Pennsylvania Act 1994-108 — CONVEYANCES - VARIOUS LAND CONVEYANCES

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CONVEYANCES - VARIOUS LAND CONVEYANCES
                  Act of Dec. 7, 1994, P.L. 776, No. 108              Cl. 85
                                  AN ACT

     Authorizing the Department of General Services, with the
        approval of the Governor and the Department of Military
        Affairs, to convey an improved tract of land situate in the
        Borough of Milton, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania;
        authorizing the Department of General Services, with the
        approval of the Governor, to convey a tract of land situate
        in Frenchcreek Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania;
        authorizing and directing the Department of General Services,
        with the approval of the Governor, to convey to Glade
        Township Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., a tract of land
        situate in Glade Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania;
        authorizing and directing the Department of General Services,
        with the approval of the Governor and the Department of
        Corrections, to convey a tract of land in Mount Joy Township,
        Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; authorizing the Department of
        General Services, with the approval of the Governor and the
        Secretary of Environmental Resources, to sell and convey to
        Mr. and Mrs. Harold Harris certain land situate in the
        Borough of South Philipsburg, Township of Rush, Centre
        County, Pennsylvania; authorizing the conveyance of a
        permanent right-of-way over certain State land to the
        Middletown Fire Company No. 1, Delaware County, Pennsylvania;
        authorizing and directing the Department of General Services,
        with the approval of the Governor, to convey to East Pikeland
        Township a tract of land situate in East Pikeland Township,
        Chester County, Pennsylvania; and making a repeal.

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

        Section 1.  (a)  The Department of General Services, with the
     approval of the Governor and the Department of Military Affairs,
     is hereby authorized and directed on behalf of the Commonwealth
     of Pennsylvania to convey, at a price to be determined through
     competitive bidding, the following improved tract of land
     situate in the Borough of Milton, Northumberland County,
     Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows:
        All that certain lot or parcel of ground situate in the Third
     Ward of the Borough of Milton, Northumberland County,
     Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows, to wit:
        Beginning at a point on the east side of Ridge Avenue, which
     point is at the southwest corner of lands of Shimer Hose
     Company, and running thence along said Shimer Hose Company
     lands, south 84 degrees 28.25 minutes east a distance of 150
     feet to a stake; thence along other lands of Milton Borough
     School District, south 5 degrees 26.5 minutes west a distance of
     150 feet to a stake; thence along other lands of Milton Borough
     School District, north 84 degrees 28.25 minutes west a distance
     of 150 feet to Ridge Avenue; and thence along the east side of
     Ridge Avenue, north 5 degrees 26.5 minutes east a distance of
     150 feet to the place of beginning.
          (b)  The proceeds of the sale of the land and armory herein
     authorized to be conveyed shall be deposited in the State
     Treasury Armory Fund. The costs and fees incurred by the
     Department of General Services, including, but not limited to,
     costs of title searches, notice, surveys and appraisals shall be
     deducted from the purchase price, and that amount shall be an
     executively authorized augmentation to the appropriation from
     which the costs and fees were paid by the department.
        Section 2.  (a)  The Department of General Services, with the
     approval of the Governor, is hereby authorized and directed on
     behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to convey to the
     Venango Area Riding For the Handicapped Association, Inc., the
     following tract of land situate in Frenchcreek Township, Venango
     County, Pennsylvania, for a consideration of one-half of the
     fair market value, the following:
        All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in
     Frenchcreek Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, bounded and
     described as follows:
        Beginning at a point marked by the intersection of the center
     line of the public road known as Niles Valley Road, also known
     as Township Road No. 356 with the center line of Pennsylvania
     Legislative Route 60020; thence along the center line of
     Pennsylvania Legislative Route 60020, north 88 degrees 4 minutes
     54 seconds east 1,228.57 feet to a point therein; thence along
     other lands now or late of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
     south 2 degrees 44 minutes 13 seconds west 1,806.07 feet to the
     center line of Pennsylvania Traffic Route 62; thence along the
     center line of Pennsylvania Traffic Route 62, north 85 degrees
     42 minutes 47 seconds west 800.78 feet to a point therein;
     thence along other lands now or late of the Commonwealth of
     Pennsylvania, being along the line dividing the Borough of Polk
     and the Township of Frenchcreek, north 4 degrees 4 minutes 28
     seconds east 757.83 feet to a point; thence continuing along the
     same north 70 degrees 50 minutes 38 seconds west 460.50 feet to
     a point in the center line of the Niles Valley Road, also known
     as Township Road 356; thence along the center line of Township
     Road 356, north 2 degrees 44 minutes 13 seconds east 796.91 feet
     to the place of beginning.
