HB 937 - Blackshear, City of; corporate limits
Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions
HB 937 - Blackshear, City of; corporate limits
Page Numbers - 1/ 2/ 3/ 4
1. Mosley 171st 2. Smith 169th
House Comm: LLeg / Senate Comm: SLGO /
House Vote: Yeas 131 Nays 0 Senate Vote: Yeas 47 Nays 0
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House Action Senate
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3/6/95 Read 1st Time 3/9/95
3/7/95 Read 2nd Time
3/8/95 Favorably Reported 3/13/95
3/8/95 Read 3rd Time
3/8/95 Passed/Adopted 3/13/95
4/4/95 Sent to Governor
4/5/95 Signed by Governor
213 Act/Veto Number
4/5/95 Effective Date
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Code Sections amended:
HB 937 LC 9 7950
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1- 1 To amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of
1- 2 Blackshear, approved March 19, 1993 (Ga. L. 1993, p. 4091),
1- 3 as amended, so as to change the corporate limits of the
1- 4 city; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
1- 5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
1- 6 An Act providing a new charter for the City of Blackshear,
1- 7 approved March 19, 1993 (Ga. L. 1993, p. 4091), as amended,
1- 8 is amended by striking Section 1.11 of said Act and
1- 9 inserting in lieu thereof a new Section 1.11 to read as
1-10 follows:
1-11 "SECTION 1.11.
1-12 Corporate boundaries.
1-13 (a) The boundaries of this city shall be those existing on
1-14 the effective date of the adoption of this charter with
1-15 such alterations as may be made from time to time by local
1-16 law or in the manner provided by general law. The
1-17 boundaries of this city at all times shall be shown on a
1-18 map, a written description, or any combination thereof, to
1-19 be retained permanently in the office of the city clerk of
1-20 the city and to be designated, as the case may be:
1-21 'Official Map or Description of the Corporate Limits of
1-22 the City of Blackshear, Georgia.' Photographic, typed, or
1-23 other copies of such map or description certified by the
1-24 mayor shall be admitted as evidence in all courts and
1-25 shall have the same force and effect as the original map
1-26 or description.
1-27 (b) In addition to such boundaries as described in
1-28 subsection (a) of this section, the boundaries of the city
1-29 shall also include the following described territory, to
1-30 wit:
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2- 1 TRACT ONE:
2- 2 All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and
2- 3 being 53.214 acres of land in Land Lot 94 of the 4th
2- 4 Land District of Pierce County, Georgia, being more
2- 5 particularly shown on that plat of survey prepared by D.
2- 6 Lavone Herrin, G.R.L.S. NO. 2171, dated October 25,
2- 7 1993, and recorded in the office of the Clerk of the
2- 8 Pierce County Superior Court in Plat Book 14, page 110,
2- 9 reference being made to said plat for all proper
2-10 purposes. Said tract being a portion of that tract
2-11 containing 166.5 acres, more or less, described in that
2-12 certain deed to assent dated October 29, 1984, and
2-13 recorded in deed Book 192, page 561, in the public land
2-14 records of Pierce County, Georgia.
2-15 TRACT TWO:
2-16 That certain lot, tract or parcel of land consisting of
2-17 69.905 acres, more or less, of original Land Lot No. 95
2-18 of the 4th Land District of Pierce County, Georgia,
2-19 being more particularly described as follows: From the
2-20 Southeast corner of Land Lot No. 95 of the 4th Land
2-21 District of Pierce County, Georgia, thence running North
2-22 24 degrees 17 minutes 55 seconds West for a distance of
2-23 2,060.52 feet to a concrete marker, the last mentioned
2-24 concrete marker being the point or place of beginning;
2-25 thence running along the center of a certain branch in a
2-26 Southwesterly direction to a concrete marker on the
2-27 Eastern margin of that certain public road known as the
2-28 County Farm Road, being a paved road and being State
2-29 Road 1903; thence running along the eastern margin of
2-30 said State Road 1903 in Northeasterly direction for a
2-31 distance of 673.73 feet to a right-of-way marker; thence
2-32 running along the Eastern margin of said State Road No.
2-33 1903 North 08 degrees 36 minutes East for a distance of
2-34 1,252.86 feet West to a concrete marker; thence running
2-35 South 85 degrees 40 minutes 15 seconds East for a
2-36 distance of 1,603.53 feet to a concrete marker, thence
2-37 running South 08 degrees 36 minutes West for a distance
2-38 of 1602.02 feet to the point or place of beginning, and
2-39 being bounded as follows: on the North and East by
2-40 other lands of Pierce County, Georgia, commonly known as
2-41 the Pierce County Farm property; on the West by that
2-42 certain public road known as the County Farm Road and
2-43 designated as State Road 1903 and on the South by the
2-44 run of a certain branch separating the within lands from
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3- 1 lands of C. T. Houston and lands of W. L. Houston. For
3- 2 a more complete description of the within described real
3- 3 property reference is hereby made to a plat made from a
3- 4 survey by Addison L. Strickland, Pierce County Surveyor
3- 5 on July 22, 1977, a copy of said plat to be recorded
3- 6 along with this instrument. Reference is hereby made to
3- 7 said plat for all purposes.
