As Reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee 1
123rd General Assembly 4
Regular Session Sub. S. B. No. 155 5
1999-2000 6
SENATORS DRAKE-LATTA 8
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A B I L L
To authorize the conveyance of state-owned real 12
estate located in Cuyahoga County to the Village 13
of Chagrin Falls.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 15
Section 1. The Governor is hereby authorized to execute a 17
deed in the name of the state conveying to the Village of Chagrin 18
Falls and its successors and assigns all of the state's right, 19
title, and interest in the following described real estate: 20
Situate in the State of Ohio, being in the Village of Chagrin 22
Falls, Cuyahoga County, State of Ohio, being a part of Township 7 23
North, Range 9 West and further known as formerly being a part of 24
Lot No. 17, Champion Tract No. 3, Russell Township, Geauga 25
County, Ohio, also being those lands conveyed by Charlotte 26
Burnard, et vir to the State of Ohio by Deeds of Record in Deed 27
Volume 460, Page 253 and in Deed Volume 2033, Page 14, Recorder's 28
Office, Cuyahoga County, Ohio and being more particularly 29
described as follows:
"Beginning at a point in the center of Cleveland Street 4 chains, 30
50 links south-easterly from the intersection of the center of 31
Cleveland Street with the center of Front and Bell Street. 32
Thence S. 82° 35' E. three (3) Chains and 30 links, Thence S. 88° 33
24' E. four (4) chains and 60 links, Thence S. 61° 54' E. three 34
(3) chains, Thence S. 9° 33' W. two (2) chains and 96 links, 35
Thence N. 49° 21' W. two (2) chains and 21 links, Thence N. 86° 36
28' W. six (6) chains and 94 links to the center of Cleveland 37
Street, Thence N. 26° W. along the center of Cleveland St., three 38
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(3) chains and 35 links to the place of beginning, containing two 39
and six hundred and ninety six one thousands (2 696/1000) acres 40
of land as surveyed by W.F. Haskins." Subject, however to all 41
legal highways. The aforedescribed parcel is recorded in Deed 42
Volume 460, Page 253, Cuyahoga County Records." 43
Parcel One: 44
"Beginning at a point in the North-easterly line of Cleveland 45
Street where the most Southerly line of the land conveyed by this 46
grantor, Charlotte Burnard to the State of Ohio, by Deed of 47
warranty dated Oct. 23rd, 1889, and recorded in Volume 460, Page 48
253 of Cuyahoga County Records, intersects with the said 49
North-easterly line of Cleveland Street; thence South 86 deg. 21' 50
E. along the Southerly line of land so conveyed to the State of
Ohio, three hundred and seventy-two (372) feet to a stake; thence 51
in a South-westerly direction, in a straight line, to a point in 52
the North-east line of Cleveland Street, distance one hundred and 53
nineteen (119) feet South-easterly, measured along the 54
North-easterly line of said Cleveland Street, from the place of 55
beginning; thence North 26 deg. W. along the North-easterly line 56
of Cleveland Street one hundred and nineteen (119) feet to the 57
place of beginning." 58
Parcel Two. 59
"Beginning at a stone monument in the most Southeasterly point of 60
land conveyed by Charlotte Burnard and husband to the State of 61
Ohio, by deed dated October 23rd, 1889 and recorded in vol. 460, 62
Page 253 of Cuyahoga County Records of Deeds; thence North 9 deg. 63
33' E along the Easterly line of said land so conveyed to the 64
State of Ohio, two chains and ninety-six links to land conveyed 65
by Charlotte Burnard and husband to John Forsythe by deed dated 66
Nov. 2nd, 1893 and recorded in Volume 565, Page 197 of Cuyahoga 67
County Records of Deeds; thence South-easterly along the 68
South-westerly line of said land so conveyed to John Forsythe to 69
the Westerly line of a parcel of land conveyed by William H.
Barber and wife to John Forsythe by deed dated June 3rd, 1878 and 70
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recorded in Vol. 298, Page 6 of Cuyahoga County Records of Deeds; 71
thence S. 89 deg. 50' E along the Southerly line of land so 72
conveyed to John Forsythe by Wm. G. Barber and wife 1 chain 90 73
links to the Westerly line of a parcel of land conveyed by Wm. G. 74
Barber and wife to Henry Sencabaugh by deed dated Sept. 22nd, 75
1882 and recorded in Vol. 341, Page 262 of Cuyahoga County 76
Records of Deeds; thence Southerly 3 deg. 25' E. along said 77
westerly line one chain and 88 links to a stake and stones; 78
thence Southerly 81 deg. 45' E. along the Southerly line of land 79
conveyed to Henry Sencabaugh 3 chains and 71 links to the
westerly line of a parcel of land conveyed by Oliver S. Granger 80
and wife to Olney N. Overton by deed dated April 20th, 1885 and 81
recorded in Vol. 382, Page 68 of Cuyahoga County Record of Deeds; 82
thence Southerly along said Westerly line, 3 deg. 16' E. four 83
chains and 17 links to that point in said westerly line where 84
same is intersected by the Northerly line of a parcel of land 85
conveyed by Charlotte Burnard and husband to W.H. Leach and Addie 86
Leach, by deed dated January 8th, 1894, and recorded in Vol. 566, 87
Page 286 of Cuyahoga County Records of Deeds, thence 88
North-westerly along the said Northerly line of land conveyed to
W.H. Leach and Addie Leach, sixty-five feet, to the North-west 89
corner of said parcel; thence North-westerly, in a straight line, 90
to the point of beginning, be the same more or less but subject 91
to all legal highways." 92
The aforedescribed Parcels One and Two are described in Deed 93
Volume 2033, Page 14, Recorder's Office, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. 94
The aforedescribed Parcels One and Two contain, respectively 0.4 95
Acre and 2.1 Acres, for a total acreage of approximately 5.2 96
Acres, more or less. 97
The aforegoing descriptions were quoted from the descriptions as 98
recorded in Deed Volume 460, Page 253 and in Deed Volume 2033, 99
Page 14, Recorder's Office, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. 100
Further reference is made to File No. 5626 on file in the offices 101
of the Ohio Department of Administrative Services, General 102
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Services Division, Real Estate Services, 4200 Surface Road, 103
Columbus, Ohio 43228-1395" 104
Section 2. Consideration for conveyance of the real estate 106
described in Section 1 of this act is the purchase price of 107
twenty thousand dollars.
Section 3. Upon payment of the purchase price, the Auditor 109
of State, with the assistance of the Attorney General, shall 110
prepare a deed to the real estate. The deed shall state the 111
consideration. The deed shall be executed by the Governor in the 112
name of the state, countersigned by the Secretary of State,
sealed with the Great Seal of the State, presented in the Office 113
of the Auditor of State for recording, and delivered to the 114
Village of Chagrin Falls. The Village of Chagrin Falls shall 115
present the deed for recording in the Office of the Cuyahoga 116
County Recorder.
Section 4. The Village of Chagrin Falls shall pay the 118
costs of the conveyance of the real estate. 119
Section 5. This act expires one year after its effective 121
date.