Pennsylvania Act 1945-63 — CONSENTING TO THE ACQUISITION OF LAND BY THE UNITED STATES

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CONSENTING TO THE ACQUISITION OF LAND BY THE UNITED STATES
                  Act of Apr. 4, 1945, P.L. 140, No. 63               Cl. 29
                                  AN ACT

     Giving the consent of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to the
        acquisition by the United States of America of certain tracts
        of land in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, for use in
        connection with the Middletown Air Depot, and ceding
        jurisdiction to the United States.

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

        Section 1.  The consent of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     is hereby granted, in accordance with the seventeenth clause,
     eighth section of the first article of the Constitution of the
     United States, to the acquisition by the United States of
     America of four tracts of land lying in the County of Dauphin,
     Pennsylvania, for use in connection with a military reservation
     officially designated Middletown Air Depot, the first tract
     being bounded and described as follows:
        Beginning for the same at a point on the Northeast right-of-
     way line of U.S. Highway No. 230 where it is intersected by the
     10th or South 19 degrees 10' West 630.30 feet course of the land
     known as Tract No. 4, in Declaration of Taking No. 1, No. 985
     Civil, United States of America, Petitioner, vs. 29 Acres, more
     or less, in Lower Swatara Township, Dauphin County,
     Pennsylvania, Steelton Bank & Trust Company, et al., Defendants,
     and running thence North 19 degrees 10' East binding on said
     course reversely 630.30 feet, thence North 11 degrees 06' East
     binding on the 9th course of said Tract No. 4 reversely to the
     end thereof and continuing the same course in all 146.85 feet,
     thence North 11 degrees 09' West 206.25 feet, thence North 11
     degrees 51' East 297.0 feet, thence North 76 degrees 21' East
     224.68 feet, thence South 41 degrees 46' East 198.60 feet,
     thence South 39 degrees 54' East 797.19 feet, thence South 65
     degrees 33' East 583.34 feet, thence South 26 degrees 30' West
     453.85 feet to the land now or formerly belonging to Lester S.
     Kortright, thence with and binding thereon the four (4)
     following courses and distances, viz: Northwesterly 241.7 feet,
     Southwesterly 68 feet, South 39 degrees 35' East 12 feet and
     South 42 degrees 25' East 138 feet, thence North 83 degrees 25'
     West 108.85 feet, thence North 80 degrees 25' West 372.90 feet,
     North 79 degrees 10' West 676.50 feet and North 78 degrees 25'
     West 209.55 feet to the place of beginning, containing 29 acres
     of land, more or less.
        The second tract is bounded and described as follows:
        Beginning for the same at a point on the south right-of-way
     line of the Pennsylvania Railroad where it is intersected by the
     West side of Wilson Street and running thence with and binding
     on Wilson Street the two (2) following courses and distances,
     viz: South 30 degrees 54' East 126.80 feet and South 59 degrees
     09' East 287.92 feet to the West side of Lincoln Street, thence
     South 30 degrees 44' West binding thereon and continuing the
     same course across Ann Street 260 feet to the South side of Ann
     Street, thence South 59 degrees 09' East binding thereon 20 feet
     to the West side of Grant Street, thence South 30 degrees 44'
     West binding thereon 420.94 feet to the outline of the original
     Reservation of Middletown Air Depot, thence with and binding
     thereon the eleven (11) following courses and distances, viz:
     North 61 degrees 38' 20" West 261.0 feet, North 28 degrees 21'
     40" East 200 feet, North 61 degrees 38' 20" West 754.28 feet,
     North 84 degrees 13' West 40.49 feet, North 34 degrees 39' 20"
     West 141.27 feet, North 36 degrees 43' 50" West 45.62 feet,
     North 39 degrees 03' 50" West 45.74 feet, North 46 degrees 02'
     50" West 45.74 feet, North 49 degrees 24' 20" West 56.17 feet,
     North 55 degrees 08' West 56.04 feet and North 64 degrees 02'
     West 39.18 feet to the South right-of-way line of The
     Pennsylvania Railroad aforesaid, thence with and binding thereon
     the three (3) following courses and distances, viz: South 77
     degrees 30' East 63 feet, South 80 degrees 18' East 211.93 feet
     and South 81 degrees 52' East 844.48 feet to the place of
     beginning, containing 12.345 acres of land, more or less.
        The third tract consisting of three parcels, is bounded and
     described as follows:
        First Parcel: Beginning for the same at a point on the south
     side of Freys Mill Race at a corner common to the land now or
     formerly belonging to Borough of Middletown and the land now
     being described, and running thence in a general Easterly and
     Northerly direction binding on said Freys Mill Race 2468 feet,
     thence South 80 degrees East 30 feet to the waters of Swatara
     Creek, thence binding thereon the four (4) following courses and
