Pennsylvania Act 1935-235 — ALLOWING THE UNITED STATES TO ACQUIRE LAND

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ALLOWING THE UNITED STATES TO ACQUIRE LAND
                 Act of Jul. 12, 1935, P.L. 651, No. 235              Cl. 29
                                  AN ACT

     Giving the consent of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to the
        purchase, by the United States, of about three hundred sixty-
        eight acres of land in Caln Township, Chester County,
        Pennsylvania, for use in the care and treatment of discharged
        sick and disabled soldiers, or for other uses of the United
        States, and ceding jurisdiction over such land; and, also,
        providing for the retention of a concurrent jurisdiction by
        the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with United States on such
        land for the service of legal process thereupon.

        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That the consent of the
     Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is hereby granted to the purchase,
     by the Government of the United States, of certain tracts of
     land, containing approximately three hundred sixty-eight acres,
     for use in the care and treatment of discharged sick and
     disabled soldiers, or for other uses of the United States; and
     said tracts of land being situate in Caln Township, Chester
     County, Pennsylvania, and bounded and described as follows, to
     wit:
                               Tract No. 1
        Beginning at an iron pin set in the center line of the
     Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike, at a corner of land of the
     S. Hatfield Estate; thence, extending along the center line of
     said highway, south eighty-four degrees one minute thirty
     seconds west, nine hundred seventy-three and eight-tenths feet
     to an iron pin; thence, north five degrees fifty-eight minutes
     thirty seconds west, twenty-four and seven-tenths feet to an
     iron pin set on the north side of said pike; thence, extending
     along land conveyed to the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike
     Company, north seventy-seven degrees fifty-four minutes west,
     six hundred six and two-tenths feet to an iron pin; thence by
     land of the Pennsylvania Railroad, south thirty-four degrees
     fifty-one minutes west, eighty-five feet to an iron pin set in
     the north right of way line of the Pennsylvania Railroad;
     thence, extending along said right of way line in a westerly
     direction, by a curve line curving toward the north with a
     radius of five thousand six hundred eighty feet, the chord of
     the arc being, north seventy-four degrees thirty-three minutes
     twenty seconds west, six hundred five and thirty-six hundredths
     feet to an iron pin; thence, extending along land of the
     Coatesville Foundry and Machine Company, north no degrees fifty
     minutes west, one thousand four hundred seventy-nine feet to an
     iron pin, a corner of land belonging to Dr. S. Horace Scott;
     thence, extending along the Scott land, north no degrees forty-
     three minutes twenty seconds west, two thousand one hundred
     thirty-nine and fifty hundredths feet to a limestone, a corner
     of land belonging to George Irwin and, also, a corner of land of
     the S. Hatfield Estate; thence, extending along land of the
     Hatfield Estate, north eighty-nine degrees twenty-seven minutes
     thirty seconds east, nine hundred eighty-eight and eight one
     hundredths feet to a stone, a corner of land belonging to the
     Young Estate, north eighty-nine degrees forty-seven minutes ten
     seconds east, one thousand two hundred sixteen and sixty-two
     hundredths feet to an iron pin or stone, a corner of land
     belonging to the S. Hatfield Estate; thence, extending along the
     Hatfield Estate passing over an iron pin set in a chestnut
     stump, known formerly as the Bee Tree, and, also, passing
     fifteen and five-tenths feet east of a walnut tree just north of
     the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike, south no degrees
     thirty-six minutes ten seconds east, three thousand seven
     hundred seventy-three and ninety-seven hundredths feet to the
     first mentioned point, and place of beginning.
        Containing one hundred ninety and eight hundred ninety-five
     thousandths acres of land, be the same more or less, according
     to a survey, thereof, made by Thomas G. Colesworthy, county
     surveyor of the above county, December, one thousand nine
     hundred twenty-eight.
        Together with all right, title and interest, if any, in a
     strip of land, being the northern half of the roadbed of the
     Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike, bounded on the south by the
     Pennsylvania Railroad Company, on the north by the Philadelphia
     and Lancaster Turnpike Company, and on the east by the course
     described above as north five degrees fifty-eight minutes thirty
     seconds west, twenty-four and seven-tenths feet.
        Also together with all right, title and interest, if any, in
     the three parcels or tracts of land as particularly set out in
     deed: Elizabeth F. Beale et al. to the Philadelphia and
     Lancaster Turnpike Company, dated the seventeenth day of April,
     one thousand eight hundred eighty-four, and recorded in Deed
     Book X-nine, Page seventeen, et cetera.
        Under and subject, nevertheless, to right of way of West
     Chester Street Railway Company along above described premises,
     abutting the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company, more
     particularly described as by reference to agreement dated June
     fourth, one thousand nine hundred six: Joseph Beale et al. and
     (with) West Chester Street Railway Company.
        Being the same premises which John Park, by indenture bearing
     date the twenty-second day of July, one thousand eight hundred
     fifty-three and recorded in the office for the recording of
     deeds in and for the County of Chester, Pennsylvania, in Deed
