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AN ACT
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relating to the conveyance of certain state forest land in Cherokee |
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County under the control of the board of regents of The Texas A&M |
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University System. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE BY THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM. |
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The board of regents of The Texas A&M University System may convey |
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the following described real property: |
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BEING 221.64 acres of land in the J. S. EVANS SURVEY, ABSTRACT |
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No. 266, CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS, and being the same land described |
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in Tract 1 and called 220 acres from the Texas State Hospitals & |
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Special School to the Texas Forest Service on September 3, 1963 and |
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recorded in Volume 541, Page 557 of the Deed Records of Cherokee |
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County, Texas (hereinafter shown as volume/page, DR, OR for |
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Official Records, LR for Land Records): SAID tract described as |
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follows: |
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BEARINGS are based on South 89°19' East between the 2" iron pipe |
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found at the Southwest corner of the J. S. EVANS and an axle found at |
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the Northeast corner of the A. W. CLARK SURVEY, ABSTRACT No. 1054, |
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CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS: All bearings and distances of witness trees |
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are from the corner to the face of the "X". All bearings and |
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distances of stump holes are from the corner to the center of the |
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hole: SEE PLAT: |
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BEGINNING at 3/4" iron pipe found 1.0 feet deep for an "ELL" corner |
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of said 220 acres and said EVANS SURVEY, same being the Southeast |
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corner that 1/2 undivided interest in 320 acres from H. F. Holcomb |
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to Helen Cowart on December 8, 1989 in 1111/689, LR, and the |
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Southeast corner of that 1/2 undivided interest in 320 acres from H. |
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F. Holcomb to Mary Jane Hinton on December 8, 1989 in 1111/693, LR, |
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reference description in 290/295, DR and being the Southeast corner |
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of the J. D. RAINES SURVEY, ABSTRACT No. 754, CHEROKEE COUNTY, |
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TEXAS, from which found "X" on the face of a 28" Pine South 19° West, |
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5.8 feet, a stump hole is South 26° East, 28.6 feet, and a 1/2" iron |
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pipe found for reference is South 89°44' West, 41.17 feet; |
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THENCE North 00°39'13" East, with the upper West line of said 220 |
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acres and said EVANS SURVEY and the East line of said 320 acres and |
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said RAINES SURVEY, and along a red painted hack and blazed line, |
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2327.65 feet to a 3/4" iron pipe found for the Northwest corner of |
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said 220 acres and the Southwest corner of that Tract 8 of 100 acres |
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from Lionel K. Newman et ux to Rodney Newman et ux on November 18, |
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1998 in 1405/697, OR, reference description in 240/446, DR, from |
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which found "X" on the face of a 27" Red Oak, North 64° East, 5.6 |
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feet, the center of an oak stump South 16° West, 8.4 feet, a 3/4" |
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iron pipe found for reference is South 89°14' East, 41.79 feet and a |
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1/2" iron pipe found for reference is South 01°21' West, 41.98 feet; |
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THENCE South 89°57'06" East, with the North line of said 220 acres |
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and the South line of said 100 acres, and along a red painted hack |
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and blazed line, 2488.89 feet to a 2" iron pipe found for the |
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Northeast corner of said 220 acres and the Southeast corner of said |
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100 acres in the West line of that Tract 6 of 30.2 acres in 1405/697, |
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OR, reference description in 373/586, same being the East line of |
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said EVANS SURVEY and the West line of the BEN ENLOE SURVEY, |
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ABSTRACT No. 261, CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS, from which a 1/2" iron |
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pipe found for reference is South 0°01' West, 41.64 feet; |
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THENCE South 00°22'29" West, with the East line of said 220 acres and |
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said EVANS SURVEY, and along a red painted hack and blazed line, |
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passing the Southwest corner of said 30.2 acres and said ENLOE |
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SURVEY and the Northwest corner of that Tract 7 of 28.7 acres in |
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1405/697, OR, reference description in 301/55, DR, and the |
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Northwest corner of the G. J. McCREIGHT SURVEY, ABSTRACT No. 1034, |
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CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS, at 1986.42 feet pass a 1/2" steel rod found |
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for the Southwest corner of said 28.7 acres and said McCREIGHT |
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SURVEY and the Northwest corner of that 48 acres from Jason C. |
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Kellis and James E. Oliver to James R. Newman on April 8, 2002 in |
