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date: 1927-07-30
title: July 30, 1927 Minutes
source: 1927-07/1927-07-30_July 30, 1927_Minutes.pdf
pages: 1
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July 30, 1927

CITY OF STOCKBRIDGE
HENRY COUNTY, GEORGIA JULY 30, 1927

Call meeting of City Council of Stockbridge with the following members present: R. E. Lee, Mayor, C. M.
Delong, Recorder, W. C. Crumbley, B. F. Bowen, F. M. Mays, G. S. Keen.

The project of State Highway read and discussed. A move and 2nd was made to sign said project and turn
same over to the county commissioner in exchange for a project from the county commissioner to the City of
Stockbridge reading the same as the one said City Council is giving the State Highway Dept.

The project that said city is giving is to be delivered to the county commissioners on Aug the 2nd 1927 by
recorder C. M. Delong provided the project given said City Council from the county commissioner is worded
to resume all damages and is properly signed by its officials.

Reads as follows: Right of way easement in cities whereas the State Highway Board of GA and the County
of Henry desires to construct a road between McDonough and Atlanta known as State Aid Project No. G.3-
70. and where the project will extend within the corporate limits of the City of Stockbridge.

It is resolved that we, the Mayor and members of the City Council, the legally authorized agents of the City
of Stockbridge and acting for and in behalf of the said city, hereby guarantee to the said State Highway Board
of Georgia and the County of Henry, any and all rights-of-way that may be necessary for the proper
construction of the above mentioned project and according to the survey as made by the engineers of the
said State Highway Board of Georgia, the same being between survey station 459 + 71 and station 501 + 69
the above right-of-way is fifty feet in width.

We agree that we will not closer to the center line of the proposed highway than the present building line.
This is to include filling stations, etc.

We further agree to defend any and all suits if any should arise, due to the construction of the project, at the
entire expense of the city and to pay from the city funds any and all awards that my be made as a result of
such suits.

We further agree to save harmless the said State Highway Board of Georgia and County of Henry from any
and all claims for any damages whatsoever that may arise prior to beginning or during construction of the
project or at any time in the future after completion of same, where such damages are the actual result of the
construction of the project.
This agreement on the part of City of Stockbridge is made on the basis of the plans on file with the county
commissioner and the State Highway Board of Georgia.

I hereby certify the above to be a true and correct copy of the resolution this day passed and entered on the
minutes of the Mayor and Council of the City of Stockbridge this the 26 day of July 1927.

G. S. Keen
Clerk City of Stockbridge

This being a correct copy of resolution wrote up on July 26th 1927 and passed by City Council at Stockbridge,
GA on July 30th 1927 at a call meeting.

CITY OF STOCKBRIDGE
HENRY COUNTY, GEORGIA

Correct copy of Easement the City of Stockbridge by Henry County, Board of Commissioners of Roads &
Revenues.

Georgia, Henry County; Office of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Henry County,
Georgia;

Whereas, the City of Stockbridge, Georgia in said County, has granted to the State Highway Commission, a
right-of-way (50) fifty feet wide through said city, save being right-of-way for State Highway Route No. 42,
and has guaranteed to said State Highway Department that said City of Stockbridge, GA, will bear the
expense of all litigation, pay all damages, and save harmless said Highway Department from loss or account
of said right-of-way,

Now in consideration of the benefits that will accrue to Henry County, Georgia, from the grading, paving and
widening of said highway through said City of Stockbridge, said Henry County, Georgia, by its Board of
Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, does hereby guarantee to said City of Stockbridge that it will
reimburse said City whatever damages that it may have to pay out on account of said right-of-way, in the way
of damages to property owners, expenses of litigation and etc., and that it will defend all suits brought against
said City, that it will furnish its attorney in all condemnation proceedings, and pay all costs that may legally
be incurred by said City of Stockbridge, in said matter, said City of Stockbridge, agreeing on its part, by the
acceptance of this agreement, to confer with and advise with the Board of Commissioners of Roads and
Revenues for said County, before incurring any expense.

This August 2nd 1927.

The Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Henry County, Georgia.

W. B. J. Ingram, Chairman
M. L. Wilson, C. W. Coan, W. A. Ammons, B. C. Bright – Commissioners
