MINUTE BOOK No. 17, CITY OF OXFORD

~~--~-,.-----~~~-----------------------------------------------...~-------------~----------------------------------------------------------~p-iS"Z34K-TOM L. KETCHIN~S co., NATCHEZMINUTE BOOK No. 17, CITY OF OXFORDMr. B. O. Elliott requested of the Board to consider the purchase of East 33 1/3 feet Lot 15and ~'Jest 33 1/3 feet Lot 14 Anunadelle Subdivision, as this lot is of no good for a buildinglot, and serves only as a drainage from Price & Sivley Street. After consideration of thematter, motion was:dulyzgade,' seconde'd and passed unai:ti:ino-qsly that x:x:xXxxxxxx:x;:6csaid lot be purchased at the price of $162.52 and the Clerk is hereby authorized to issue acheck in said amount when deed is received.189RESOLUTION DIRECTING EMINZNT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGSIt being brought to the attention of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen thatcertain property purchased from T. E. Avent by deed dated 20 March 1957, recordedin Book 162 at Page 292 of the deed records of Lafayette County, Mississippi,described as Lots Numbered 81 to 144 inclusive of Avent Acres Subdivision to theCity of Oxford, Mississippi, as said lots are shown upon the official map ofsaid subdivision on file with the City of Oxford, Mississippi, is possibly subjectto restrictive covenants recorded in Book 126 at Page 472 of the deed recordsaforesaid; and,villEREAS, it is the intention of the City of Oxford, Mississippi to use theproperty so acquired for a cemetery; and,WHEREAS, a large proportion of the landowners owning the remaining portion ofthe property in said Avent Acres Subdivision have executed instruments agreeingthat said property may be used for cemetery purposes; and,(Irelea~ea few landowners and a number of lien holders have refused tosaid property fram the operation of said restrictive covenants; and,~EREAS,l'ffiER.E.AB, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen do now find and determine thatsaid property is the most suitable land available for cemetery purposes,among other things being adjacent to the present cemetery and thereby enablingthe City to maintain only one cemetery;NOW THEREFORE, BE AND IT HER~BY IS RESOLVED by the Mayor and Board ofAldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, as follows, to-wit:1. That the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford,Mississippi does find as a fact all of the preceeding statementscontained in this resolution.2. That all of the property in AVEnt Acres Subdivision to theCity of Oxford, Mississippi lying south of the south boundaryline of Chandler Avenue and the south line of Lot Number 145,all 8S shown upon the official map and plat of said Subdivisionrecorded in Plat Book 1 at Page 11 of the reoords in the officeof the Chancery Clerk of Lafayette County, MissisSippi, is needed bythe City of Oxford, Mississippi for use as a cemetery and theCity Attorney and the Mayor are hereby authorized, directed andempowered to bring an eminent domain proceeding on behalf of theCity of Oxford, Mississippi against all persons having or claimingan interest in said property which will or might prohibit theuse of said property as a cemetery, to the interest and purposethat the said City may acquire said property for such use.On motion duly made, seconded and passed unanimously the foregoing resolutionis hereby adopted.(,