GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION

CHAPTER 241
SENATE BILL 652

AN ACT TO ALLOW THE CITY OF STATESVILLE TO CONVEY CERTAIN PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Notwithstanding Article 12 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes, the City of Statesville may convey at private sale, with or without monetary consideration, any or all of its right, title, and interest in and to the following described property to the Arts and Science Museum, Inc.:
Lying and being in Iredell County, North Carolina, and more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point in the Northern margin of Interstate 40 in the dividing line of A. P. Steele Tract No. 2 and the property of the City of Statesville, and running thence North 4 deg. East approximately 280 feet to a point, a corner of Steele and the City of Statesville; thence continuing with the Steele line North 35 deg. 35 min. 5 sec. West 442.65 feet to a point, a corner of Steele and the City of Statesville; thence South 62 deg. 19 min. 35 sec. West 1,084.88 feet to a point; thence North 6 deg. 22 min. 05 sec. West 93.16 feet; thence North 1 deg. 19 min. West 35 sec. East 99 feet; thence North 37 deg. 19 min. 35 sec. East 264.05 feet; thence North 79 deg. 19 min. 35 sec. East 329.97 feet; thence North 52 deg. 19 min. 35 sec. East 181.50 feet; thence North 72 deg. 19 min. 35 sec. East 210.51 feet to a point in the corner of the Morrison and City of Statesville property; thence with the common dividing line of Morrison and the City of Statesville North 13 deg. 45 min. 25 sec. West 696.66 feet to a point in the Museum or Old Pump Station Road; thence South 87 deg. 53 min. 45 sec. East 782.24 feet to a point; thence North 77 deg. 59 min. 07 sec. East approximately 370 feet; thence South 4 deg. 38 min. 25 sec. West approximately 1,370.00 feet to a point in the Northern margin of Interstate 40 and thence running with the Northern margin of Interstate 40 in a Southwesterly direction approximately 500 feet to the BEGINNING, all according to a map prepared by E. B. Stafford, Consulting Engineer, dated February 22, 1963.
Sec. 1.1.  Notwithstanding Article 12 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes, the City of Statesville may convey at private sale, with or without monetary consideration, any or all of its right, title, and interest in and to the following described property:
Lying and being in Statesville Inside Township, Iredell County, North Carolina, and more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at a stake on the West Side of South Center Street, at the Southwest intersection of West Sharpe Street and said South Center Street, and running thence with the South side of said West Sharpe Street S. 66 W. 180 feet to a stake in an alley on the South side of West Sharpe Street; thence with and along said alley S. 24 E. 100 feet to a stake, Mrs. Flora S. Lewis' corner on said alley; thence with said Mrs. Flora S. Lewis' line N. 66 E. 180 feet to a stake on the West side of South Center Street; thence with said street N. 24 W. 100 feet to the beginning, containing 18,000 sq. ft., more or less, and being the identical property conveyed to The City of Statesville, by deed of Katherine Nooe Knox, dated July 25, 1986, and recorded in Book 734, page 722, Deed Records for Iredell County.
The City of Statesville may also return to the donor, with or without monetary consideration, all or any part of funds conveyed to the City of Statesville for the repair, renovation, or furnishing of the aforesaid property.
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 6th day of June, 1989.