Book 14 (January 1950 - July 1954) - City of Oxford

MIN.LJTE BQOKNQ. 14, CITY OF_OXFORDDEMENT - "'-El!l1l1AN -- ,':":':;- ._-=---'=--"-.---=-::' -=--=-=-.'-C--.,---'-C-'-'_---=----=--""-------.---·------------~--_,=;t=':I=_______ . ____ .ll---c--'-'-___ -=-.;;.=-'-'-="-'-===--=---=---=_.::.:..-c·..:.Alderman A. H. Avent voted YeaAlderman T. E. Combs voted YeaAlderman H. S. Sisk voted YeaAlderman W. T. Chandler not votingAlderman B. J. Hilbun voted yeaThe motion having received the affirmative vote of four membersof the Board of Aldermen present, the Mayor declared the motion passedand the resolution adopted.- iIIIIThis resolution is this, the 16th day of October, 1950, approved.Attest:*********************Mr. J. H. Purvis, Mr .zI.tonPurvis and Dr. Allison Busby appeared before theMayor and !loard for the purpose ot effecting a settlement of the claim of the City ofOxford against Mr. J. H. Purvis for back taxes, ad valorem and paving, from 1930through 1949. The matter having been pending for some time and the Hayor Bnd:Board of Aldermen being of the opinic>n that a compromise settlement is to the bestinterests of The City of Oxford and all parties concerned, the Mayor and CityClerk were directed to ex"'cute a quit claim deed to J. H. Purvis on that part otLot 87 in Section 21, Towhship 8 South, Range 3 West, Oxford, lafayette County,Mississippi~ heretofore taken in by the City for back taxes, upon Mr. Purvispaying $863.68, the amount of delinquent taxe~, and interest thereon.STATE OF MISSISSIPPI ))COUNTY OF LAFAYETTE )• < •For and in consideration of the sum of Eight HUDdredand Sixty-Three and (;JJ/IOO ($863.68) llollars paid, the receiptof which is hereby acknowledged, and by authority of an ordermade by the Mayor and !loard of Aldermen of The City of ~ord,Mississippi at a regular recess meeting ot that Governing !ladyheld at the City Hall in Oxford, Mississippi at 7 o'clock P. M.,Monday, October 16, 1950, we, in our official capacities, conveyand quitclaim unto J. H. Purvis all right, title and interestThe City of Oxford, ...... ', Mississippi may have in and tothe following described land:. ,Part of Lot No. 87 in Section 21, Township 8 South,Range 3 West, in Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi, moreparticuiarlY described as beginning at the Southwest corner ofsaid Lot No. 87, running thence North along the West line ofLot No. 87 a distance ot 140 teet; thence East at right anglesa distance ot 115 teet; thence South parallel to the West lineot Lot No. 87 to the North line ot Jackson Avenue; and thenceWest along the North line ot Jackson Avenue a distance ot 115teet to the point ot beginning; this being the property boughtby the grantee, Huberi;Purvis, March 25, 1931 as shown by Deed!look l03,at Page 494, and on June 18, 1932 by Deed ~o~ 105at Page 91.Witness our hands and otticial seal, this the 17thday ot October, 1950.THE CITY OF OXFORD, OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI,!lYIG ,)( V~ ,--,~ ie." -'"Mayor -