The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-01-27
NOTICE OF RESALE
OF VALUABLE PROPERTY

OF VALUABLE PROPERTY
Under and by virtue of that
certain resolution adopted by the
Dare County Board of Education
at duly assembled meeting
thereof held on the 9th day OF
November 1866, and pursuant tx
the provisions of GS Section lis.
126 of North Carolina and amend.
ments thereto, the Schoolhouse anC
Schoolhouse Site hereinafter de-
scribed being in the opinion of the
said Board unnecessary for publ,
school purposes, and under, pursu
ant and by virtue of an Order o.
Resale of the Clerk of the Superior
Court of Dare County, Nortl
Carolina, entered on the 10th day
of January 1866, ordering a re
sale of the property described
hereinafter, the undersigned will
on Tuesday, the 7th day of Febru
airy 1866, at 1900 o'clock Noon
at the Courthouse Door in Manteo
Dare County, North Carolina, of
fer for sale at public auction t.
the highest bidder for cash thu
building sites and property de
scribed as follows:
All that certain tract or par
Gel of land, together with the
buildings thereon, lying and be-
ing in the Village of Avon
in Kennekeet Township, Dare
County, North Carolina, adjOin-
ing the lands of N. E. Price,
the George Meekins Estate Tract
and others, and bounded as fol-
lows:
Beginning at a concrete mOnu-
ment situated on tine East mar
gin or right of way of the Viii
Iage Road in and near the Viii
age of Avon, said monument and
beginning pOrnt being in and
marking the Northwest corner
of the N. E. Price lands, former
ly known as the Damon Gray
property, and said beginning
point being also 1854 feet North
y deg. East along the West mar
gin or right of way of said Viii
lage Road from the middle of
the asphalt road leading from
Avon to the Beach highway,
known as the Hatteras Island
Highway, running thence from
the beginning point along the
Price North line South 81 deg.
East along a line of old stakes
and posts 632 feet to an iron
pipe and old post in the George
Meekins Estate Tract West line;
thence along the George Meekins
Estate Tract West line and
along the West side of a dixie
North II deg. East AIS feet to
an iron pipe; thence North 81
deg. West ALL feet to an iron
pipe; Thence South 9 deg. West
lis feet along a line of old
stakes to an iron pipe; thence
North SO deg. West along a nne
of old stakes or posts 254 feet
to an iron pipe in the East mar
gin or right OF way of said road;
thence along the East margin or
right of way of the aforesaid
Village Road and along a line
of old stakes or posts South 8
deg. West $40 feet to the point
of beginning.
For a more particular de-
scriptiOn of the lands above de-
scribed see map or plat there
of made by David Cox, Jr., Sur
veyOr, October Is, 1852 and
designated "AvOn School Lott
and duly recorded in Map Book
2, page Is, office of the Register
of Deeds of Dare County, North
Carolina.
Said lands comprising the
lands conveyed to the Dare
County Board of Education by
the following deeds:
(a) Deed from G.. C. Meekins
ct ux to the Dare County Board
of Education, dated September
10, 1882 and recorded in Book Is,
page SO, Dare County Registry;
(b) Deed from Eliza A. Meek
ins ct al to the Board of Edu-
cation of Dare County, dated
August 20, 1888 and recorded in
Book 81. page 81, Dare County
Registry.
The bidding at the said sale will
commence on an opening bid Of
$S,410 by D. E. Meekins.
The successful bidder at saiG
sale will be required to make 9
cash deposit Of 10 per cent of the
amount bid as evidence of gooc
faith.
The Dare County Board of Edu.
cation hereby reserves the right tt
reject any and all bids made al
the above sale because of the in.
adequacy thereof or for any Other
reason. The said sale is likewise
subject to the approval and con.
firmation of the Board of Educa.
ton of Dare County.
This the 10th day of January
1866.
DARE COUNTY
BOARD OF EDUCATION
BY MARY L. EVANS
Superintendent of Schools and
Ex-Officio Clerk to Said Board