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SALE OF LAND ON LANE ROAD

President Darden presented to the Board a preamble and draft of an Act which has been prepared
to enable this Board to sell a narrow strip of land owned by the University and situated in
the sub-division known as Park Place which lies just east of the Frys Springs Road and across that
road from the Nurses' Home

A copy of said preamble and proposed Act was ordered filed with the minutes of this meeting
and it was therefore

Resolved: That W. Allan Perkins, Attorney for the University, be instructed to send copies
of said preamble and Act to Mr. Henry B. Gordon and to Mr. James F. Dulaney, the Representatives of
Charlottesville and of Albemarle County in the House of Delegates, stating that this Board requests
them to secure passage of said Act at the present Session of the General Assembly

WHEREAS, by deed dated 10 May 1884, G. Peyton and Champe C. Peyton, his wife, conveyed to
the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia all that certain tract or parcel of land lying
on the southerly side of Fry's Springs Road in the City of Charlottesville, Virginia near the University
of Virginia, and more particularly described as follows. Beginning at a point in 10 foot
alley and corner of piece of ground known as Lot No. 10 (this being Lot No. 11) and running thence
S 28° 45′ W and 2.85 chains to point on said Fry's Springs Road, thence N 72° 15′ E along said Fry's
Springs Road 1.55 chains, thence N 30° 45′ E and 1.58 chains, thence along line of Lot No. 10
S 52° 45′ E and 1.28 chains to point of beginning and 10 foot alley, containing about one-quarter
acre, more or less, and,

WHEREAS, a street (now known as Lane Road) has been opened across the southerly portion of
the said tract, leaving a small portion of the said lot lying on the southerly side of the said road,
the said small portion being more particularly described as follows. Beginning at an iron in the
Southeast corner of the intersection of 15th Street, S. W., and Lane Road, at the south or back
edge of a concrete sidewalk and with the back edge of the sidewalk S 58° 28′ E 96.48 feet to an iron
in the west margin of a 10 foot alley, thence with the west margin of the alley S 29° 21′ W 4.8
feet to a point, the northeast corner of Lot No. 24 of the Park Place Improvement Company, thence
with the Northern line of said Lot No. 24 N 61° 25′ W 97.7 feet to a point in the eastern margin of
15th Street, S. W., the Northwest corner of said Lot No. 24, thence with the east margin of said
15th Street, N 37° 13′ E 9.8 feet to the beginning, and,

WHEREAS, the owner of the said Lot No. 24, adjoining the said small strip on its southerly
side, desires to purchase the said small strip of land,

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA.

1. The Board of Visitors of the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia be,
and it hereby is, authorized to sell and direct the conveyance of the said small strip of land,
described as aforesaid, to W. B. Russell, owner of Lot No. 24 aforesaid, for such price and upon
such terms and conditions as the said Board of Visitors may determine, conveying to the said W. B.
Russell all right, title and interest which the said Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
may have in the said small strip of land, as heretofore described.