NOTICE OF PUBLIC:  PROPERTY:  PROPERTY FOR SALE
 
The Morehouse Parish School Board is now receiving bids for the sale of property known as the “Southside Elementary School Property” located in Bastrop, Louisiana.  The description of the property to be sold is the following described property situated in the Parish of Morehouse, State of Louisiana, together with all improvements and appurtenances, to wit:
 
The following described property situated in Bastrop, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, to-wit:
 
From an iron pipe at the Southwest corner of Lot 13 of C.N. Dalton’s Subdivision of the
Moore and Westmoreland property as per plat thereof filed in Official Plat Book No. 1,
page 40 of the records of Morehouse Parish, Lousiana, run south with the east line of
Durham Street 30 feet to an iron pipe and the POINT OF BEGINNING, thence continue
on same course 346.6 to an iron pipe at the intersection of the said east line of Durham
Street with the north line of Cason Avenue, thence east with the north line of Cason Avenue,
661.6 feet to an iron pipe at the intersection of the said north line of Cason Avenue with
the west line of Vine Street, thence north with the west line of Vine Street 444.4 feet to
an iron pipe, thence West 280.0 feet to an iron pipe in the line between Section 25
and 26, Township 21 North, Range 5 East, thence south with said Section line 81.15
feet to an iron pipe, thence west 376.2  feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, containing
5.8691 acres, more or less, and being a portion of the Southwest ¼ of Southwest ¼ of
Section 25 and the Southeast ¼ Southeast ¼ of Section 26, Township 21 North,
Range 5 East, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, and within the corporate limits of
Bastrop, Louisiana.
 
Specifications for bid for purchase:
The above described property is to be sold without any warranty whatsoever as to title or the merchantability of the title but with full substitution and subrogation in and to any and all rights and actions of warranty which Morehouse Parish School board has or may have against preceding owners.  The immovable property and all improvements will be conveyed and accepted “as is”, where is, “without any warranty of any kind whatsoever”.  Purchaser shall be required to pay the bid price in cash or certified funds and an additional $600.00 for deed preparation and recording fees within fifteen (15) days of the awarding of the bid.  If the remaining bid price and $600.00 is not paid within the fifteen (15) days of the awarding of the bid, the 10% will be forfeited and the acceptance of the bid will ipso facto be cancelled without any further action necessary by the Morehouse Parish School Board and the property will be rebid.  All bids must be accompanied by a certified check in the amount of 10% of the bid which will be returned if the bid is not accepted.  The transfer shall be made by a deed without warranty which is available to all bidders for review, which is part of the specifications, and will be the only document utilized to transfer ownership of the property.
 
The minimum bid for purchase must equal to 85% of the appraised value, the minimum bid is $91,800.00
 
Instructions for all bids Bid specifications and bid forms are available at the office of the Superintendent at the Morehouse  Parish School Board located at 4099 Naff  Avenue, Bastrop, Louisiana or online at www.centralbidding.com .  The only bids that will be accepted must be contained on a bid form that will be provided by that office or online at the specified web address.  For questions related to the electronic bidding process, please call Central Bidding at 1-225-810-4814.   All inquiries should be directed to the Superintendent, Morehouse Parish School Board, P.O. Box 872, Bastrop, Louisiana  71221-0872.
 
Bids must be delivered to the Morehouse Parish School Board no later than 2:00 pm, February 15, 2019.  Sealed bids that are hand delivered or sent by certified mail must be in an envelope clearly marked: “Southside Elementary School Property”.  Hand-delivered bids should be brought to the 4099 Naff Avenue address and bids sent by certified mail should be sent to the  P.O. Box 872, Bastrop, LA  71220-0872
 
The number of bids and the name of any bidder shall not be divulged until such time as the bids are opened which shall be at the date and time set forth as above as the latest delivery date.
 
The Morehouse Parish School Board reserves the right to reject any bid for sale or to accept the highest bid that meets
specifications.
 
David Gray, Superintendent
Morehouse Parish School Board
 
Publish:
January 25, 2019
February 1, 2019
February 8, 2019