1959 Smith-to-Clarke grant deed

Record details#

Primary record

Date

7 April 1959

Record type

Grant deed

Historical parties

Jay J. Smith and Mildred E. Smith; Arthur C. Clarke and Gertrude M. Clarke

Recorded

22 April 1959, Official Records volume 531, page 537

Open public image

Neutral description#

The available document contains a historical overflow-water provision and a separate traveled-way reservation. This reference page describes the document only; it does not determine the present scope, status, or legal effect of any provision.

Water and traveled-way references#

The document is important to two topics in the library. Its tank-overflow wording supports the water-history article, while its separate traveled-way reservation is relevant to the road-history discussion. A summary should identify those distinct subjects rather than merge them into a new conclusion.

The tank is a historical physical reference in the wording. The record does not identify the original source of its water. This page therefore does not describe a spring, pipeline route, diversion location, or present water system.

Following the document through the collection#

The 1978 Phillips-to-Watts deed identifies the earlier overflow-water provision. Read the two public documents together, retaining their separate dates and recording references. Their relationship provides a documentary sequence, not a complete chain of subsequent transactions.

The reference OR 531/537 means Humboldt County Official Records volume 531, page 537. The instrument date and recording date are both retained above. The source register provides the other cataloged deed and utility references; the Jay Smith Road water-history overview introduces the subject for new readers.

Citation#

Smith-to-Clarke grant deed, dated 7 April 1959, recorded 22 April 1959, Humboldt County Official Records 531/537; Jay Smith Road Historical Records, accessed 2 September 2026.