The Mississippi Children's Museum may be located:(a) At the old National Guard Armory located on the Mississippi State Fairgrounds in Jackson, Mississippi, after the repair, renovation, furnishing and equipping of such facility by the Department of Finance and Administration as provided for in Sections 16 through 33 of Chapter 535, Laws of 1997, as amended;(b) In such structure and at such location as shall be submitted by the Board of Directors of the Mississippi Children's Museum, a Mississippi nonprofit corporation, to and approved as an appropriate structure and location by the Department of Finance and Administration, after the repair, renovation, furnishing and equipping of such facility by the Department of Finance and Administration as provided in Sections 16 through 33 of Chapter 535, Laws of 1997, as amended; or(c) In the building, formerly known as the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, on land located adjacent to the State Fairgrounds in the City of Jackson, County of Hinds, Mississippi, described more specifically as follows: Starting at the point of intersection of theNorth line of Pearl Street and the West line ofJefferson Street, run Northerly along the nty of Hinds, Mississippi, described more specifically as follows: Starting at the point of intersection of theNorth line of Pearl Street and the West line ofJefferson Street, run Northerly along the Westline of Jefferson Street a distance of 240 feetto the point of beginning, an iron pin.Continue Northerly along the West line ofJefferson Street for a distance of 257.9 feet toan iron pin; turn left through an angle of 89 degrees -57 minutes - 14 seconds and run Westerly for adistance of 278.9 feet to an iron pin on the eastright-of-way line of the G.M. & O. Railroad; turn left through an angle of 79 degrees - 29 minutes -30 seconds and run Southerly along the East right-of-wayof the G.M. & O. Railroad (Said line being a curveto the left with a radius of 2814.93 feet, chorddefinition) for a distance of 260.4 feet to an ironpipe; turn left through an angle of 95 degrees - 12minutes - 26 seconds and run Easterly and parallelwith the North line of this tract for a distance of314.7 feet to the point of beginning.(d) On certain real property owned by the State of Mississippi and held by the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, more particularly described as follows: 39 to the point of beginning.(d) On certain real property owned by the State of Mississippi and held by the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, more particularly described as follows: 39 acres lying in the northeast corner of theintersection of Mississippi 25 and Interstate 55.(e) At any location in Hinds County as shall be submitted by the Board of Directors of the Mississippi Children's Museum, a Mississippi nonprofit corporation, to the Department of Finance and Administration and approved as an appropriate location by the Department of Finance and Administration. Laws, 1997, ch. 535, § 17; Laws, 1999, ch. 589, § 134; Laws, 2001, ch. 600, § 61; Laws, 2004, ch. 451, § 2, eff. 7/1/2004.
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