        Containing 40 acres pursuant to a survey prepared by William
     C. Moffitt, Registered Surveyor No. 8496-E, dated April 24,
     1993.
        (b)  The conveyance 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, sewer, gas or pipeline companies, as
     well as under and subject to any interest, estates or tenancies
     vested in third persons, whether or not appearing of record, for
     any portion of the land or improvements erected thereon.
        (c)  The deed of conveyance shall contain a clause that the
     property conveyed shall be used for riding for persons with
     disabilities, and, if at any time the Venango Area Riding For
     the Handicapped Association, Inc., or its successor in function
     conveys the property or permits the property to be used for any
     purpose other than that specified in this section, the title to
     the property shall immediately revert to and revest in the
     Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
        (d)  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.
        (e)  Costs and fees incidental to the conveyance shall be
     borne by the grantee.
        (f)  The deed of conveyance shall contain the following
     covenant:
            Development shall not be permitted within 200 feet of the
            streams on the north and south edges of the site.
        (g)  The proceeds of the conveyance shall be deposited in the
     Agricultural Conservation Easement Purchase Fund. The proceeds
     shall be deposited in accordance with section 7.1(a) of the act
     of June 18, 1982 (P.L.549, No.159), entitled "An act providing
     for the administration of certain Commonwealth farmland within
     the Department of Agriculture."
        Section 3.  (a)  The Department of General Services, with the
     approval of the Governor, is hereby authorized and directed on
     behalf of the Commonwealth to grant and convey to Glade Township
     Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., for a consideration of $9,000,
     the following improved tract of land situate in Glade Township,
     Warren County, bounded and described as follows:
        All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in Glade
     Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania, said parcel being bounded
     and described as follows:
        Commencing at the center line intersection of Conewango
     Avenue Extension (State Route 1011) and Hatch Run Road (State
     Route 1008); thence south 85 degrees 51 minutes 15 seconds east
     along the center line of Hatch Run Road, a distance of 1510.23
     feet to a point, said pipe marking the point of beginning;
     thence north 11 degrees 18 minutes 29 seconds east, a distance
     of 25.07 feet to a set one-inch iron pipe on the northerly
     right-of-way line of Hatch Run Road; thence continuing north 11
     degrees 18 minutes 29 seconds east, a distance of 391.46 feet to
     a set one-inch iron pipe; thence continuing by the following
     courses, severing the subject parcel from other portions of the
     Warren State Hospital Tract No. 3: north 6 degrees 57 minutes 15
     seconds east, a distance of 544.65 feet to a set one-inch iron
     pipe; thence north 81 degrees 6 minutes 21 seconds east, a
     distance of 1149.05 feet to a set one-inch iron pipe; thence
     south 12 degrees 15 minutes 52 seconds west, a distance of
     1521.12 feet to a set one-inch iron pipe on the northerly right-
     of-way line of Hatch Run Road; thence continuing south 12
     degrees 15 minutes 52 seconds west, a distance of 25.25 feet to
     a point in the center line of Hatch Run Road; thence along a
     curve of the center line of Hatch Run Road, having a chord
     bearing north 72 degrees 8 minutes 19 seconds west, a chord
     length of 380.08 feet, and a radius of 850 feet, to a point;
     thence north 60 degrees 10 minutes 57 seconds west along the
     center line of Hatch Run Road, a distance of 312.63 feet to a
     point; thence along a curve of the center line of Hatch Run
     Road, having a chord bearing north 70 degrees 44 minutes 18
     seconds west, a chord length of 340.43 feet and a radius of 850
     feet to a point, said pipe being the point of beginning.
