The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-05-16
A PUBLIC PARK.
A Deed that Gives The DaIles q Title to
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! The CHRONICLE day or two ago pub
lished the statement that public park
We have since learned that the city
holds title to valuable land which was
donated for the use of park and we
publish the deed below:
THIS INDENTURE made and entered
into this Goth day of November, 1880, by
and between Dalles City, in Wasco
county, Oregon, corporation duly
organized under and by virtue of the
laws of Oregon, party of the first part,
and the Wasco Independent Academy,
corporation duly organized under and by
virtue of the laws of Oregon, located in
said Dalles City, party of the second
part,
Witnesseth That for and in consider
alton of the sum of one dollar, the re-
ceipt whereof is hereby acknowledged
and i'll consideration and pursuance of an
act of the legislative assembly of the
state of Oregon approved on the 25th
day of October, 1886, ,and in pursuance of
an ordinance of said Dalles City duly
passed by the council of said city and
approved on the 9Th day of November,
1880, the said party of the first part has
granted, bargained, sold and conveyed
and by this indenture does grant, bar
gain, sell and convey unto the said party
of the second part all the following de-
scribed lots or parcels of land: -
All those four certain blocks of lots of
land reserved by Dalles City from sale
for public park and marked and desig-
mated on the surveyed plat of Gates Ad-
dition to Dalles City as blocks numbered
%, 30, 81 and 33 and being part of a
certain tract of land purchased by Dalles
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and being parts of section 3, 4, 9 and 10
in township one, north of range l3 east
and designated as cash entry No. 1161,
said land being and lying in Gates Ad-
dition to Dalles City in Wasco county
and state of Oregon.
To have and to hold unto the said
party of the second part forever.
This conveyance is made upon the ex-
press condition that the said four blocks
of land above described shall only be
used by the party of the second part for
the purpose of building and maintaining
an independent academy thereon, and
that the said land shall be enclosed by
said party of the second part with good
and suitable fence with convenient gates
at least on each of the four angles, and
the said grounds shall be improved and
graded in convenient and suitable
manner and shall be forever kept for
public grounds, save and except sufficient
thereof for the erection of suitable school
edifices and buildings that may be neces-
sary for the successful carrying on and
maintaining said academy and other
branches of education, proposed to be
established by said party of the second
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And for and in consideration of the
! foregoing premises the said party of the
second part shall have, and it is hereby
granted the right to close and use as a
part of its said public ground all streets
and alleys within the said four blocks of
ground which shall be improved and
graded in like manner as aforesaid and
used as II part of the public ground with
the exception as aforesaid.
In witness whereof we, A. j. Camp
bell, recorder, and j. B. Condor, mayor
of said Dalles City have hereunto set our
hands and seals and caused the seal of
said city to be affixed this Goth day of
November, 1880.
]. B. CONDOR,
| [Seall Mayor of Dalles City.
j. A. CAMPBELL,
Seal Recorder of Dalles City, Or.
In presence of r. F. Gibbons and w.
Lord.
STATE OF OREGON,
WAsCo COUNTY, So
Be it known that on this 20th day of
November, 1880, came before me person
ally J. B. Condor, mayor of Dalles City,
Oregon, and A. j. Campbell, recorder of
said city, each of whom is known to me
to be the identical person named in and
who executed the foregoing deed of con-
veyance and each acknowledged to me
that he executed the same freely and for
the uses and purposes therein mem
toned after having been fully authorized
thereto by an ordinance of said city.
Witness my hand and official seal, the
day and year first above in this certifi-
cate written. r. F. GIBBONS,
[Seall County Clerk.