07 LC 28
3687
House
Bill 853
By:
Representative Sims of the
169th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend an Act to create an amended charter for the Town of Willacoochee, in the
County of Atkinson, and to reincorporate said town as a city, and define its
territorial limits, approved December 22, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec.
Sess., p. 3039), as amended, so as to deannex certain property from the
corporate limits; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws;
and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
An
Act to create an amended charter for the Town of Willacoochee, in the County of
Atkinson, and to reincorporate said town as a city, and define its territorial
limits, approved December 22, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p.
3039), as amended, is amended by designating the existing matter contained in
Section 102 as subsection (a) and adding a new subsection (b) to read as
follows:
"(b)
On and after the effective date of this subsection, the corporate limits of the
City of Willacoochee shall not contain the following described
territory:
All
that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Land Lot 19 and 20 of
the 10th Land District and Land Lot 525 of the 5th Land District of Atkinson
County, Georgia, and being more particularly described, depicted, and shown as
Tract 1, containing 499.93 acres and Tract 2, containing 197.04 acres, as shown
on that certain map or plat of survey entitled 'Survey for Langboard, Inc.,'
prepared by Carlton Evans, Georgia Registered Land Surveyor, dated October 14,
1996, and recorded in Plat Record Book 5, page 66, public records of the Clerk
of the Superior Court of Atkinson County, Georgia, to which map or plat of
survey and the record thereof reference is hereby made for all purposes of
description.
THERE
IS NEVERTHELESS EXCEPTED FROM THE ABOVE AND FOREGOING, the following
tracts:
Tract
I:
All
that certain tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Land Lot 19 of
the 10th District of Atkinson County, Georgia, which contains fifty (50) acres
and is better depicted, described, and delineated on and by that certain plat of
survey, dated March 12, 1997, prepared by Statewide Surveying Company for the
City of Willacoochee, of record in Plat Record Book 5, page 73, in the Office of
the Clerk of the Superior Court of Atkinson County, Georgia; being depicted
thereon as '50.00 ACRES.' Said tract is further described as being bounded on
the north a distance of 898.64 feet by lands, now or formerly, of Langboard,
Inc.; bounded on the east a distance of 2425.76 feet by the west margin of the
right of way of Spring-Head Road; bounded on the south a distance of 897.09 feet
by lands, now or formerly, of Langboard, Inc.; and bounded on the west a
distance of 2425.76 feet, by the east margin of the right of way of the Old
Georgia-Florida Railroad.
Tract
II:
All
that certain tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Land Lots 19
and 20 of the 10th Land District of Atkinson County, Georgia, which contains
25.0 acres and is more fully depicted, described and delineated on and by that
certain plat of survey, dated 1/5/99, prepared by Claude White, Jr., Surveyor of
Atkinson County, Georgia, for the City of Willacoochee, of record in Plat Book
6, page 144, in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Atkinson
County, Georgia. Said tract is bounded on the north by lands, now or formerly,
owned by the City of Willacoochee; bounded on the east by the west margin of the
right of way of Spring-Head Road; bounded on the south by lands, now or
formerly, owned by Langboard, Inc., and bounded on the west by lands, now or
formerly, owned by the City of Willacoochee, and in part by lands, now or
formerly, owned by Langboard, Inc.
The
above described property was conveyed to the City of Willacoochee by:
(1) quitclaim deed from Development Authority of Atkinson County, dated
January 16, 2001, and recorded in Deed Book 167, page 92, public records of
Atkinson County, Georgia; (2) by quitclaim deed from Langdale Industries,
Inc., dated January 17, 2001, and recorded in Deed Book 167, page 94, aforesaid
records; and (3) by quitclaim deed from Langboard, Inc., dated January 12,
1999, and recorded in Deed Book 146, page 302, aforesaid records.
Tract
III:
All
that certain tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in original Land
Lots 19 and 20 of the 10th Land District of Atkinson County, Georgia, which
contains 5.0 acres and is fully depicted, described and delineated on and by
that certain plat of survey, prepared by Claude White, Jr., Surveyor for
Atkinson County, Georgia, dated 11/13/00, of record in Plat Book 6, page 300, in
the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Atkinson County, Georgia. Said
tract being bounded on the north, now or formerly, by other lands of the City of
Willacoochee; bounded on the east by the west margin of the right of way of
Spring-Head Road; bounded on the south and west by lands, now or formerly, owned
by Langboard, Inc.
The
above described property was conveyed to the City of Willacoochee by:
(1) quitclaim deed from Development Authority of Atkinson County, dated
January 16, 2001, and recorded in Deed Book 167, page 92, public records of
Atkinson County, Georgia; (2) quitclaim deed from Langboard, Inc., dated
November 30, 2000, and recorded in Deed Book 166, page 154, aforesaid records;
and (3) quitclaim deed from Langdale Industries, Inc., dated January 17,
2001, and recorded in Deed Book 167, page 94, aforesaid records.
Tract
IV:
All
that certain tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Land Lot 525 of
the 5th Land District of Atkinson County, Georgia, being described as follows: a
certain parcel of land 100 feet in length and 100 feet in width bounded on the
north, east, south and west by lands, now or formerly, owned by Langboard, Inc.
Said property is more particularly described in warranty deed from Langboard,
Inc., to The City of Willacoochee, Georgia, dated April 14, 1998, and recorded
in Deed Book 140, page 249, public records of Atkinson County,
Georgia."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.