The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-04-13
NOTICE OF SALE
OF VALUABLE PROPERTY

Under and by virtue of that GER
tain resolution adopted by the
Dare County Board of Education
at a duly assembled meeting there
of held on the 9Th day of March
1856, and pursuant to the pro-
visions of GS Section 115-126, of
North Carolina, and amendments
thereto, the Schoolhouse and
Schoolhouse Site, hereinafter de-
scribed, being in the opinion of the
said Board unnecessary for public
school purposes, the undersigned
will, on Monday the 10th day of
April 1856, at 1900 o'clock Noon,
at the Courthouse Door in Manteo,
Dare County, North Carolina, offer
for sale at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash the build
ings and site hereinafter described:
All that certain tract or parcel
of land, together with the build
ings and improvements thereon,
lying and being in the Village
of Hatteras in Hatteras Town
ship, Dare County, North Caro-
lima, adjoining the lands of w.
z. Burrus, The First Methodist
Church, A. Burrus and others,
and bounded as follows:
Beginning at an old post sit
uated in and on the Southwest
margin of the State Highway
leading through the Village of
Hatteras, said old post being in
and marking the North corner
of The First Methodist Church
property, and also being 1855
feet in a Northwesterly direc-
ton along the Southwest margin
or right of way of said Highway
from the middle of the Slash
Creek Bridge, running thence
from the beginning point along
the Northwest line of The First
Methodist Church and an old
wood fence South SO deg. West
127 feet to a stake; thence
North 81 deg. 30 min. West 265
feet to a stake in the A. Burrus
Northeast line; thence along the
A. Burrus Northeast line North
40 deg. West 50 feet to an iron
axle in the w. z. Burrus South
line; thence along the w. z.
Burrus South line and a line of
feet to an iron axle on the South
posts North IA deg. East 1874
side of said highway; thence
along the South margin or right
of way of said highway and an
iron fence South SIS deg, East
100 feet; thence continuing
along the Southwest margin of
said highway and an iron fence
South AZ deg. 80 min. East 1852
feet to the point of beginning,
containing lis acres, more or
less.
For a more particular descrip-
ton of the said lands, see map
thereof made from a survey by
David Cox, Jr., Surveyor, OctO-
Der II, 1852 and February II,
1856, and designated MAP of
Hatteras School Lott.
Said lands comprising the
lands conveyed to the Dare
County Board of Education by
the following deeds:
(a) Deed from A. ]. Stowe
and A. c. Stowe, his wife, to
William w. Gaskill ct ais, dated
April 81, 1892 and recorded in
Book &C., page 5SS, Dare Coun-
(bS Deed from A. J. Stowe ct
ux to County Board of Education
of Dare County, dated April 26,
1904, and duly recorded in Book
"J", page 572, Dare County
Registry;
(c) Deed from A. Burrus ct
ux to Board of Education of
Dare County, dated June l, 1922,
and duly recorded in Book /,
page 43O, Dare County Registry.
The successful bidder at said
sale will be required to make a
cash deposit of ten (10) per cent
of the amount bid as evidence of
good faith.
The Dare County Board of Edu-
cation hereby reserves the right
to reject any and all bids made
at the above sale because of the
inadequacy thereof or for any
other reason. The said sale is like
wise subject to the approval and
confirmation of the Dare County
Board of Education.
This the 18th day of March,
1866.
DARE COUNTY
BOARD OF EDUCATION
BY MARY L. EVANS