        Containing an area of 1,306,800 square feet or 30 acres.
        (b)  The conveyance 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, sewer, gas or pipeline companies, as
     well as under and subject to any interest, estates or tenancies
     vested in third persons, whether or not appearing of record, for
     any portion of the land or improvements erected thereon.
        (c)  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.
        (d)  Costs and fees incidental to this conveyance shall be
     borne by the grantee.
        Section 4.  (a)  The Department of General Services, with the
     approval of the Governor and the Department of Corrections, is
     hereby authorized and directed on behalf of the Commonwealth of
     Pennsylvania, to grant and convey, for a consideration equal to
     fair market value, to George W. Walborn, Jr., and Nancy B.
     Walborn the following described tract of land in the Township of
     Mount Joy, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania:
        All that certain unimproved tract of land being situate in
     the Township of Mount Joy, County of Lancaster, and the
     Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, said tract being more particularly
     shown as Lot No. 7 on a final plan prepared for Robert E.
     Stanley and George W. and Nancy B. Walborn on September 4, 1985,
     said final plan being recorded in the office of the Recorder of
     Deeds for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in Subdivision Plan
     Book J-145, Page 106, on December 5, 1985, and all the same
     being more fully bounded and described as follows, to wit:
        Beginning at a point in the center line of Township Road No.
     310 (Cassell Road), said point being located a distance of 240
     feet, more or less, north of the center line of Pennsylvania
     Traffic Route 230 and said point also being a corner of property
     of Robert E. Teufel; thence continuing along said property of
     Robert E. Teufel south 83 degrees 22 minutes 6 seconds west, a
     distance of 207.49 feet to a limestone, a corner of property of
     George W. Walborn; thence continuing along said property of
     George W. Walborn north 11 degrees 41 minutes 9 seconds west, a
     distance of 207.34 feet to an iron pin, a corner of Lot No. 3 as
     shown on the above-described final plan; thence continuing along
     said Lot No. 3 north 52 degrees 25 minutes 39 seconds west, a
     distance of 82.78 feet to a nail in the aforementioned center
     line of Township Road No. 310 (Cassell Road); thence continuing
     along the said center line of Township Road No. 310 (Cassell
     Road) the following two courses: (1) south 45 degrees 19 minutes
     21 seconds east, a distance of 190 feet to a point, and (2)
     south 26 degrees 16 minutes 41 seconds east, a distance of
     107.03 feet to a point, the place of beginning.
        Containing an area of 36,880.71 square feet or 0.847 acre of
     land which includes the right-of-way area of Township Road No.
     310 (Cassell Road).
        (b)  The conveyance 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, sewer, gas or pipeline companies, as
     well as under and subject to any interest, estates or tenancies
     vested in third persons, whether or not appearing of record, for
     any portion of the land or improvements erected thereon.
        (c)  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.
        (d)  Costs and fees incidental to this conveyance shall be
     borne by the grantee.
        Section 5.  (a)  The Department of General Services, with the
     approval of the Governor and the Secretary of Environmental
     Resources, is hereby authorized and directed on behalf of the
     Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to grant, sell and convey to Mr.
     and Mrs. Harold Harris for a consideration of $25,000 the tract
     of land described in subsection (b).
        (b)  The property to be conveyed pursuant to subsection (a)
     is the following tract of land situate in the Borough of South
     Philipsburg, Township of Rush, Centre County, bounded and
     described as follows:
        Beginning at the corner of Hemlock and C Street in the south
     side addition to South Philipsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania;
     thence along Hemlock Street south 45 degrees west 66 feet to Lot
     No. 107; thence along the same south 45 degrees east 170 feet to
     a 16-foot alley; thence along the same north 45 degrees east 66
     feet to C Street; thence along the same north 45 degrees west
     170 feet to the place of beginning.
        Being Lots Nos. 108 and 109 as laid down in the plat plan of
     the south side addition to said Borough of South Philipsburg.
        (c)  The conveyance 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, sewer, gas or pipeline companies, as
     well as under and subject to any interest, estates or tenancies
     vested in third persons, whether or not appearing of record, for
     any portion of the land or improvements erected thereon.
