The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1913-10-10
Old School Deeds.

of the ownership Of the Union City pub
lie school lot, once owned by me and
given to the people for school purposes.
You will please publish the copies Of
deeds in the Registers Office of 0bion
County. First deed OF conveyance by
me to parties named to lot No. A, G. N.
Gibbs addition to Union City. These
parties we're, prior to such deed of gift,
regularly chartered by the State under
its laws and registered both in Union
City and Nashville. This deed empow-
cred the trustees named with free own
ership OF the lot. Being fully empow-
cred to make deed to others for the
purposes set forth in said charter. to
build and conduct school house and
school or to sell the property to others
in the same line-conducting, owning
and running school-these trustees,
by board action, sold and conveyed by
the second deed herein set forth the
property to the county school directors
Of the seth school district, embracing
Union City. No other action has ever
been had in this matter or shown in the
public records. II no such action is to
be found land | can find none) the
county has the legal title to the lot,
and unless she has by legal steps di-
vested herself of the power OF control,
only the county can exercise any own
ership over the property. So then, to
say nothing of the ethical question in
volyed in the way Mr.. Carnegie's money
was secured to build library, the school
lot is not the property OF Union City to
give away even if school property could
be diverted to such use. As to what
ought to be done about it | offer no
opinion. An intelligent, conscientious
public ought to formulate its own ac
ton. G. N. GIBBS.
&C. N. Gibbs to T. ]. edwards ct ais,
Trustees. Filed Aug II, O'Clock.
Recorded Aug. Is, 1878.
Know all men by these presents:
That /, Charles N. Gibbs, of Obion
County, Tennessee, do hereby give,
grant and convey to I. ]. Edwards, J.
e. Beck, Henry Moffatt, d. P. Shoff-
ner, VIM. HI. Stuttgart, S. I. Evans
and r. B. Hughes, Trustees of the I'M
ion City Male and Female Academy
and their successors in Office, the fol-
lowing described lot in G. n Gibbs adj
dition to Union City, in Obion County,
Tennessee, bounded as follows: Be-
at stake, the intersection Of
Bell and Try streets; thence east with
Bell 313 and 2-10 feet to Monroe street;
thence north .264 feet to Palmer street;
thence west S13 and $40 feet to Try
street; thence north 364 feet to the be-
ginning, known on the plan as lot No.
IL, to have and to hold to the said trus-
tees and their successors in office for
the use Of said academy in fee simple
and forever, subject only to the follow
ing conditions, to-wit: that the sum OF
FIVE thousand dollars shall be bona fide
expended in erecting house thereon
for school purposes.
In witness whereof, / have hereto
set my hand and seal this 18th day of
August, 1878. &c. N. GIBBS.
The above, properly certified, may
be found on pages 1884 and S35 Of Book
B, No. 2, in the Registers Office OF
Obion County.
The following deed is to be found in |
Book F, No. 2, page 1862 and following
page, to-wit:
Trustees Union City College. Filed
June 5, 10 O'Clock a. m. Recorded !
June z, 1881.
Whereas, The Trustees Of the Union
City Male and Female College, cor
ooration regularly chartered by the laws
If Tennessee, is indebted to d. P. Shoffr
her, Beck & Bransford, II. Dietzel, w. I
81. Stuttgart, w. G.. Moss, I. ]. Ed
wards and VIM. Hamilton, and perhaps
i small sum to other persons, all of
which is set out in full in deed of
rust heretofore made to G.. w. Layne,
rustee, ETC., to secure said debts and
o which reference is hereby made; and
Whereas, The said Edwards and the
aid Stuttgart have released their said
lebts and the other parties have agreed
o release twenty-five per cent OF their
aid debts and receive seventy-fve per
,ent thereof in full satisfaction OF the
anne, the whole amount Of said debt
lfter deducting such releases being
sS, 1867 (thirty-three hundred and
and 57-1(l0 doIlarsl. and