Pennsylvania Act 1982-93 — CONVEYANCE - PROJECT 70 LAND IN WARREN COUNTY

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CONVEYANCE - PROJECT 70 LAND IN WARREN COUNTY
                  Act of Apr. 9, 1982, P.L. 329, No. 93               Cl. 85
                                  AN ACT

     Authorizing the Borough of Warren in the County of Warren and
        Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to sell and convey certain
        Project 70 lands containing 6.826 acres more or less in said
        borough and county belonging to the Borough of Warren subject
        to certain conditions.

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

        Section 1.  (a)  Pursuant to the requirements of subsection
     (b) of section 20, act of June 22, 1964 (Sp.Sess., P.L.131,
     No.8), known as the "Project 70 Land Acquisition and Borrowing
     Act," the General Assembly hereby authorizes the Borough of
     Warren to sell and convey certain tracts of land containing
     6.826 acres more or less situated in the Borough of Warren,
     County of Warren and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
        (b)  Said land shall be free of restrictions on use and
     alienation prescribed by section 20 of the "Project 70 Land
     Acquisition and Borrowing Act," provided:
            (1)  The properties shall be sold by the Borough of
        Warren at the fair market value which shall be determined by
        an independent appraisal.
            (2)  That 50% of the proceeds of the sale of said
        properties be returned to the Commonwealth through deposit
        into the Project 70 Land Acquisition Sinking Fund.
            (3)  That the portion of the proceeds of the sale
        retained by the borough be deposited into the borough's
        general fund for additional recreational activities or
        capital recreational improvements.
        (c)  The Borough of Warren shall not be required to purchase
     additional recreational land to replace the Project 70 land
     disposed of under this act as the recreational needs of the
     Borough of Warren are more than adequately addressed through
     other recreational lands and facilities of the Borough of
     Warren.
        Section 2.  The land to be transferred by the Borough of
     Warren, situated in said borough in Warren County, Pennsylvania,
     is more particularly described as follows:
            (1)  The three parcels of land containing .166 acres more
        or less referred to as the East Fifth Avenue properties
        acquired through condemnation proceedings instituted by the
        Borough of Warren against Frank Mitchell and Verna Mitchell,
        his wife.
                                 Parcel 1
        All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in the
     Borough of Warren, County of Warren and State of Pennsylvania,
     bounded and described as follows, to wit:
        Beginning at a point where the north line of Fifth Avenue
     intersects the east bank of the Conawango Creek; thence
     easterly, parallel with the Fifth Avenue Bridge, to land
     formerly of Ada E. Huntington, now belonging to K. E. Abel;
     thence northerly along said land, 70 feet; thence westerly to
     the Conawango Creek; thence southerly along said creek to the
     place of beginning; reserving therefrom, a right-of-way 12 feet
     in width by 70 feet in depth from the easterly end of said lot.
                                 Parcel 2
        Also, all that certain other piece or parcel of land situate
     in the borough, county and State aforesaid, bounded and
     described as follows:
        Beginning at a stake in the center of a stone, being the
     second stone from the abutment in the northeast corner of the
     Fifth Avenue Bridge; thence running easterly along said Fifth
     Avenue Bridge and parallel thereto, 40 feet; thence running
     northerly 70 feet to a post; thence running westerly 40 feet to
     a post; thence running southerly, parallel with the land of the
     late Harrison D. Wade, 70 feet to the place of beginning; upon
     which is erected a frame story building.
                                 Parcel 3
        Also, that certain other piece or parcel of land situate in
     the borough, county and State aforesaid, bounded and described
     as follows:
        Beginning at a point in the northerly line of Fifth Avenue
     East, said point being situate south 65 degrees 56 minutes west
     278 feet from the intersection of the westerly line of Conawango
     Avenue with the northerly line of Fifth Avenue East; thence
     north 34 degrees 4 minutes west 46 feet to a point; thence south
     65 degrees 56 minutes west 73.0 feet to a point in the easterly
     line of Parcel 2 above described in this ordinance; thence by
     the easterly line of said Parcel 2 south 34 degrees 4 minutes
     east 46 feet to a point in the northerly line of Fifth Avenue
     East; thence by the northerly line of Fifth Avenue East north 65
     degrees 56 minutes east 73 feet to the place of beginning.
