records of Wilson
2-23 County, Texas, for the West corner of the above described Winston
2-24 L. Southern, et ux, 200 acre tract, for the West corner and POINT
2-25 OF BEGINNING of the herein described 55.180 acre tract;
2-26 THENCE with the fence, the Southeast line of the said Henry W.
2-27 Krueger, Jr., et ux, 171 acre tract, the Northwest line of the
3-1 above said Winston L. Southern, et ux, 200 acre tract, N. 48 31'
3-2 E. 3,711.06 feet and N. 48 46' E. 1,055.30 feet to an iron pin
3-3 and corner post in the Southwest line of that certain 265 acre
3-4 tract of land conveyed by Troy E. Talley, et ux, to Egon A.
3-5 Schneider by deed dated February 3, 1962 and recorded in Volume 353
3-6 on page 438 of the Deed Records of Wilson County, Texas, set for
3-7 the East corner of the above said Henry W. Krueger, Jr., et ux, 171
3-8 acre tract, for the North corner of the said Winston L. Southern,
3-9 et ux, 200 acre tract, for the West corner of a 43.972 acre tract
3-10 of land to be conveyed by Egon A. Schneider to the State of Texas,
3-11 for the North corner of this tract;
3-12 THENCE with the common line between the said Egon A. Schneider, 265
3-13 acre tract and the Winston L. Southern, et ux, 200 acre tract, the
3-14 common line between the said 43.972 acre tract and this 55.180 acre
3-15 tract, S. 21 21' E. 1,434.50 feet to an iron pin and angle post,
3-16 and S. 67 20' E. 179.90 feet to an iron pin in the West bank of
3-17 Picosa Creek, the North bank of the San Antonio River, set for the
3-18 Northernmost East corner of the said Winston L. Southern, et ux,
3-19 200 acre tract, the South corner of the said Egon A. Schneider 265
3-20 acre tract, the South corner of the said 43.972 acre tract, the
3-21 Northernmost East corner of this tract;
3-22 THENCE with the West bank and water's edge of the San Antonio
3-23 River, S. 24 18' W. 205.30 feet, and S. 05 53' 30" E. 278.03 feet
3-24 to a point, the North corner of that certain 120 acre tract of land
3-25 conveyed by S. W. Seale, et ux, to Elizabeth Anne Seale Woolsey, et
3-26 vir, by deed dated October 30, 1974 and recorded in Volume 470 on
3-27 pages 541-543 of the Deed Records of Wilson County, Texas, for the
4-1 Southernmost East corner of the said Winston L. Southern, et ux,
4-2 200 acre tract, for the Southernmost East corner of this tract;
4-3 THENCE with the common line between the said Elizabeth Anne Seale
4-4 Woolsey, et vir, 120 acre tract and the said Winston L. Southern,
4-5 et ux, 200 acre tract, S. 46 46' W. 88.64 feet to an iron pin set
4-6 on the Northwest side of an 18" Elm;
4-7 THENCE with the fence, the common line between the said Elizabeth
4-8 Anne Seale Woolsey, et vir, 120 acre tract and the said Winston L.
4-9 Southern, et ux, 200 acre tract, S. 46 46' W. 346.0 feet, and S.
4-10 48 23' W. 632.11 feet to a point, the Northernmost South corner of
4-11 this 55.180 acre tract;
4-12 THENCE severing the land of the subject owner, N. 18 37' W., at
4-13 471.17 feet to an iron pin and corner post, and with the fence, a
4-14 total distance of 1,886.45 feet to a point, a re-entrant corner of
4-15 this tract, said point being 100 feet from the Northwest line of
4-16 the said Winston L. Southern, et ux, 200 acre tract;
4-17 THENCE parallel with and at a distance of 100.0 feet from the
4-18 Northwest line of the said Winston L. Southern, et ux, 200 acre
4-19 tract, S. 48 31' W. 3,712.15 feet to a point, in the East line of
4-20 the afore said County Road, the West line of the said Winston L.
