ORDINANCE NO. 1318

AN ORDINANCE PERMITTING THE SALE AND TRANSFER OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE “DORSEY SPRINGS” PROPERTY, TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOREST SERVICE, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 48, SECTION 48-24 OF THE TOWN OF SILVER CITY MUNICIPAL CODE.
            Pursuant to Section 48-30 of the Town Code, the following apply:
(1)  The terms of the sale: The sale price is $60,000 due at closing.
(2)  The location of the property is:
The Homestead Patented Placer Claim, situated in the Juniper Mining District, County of Grant, State of New Mexico, United States Mineral Patent for which was issued September 23, 1938, to W.M. Dorsey, bearing No. 1099024, and recorded in the Office of the County Clerk of Grant County, New Mexico, in Book 84 of Mining Patent Records at pages 102-3, and consisting of the N½SE¼NW¼ of Section 15, T.16S, R.15W, NMPM.

And

The Gold Brick Patented Placer Mining Claim, situated in the Juniper Mining District, County of Grant, State of New Mexico, United States Mineral Patent for which was issued January 9, 1948, to W.M. Dorsey, bearing No. 1123151, and recorded in the Office of the County Clerk of Grant County, New Mexico in Book 84 of Mining Patent Records at Pages 247-8, and consisting of the N½SW¼NW¼ of Section 15, T.16S, R.15W, NMPM.
                        Containing 40 acres +/-.
(3)  The appraised value of the municipal real property: Appraised value is $60,000.
(4)  The time and manner of payments on the lease or sale: Payment in full due at closing.
(5)  The amount of the sale:  $60,000.
(6)  The identities of the purchasers:  Unites States, Department of Agriculture, Forest Service.
(7)  The purpose for the municipality making the lease or sale: To preserve and manage the property as public property.

PASSED, ADOPTED, AND APPROVED by vote of the Council of the Town of Silver City,
Grant County, New Mexico, 9th day of May 2023.
/s/ Ken Ladner, Mayor
/s/ Alfred Sedillo, Town Clerk
May 9, 2023

Note: All of the requirements set forth in this Ordinance shall become effective five (5) days after this publication. The complete ordinance is posted on the Town’s website at www.townofsilvercity.org. Copies are available at City Hall, 101 W. Broadway.