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1541/107, OR and the Northerly Northwest corner of the A. M. HUDSON |
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SURVEY, ABSTRACT No. 371, CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS, continuing in |
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all, 3211.41 feet to a 2" iron pipe found for the Southeast corner |
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of said 220 acres and said EVANS SURVEY, an "ELL" corner of said 48 |
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acres and said HUDSON SURVEY, and in the North line of that called |
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Tract 4 of 96 acres from Geraldine M. Ford to Joyce R. Schochler et |
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al on December 21, 1993 in 1231/669, OR; |
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THENCE North 89°29'58" West, with the South line of said 220 acres |
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and said EVANS SURVEY, and along a red painted hack and blazed line, |
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at 460.43 feet pass an axle found for the Northeast corner of said |
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96 acres and the lower Northwest corner of said HUDSON SURVEY and |
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the Northeast corner of that Undivided interest in 30.78 acres from |
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Harold E. Sword to Thomas R. Sword on February 22, 2005 in 1705/186, |
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OR, and the Northeast corner of the said CLARK SURVEY, continuing in |
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all, 1816.94 feet to a large rock found for the Northwest corner of |
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said CLARK SURVEY and the Northeast corner of the J. BLACKWELL |
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SURVEY, ABSTRACT No. 105, CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS, from which found |
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"X" on the face of a 22" Post Oak South 80° East, 8.4 feet; |
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THENCE North 89°13'33" West, with the South line of said 220 acres |
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and said EVANS SURVEY, and along a red painted hack and blazed line, |
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at 480.42 feet pass the Northwest corner of said 30.78 acres and the |
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Northeast corner of that Undivided interest in 30.78 acres from |
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Thomas R. Sword to Harold E. Sword on December 16, 2005 in 1705/183, |
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OR, at 1815.48 feet pass a 1/2" steel rod found on the East bank of |
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Bull Creek for reference, at 1865.48 feet pass the center of Bull |
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Creek for the Northwest corner of said 30.78 acres and the Northeast |
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corner of that 62.26 acres from Mary Hampton to Rodney and Cathy |
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Newman on September 19, 1991 in 1163/396, OR, at 1915.48 feet pass a |
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1/2" steel rod found for reference on the West bank of Bull Creek, |
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continuing in all, 2627.81 feet to a 2" iron pipe found for the |
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Southwest corner of said 220 acres and said EVANS SURVEY and the |
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Southeast corner of that 110 acres in 1111/689, OR, and in 1111/693, |
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OR, reference description in 290/295, and being the most Easterly |
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Southeast corner of the M. L. LUSK SURVEY, ABSTRACT No. 1005, |
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CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS, from which found "X" on the face of a 23" |
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Red Oak North 43° East, 4.9 feet, a 15" Post Oak North 30° West, 2.7 |
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feet, a 1/2" iron pipe found for reference is North 0°12' West, 41.52 |
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feet, and a 3/4" iron pipe found for reference is South 89°43' East, |
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41.77 feet; |
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THENCE North 00°27'46" East, with the lower West line of said 220 |
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acres and said EVANS SURVEY and the lower East line of said 110 |
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acres and said LUSK SURVEY, and along a red painted hack and blazed |
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line, 851.54 feet to a 2" iron pipe found for an "ELL" corner of said |
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220 acres and said EVANS SURVEY, an "ELL" corner of said 110 acres |
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and said LUSK SURVEY, and in the South line of said 320 acres and |
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said RAINES SURVEY, from which found "X" on the face of a 20" Red Oak |
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North 86° West, 17.6 feet, a 10" Pine North 06° East, 29.8 feet, a |
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3/4" iron pipe found for reference is South 89°07' East, 42.01 feet, |
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and a 1/2" iron pipe found for reference is South 01°08' West, 41.12 |
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feet; |
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THENCE South 89°30'02" East, with an interior line of said 220 acres |
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and said EVANS SURVEY, and the South line of said 320 acres and said |
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RAINES SURVEY, and along a red painted hack and blazed line, 1943.20 |
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feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNING, and containing within these calls, |
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221.64 acres of land. This tract has no access to a public road. |
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SECTION 2. INTERESTS CONVEYED. The conveyance authorized |
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by this Act shall be of fee title to the surface and is exclusive of |
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all mineral rights. All instruments of conveyance shall be in a |
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form acceptable to The Texas A&M University System. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3340 was passed by the House on April |
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28, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3340 was passed by the Senate on May |
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20, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |