Pennsylvania Act 1976-228 — CONVEYANCE - COMMONWEALTH PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

Act text

AN ACT

Authorizing the Department of General Services with the approval of the Governor and the Secretary of Transportation, to sell and convey certain tracts of land together with improvements thereon situate in the City of Philadelphia.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. The Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor and the Secretary of Transportation, is hereby authorized on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to sell, at public sale, to the highest bidder and convey the following tracts together with any improvements thereon situate in the City of Philadelphia, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows:

Tract No. 1.

All that certain lot or piece of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon erected situate on the corner formed by the intersection of the west side of Third Street with the south side of South Street, in the 2nd Ward of the City of Philadelphia containing in front or breadth on the said Third Street 38 feet and extending of that width in length or depth westward between parallel lines, the north line thereof along the said south side of South Street 42 feet; known as 300-302 South Street and 602 South Third Street.

Being the same premises acquired by the Commonwealth from Morris Ellner, grantee in Deed Book CJP 3013, Page 261; and

Tract No. 2.

All that certain lot or piece of ground with the messuage or tenement thereon erected situate on the southerly side of South Street at its intersection with the westerly side of 8th Street in the 2nd Ward of the City of Philadelphia; containing in front or breadth on the said South Street 15 feet and extending in length or depth southward along said 8th Street 57 feet more or less to a certain 3 feet wide alley extending westwardly from the said 8th Street to the extent of 45 feet and at the distance of 80 feet northwardly from the north side of Kater Street, 20 feet wide; together with the free use, right, liberty and privilege of the aforesaid 3 feet wide alley as and for a passageway and watercourse and free ingress, egress and regress into, out of and through and along the same at all times hereafter forever, in common with Daniel B. Smith and Margaret M. Smith, their heirs and assigns; known as 800 South Street.

Being the same premises acquired by the Commonwealth from Philip Danziger and Ruth Danziger, his wife, grantees in Deed Book CAB 817, Page 23.

The conveyances shall be made under and subject to all easements, servitudes and rights of others, including but not confined to streets, roadways, and rights of any telephone, telegraph, water, electric, gas or pipeline companies, as well as under and subject to any estates or tenancies vested in third persons, whether or not appearing of record, for any portion of the land or improvements erected thereon.

(1 amended Oct. 4, 1978, P.L.978, No.196)

Section 2. The deeds of conveyance shall be approved by the Department of Justice and shall be executed by the Secretary of Property and Supplies in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Section 3. All moneys received from the sales of the two tracts of land shall be deposited in the Motor License Fund.

Section 4. This act shall take effect immediately.