4-21 Southern, et ux, 200 acre tract, the Southernmost South corner of
4-22 this tract;
4-23 THENCE with the East line of the said County Road, the West line of
4-24 the said Winston L. Southern, et ux, 200 acre tract, N. 17 53' W.
4-25 109.13 feet to the place of beginning; and
4-26 (2) A 43.972 acre tract described as all of that
4-27 certain tract or parcel of land out of the Maria Calvillo Two
5-1 League Survey No. 22, Wilson County, Texas, and being 43.972 acres
5-2 of land out of that certain 265 acre tract of land conveyed by Troy
5-3 E. Talley, et ux, to Egon A. Schneider by deed dated February 3,
5-4 1962, and recorded in Volume 353 on page 438 of the Deed Records of
5-5 Wilson County, Texas, and described more particularly by metes and
5-6 bounds as follows:
5-7 BEGINNING at a concrete monument in the West bank of Picosa Creek,
5-8 the North bank of the San Antonio River, set for the Northernmost
5-9 East corner of that certain 200 acre tract of land conveyed by
5-10 Viola George Shives, et vir, to Winston L. Southern, et ux, by deed
5-11 dated September 22, 1970 and recorded in Volume 432 on pages 17-19
5-12 of the Deed Records of Wilson County, Texas, for the Northernmost
5-13 East corner of a 55.180 acre tract of land to be conveyed by
5-14 Winston L. Southern, et ux, to the State of Texas, for the South
5-15 corner of the herein described 43.972 acre tract;
5-16 THENCE with the fence, the common line between the said Winston L.
5-17 Southern, et ux, 200 acre tract and the said Egon A. Schneider 265
5-18 acre tract, the common line between the said 55.180 acre tract and
5-19 this tract, N. 67 20' W., at 169.90 feet a brass disc in concrete
5-20 marked RC5, in all a total distance of 179.90 feet to an iron pin
5-21 and corner post, and N. 2121'W.1,434.50 feet to an iron pin and
5-22 corner post set for the East corner of the Henry W. Krueger, Jr.
5-23 et ux, 171 acre tract of land, for the North corner of the said
5-24 Winston L. Southern, et ux, 200 acre tract, for the West corner of
5-25 this tract;
5-26 THENCE severing the land of the subject owner, S. 87 51' E., at
5-27 10.0 feet a bras disc in concrete marked RC1, at 1,043.09 feet a
6-1 concrete monument, in all a total distance of 1,630.49 feet to a
6-2 concrete monument in the South bank and water's edge of the San
6-3 Antonio River, the North line of the Egon A. Schneider 265 acre
6-4 tract, set for the North corner of this tract;
6-5 THENCE with the Westerly bank and water's edge of the San Antonio
6-6 River, the Easterly line of the said Egon A. Schneider 265 acre
6-7 tract, downstream as follows: S. 71 02' E. 203.0 feet, S. 81 17'
6-8 30" E. 136.73 feet, S. 53 39' 30" E. 142.64 feet, S. 38 04' 30"
6-9 E. 92.27 feet, S. 17 04' 30" E. 103.70 feet, S. 06 31' 30" E.
6-10 70.39 feet, S. 17 20' W 70.60 feet, S. 37 15' W. 157.80 feet, S.
6-11 45 29' W. 54.71 feet, S. 64 48' W. 518.15 feet, S. 57 10' W.
6-12 94.59 feet, S. 56 13' W. 174.60 feet, S. 64 44' W. 256.37 feet,
6-13 S. 65 39' W. 90.42 feet, S. 59 01' W. 138.26 feet, S. 61 27' W.
6-14 144.32 feet, and S. 57 47' 30" W. 82.68 feet to the place of
6-15 beginning.
6-16 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
6-17 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
6-18 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
6-19 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
6-20 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
6-21 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
6-22 passage, and it is so enacted.