PRINTER'S NO. 3720
No. 2561 Session of 2004
INTRODUCED BY MUNDY, APRIL 13, 2004
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 13, 2004
AN ACT 1 Authorizing and directing the Department of General Services, 2 with the approval of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum 3 Commission and the Governor, to grant and convey to Luzerne 4 County Historical Society, certain lands and building situate 5 in the Borough of Forty Fort, County of Luzerne, Commonwealth 6 of Pennsylvania. 7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 8 hereby enacts as follows: 9 Section 1. Authorization. 10 The Department of General Services, with the approval of the 11 Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and the Governor, 12 is hereby authorized and directed on behalf of the Commonwealth 13 of Pennsylvania to grant and convey to Luzerne County Historical 14 Society, for One Dollar, ($1.00), a tract of land and a building 15 known as the "Dennison House" as described in section 2. 16 Section 2. Description. 17 ALL THAT CERTAIN piece or parcel of land, situate in the 18 Borough of Forty-Fort bounded and described as follows: 19 BEGINNING AT a corner being the intersection of the Westerly
1 line of Wyoming Avenue and the Northerly line of Dennison 2 Street, thence North thirty-nine degrees twenty-two minutes East 3 along said Wyoming Avenue one-hundred five and ninety-seven one- 4 hundredths (105.97) feet to a corner, thence North seventy-four 5 degrees one minute East still along Wyoming Avenue forty-six and 6 eighty-six one-hundredths (46.86) feet, more or less to a corner 7 dividing Lots No's 1 and 2 on plot of lots known as Englewood 8 Terrace, recorded in Luzerne County Map Book No. 2, page 294; 9 THENCE North twelve degrees fifty-six minutes West along said 10 Lot No. 2 two-hundred ninety-eight and twenty-nine one- 11 hundredths (298.29) feet to a corner; 12 THENCE North twenty-seven degrees West still along line of 13 lot No. 2, eighty-five (85) feet to a corner on Englewood 14 Avenue. 15 THENCE South forty-seven degrees twenty-seven minutes West 16 eighty-nine (89) feet to a corner in line of Dennison Street; 17 THENCE South twenty-eight degrees forty-four minutes East 18 along the Northerly line of Dennison Street thirty-nine and 19 thirteen one-hundredths (39.13) feet; 20 THENCE South six degrees twelve minutes East still along line 21 of Dennison Street, three hundred sixty-eight and eighty-eight 22 one-hundredths (368.88) feet to Wyoming Avenue, the place of 23 beginning. 24 BEING Lot No. 1 on said plot of lots and improved with a 25 three story single frame dwelling known as 35 Dennison Street, 26 Forty Fort, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania 27 Together with and subject to all easements, rights, 28 covenants, appurtenances, exceptions, reservations, restrictions 29 and conditions contained in prior instruments in the chain of 30 title. 20040H2561B3720 - 2 -
1 BEING the same premises conveyed by Hugh H. McClelland, Jr. 2 and Nancy W. McClelland his wife to David M. Ogden and Elizabeth 3 V.N. Ogden, his wife by deed dated March 5, 1963, recorded in 4 Luzerne County Deed Book No. 1516, page 939. 5 Section 3. Easements. 6 The conveyance shall be made under and subject to all lawful 7 and enforceable easements, servitudes and rights of others, 8 including, but not confined to, streets, roadways and rights of 9 any telephone, telegraph, water, electric, gas or pipeline 10 companies, as well as under and subject to any lawful and 11 enforceable estates or tenancies vested in third persons 12 appearing of record, for any portion of the land or improvements 13 erected thereon. 14 Section 4. Execution. 15 The deed of conveyance shall be by Special Warranty Deed and 16 shall be executed by the Secretary of General Services in the 17 name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 18 Section 5. Reversion. 19 The deed of conveyance shall contain a clause that the 20 property conveyed herein shall be used for historical 21 exhibition/public purposes only. Should the Grantee allow the 22 property conveyed to be used for any other purpose or attempts 23 to convey the Premises, title shall immediately revert to and 24 revest in the Grantor. However, the Grantor and Grantee, or 25 their successors and assigns, agree that should the within named 26 Grantee, or its successors, dissolve or cease to remain in 27 existence, then the Grantee, or its successors, may allow title 28 to the above-described real estate to be conveyed to a successor 29 organization that has the same objectives, purposes and goals as 30 the Grantee, said conveyance to be subject to the other 20040H2561B3720 - 3 -
1 covenants and restrictions set forth in this deed. 2 Section 6. Costs and fees. 3 Costs and fees incidental to this conveyance shall be borne 4 by the Grantee. 5 Section 7. Effective date. 6 This act shall take effect immediately. D6L85JLW/20040H2561B3720 - 4 -