North Hamilton Street Resolution, 1943

RUPERT T. PICKENS ATTORNEY AT LAW SECURITY NATIONAL BANK BUILDING HIGH POINT, N. C.

December 31, 1943

Mr. J. W. Hiatt Harris-Covington Hosiery Mill 308 Oak Street High Point, N. C.

Dear Mr. Hiatt:

Enclosed herewith you will find the recorded deed of the City of High Point to Welch Harris and Mrs. Covington concerning the North Hamilton street matter.

With best wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year, I am

Yours very truly, Rupert T. Pickens

RTP/s Encl.

RESOLUTION ABANDONING ALL RIGHT HERETOFORE ACQUIRED BY THE CITY OF HIGH POINT FOR STREET PURPOSES IN THE LAND HEREIN DESCRIBED.

WHEREAS, by deed dated November 26, 1920, and recorded in Book 626, Page 410, Register of Deeds office, Guilford County, North Carolina, J. W. Harriss and his wife Florence W. Harriss conveyed the following described land to the City of High Point for street purposes only:

BEGINNING at a stone, corner of Richardson, Steele and Harris property, running south along the line of Steele and W. P. Pickett & Co., about Two hundred Two feet to a stake in Mrs. Betty Clark's line; thence east with said Clark's and Mrs. W. L. Stamey's line thirty feet to a stake; thence north about two hundred two feet to a stake in Richardson's line; thence west with said Richardson's line thirty feet to the beginning, this being an extension of North Hamilton Street through the property of Mrs. Florence W. Harriss.

WHEREAS, the above described land was acquired by the City for street purposes apparently for the purpose of extending Hamilton Street; and,

WHEREAS, the said land above described has never been opened or used for street purposes; and,

WHEREAS, according to plans made by the City of High Point within the past two or three years the course of Hamilton Street has been changed to provide that said Hamilton Street be extended through the Harriss property a short distance east of the land herein described and said Hamilton Street has already been opened through the Harriss property according to such plans; and,

WHEREAS, Mrs. Elizabeth H. Covington and J. Welch Harriss, the present owners of the Harriss property, have agreed to execute and deliver to the City of High Point a good and sufficient deed for the street right of way east of the land herein described for the sum of $700.00 and upon the condition that no street paving or benefit assessment or sidewalk assessment be charged now or at any time hereafter against the remainder of their property and that no charge be made now or at any time hereafter against their property for water and sewer

mains and upon the further condition that the City of High Point abandon all right, title and interest for street purposes in and to the land above described and execute and deliver to the said Mrs. Elizabeth H. Covington and J. Welch Harriss a quit-claim deed for the land above described.

NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Council of the City of High Point in regular meeting duly assembled on the 9th day of December, 1943, as follows:

1. That all right, title and interest which the City of High Point acquired in the following described land under deed from J. W. Harriss and wife Florence W. Harriss dated November 26, 1920, and recorded in Book 626, page 410, be and the same hereby is abandoned:

Beginning at a stone, corner of Richardson, Steele and Harris property, running south along the line of Steele and W. P. Pickett & Co., about Two Hundred Two feet to a stake in Mrs. Betty Clark's line; thence east with said Clark's and Mrs. W. L. Stamey's line thirty feet to a stake; thence north about two hundred two feet to a stake in Richardson's line; thence west with said Richardson's line thirty feet to the beginning, this being an extension of North Hamilton Street through the property of Mrs. Florence W. Harriss.

2. That the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized to execute and deliver to the said Mrs. Elizabeth H. Covington and J. Welch Harriss a quit-claim deed to the land above described.

3. That the city pay to Mrs. Elizabeth H. Covington and J. Welch Harriss $700.00 upon execution and delivery by them of a good and sufficient deed for a right of way for Hamilton Street as the same has been planned, opened and laid out.

4. That as a part of the consideration for the deed to the city from Mrs. Elizabeth H. Covington and J. Welch Harriss it is understood and agreed that no street paving or sidewalk or benefit assessment on account of the improvement of Hamilton Street be charged now or at any time hereafter against the remainder of the property belonging

to them and that no charge, now or hereafter, will be made against such property on account of the installation of water and sewer mains.

NORTH CAROLINA, GUILFORD COUNTY.

I, Lois Welborn, City Clerk of the City of High Point, North Carolina, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true copy of a resolution adopted by the council of said city on the 9th day of December, 1943, entitled, "Resolution abandoning all right heretofore acquired by the City of High Point for street purposes in the land herein described," as appears of record in Minute Book 12 of said Council. and that I have compared the extract hereinafter set forth with the original thereof and it is a true copy of said resolution.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the said City of High Point, this 10 day of December, 1943.

Lois Welborn City Clerk.

RUPERT T. PICKENS ATTORNEY AT LAW SECURITY NATIONAL BANK BUILDING HIGH POINT, N. C.

December 20, 1943

Mr. J. W. Hiatt Harris & Covington Hosiery Mill 308 Oak Street High Point, N. C.

Dear Mr. Hiatt:

With reference to the Harris land matter with the City of High Point, I have received from the City a deed concerning the strip conveyed to the City by Mrs. Florence W. Harris and J.W. Harris on November 26, 1920, together with the City's check for Seven Hundred ($700.00) Dollars payable to Mrs. Elizabeth H. Covington and J. Welch Harris. I am enclosing herewith the check for delivery to the payees, and I am having the deed recorded in the Register of Deeds office, Greensboro.

I believe I have heretofore delivered to you a copy of the deed executed by Mrs. Covington and Mr. Harris to the City in connection with this transaction, which deed conveys to the City a base or qualified fee to the property traversed by North Hamilton Street as it has been opened, with provision for a reversion of the titile to the grantors in the event the land should ever cease to be used for street purposes. I have also delivered to you a certified copy of a resolution adopted by the City Council on December 9 concerning this transaction.

As I have previously stated to you and to Mr. Harris, the title which Mrs. Covington and Mr. Harris have received from the City of High Point to the 30-foot strip previously conveyed by their father and mother to the City is not entirely free from question. As you will recall, this matter came into my hands after a contract had been entered into between Mrs. Covington and Mr. Harris and the City. This contract, as set forth in

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