     Book U-5, Page 1, granted and conveyed unto James M. Beale in
     fee.
                               Tract No. 2
        Beginning at a stone, a corner of land of James M. Beale,
     deceased, formerly of Doctor Frances Gardner, and land of Thomas
     C. Young, deceased, formerly of Richard Hoskins; thence, along
     said land of James M. Beale, deceased, south eighty-four degrees
     and forty-five minutes west (S. 84  45' W.), nine hundred and
     sixty-two (962) feet to a stone, a corner of land of George
     Irwin; thence, along said land of George Irwin and land of
     Timothy Toomey, formerly of Samuel Lawrence, north four degrees
     and thirty minutes west (N. 4  30' W.), eight hundred seventy-
     four and five-tenths (874.5) feet to a point, another corner of
     land of Timothy Toomey; thence, along the same and land of
     Thomas C. Young, deceased, formerly of Richard Hoskins, north
     ninety degrees east (N. 90  E.), nine hundred sixty-three and
     six-tenths (963.6) feet to a point, another corner of land of
     Thomas C. Young, deceased; thence, along the same, south four
     degrees and thirty minutes east (S. 4  30' E.), seven hundred
     and ninety-two (792) feet to the place of beginning.
        Containing eighteen and four-tenths (18.4) acres of land, be
     the same more or less, according to a new survey thereof made by
     George Rommel, Jr., C. E. dated December, one thousand nine
     hundred twenty-eight.
        Being the same premises designated as, "The Other Tract" of
     Lot No. 1, which Deborah Coates, Administratix, and Preston
     Coates and Lindley Coates, Administrators of Seymour Coates,
     deceased, by deed, dated December thirty-one, one thousand eight
     hundred thirty-one, and duly recorded, in the office of the
     Recorder of Deeds of Chester County, Pennsylvania, in Deed Book
     E-four, Volume seventy-seven, Page two hundred sixty-six,
     granted and conveyed unto Samuel Hatfield in fee.
                               Tract No. 3
        Beginning at a point in the public road leading from
     Coatesville to Brandywine Manor, and extending thence, along
     said road by land of Ernest Pyle and William Holstein, north two
     degrees and fifteen minutes east, forty and one-tenth perches to
     a point at, or near, the middle of the said road; thence,
     leaving said road, by land of McClease, south eighty-eight
     degrees and twenty minutes west, one hundred fifty-five and
     four-tenths perches to a corner of said land and in a line of
     land of Timothy Toomey; thence, by said Toomey's land, south
     three degrees and forty minutes west, one hundred fifty-seven
     and fifty-eight one hundredths perches to a stone, a corner of
     said line and in a line of land of Gilbert Hatfield's Estate;
     thence, by the latter, south eighty-three degrees and five
     minutes east, nineteen and three-tenths perches to a stone;
     thence, still by the same crossing a public road, south two
     degrees and ten minutes west, forty-eight and eight-tenths
     perches to a stone, a corner of said land and in a line of land
     of James Beale's Estate; thence, along said Beale's Estate land,
     south eighty-eight degrees and thirty minutes east, eighty-five
     and one-tenth perches to a corner of William W. Thompson's land;
     thence by the same (and land formerly school land now
     Thompson's), north two degrees east, forty-nine and six one
     hundredths perches to a point in the south side of the public
     road; thence along said road by land formerly school land, north
     eighty-one degrees and fifty minutes east, fourteen and one-
     tenth perches to a point at the intersection of another public
     road leading from Caln to Brandywine Manor; thence along said
     last mentioned road by land of William W. Thompson, north fifty-
     seven degrees and twenty minutes east, twelve perches and by
     same, north fifty degrees and forty minutes east, twenty-eight
     perches to a point in the Old Lancaster Road; thence along said
     Old Lancaster Road by land of Milton M. Berry and Maude E.
     Werntz, respectively, north fifty-one degrees and twenty-five
     minutes west, fifty-four and two-tenths perches to a corner of
     said Werntz land; thence by the same, leaving said road, north
     one degree and fifteen minutes west, sixty-seven perches to a
     stone, a corner of said Maud E. Werntz's land, and still by the
     same, north eighty-eight degrees and twenty minutes east, fifty-
     three perches to the place of beginning.
        Containing one hundred and sixty acres and twenty-five
     perches of land (160 acres and 25 perches), more or less, by a
     survey made December, one thousand nine hundred twenty-eight by
     Jerre P. Trout.
        Being part of the same premises which Robert L. Hayes,
     Esquire, High Sheriff of Chester County, Pennsylvania, by deed
     Poll, dated and acknowledged September second, one thousand
     eight hundred ninety-seven, and entered in the court of common
     pleas of said county in Sheriff's Deed Docket Number eleven,
     Page sixty-nine, granted and conveyed unto the said Thomas C.
     Young in fee.
        Section 2.  Exclusive jurisdiction over the lands so
     purchased is hereby ceded to the United States by the
     Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and said lands shall be exempt
     from the payment of all taxes, State and local: Provided, That
     the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall retain a concurrent
     jurisdiction with the United States over the lands so acquired
     by the United States for the purpose of serving of all civil
     processes: And provided further, That such criminal processes as
     may issue under the authority of the Commonwealth, against any
     person or persons charged with crimes committed without the area
     so acquired, may be executed therein, in the same manner as
     though this cession had not been granted.
        Section 3.  This act shall become effective immediately upon
     its final enactment.