Chap. 86.—An ACT to validate and confirm the sale and grant from the town of
Orange, Virginia, to J. Newton Marshall, of a certain lot of land in the town
of Orange, Virginia, in consideration of money and the releases by said Mar-
shall of certain rights and privileges, said property having ceased to be used
for public purposes. [H B 115]

Approved March 3, 1932

Whereas, the town of Orange, Virginia, a municipal corporation,
executed to J. Newton Marshall a certain deed with certain agreements
therein contained, dated January fourth, nineteen hundred and thirty,
heretofore recorded in deed book one hundred at page one hundred
and twenty in the clerk’s office of the circuit court of the county of
Orange, in which said town is located, and therein the said town con-
veyed to the said Marshall a lot of land described as follows:

Beginning at a corner with Doctor C. H. Moncure on the southern
side of Main street extended (formerly Fredericksburg turn pike),
thence southward along the line of said Moncure two hundred and nine
feet to a corner with the Burgess property and said Moncure, thence
eastward in the prolongation of the south line between the Burgess
property and Moncure one hundred and forty feet to a corner in the
line with the Burgess property, thence northward one hundred and
fifty-seven feet to said Main street extended, thence in a westerly direc-
tion along Main street extended to the beginning, being the lot of land
as above described conveyed to the said party of the first part by
W. W. Burgess by contract and agreement dated October seventh,
nineteen hundred and nine, and recorded in the clerk’s office of the
circuit court of said county in deed book sixty-nine at page four hun-
dred and fifty-four, reference to which is hereby made; and,

Whereas, the said lot of land had been acquired by the town for
the purpose of sinking a deep well thereon and for pumping water
therefrom in connection with its water system, which said well and
the public use of said property had ceased and was no longer- needed
by the town for public uses at the time of said deed; and,

Whereas, the said town and the said Marshall are.desirous of vali-
dating and confirming the sale and grant of said lot of land on the
terms and conditions set out in said deed and especially to have the
acts of the mayor and town council of said town ratified and approved ;
now, therefore, ,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
deed and agreement, dated January fourth, nineteen hundred and
thirty, by and between the town of Orange, Virginia, a municipal cor-
poration, and J. Newton Marshall, which. has been duly executed and
recorded in deed book one hundred at page one hundred and twenty in
the clerk’s office of the circuit court of Orange county, in which said
town is located, be, and the same is hereby, ratified, approved and con-
firmed in all respects and the action of the mayor and council of the
town of Orange is likewise ratified, approved and confirmed and the
said sale, deed and transfer of the said lot of land to the said J. New-
ton Marshall is hereby validated and confirmed in accordance with and
subject to the terms and conditions therein more fully set forth, refer-
ence being hereby made to said deed and agreement recorded as afore-
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