Bill Text: MS SB2391 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: IHL Board of Trustees; may transfer to State Veterans Affairs Board certain real property in Newton County.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee [SB2391 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2010-SB2391-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2010 Regular Session

To: Universities and Colleges; Public Property

By: Senator(s) Burton, Carmichael

Senate Bill 2391

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING TO TRANSFER AND CONVEY TO THE STATE VETERANS AFFAIRS BOARD CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN NEWTON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, FOR USE AS AN ADDITION TO THE MISSISSIPPI VETERANS MEMORIAL CEMETERY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  (1)  The State Board of Trustees for Institutions of Higher Learning is authorized to transfer and convey to the State Veterans Affairs Board certain state-owned real property located at the Mississippi State University Coastal Plains Experiment Station in Newton County, Mississippi, such property more specifically described as follows:

     Commence at an iron pin marking the Southwest corner

     of the SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 of Section 21, Township 6 North, Range 12 East, Newton County, Mississippi;

     Thence run North for a distance of 95.95 feet to a 1/2"

     round iron pin;

     Thence run East for a distance of 184.22 feet to a 1/2"

     round iron pin; Said point being the Point of Beginning

     of the herein described parcel of land;

     Thence run South 85 degrees 23 minutes 59 seconds East

     for a distance of 302.28 feet to a 1/2" round iron pin;

     Thence run South 56 degrees 40 minutes 42 seconds East

     for a distance of 385.15 feet to a 1/2" round iron pin;

     Thence run South 37 degrees 53 minutes 48 seconds West

     for a distance of 200.11 feet to a 1/2" round iron pin;

     Thence run South 13 degrees 50 minutes 47 seconds West

     for a distance of 790.43 feet to a 1/2" round iron pin

     on the north right-of-way line of Mississippi Highway

     No. 80;

     Thence run North 76 degrees 00 minutes 58 seconds West

     along said north right-of-way line of Highway 80 a

     distance of 472.38 feet to a 1/2" round iron pin;

     Thence run North 16 degrees 31 minutes 02 seconds East

     for a distance of 499.06 feet to a 1/2" round iron pin;

     Thence run North 00 degrees 32 minutes 52 seconds East

     for a distance of 568.60 feet to back to the Point of     Beginning; Said parcel of land is part of the SW 1/4

     of SW 1/4 of Section 21, Township 6 North, Range 12

     East and part of the NW 1/4 of NW 1/4 of Section 28,

     Township 6 North, Range 12 East, Newton County,

     Mississippi and contains 12.172 acres more or less.

     (2)  The real property described in subsection (1) shall be used by the State Board of Veterans Affairs as an addition to the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Cemetery.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.