Pennsylvania Act 1981-98 — CONVEYANCE - STATE PROPERTY IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY

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CONVEYANCE - STATE PROPERTY IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
                  Act of Oct. 1, 1981, P.L. 287, No. 98               Cl. 85
                                  AN ACT

     Authorizing the Department of General Services, with the
        approval of the Governor and the Department of Environmental
        Resources, to sell and convey a parcel of land situate in
        Skippack Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

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

        Section 1.  Pursuant to subsection (b) of section 20, act of
     June 22, 1964 (1st Sp.Sess., P.L.131, No.8), known as the
     "Project 70 Land Acquisition and Borrowing Act," the General
     Assembly authorized the Department of General Services, with the
     approval of the Governor and the Department of Environmental
     Resources, to sell and convey to Michael Petriello and Virginia
     M. Petriello, husband and wife, a tract of land with
     improvements thereon, reserving in and over said tract of land a
     flood easement, situate in Skippack Township, Montgomery County,
     Pennsylvania, said tract being more fully described as follows:
        Beginning at a point formed by the intersection of the center
     line of Cedars Road (proposed 60 feet wide) and the center line
     of Anders Road (proposed 60 feet wide); thence extending along
     the center line of Cedars Road, south 82 degrees 27 minutes east
     166.17 feet to a point of curve; thence continuing along the
     center line of Cedars Road, southeasterly and northeasterly on
     the arc of a circle curving to the left having a radius of 300
     feet, the arc distance of 104.98 feet to a point of tangent in
     the center line of Cedars Road; thence continuing along the
     center line of Cedars Road, north 77 degrees 30 minutes east 51
     feet to a point in line of Lot No.9 on said plan; thence
     extending along Lot No.9 on said plan, north 12 degrees 30
     minutes west, crossing the northwesterly side of Cedars Road,
     410.89 feet to a point on the southeasterly side of lands now or
     late of Philadelphia Electric Company Transmission Line; thence
     extending south 80 degrees 20 minutes west along the last
     mentioned lands and crossing the southeasterly side of Anders
     Road, 184.34 feet to a point in the center line of Anders Road;
     thence extending along the center line of Anders Road, south 7
     degrees (incorrectly given in prior deed as 70 degrees), 33
     minutes west 367.21 feet to the first mentioned point and place
     of beginning. Containing 2.29 acres more or less.
        Reserving, however, to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, its
     successors and assigns, a perpetual easement to overflow, flood
     and submerge the aforedescribed tract of land and any
     improvements thereon by reason of the construction by the
     Commonwealth, its successors or assigns, of a dam or dams in and
     across Skippack Creek.
        And providing, further, That the Commonwealth of
     Pennsylvania, its successors or assigns, shall not be liable, in
     any manner, for what might otherwise be called compensation for
     damage as a result of flooding by reason of the construction of
     said dam or dams.
        Being the same tract of land acquired by the Commonwealth of
     Pennsylvania by a Declaration of Taking filed on September 24,
     1970, in Eminent Domain in the Court of Common Pleas of
     Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, docketed to Number 70-12095.
        Section 2.  (a)  The consideration for this sale and
     conveyance shall be the sum of $47,450 plus interest at the rate
     of 5% from September 27, 1971 to the date of settlement and of
     $6,550 plus interest at the rate of 5% from December 22, 1975 to
     the date of settlement.
        (b)  The land to be sold and conveyed by the Department of
     General Services shall be free of restrictions on use and
     alienation prescribed by section 20 of the act of June 22, 1964
     (1st Sp.Sess., P.L.131, No.8), known as the "Project 70 Land
     Acquisition and Borrowing Act," upon the execution and filing of
     a document of release which shall be prepared as provided by law
     and filed in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
        Section 3.  Costs and fees related to the preparation and
     recordation of the property shall be borne by the grantees.
        Section 4.  The Deed of Conveyance shall be approved as
     provided by law and shall be executed by the Secretary of
     General Services in the name of the Commonwealth of
     Pennsylvania.
        Section 5.  All moneys received by the Department of
     Environmental Resources from the sale of the lands herein
     authorized to be conveyed shall be deposited in the Project 70
     Reserve Account.
        Section 6.  This act shall take effect immediately.