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C~ TY OF ATLANTA DEPARTMEN T OF L AW 1114 WILLI AM - OLIVER BUILDING Atlan t a , Georg ia 30303 July 27, 1964 / HEtmY L, BOWDEN CITY ATTORNCY LEWIS R. SLATON ROBERTS. WIGGINS MARTIN McFARLAND EDWI N L, STERNE RAL PH C. JENKINS JOH N E . DOUGHERTY FER R I N Y. MATHEWS CHA R L E S M. LOKEY . AS ~ I S T A NT C:ITY ATTORNEY ' ASSOCIATE C ITY ATTORNEYS T. ~. REID ROB ER ~- A, HARRIS Mr. Paul B. Ivey, Land Agent City Hall Atlanta, G~orgia 30303 Re: CLAI M S ... TTORNEYS Adamsville Health ·center Dear Mr. Ivey: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter of July 10 concernii.1g the p~operty in Adamsville that is being used as a recreational center wherein you ask for an opinion as to the rights of the Cicy has in and to that certain tract of land in Land Lot 243 of the 14th District of Fulton County, Georgia~; that is cur rently being used by the City Parks Depar tment for recreationa l purposes. Section 4(a) of the 1951 Ga. Laws at page 3113 provides as follows: "The legal title . to all real property owned by Fulton County within the corporate limits of the City of Atlanta as the same may be extended on or after the dat e this Act is appr oved and assigned to or u sed in conne ction wi th a parks and r e crea tional syst em on the dat e this Act is approve d, shall on January 1, 1952 pass to the Lity of Atlant a with all rights and appurtenances thereto and subject to all li e ns and emcumbrances thereon~ unless conveyed by deed to said Cit y of Atlant a a t an earlie r da teo If no e a rlier conve yanc e is ma de , t he pr oper a uthoritie s of Fulton County are dire ct e d in or de r to clar ify the recor d t itle t o s aid pr operty t o e x e cut e and de l i v er to t h e City q f At l ant a on J anu ary 1, 195 2 , or a s soon the rea fter a s pract ica b l e , a dee d or deeds containing t Ae legal des c ription of said pr operty, but such deeds sha l l no t b e neces s ary to e ffect convey ance of the l ega l t i t le ." It would appear to me f r om the facts that you h av e fur nishe d t h a t this property has b een assigned to be us e d i n c onnection with a recrea t iona l s ystem and tha t lega l title to such pr oper ty pa sse d to the City of Atlanta on January 1, 19520 �' Page 2 Mro Paul Bo Ivey I Trusting that this ans·we r s yqur question, I am " RCJ/cs cc: Mro Harold Sheats ·• 1· ~ .. �