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NORTH CAROLINA,
GUILFORD COUNTY.

THIS DEED, made this the 10th day of December, 1943, by
the City of High Point, a municipal corporation of the State of
North Carolina, party of the first part, to J. Welch Harris and
Elizabeth H. Covington, of Guilford County North Carolina, par-
ties of the second part,

WITNESSETH:
THAT WHEREAS, Mrs. Florence W. Harris was the owner in
1920 of a tract of land in the City of High Point containing about
one acre which was subsequently conveyed by said Florence W. Harris
to her son and daughter, J. Welch Harris and Elizabeth H. Covington,
who now own said tract, by deed duly recorded in Book 864, at Page
647, in the office of the Register of Deeds of Guilford County; and,

WHEREAS, the City of High Point in the year 1920 contemplated
opening and extending North Hamilton Street so as to pass over and
along the westerly edge of said tract; and,

WHEREAS, by deed dated November 26, 1920, J. W. Harriss and
wife, the said Florence W. Harris, conveyed a right-of-way for street
purposes only, but reserving the fee and all other rights, over the
lands hereinafter described, which are a part of the said tract
above mentioned, for the extension of said North Hamilton Street as
then contemplated; and,

WHEREAS, North Hamilton Street was not extended or opened as
contemplated at said time, but has been opened or extended so as to
traverse the said Harris tract of land diagonally at a different
course, and a short distance east of the strip or tract hereinafter
described, and the City of High Point has taken the land traversed
by said street as same is now laid out and constructed; and,

WHEREAS, the said City of High Point never opened the said
street over the lands hereinafter described, has never exercised
said right-of-way, but has abandoned same; and,

WHEREAS, the said J. Welch Harris and Elizabeth H. Covington
have agreed to substitute the land actually taken by the said City
of High Point for the opening of North Hamilton Street in lieu of
the lands described in the above mentioned deed recorded in Book 864,
at Page 647, in said Register's office, in consideration of said
City's formal abandonment, relinquishment, and conveyance of any
right or interest which the City may have in and to lands hereinafter
described, and for other considerations; and,