H.B. No. 1844
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the sale and conveyance of a certain tract of
1-3 state-owned real property in Travis County and providing for the
1-4 use and disposition of the proceeds of such sale; making an
1-5 appropriation.
1-6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-7 SECTION 1. SALE AND CONVEYANCE OF REAL PROPERTY. The Texas
1-8 General Land Office is authorized and directed to sell and convey
1-9 the state's interest in a certain tract of real property consisting
1-10 of 3.626 acres in Travis County, now part of a tract of land held
1-11 in the name of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
1-12 SECTION 2. DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY. The real property that
1-13 the Texas General Land Office may sell and convey by authority of
1-14 Section 1 is more particularly described as follows: 3.626 acres
1-15 of land out of a 100.0 acre tract of land out of the George W.
1-16 Spear League Survey #7 in the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas
1-17 described in a deed from W.C. Phillips to the State of Texas, dated
1-18 July 28, 1887, and recorded in Book 76, Page 225, Travis County
1-19 Deed Records, as surveyed for the State Building Commission of the
1-20 State of Texas.
1-21 Beginning at a concrete monument at the northeast corner of a
1-22 100.0 acre tract of land out of the George W. Spear League Survey
1-23 #7 in the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas as described in a
1-24 deed from W.C. Phillips to the State of Texas, dated July 28, 1887,
2-1 and recorded in Book 76, Page 225, Travis County Deed Records, said
2-2 concrete monument being at the southeast corner of Lot #6 of Oak
2-3 Haven, Section One, a subdivision of a portion of the George W.
2-4 Spear League Survey #7 in the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas,
2-5 as shown on a map or plat as recorded in Plat Book 6, Page 114,
2-6 Travis County Plat Records, said concrete monument being also in
2-7 the west line of Block #19 of Rosedale "E", a subdivision of a
2-8 portion of the George W. Spear League Survey #7 in the City of
2-9 Austin, Travis County, Texas as shown on a map or plat as recorded
2-10 in Plat Book 3, Page 245, Travis County Plat Records;
2-11 THENCE with the east line of the said 100.0 acre tract and
2-12 the west line of Blocks #19, #18 and #17 of Rosedale 'E', S 30 12'
2-13 W 1146.13 feet to a concrete monument at the southeast corner of
2-14 the said 100.0 acre tract, said concrete monument being also the
2-15 northeast corner of Lot #3, Block "B" of Shoal Courts, a
2-16 subdivision of a portion of the George W. Spear League Survey #7 in
2-17 the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas as shown on a map or plat
2-18 as recorded in Plat Book 6, Page 185, Travis County Plat Records;
2-19 THENCE with the south line of the said 100.0 acre tract and
2-20 the north line of Lot #3, Block "B" of Shoal Courts, N 59 52' W
2-21 133.27 feet to an iron stake at the northwest corner of said Lot
2-22 #3, Block "B" in the curving east line of Shoal Creek Boulevard;
2-23 THENCE with the curving east line of Shoal Creek Boulevard an
2-24 arc distance of 47.64 feet, said curve having a radius of 238.41
2-25 feet and a chord of which runs N 24 30' E 47.56 feet to an iron
2-26 stake at point of tangency;
2-27 THENCE with the east line of Shoal Creek Boulevard N 30 13'
3-1 E 1098.9 feet to an iron stake at the intersection of the east line
3-2 of Shoal Creek Boulevard with the north line of the said 100.0 acre
3-3 tract, said iron stake being the southwest corner of Lot #6 of said
3-4 Oak Haven, Section One;
3-5 THENCE with the north line of the said 100.0 acre tract and
3-6 the south line of said Lot #6 of Oak Haven, Section One, S 59 53'
3-7 E 137.8 feet to the place of the beginning, containing 3.626 acres
3-8 of land.
3-9 SECTION 3. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE. The Texas General
3-10 Land Office shall sell and convey the real property described in
3-11 Section 2 of this Act under the terms and provisions of Section
3-12 31.158, Natural Resources Code. The real property may be sold in
3-13 whole or in part.
3-14 SECTION 4. DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS. The proceeds from the
3-15 sale of the real property authorized by Section 1 of this Act are
3-16 designated and appropriated to the Texas State Library and Archives
3-17 Commission for the purpose of constructing an additional stack
3-18 floor (or floor of shelving) at the existing Texas State Library
3-19 Records Center, Austin, Texas.
3-20 SECTION 5. EMERGENCY. The importance of this legislation
3-21 and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-22 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-23 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-24 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.