3- 8 TRACT THREE:
3- 9 All that tract and parcel of land situate, lying and
3-10 being in Land Lot 47 of the 4th Land Disrict of Pierce
3-11 County, Georgia, containing 47.245 acres and more
3-12 particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point
3-13 on the northern right of way of that certain paved
3-14 street in Pierce County, Georgia known as Moore Street
3-15 where it intersects a certain graded road known as Grady
3-16 Street Extension and from said point thence North 2
3-17 degrees 17 minutes East a distance of 478.63 feet to a
3-18 point; thence North 2 degrees 15 minutes 20 seconds a
3-19 distance of 753.19 feet to a point; thence North 1
3-20 degree 37 minutes 24 seconds East a distance of 473.29
3-21 feet to a point; thence 0 degrees 24 minutes 45 seconds
3-22 East a distance of 44.37 feet to a point; thence South
3-23 87 degrees 36 minutes 40 seconds East a distance of
3-24 1246.91 feet to a point; thence South 6 degrees 01
3-25 minutes 49 seconds a distance of 636.78 feet to a point;
3-26 thence South 4 degrees 26 minutes 42 seconds West a
3-27 distance of 912.01 feet to a point; thence North 85
3-28 degrees 16 minutes 04 seconds West a distance of 148.32
3-29 feet to a point; thence South 3 degrees 42 minutes 24
3-30 seconds West a distance of 213.82 feet to a point;
3-31 thence North 87 degrees 19 minutes 01 seconds West a
3-32 distance of 1009.69 feet to a point this point being the
3-33 point of place of beginning of the tract herein
3-34 conveyed. Reference is hereby made to that certain plat
3-35 of survey prepared by D. Lavone Herrin, Georgia
3-36 Registered Land Surveyor Number 2171, dated October 15,
3-37 1993, recorded in Plat Book 14, page 58 of the Pierce
3-38 County Land Records. Said plat is referred to for all
3-39 legal and descriptive purposes.
3-40 TRACT FOUR:
3-41 All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and
3-42 being in original Land Lots 3, 4 and 44 of the 9th Land
3-43 District of Pierce County, Georgia consisting of 175.10
3-44 acres, more or less, all as shown by that certain plat
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4- 1 of survey, dated January 7, 1992, by H. W. Prevatt,
4- 2 G.R.L.S., which plat is recorded in Plat book 13, page
4- 3 148 in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of
4- 4 Pierce County, Georgia.
4- 5 TRACT FIVE:
4- 6 All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and
4- 7 being in Pierce County, Georgia; consisting of all of U.
4- 8 S. Highway 84 and its right of ways extending from the
4- 9 Western city limits of the City of Blackshear, Georgia,
4-10 to the Eastern City limits of the City of Waycross,
4-11 Georgia.
4-12 TRACT SIX:
4-13 All that tract or parcel of land sitaute lying and being
4-14 in Pierce County, Georgia consisting of all of U.S. Hwy
4-15 84 and its right of ways extending from the Eastern city
4-16 limits to the intersection of U.S. Hwy. 84 and County
4-17 Farm Road (State Road 307), which is a distance of one
4-18 (1) mile.
4-19 TRACT SEVEN:
4-20 All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and
4-21 being in Pierce County, Georgia, consisting of all
4-22 County Farm Road, (State Road 307) and its right of
4-23 ways, extending from the intersection of County Farm
4-24 Road (State Road 307) and U. S. Highway 84 for a
4-25 distance of two (2) miles to the intersection of County
4-26 Farm Road (State Road 307) and Money Hole Road (County
4-27 Road 382).
4-28 TRACT EIGHT:
4-29 All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and
4-30 being in Pierce County, Georgia, beginning at the
4-31 intersection of Gordon Street with the city limits of
4-32 the City of Blackshear, Georgia, and proceeding a
4-33 distance of 178 feet to the intersection of Gordon
4-34 Street with Moore Street and from the intersection from
4-35 Gordon Street and Moore Street for a distance of 0.2
4-36 miles to the intersection of Grady Street and Moore
4-37 Street, including all rights of ways associated with the
4-38 said Gordon Street and Moore Street."
SECTION 2.
4-39 All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
4-40 repealed.
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