The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1893-09-29
The Contract Approved.

Land Company for the purchase Ut
csal lands for prison and mining pur-
poses was filed in the Secretary of
States office yesterday afternoon:
Memorandum Of agree ment made
this the 1st day of August, 1893, be-
tween the State OF Tennessee, acting
by and through the PenitentIary Pur~
chasing and Building Committee and
the East Tennessee Land Companr,
q corporation of the State of Tennes-
see, WItnessetb:
/. That said land company hereby |
agrees to sell. and the state agrees
10 purchase the following described
lands in the caunty of Morgan. State
of Tennessee, to-wit:
ALI the lands owned by snid land
company IN entries numbered 1869
and 23l4 aud sufficient other lands
out of entries 1868 and 1859. ada !
cent TO said first numbered entries, SO
as to make up the full amount of
5000 acres, the lands TO be taken
out of said last two entries 10 be so
taken in a body 80 as to make the
western liHe parallel with the western
line of entries 1869 aud 2314.
The lands in which the company
owns the mineral rights only are to oe
taken In making up the 5000 acres.
For said lands the stBte is TO pay
the said land company the sum of
$50, 900 upon the terms, at the time
and upon the conditions hereinafter
named.
Q. This contract Is not to go into
effect or be binding upon the State
of Tennessee until the same IS passed
upon and approved by the Governor
and Attorney General of the State of
Tennessee, in accordance with the
terms of the act creating the commits
tee, nor is the same to 90 into effect
unless within twenty (20) days from
this date bond is executed to the
state in the penal sum OF $50, 900,
conditioned that The Hartman Coal
& Iron Railroad shall be com pleied
from its present terminus to a point
to be selected 1T or near the junction
of StogdiIls Creek with the Crooked
Fork, by the committee, or any en-
gineer selected by il, as the place
where the sidings for coal mines to
be opened by the state are TO be iOca
ted, said road to be completed to that
point within six CO. months from this
date, and satisfactory arrangements
made az 10 equipping said road for
operation. Said bond shall have such
personal security thereon as shall be
acce ptable to the committee acting
for the state. and approved by the
Governor and Attorney General of
the state.
8. The price tn be paid for said
lands by the state shall not he due
and payable until the railroad is COM
pleted i'm accordance with the last
preceding paragraph, and on such
completion said sum OF $4,000 shall
at once be due and payable.
4 IA part considerati ton for this
l sale, and as an iDducement thereto,
the state of Tennessee hereby agrees
TO furnish coal in carload lots to man
uiacturing industries located or to be
located at or near Harrim or on the
Harrlm Coal d Iron Railroad, at the
same price il gives TO the most favor
ed customers buying coal from the
said mines, whether sold by the state
direct or through any agency 1t may
nse for the purpose.
5. The East Tennessee Land
Company agrees TO grant to the state
without compensation any easement
for right of ingress or egress to the
land to be conveyed to the state. as
well as any right of way required for
. draining or ventilating any mine
opened by the state on the lands
agreed to be conveyed. and the state
:, agrees to give the Hartman Coal &
Iron Railroad Company, or any lessee
or grantee thereof, a reasonable right
of way for and extension of its main
line or an lead. switch or turn out TO
any mine to which 1t may design TO
build without any compensation, ex
cept for damages to lines opened or
improvements made by the state.
6. This contract is not to go into
effect until the committee on behalf
of / he stste bave arranged and agreed
with the companies owing and con-
trolling the Cincinnati Southern Rail-
road and the Harlan Coal IL Iron
Railroad, am to the rates for trans.
porting coal, coke and other products
of said mines TO be located on said
lands as we'll as the charges for car
riages OF persons and property to aud
from said mines over their said lines
of railways.
z. This contract is further subject
10 the express condition that the title
of the land company is approved by
the GoveDo and Attorney General
of the state and the conveyance to
be made to the state shall in all re
spects be governed by the act crea-
| ting the committee.
In witness whereof, the state has
executed this agreement by Its said
committee, and the said land com
pany has executed The same by IFS
general manager the day and year
first aforesaid.
ID. X. Young.
r. j. MORGAN,
M. l.. Mcdowell.
PeniteHtiary Purchasing and Build
ing Committee.
EAST TENNESSEE LAND COMPANY,