The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-02-03
NOTICE OF RESALE
OF VALUABLE PROPERTY

NOTICE OF RESALE
OF VALUABLE PROPERTY
under and by virtue of that
cerCan resolution adopted by the
Dare County Board OF Education
at duly assembled meeting
thereof held on the 9Th day OF
November 1865, and pursuant to
the provisions of GS Section 115-
126 of North Carolina and amend
ments thereto, the Schoolhouse and
Schoolhouse Site hereinafter de-
scribed being in the, opinion of the
said Board unnecessary for public
school purposes. and under, pursu-
ant and by virtue of an Order OF
Resale of the Clerk of the Superior
Court of Dare County, North
Carolina, entered on the 10th day
of January 1856, 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 tc
the highest bidder for cash the
building sites and property de.
scribed as follows:
All that certain tract or par
eel 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 the East mar
gin or right of way of the Viii
lage Road in and near the Viii
age of Avon, said monument and
beginning point 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
8 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 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 IL deg. East 41S feet to
an iron pipe; thence North 81
deg. West All feet to an iron
pipe; Thence South 8 deg. West
118 feet along a line of old
| stakes to an iron pipe; thence
| North SO deg. West along a line
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 9
/, deg. West 80 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 Lot"
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 FL, page 81, Dare County
Registry.
The bidding at the said sale will
commence on an opening bid OF
$3,410 by d. E. Meekins.
The successful bidder at said
sale will be required to make a
cash deposit Of 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 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
1856.
DARE COUNTY
BOARD OF EDUCATION
BY MARY L. EVANS
Cunerintendent of Schools and