        (d)  The proceeds of this sale shall be paid into the State
     Treasury and deposited in the General Fund and credited to the
     State Forestry Land Restricted Revenue Account in the Department
     of Environmental Resources.
        (e)  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.
        (f)  Costs and fees incidental to the conveyance shall be
     borne by the grantee.
        Section 6.  (6 repealed Nov. 17, 1995, P.L.611, No.63)
        Section 7.  (a)  The Department of General Services, with the
     approval of the Governor, is hereby authorized and directed on
     behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to sell and convey to
     East Pikeland Township the following tract of land situate in
     East Pikeland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, for a
     consideration of $1, the following:
        Beginning at an iron pin on the northwesterly side of Rapps
     Dam Road (S.R.1049) (33 feet wide), a corner of lands of the
     National Guard Armory; thence along lands of said armory and the
     southerly side of a 20-foot wide right-of-way the five following
     courses and distances:
        (1)  north 39 degrees 37 minutes west 191.90 feet to an iron
     pin;
        (2)  north 56 degrees 10 minutes west 122.94 feet to an iron
     pin;
        (3)  north 66 degrees 26 minutes west 87.41 feet to an iron
     pin;
        (4)  north 81 degrees 10 minutes west 86.46 feet to an iron
     pin;
        (5)  south 71 degrees 38 minutes west 78.42 feet to an iron
     pin, a corner of lands of the Borough of Phoenixville; thence
     along lands of the Borough of Phoenixville and crossing said 20-
     foot wide right-of-way and French Creek, north 27 degrees 16
     minutes east 613.66 feet to a spike in the bed of Camp Council
     Road (T-471) (41.5 feet wide); thence along the bed of Camp
     Council Road the two following courses and distances:
        (1)  south 61 degrees east 235.13 feet to a spike;
        (2)  south 55 degrees 13 minutes east 453.75 feet to a spike
     in the bed of Rapps Dam Road; thence along the bed of Rapps Dam
     Road, south 41 degrees west 205.92 feet to a p.k. nail in the
     deck of a covered bridge over French Creek; thence along French
     Creek south 38 degrees 23 minutes east 122.71 feet to a point in
     French Creek, a corner of lands of East Pikeland Township;
     thence along lands of East Pikeland Township; south 41 degrees
     west 480.13 feet to an iron pin in the bed of Rapps Dam Road;
     thence along the bed of Rapps Dam Road, north 06 degrees west
     202.64 feet to an iron pin, the first mentioned point and place
     of beginning.
        (b)  The conveyance 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, sewer, gas or pipeline companies, as
     well as under and subject to any interest, estates or tenancies
     vested in third persons, whether or not appearing of record, for
     any portion of the land or improvements erected thereon.
        (c)  The deed of conveyance shall contain a clause that the
     property conveyed shall be used for historic preservation and
     related purposes by East Pikeland Township, and, if at any time
     East Pikeland Township or its successor in function conveys the
     property, fails to ensure the preservation of the historic or
     archaeological resources or permits the property to be used for
     any purpose other than those specified in this section, the
     title to the property shall immediately revert to and revest in
     the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Any significant alterations to
     the historic buildings or construction activities in the
     property conveyed which might affect the archaeological remains
     surrounding the buildings must be reviewed by the Pennsylvania
     Historical and Museum Commission in advance of construction.
        (d)  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.
        (e)  Costs and fees incidental to this conveyance shall be
     borne by the grantee.
        Section 8.  Section 1 of the act of June 25, 1992 (P.L.310,
     No.57), entitled "An act authorizing and directing the
     Department of General Services, with the approval of the
     Governor and the Department of Military Affairs, to convey to
     the Borough of Milton an improved tract of land situate in the
     Borough of Milton, Northumberland County; and authorizing the
     Department of Military Affairs and the Department of General
     Services, with the approval of the Governor, to sell and convey
     a tract of land, together with the buildings and structures
     thereto, in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County," is
     repealed.
        Section 9.  This act shall take effect immediately.