GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
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SENATE BILL 666
     

 
Short Title:	Monroe Property Acquisition.	()	
Sponsors:	Senators Plyler and Purcell.	
Referred to:	State and Local Government.	
March 22, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF MONROE TO ACQUIRE CERTAIN PROPERTY AND TO CONVEY THE PROPERTY TO UNION COUNTY FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING A COURTHOUSE thereon.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The City of Monroe may acquire by purchase or exchange the following described property in Union County, North Carolina, and may convey the property, with or without monetary consideration, under the terms and conditions it deems proper, to Union County for the purpose of constructing a courthouse thereon:

TRACT 1
BEGINNING at an iron in the South margin of the sidewalk along West Franklin Street, said point being located N 89‑45 W. 129 feet from the Southwest intersection of Franklin Street and Stewart Street; and running thence S 0‑15 W 180 feet to an iron in the North margin of Morgan Street; thence with the North margin of Morgan Street N. 89‑45 W 115 feet to an iron, a new corner of said street; thence a new division line N 9‑15 E 180 feet to an iron, a new corner on the South margin of the sidewalk along the South side of Franklin Street; thence with the South edge of said sidewalk S 89‑45 E 115 feet to the beginning point and being all of Tract 1 described in Book 1310 page 35 Union County Registry.

TRACT 2
BEGINNING at an iron in the South margin of West Franklin Street on the old corporation limits line of the City of Monroe, being the Northeast corner of the lot now or formerly owned by R. Phifer (or J. M. Wiggins), and running thence along the South margin of said Franklin Street, N 88 E 80 feet, to an iron, a new corner; thence a new division line S 1 E 187 feet to an iron, a new corner on the North margin of Morgan Street; thence along the North margin of said Morgan Street S 88 W 80 feet to an iron in the old corporation limits line of the City of Monroe, and on the Southeast corner of the lot now or formerly owned by R. Phifer (or J. M. Wiggins); thence along and with said Phifer or Wiggins property line, being said "old corporation limits line," N 1 W 187 feet to the beginning corner. BEING the same property conveyed to Estate of A. F. Stevens by Franklin Street Realty Company of Monroe, North Carolina, Incorporated, by deed dated October 2, 1974, and recorded in Deed Book 269 at Page 628 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Union County, North Carolina and being all of Tract 2 described in Book 1310 page 35 Union County Registry.

TRACT 3
BEGINNING at an iron in the south margin of the south sidewalk along west Franklin Street, said point being located North 89 degrees 45 minutes West 104 feet from the southwest intersection of Franklin Street and Stewart Street and running thence South 0 degrees 15 minutes West 180 feet to an iron in the north margin of Morgan Street; thence with the north margin of Morgan Street North 89 degrees 45 minutes West 25.5 feet to an iron, a new corner on the north margin of said street; thence a new division line North 0 degrees 15 minutes East 180 feet to an iron, a new corner on the south margin of the sidewalk along the south side of Franklin Street,; thence with the South edge of the said sidewalk South 89 degrees 45 minutes East 25.5 feet to the Beginning point and being the property described in Deed Book 381 page 872 of Union County Registry.

TRACT 4
BEGINNING at an iron at the Northwest intersection of the intersections of Morgan Street and Stewart Street said iron being on the western margin of the Stewart Street right of way and the northern margin of the Morgan Street right of way and running thence with the right of way of Morgan Street S88‑29‑44 W 99.78 feet to an iron behind curb and retaining wall; thence with the concrete retaining wall and the line of the Lewis R. Fisher property, N1‑10‑01 W 180.13 feet to a point on the outside of the building line with the building corner being 1.33 feet beyond said point; Running thence with Franklin Street N 88‑29‑44 E 100.0 feet to an iron set behind a 4 foot sidewalk; the margin of the Stewart Street Right of Way; thence with the sidewalk and the Stewart Street Right of Way S1‑05‑54 E 180.13 feet to the point and place of the beginning and containing 17,994 square feet all according to a boundary survey by Carroll L. Rushing, N.C.R.L.S. dated September 4, 1984 and being the same property described in Deed Book 465 page 767 of Union County Registry.
SECTION 2.    In acquiring the property described in Section 1 of this act, the City of Monroe shall have the right of eminent domain for public condemnors as provided in Article 3 of Chapter 40A of the General Statutes.  With respect to the vesting of title and right of possession, the provisions of G.S. 40A‑42(a) shall apply.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law, and expires on January 1, 2002, unless the property described in Section 1 of this act has been voluntarily acquired or condemnation complaints have been filed on or before that date.