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AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF CERTAIN LAND FROM MONT
EDWARDS AND WIFE, ALICE EDWARDS; FIXING THE PURCHASE PRICE OF SAME AND
PROVIDING FOR THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SUCH PURCHASE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMNIISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF
PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That the City of Paducah, Kentucky, pursuase from
Mont Edwards and wife, Alice Edwards, the following described tract
if land lying and being in McCracken County, Kentucky, more particularly
described as follows, to -wit:
Beginning at the northwest corner of the inter
section of Terrell St. and the Paducah Flood Wall,
thence in a northerly direction, and with the
westerly line of Terrell St. to the low water mark
of the Ohio River; thence down the river with the
low water mark thereof in a Westerly direction to
the Fletcher Terrell line; thence in a southerly
direction and with the Fletcher Terrell line to
the right of way of the Paducah Flood Wall; thence
with the lines of the Paducah Flood Wall to Terrell
St., the point of beginning.
This conveyance includes all the property bounded
on the east by the line of Terrell St.; on the
north by the low water mark of the Ohio River; on
the west by the Fletcher Terrell (formerly E. C.
Terrell) property; and on the south by the land
owned by the City of Paducah for Flood Wall
purposes, but subject to any flood wall easements
existing of record.
The property herein conveyed contains 70 acres
more or less.
Being the same property conveyed to Mont Edwards
and wife, Alice Edwards, by Wyatt Bell and wife,
Emma N. Bell, by deed dated May 4, 1951, and of
record in Deed Book 301, page 245 in the McCracken
County Court Clerk's Office.
SECTION 2. The purchase price to be paid for the land described
in Section 1 hereof shall be the sum of $14,000.00, and upon receipt
of a general warranty deed conveying said land to the City of Paducah,
approved by the Corporation Counsel, the City Treasurer is hereby
authorized and directed to pay to the said Mont Edwards and wife,
Alice Edwards, the sum of $14,000.00.
SECTION 3. Full and complete possession of the land described
in Section 1 hereof is to be delivered to the City of Paducah not
later than December 31, 1962.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be introduced and remain on file
for public inspection for at least one (1) week in the completed form
in which it shall be put upon its final passage, and if adopted shall
be in full force and effect ten (10) days thereafter.
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Introduced by the Board of Commissioners March 13, 1962
Passed by the Board of Commissioners March 21, 1962
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, March 21, 1962.