4 - City of Oxford

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MINUTE BOOK No. 24, CITY OF OXFORD
Stone Property to Housing Authority
A fraction of the Northwest quarter of the Northwest quarter of Section 21,
Township 8 South, Range 3 West, Lafayette County, Mississippi described as
follows:
Beginni4e at. an iron axle at the Northwest corner of Section 21, Township 8
South, Range 3 West, and run thence South along the West line of said Section 21,
a distance of 658.7 feet to a stake; thence S 69 ° 47' E a distance of 277.0
feet; thence S 45 ° 27' E a distance of 252.2 feet; thence S 52 ° 07' E a distance
of 282.2 feet; thence S 82 ° 50' E a distance of 77.8 feet to the West right of
way line of the Illinois Central Railroad; thence Northerly along the West line
of said right of way following a curve to the West a distance of 1,122.0 feet
to the North line of said Section 21; thence West along the North line of Sec-
tion 21 a distance of 821.0 feet to the point of beginning, containing 17.2
acres, more or less.
The Mayor and Board, feeling such to be to the best interest of the City,
on motion of Alderman McLaurin, seconded by Alderman Hannaford and passed unani-
mously, the Mayor and City Clerk were authorized to execute and deliver said
instrument for and in behalf of the City.
Pursuant to a Notice To Bidders duly published, there came on for considera-
tion the matter of the acceptance of the highest and best bid for lease of the
following described property. The bid of E. O. Champion, Sr. appearing to be
such, the Mayor and City Clerk were unanimously authorized and directed to exe-
cute and deliver the following lease contract for and in behalf of the City upon
the payment by E. O. Champion, Sr. of the sum of $1,600.00 to the City, cover-
ing the least consideration for the year 1970.
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LAFAYETTE
LEASE CONTRACT
This lease contract is entered into on the the 20th day of January, 1970,
by and between the City of Oxford, Mississippi, a municipal corporation, herein-
after referred to as City, and E. O. Champion, Sr., an individual, hereinafter
referred to as Champion witnesseth:
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