HomeMy WebLinkAboutAuthorizing the Donation of land to aid in the Erecting of an ArmoryORDINANCE No. 4561 - - -63
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend,
MARCH 11, ,A 63
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend,
Approved and signed by
MARCH 12, ,� 63
Clerk
of Common Council
Clerk
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IDEAL OfW PRESS
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE DONATION
OF LAND TO AID IN THE ERECTING OF AN
ARMORY IN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND
, WHEREAS, due to the construction and reconstruction of the Sample
Street Bridge, it has been necessary for the State Armory to plan
removal of their facilities to another location, and
WHEREAS, due to the construction and reconstruction of the Sample
Street Bridge, it is necessary for the United States Naval and Marine
Corps Training Center to contemplate removal to another area in the
City of South Bend, and
WHEREAS, the site presently occupied by the State Armory is to be
utilized by said Sample Street project, and
WHEREAS, the site occupied by the United States Naval and Marine
Corps Training Center is to be utilized by the Sample Street project, and
WHEREAS, in exchange for said sites being made available for the
Sample Street project construction and reconstruction, the City of South
Bend, has agreed to grant and donate land for a site to be used by said
State Armory, and, if desired, by the United States Naval and Marine
Corps Training Center, and
WHEREAS, there is a separate agreement pending between the State
Armory Board and the District Public Works Office Ninth Naval District
of Great Lakes, Illinois, for a joint facility on said proposed site, and
WHEREAS, under the Acts of 1953, Chapter 187, Section 214, page 660
as amended in 1955, Chapter 75, Section 3, page 145 of the General
Assembly, also known as Burns Indiana Statutes, Section 14 -1914, the
State Armory Board has the power to receive from cities, donations of
land to aid in erecting an Armory for the use of the Armed Forces of
Indiana, and the cities of the State of Indiana are authorized to make
such contributions,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA:
SECTION I. That the Mayor of the City of South Bend be author-
ized to execute by Warranty Deed a conveyance of
the below described property to the State of Indiana,
for its use in the erection of an Armory, to -wit:
A part of the East half of the South West Quarter of Section No. 14,
Township No. 37 North, Range No. 2 East, in the City of South
Bend, which part is bounded by a line running as follows, viz:
Beginning at a point on the South line of Bruce Street, as dedicated,
in the City of South Bend, 30 feet West of the North and South center
line of said Section No. 14, said point being on the West line of
Kemble Avenue in said City; thence South on the West line of Kemble
Avenue 900. 31 feet to a point 25 feet North of the South line of Donald
Street as dedicated; thence Westerly on a line parallel with and 25
feet North of the South line of said Donald Street, 1289. 36 feet to a
point 20 feet East of the West line of Webster Street, as dedicated,
in the City of South Bend; thence Northerly on a line parallel with
and 20 feet East of the West line of said Webster street, 899. 65
feet to the South line of Bruce Street; thence East on said South
line 1288.40 feet to the place of beginning, containing 26. 629 acres,
more or less; excepting a strip of land 30 feet in width, East and
West, off of the entire West end thereof, to be used as a part of
Webster Street, between Bruce Street and Donald Street, and
another strip of land 25 feet in width, North and South, off of the
entire South end of said tract, to be used as a part of Donald Street
between Kemble Avenue and Webster Street, in the City of South
Bend, as shown by Dedication dated December 13th, 1944, recorded
August 9th, 1945, in Miscellaneous Record 84, pages 394 and 395 in
the office of the Recorder of St. Joseph County, Indiana;
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Except that the City of South Bend retains the. following described
real estate, to -wit:
A strip of land ten (10) feet wide, East and West, taken off of
the entire East end of said tract, to be used as a part of
Kemble Street between Bruce Street and Donald Street, and
another strip of land Eighty (80) feet wide, North and South
through the entire tract from Kemble Street to Webster Street
and centered on the center line of Calvert Street extended, to
be used for the extension of Calvert Street through said tract,
in the City of South Bend.
It is further authorized that said Deed shall carry
a reversionary clause that in the event the State
of Indiana does not use the said above described
premises for an Armory within a period of five
(5) years from date, then all of said real estate
shall revert to the City of South Bend.
SECTION II. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its passage by the Common Council, its
approval by the Mayor and the fulfillment of all
statutory requirements relating thereto.
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Your Committee OF THE WHOLE,
to whom was referred
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE DONATION OF LAND TO AID IN THE ERECTING OF
AN ARMORY IN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND,
Respectfully report that they have examined the matter and that in their opinion
IT SHOULD BE
Chairman
March 11, 1963