     distances, viz: in a general Southerly and Southwesterly
     direction 2255 feet, thence still binding thereon South 85
     degrees 30' West 226 feet, South 89 degrees West 202 feet and
     South 89 degrees 15' West 377.3 feet to intersect a line drawn
     South 4 degrees 15' East from the place of beginning and thence
     reversing said line so drawn and binding thereon North 4 degrees
     15' West 477.0 feet to the place of beginning.
        Second Parcel: Beginning for the same at the Southeast corner
     of Pine Ford Drive and a street 50 feet wide which leads into
     the first parcel above described from Pine Ford Drive and
     running thence Southerly binding on said 50 foot street 90.9
     feet, thence Easterly parallel with Pine Ford Drive, 40 feet,
     thence Northerly parallel with above mentioned 50 foot street
     90.9 feet to the South side of Pine Ford Drive and thence
     Westerly binding thereon 40 feet to the place of beginning.
        Third Parcel: Beginning for the same at the Southwest corner
     of Emaus Street and a street 50 feet wide which leads into the
     first parcel above described from Emaus Street and running
     thence Southerly binding on said 50 foot Street 70.9 feet,
     thence Westerly parallel with Emaus Street 40 feet, thence
     Northerly parallel with above mentioned 50 foot Street 70.9 feet
     to the South side of Emaus Street and thence Easterly binding
     thereon 40 feet to the place of beginning. Containing together a
     total of 27 acres of land, more or less.
        The fourth tract consisting of two parcels, is bounded and
     described as follows:
        First Parcel: Beginning for the same at a point on the
     Northeast right-of-way line of the Philadelphia and Reading
     Railroad and running thence North 45 degrees 34' 30" East 134.80
     feet, South 45 degrees 25' 30" East 16.50 feet, thence North 45
     degrees 34' 30" East 53.42 feet, thence South 35 degrees 44' 30"
     East 171.27 feet, South 37 degrees 14' 30" East 104.30 feet,
     South 39 degrees 29' 30" East 72.50 feet, thence South 42
     degrees 24' 30" East 98.70 feet, thence South 44 degrees 37' 30"
     East 180.00 feet, thence South 43 degrees 50' 30" East 69.98
     feet, thence North 39 degrees 15' 30" East 3.0 feet, thence
     South 48 degrees 11' 30" East 103.70 feet, thence South 41
     degrees 34' East 175.57 feet, thence South 39 degrees 15' 30"
     West 45.75 feet to the aforesaid right-of-way line of the
     Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, and thence North 50 degrees
     44' 30" West 928.64 feet to the place of beginning.
        Second Parcel: Beginning for the same on the Southwest side
     of Cameron Street extended and running thence South 12 degrees
     09' West 36.84 feet, thence South 54 degrees 11' West 26.0 feet,
     thence South 32 degrees 44' East 21.5 feet, thence South 46
     degrees 06' West 15.0 feet, thence South 35 degrees 37' East
     136.83 feet, thence South 42 degrees East 100 feet, thence South
     42 degrees 27' East 114.7 feet, thence South 45 degrees 31' East
     56 feet, thence South 44 degrees 47' East 75 feet, thence North
     45 degrees 13' East 18.2 feet to the South side of Cameron
     Street aforesaid and thence with and binding thereon the two
     following courses and distances, viz: North 37 degrees 22' West
     186.20 feet, and North 33 degrees 58' West 299.59 feet to the
     place of beginning. Containing together 2.713 acres of land,
     more or less.
        Section 2.  Exclusive jurisdiction in and over the aforesaid
     lands is hereby ceded to the United States of America by the
     Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the erection of forts,
     magazines, arsenals, dock yards, and other needful buildings, to
     be used by the United States for military and other public
     purposes, with the exception of roads abutting on said lands
     which are not already under the jurisdiction of the United
     States.
        Section 3.  The jurisdiction so ceded to the United States is
     granted upon the express condition that the Commonwealth of
     Pennsylvania shall retain concurrent jurisdiction with the
     United States in and over the land and buildings aforesaid, in
     so far that civil process in all cases, and such criminal
     process as may issue under the authority of the Commonwealth of
     Pennsylvania against anyone charged with crime committed outside
     said land, may be executed thereon in the same manner as if this
     jurisdiction had not been ceded. The United States shall retain
     such jurisdiction so long as the said lands shall be used for
     the purposes for which jurisdiction is ceded and no longer.
        Section 4.  The jurisdiction so ceded to the United States
     shall be upon the further condition that the Commonwealth
     reserves to itself and its political subdivisions whatever power
     of taxation it may constitutionally reserve, to levy and collect
     all taxes now or hereafter imposed by the Commonwealth and its
     political subdivisions upon property, persons, and franchises
     within the boundaries so ceded.
        Section 5.  This act shall become effective immediately upon
     its final enactment.