Opinion No.

The Honorable Lonnie P. Clark State Representative P.O. Box 406 Berryville, AR 72616

Dear Representative Clark:

This is in response to your request for an opinion regarding the lease of a portion of property purchased by Newton County in 1974. As noted in your correspondence, the warranty deed contains a condition with respect to future conveyance of the property. The deed states: "This property is to remain the property of Newton County as a memorial to A. J. Harrison, and no part thereof is to be sold at any time." The question posed is whether a long-term least (of approximately thirty…