The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-06-05
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NOTICE OF SALE
)F VALUABLE PROPERTY

Under and by virtue of that
certain resolution adopted by the
Dare County Board of Education
at a duly assembled meeting there
of held on the End day of Deem
Der 1868, and pursuant to the pro-
visions of Section 115-126 of the
General Statutes of North Caro-
lima. and amendments thereto, the
Schoolhouse and Schoolhouse Site,
hereinafter described, being in the
opinion of the said Board unnec-
essary and undesirable for public
school purposes, and pursuant to
that certain Order of Resale en-
tered by the Clerk of the Superior
Court of Dare County, North Car
DINA, on the 21st day of May,
1869, the undersigned will, on
Monday, the 9Th day of June
1869, at 1900 o'clock Noon at the
Courthouse door in Manteo, Dare
County, North Carolina, offer for
sale at public auction to the high
est bidder for cash, upon an OPEN
ing bid of $2,937.50, the buildings
and site hereinafter described:
All that certain tract of land,
together with the buildings and
improvements thereon, lying
and being i'm the Village of
Manns Harbor in CrOatan Town
ship, Dare County, North Caro-
lima, adjoining the lands of
C. L. Midget, Wallace Taylor
and others and bounded as fol-
lows:
Beginning at an iron pipe
situated i'm and ON the West
margin or right of way of u. S.
Highway No. 81 and 264, in the
mouth of an old ditch, said be-
ginning point being in and
marking. the Southeast corner
of the c. l.. Midget property
on the West side or right of
way of said highway, running
thence from the beginning point
along the C. L. Midget South
line South So deg. Is min. West
760 feet to an iron pipe situated
/ foot South of an old Cedar;
thence South 10 deg. Is min.
East 1876 feet along am old ditch
to an iron pipe in the Wallace
Taylor line, formerly the ]. V.
Mann property; thence along the
Taylor North line North So deg.
Is min. East IT'S feet to an iron
pipe situated in and ON the West
margin of said highway; thence
along the West margin or right
of way of said highway North
20 deg. Is min. West 1856 feet
to the point of beginning, con-
tanning 3.5 acres.
Same being the former Manns
HarbOr School Lot and proper
ty at Manns HarbOr, North Car
DINA. Same also being the lands
conveyed to the Board of Edu-
cation of Dare County by J.
Vernon Mann ct ux by deed
dated July 80, 1884, and duly
recorded in Book Is, page 425,
in the office of the Register of
Deeds of Dare County, N. c.
See also map or plat of said
lands and property made by Da-
vid Cox, Jr., Surveyor, June %,
1854, and duly recorded in Map
Book 2, page IL, Dare County
Registry.
The bidding at said sale will
commence at the price of $2,937.5O,
the sum offered by w. r. Pearce
and wife, Nellie D. Pearce.
The successful bidder at said
sale will be required to make a
cash deposit of ten (10) percent
of the amount bid as evidence OF
good faith.
The Dare County Board of Ed
.ucation 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 and the price
offered is likewise subject to the
approval and confirmation of the
Dare County Board of Education
and the Court.
This the 21st day of May 1853.
DARE COUNTY BOARD
OF EDUCATION
BY: Mary L. Evans. Secretary
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