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Aft Prepared By: K R. Hoyle STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA ) COUNTY OF LEE ) nin 14 88S QUITCLAIM DEED 13 THIS QUITCLAIM DEED, made this the ,Z day of September, 1992, by and between the COUNTY OF LEE, a political subdivision of the State of North Carolina and a body both politic and corporate under the laws of the State of North Carolina, hereinafter referred to as the GRANTOR, and the DEEP RIVER PARR ASSOCIATION, a non-profit corporation chartered under the laws of the State of North Carolina, with its registered office located at 205 Courtland Drive, Sanford, NC, hereinafter referred to as GRANTEE, WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, the State of North Carolina conveyed the lands hereinafter described to Grantor by a deed dated September 4, 1992, which is recorded in Book 48 , Page OLz , Lee County Registry; and WHEREAS, North Carolina General Statute§ 153A-176 authorizes a county to dispose of real property belonging to it according to the procedures prescribed in Chapter 160A, Article 12, General Statute of North Carolina; and WHEREAS, North Carolina General Statute §160A-266, which is a part of Article 12, Chapter 160A of said statute, authorizes a county to dispose of real property by private negotiation and sale where the said real estate is significant for its relationship to other real property which is significant for its architectural , archaeological, artistic, cultural or historical associations or where said real property is significant for its natural, scenic or open condition; and where said real property is to be sold to a non-profit corporation whose purposes include the preservation or conservation of real property of architectural, archaeological, artistic, cultural, historical, natural or scenic significance; and where a preservation agreement or conservation agreement as defined in North Carolina General Statute §121-35 is placed in the deed conveying said property from the County to the non-profit corporation; and WHEREAS, the Deep River Park Association is a non-profit corporation chartered by the State of North Carolina under the provisions of North Carolina General Statute §55A; and WHEREAS, the specific purposes for which said corporation was formed are to promote environmental awareness, seek recreational areas for the public use, to promote conservation and environmental protection for areas along Deep River as it runs through Lee and Chatham County, North Carolina, and any other lawful activity permitted a non-profit corporation; and WHEREAS, the Deep River Park Association has or will acquire from the State of North Carolina the camelback truss bridge (bridge #155) over Deep River near the Village of Cumnock; and