            (2)  The eight parcels of land containing 6.66 acres more
        or less referred to as the Malvina Street Properties acquired
        by the Borough of Warren as set forth herein:
                                 Parcel 1
        All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in the
     Borough of Warren, formerly Glade Township, Warren County and
     State of Pennsylvania, known and designated upon a map or plat
     of lots of W. O. Skelton made by William O. Mason, Surveyor,
     July 22, 1927, and intended to be recorded in the Recorders
     Office in and for said county as Lot No.121. Being the same land
     which Andrew T. Thompsen a/k/a Andrew T. Thompson and Camilla B.
     Thompsen, a/k/a Camilla B. Thompson conveyed to the Borough of
     Warren as recorded in Deed Book 352, Page 632.
                                 Parcel 2
        Beginning at a point in the southerly line of Malvina Street,
     said point being located north 49 degrees 16 minutes east, 50
     feet from the northeasterly corner of Lot No.128 as shown on map
     or plot made by W. O. Mason, Surveyor, and recorded in Recorders
     Office in and for said county in Deed Book 136, Page 797, which
     said lot was conveyed by Harry S. Schatzle and Wife to Casper
     Mader and Wife by deed dated August 1, 1934, and recorded in
     said office in Deed Book 180, Page 121; thence in an easterly
     direction along the southerly line of said Malvina Street, 350
     feet to a point in the south line of Lincoln Avenue; thence
     southerly parallel with the easterly line of said Lot No.128 as
     conveyed to Casper Mader and Wife, 194.5 feet along the south
     line of Lincoln Avenue to a point; thence south 16 degrees 54
     minutes west, 10.3 feet to a point; thence westerly parallel
     with the southerly line of said Malvina Street, 341.7 feet to a
     point 50 feet easterly from the southeasterly corner of Lot
     No.131; thence northerly and parallel to the easterly line of
     Lot No.128 a distance of 200 feet to the place of beginning said
     land being located in the Ninth Ward of Warren Borough. Being
     the same land which Robert J. Jenkins and Dorothy L. Jenkins
     conveyed to the Borough of Warren as recorded in Deed Book 353,
     Page 714.
                                 Parcel 3
        All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in the
     Borough of Warren, formerly Glade Township, County of Warren and
     State of Pennsylvania, known and designated upon a map or plot
     of lots of W. O. Skelton made by William O. Mason, Surveyor,
     July 22, 1927, and recorded in the Recorders Office of said
     Warren County in Deed Book 158, Page 748 as Lot No.127; said lot
     having a frontage of 50 feet on Malvina Street and extending
     back therefrom a distance of 150 feet. Being the same premises
     conveyed by Frank Swanson and Eleanor Swanson, husband and wife,
     to the said Charles E. Tulledge and Anastasia Tulledge, husband
     and wife, by deed dated September 27, 1948, and entered in said
     Recorders Office in Deed Book 235, Page 421. Being the same land
     which Charles E. Tulledge and Anastasia Tulledge conveyed to the
     Borough of Warren as recorded in Deed Book 362, Page 553.
                                 Parcel 4
        Beginning at the intersection of the northerly line of
     Lincoln Avenue with the easterly line of Marion Street; thence
     north 49 degrees 16 minutes east 300.78 feet along the easterly
     line of Marion Street to a point in the southerly line of Leroy
     Street; thence south 40 degrees 55 minutes east 200 feet along
     the southerly line of Leroy Street to the northwesterly corner
     of premises of Carl Jensen; thence by the westerly line of said
     Jensen lot south 16 degrees 54 minutes west 178 feet to the
     southwesterly corner of said Jensen lot; thence south 40 degrees
     55 minutes east 72 feet to the southeasterly corner of said
     Jensen lot; thence south 16 degrees 54 minutes west 177.05 feet
     to a point in the northerly line of Lincoln Avenue; thence along
     the northerly line of Lincoln Avenue north 40 degrees 49 minutes
     west 462.05 feet to the place of beginning, said land being
     located in the Ninth Ward of Warren Borough. Being the same land
     which Leroy E. Chapman and Lena W. Chapman conveyed to the
     Borough of Warren as recorded in Deed Book 348, Page 453.
