ORIGINAL HOUSE

BILL NO. 0286

ENROLLED ACT NO. 91, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FIFTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING

2001 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to state lands; directing that the surface
estate interest in certain state lands be transferred to
Guernsey State Park; directing the sale of the surface
estate interest in certain state lands to the town of
Guernsey; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1. W.S. 36-8-1201 is created to read:

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DESIGNATED TRANSFER OF LANDS

36-8-1201.  Sale of land to town of Guernsey.

(a) The board of land commissioners is authorized and
directed to convey its right, title and interest, in the
surface estate of the following described parcel of land to
the town of Guernsey: That part of the NE1/4 and NE1/4
SE1/4 of Section 34, Township 27 North, Range 66 West of
the 6th P.M., Platte County, Wyoming, more particularly
described as follows: Commencing at the North Quarter
corner of said Section 34 and considering the north line of
the NE1/4 thereof to bear East, with all bearings herein
being relative thereto; thence East along said north line,
a distance of 1,092.12 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING
said point being on the westerly right-of-way line of the
Burlington Northern Railroad; thence southeasterly, along
said westerly right-of-way line, on the arc of a nontangent
01°18'11" curve to the left, a distance of 132.08 feet
(said curve having a central angle of 01°43'15" and a long
chord that bears South 75°22'41" East, 132.07 feet); thence
South 76°14'19" East, along said westerly right-of-way
line, a distance of 78.86 feet to a point on the west line
of the NE1/4 NE1/4 of said Section 34; thence South, along

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said westerly right-of-way line, and on the west line of
said NE1/4 NE1/4, a distance of 25.74 feet; thence South
76°14'19" East, along said westerly right-of-way line, a
distance of 805.55 feet to a point 120 feet west of the
west bank of the North Platte River; thence South 03°03'30"
East, a distance of 2,664.74 feet to a point 120 feet west
of the west bank of the North Platte River and on the
centerline of U.S. Highway No. 26; thence North 89°58'23"
West, along the centerline of said U.S. Highway No. 26, a
distance of 581.53 feet; thence North 13°09'42" West, a
distance of 2,900.94 feet; thence North 47°01'21" East, a
distance of 154.6 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING,
containing 53.53 acres, more or less and subject to any
rights-of-way or other easements as granted or reserved by
instruments of record or as now exist thereon. Subject to
a 100 foot right-of-way easement along U.S. Highway No. 26.

(b) The conveyance authorized by subsection (a) of
this section shall be by sale at an appraised value, with
terms of the sale to be determined by the board of land
commissioners and governing body of the town of Guernsey.

Section 2.  The board of land commissioners is
authorized and directed to convey its right, title and
interest of the surface estate, in the following described
parcel of land to the department of state parks and
cultural resources for inclusion into Guernsey State Park:
That part of the S½SW¼ and SW¼SE¼ of Section 27, NW¼NE¼ and
NE¼NW¼ of Section 34, all in Township 27 North, Range 66
West of the 6th P.M., Platte County, Wyoming, more
particularly described as follows: Commencing at the
southwest corner of said Section 27 and considering the
west line of the SW¼ thereof to bear North 01°32'27" West
with all bearings herein being relative thereto; Thence
North 01°32'27" West, a distance of 1,318.25 feet to the
northwest corner of the S½SW¼ of said Section 27; Thence

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South 89°56'55" East along the north line of said S½SW¼, a
distance of 796.38 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING,
said point being on the centerline of the State Highway;
Thence continuing South 89°56'55" East, along said north
line, a distance of 844.01 feet to a point on the westerly
right-of-way line of the Burlington Northern Railroad;
Thence southeasterly, along said westerly right-of-way
line, on the arc of a non-tangent 01°18'11" curve to the
left, a distance of 2,532.97 feet (said curve having a
central angle of 33°00'09" and a long chord that bears
South 58°01'00" East, 2,498.09 feet), to a point on the
south line of said Section 27 from which point the south
quarter corner thereof bears West, 1,092.12 feet; Thence
South 47°01'21" West, a distance of 1,727.95 feet to a
point on the centerline of said State Highway; Thence North
39°43'15" West, along said centerline, a distance of
1,499.31 feet; Thence on the arc of a 05°09'09" curve to
the left, along said centerline, a distance of 37.14 feet
(said curve having a central angle of 01°54'51" and a chord
that bears North 41°38'51" West, 37.14 feet), to the south
line of said Section 27, from which point the southwest
corner thereof bears North 89°51'02" West, 1,476.81 feet;
Thence continuing along said centerline, on the arc of said
05°09'09" curve to the left, a distance of 200.04 feet
(said curve having a central angle of 10°18'25" and a chord
that bears North 47°45'36" West, 199.77 feet); Thence North
52°54'44" West, along said centerline a distance of 257.3
feet; Thence along said centerline on the arc of a
08°03'27" curve to the right, a distance of 547.31 feet
(said curve having a central angel of 44°06'00" and a long
chord that bears North 30°51'43" West, 533.91 feet); Thence
North 08°48'44" West, along said centerline, a distance of
580.0 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 74.97
acres, more or less, and subject to any rights-of-way or
other easements as granted or reserved by instruments of

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record or as now exist thereon. Subject to a 40 foot right-
of-way and easement along said State Highway.

Section 3. This act is effective July 1, 2001.

(END)

Speaker of the House President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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