                                 Parcel 5
        All of Lots Nos. 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 122, 124,
     125 and 126 as the lots are numbered, designated and laid down
     upon a certain plan of lots known as the W. O. Skelton
     subdivision, the map or plat of which is recorded in the records
     of Warren County in Deed Book 158, Page 749, less the following
     described land:
        Beginning at an iron stake in the southeasterly intersection
     of Marion Street and Lincoln Avenue, the principal place of
     beginning; thence south 40 degrees 49 minutes east along the
     southwesterly margin of Lincoln Avenue, 150 feet to an iron
     stake; thence south 49 degrees 16 minutes west, along lands of
     Francis J. Cole and others, 159.05 feet to an iron stake; thence
     north 40 degrees and 49 minutes west, along lands of Francis J.
     Cole, 150 feet to an iron stake in the southeasterly margin of
     Marion Street; thence north 49 degrees 16 minutes east, along
     the southeasterly margin of Marion Street, 159.05 feet to an
     iron stake, the principal place of beginning. Being the same
     land which Francis J. Cole and Frances M. Cole conveyed to the
     Borough of Warren as recorded in Deed Book 362, Page 638.
                                 Parcel 6
        Beginning at an iron stake in the southeasterly intersection
     of Marion Street and Lincoln Avenue, the principal place of
     beginning; thence south 40 degrees 49 minutes east, along the
     southwesterly margin of Lincoln Avenue, 150 feet to an iron
     stake; thence south 49 degrees 16 minutes west, along lands of
     Francis J. Cole and others, 159.05 feet to an iron stake; thence
     north 40 degrees 49 minutes west, along lands of Francis J.
     Cole, 150 feet to an iron stake in the southeasterly margin of
     Marion Street; thence north 49 degrees 16 minutes east, along
     the southeasterly margin of Marion Street, 159.05 feet to an
     iron stake, the principal place of beginning. Being the same
     land which Melvin J. Cole and Lois Cole conveyed to the Borough
     of Warren as recorded in Deed Book 362, Page 738.
                                 Parcel 7
        All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in Warren
     Borough, formerly Glade Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania,
     known and designated upon a map or plot of lots of W. O.
     Skelton, made by William O. Mason, Surveyor, on July 22, 1927,
     and intended to be recorded in the Recorders Office in and for
     said county as Lot No.123. Being the same land which Mary Haben,
     widow by Robert J. Haben conveyed to the Borough of Warren as
     recorded in Deed Book 350, Page 298.
                                 Parcel 8
        All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in Warren
     Borough, Warren County, Pennsylvania, bounded and described as
     follows:
        Beginning at the southwest corner of Lot No.74 as designated
     on the map of Skelton and Chapman subdivisions, the same being
     recorded in the Recorders Office of Warren County in Deed Book
     135, Page 772; thence south 16 degrees 54 minutes west 199.09
     feet along the westerly line of Lots Nos. 73, 72, 71 and 70 on
     said map to a point in the northerly line of Lincoln Avenue;
     thence north 40 degrees 49 minutes west along the northerly line
     of Lincoln Avenue 50 feet to a point; thence north 16 degrees 54
     minutes east 177.05 feet to the southeast corner of premises of
     Carl W. Jensen; thence south 66 degrees 51 minutes east 42.57
     feet to the place of beginning, said land being located in the
     Ninth Ward of Warren Borough. Being the same land which Nicholas
     Merenick and Hazel C. Merenick conveyed to the Borough of Warren
     as recorded in Deed Book 348, Page 755.
        Section 3.  All conveyances made by the Borough of Warren
     shall be subject to any easements of records.
        Section 4.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.