HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1467 PRINTER'S NO. 2185
No. 1178 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY KASUNIC, NOVEMBER 8, 1999
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
OCTOBER 3, 2000
AN ACT
1 Authorizing the Department of General Services, with the
2 approval of the Governor, to grant and convey to Somerset
3 County Conservancy Charitable Trust, certain lands situate in
4 Somerset Township, Somerset County; AUTHORIZING THE <--
5 DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE
6 GOVERNOR, TO QUITCLAIM TO RUSH TOWNSHIP A TRACT OF LAND
7 SITUATE IN RUSH TOWNSHIP, CENTRE COUNTY; AUTHORIZING THE
8 DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE
9 GOVERNOR, TO GRANT AND CONVEY TO HUSTON TOWNSHIP SEWER
10 AUTHORITY, CERTAIN LANDS SITUATE IN HUSTON TOWNSHIP,
11 CLEARFIELD COUNTY; AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL
12 SERVICES, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNOR, TO GRANT AND
13 CONVEY TO MT. ROCK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, CERTAIN LANDS
14 SITUATE IN WEST PENNSBORO TOWNSHIP, CUMBERLAND COUNTY;
15 AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES, WITH THE
16 APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNOR, TO CONVEY A TRACT OF LAND IN THE
17 BOROUGH OF SELINSGROVE, SNYDER COUNTY, TO THE EASTERN SNYDER
18 COUNTY REGIONAL AUTHORITY IN EXCHANGE FOR ANOTHER TRACT OF
19 LAND IN THE BOROUGH OF SELINSGROVE, SNYDER COUNTY;
20 AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES,
21 WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNOR, TO GRANT AND CONVEY TO
22 SNYDER COUNTY CERTAIN LANDS SITUATE IN PENN TOWNSHIP; AND
23 AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES, WITH THE
24 APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNOR AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION
25 AND NATURAL RESOURCES, TO AMEND THE USE RESTRICTION AND
26 REVERSIONARY COVENANT ON THE REAL ESTATE CONVEYED TO HARTLEY
27 TOWNSHIP, SITUATE IN HARTLEY TOWNSHIP, UNION COUNTY.
28 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
29 hereby enacts as follows:
1 Section 1. The Department of General Services, with the <--
2 SECTION 1. LANDS IN SOMERSET TOWNSHIP, SOMERSET COUNTY. <--
3 (A) AUTHORIZATION.--THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES, WITH
4 THE approval of the Governor, is hereby authorized on behalf of
5 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to grant and convey to Somerset
6 County Conservancy Charitable Trust certain lands on the grounds
7 of the former Somerset State Farm described in section 2 <--
8 SUBSECTION (B) for fair market value as determined by an <--
9 independent appraiser.
10 Section 2. (B) DESCRIPTION.--The property to be conveyed <--
11 under section 1 SUBSECTION (A) consists of approximately 266 <--
12 acres bounded and more particularly described as follows:
13 BEGINNING at a corner, a 3/4-inch rebar with plastic cap, the
14 corner being the southwesterly corner of lands formerly of
15 Snyder, now of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, the corner
16 also being at right angles to, southerly and 639.17 feet distant
17 from Turnpike Centerline station 777+37.90;
18 Thence, south 44 degrees 59 minutes 00 seconds east, 1331.65
19 feet to a corner;
20 Thence, south 44 degrees 46 minutes 00 seconds east, 1856.53
21 feet to a corner;
22 Thence, south 03 degrees 39 minutes 00 seconds east, 2016.58
23 feet to a corner;
24 Thence, south 63 degrees 04 minutes 00 seconds west, 493.24
25 feet to a corner;
26 Thence, south 34 degrees 13 minutes 00 seconds west, 340.05
27 feet to a corner;
28 Thence, north 50 degrees 19 minutes 05 seconds west, 3841.90
29 feet to a corner;
30 Thence, south 88 degrees 31 minutes 58 seconds west, 871.14
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1 feet to a corner;
2 Thence, north 05 degrees 18 minutes 00 seconds west, 760.84
3 feet to a corner;
4 Thence, north 19 degrees 51 minutes 30 seconds east, 1645.23
5 feet to a corner, the corner being at right angles to and
6 1300.00 feet distant from Turnpike Centerline station 762+88.05;
7 Thence by a line parallel to and 1300.00 feet distant
8 southerly from the Centerline of the Pennsylvania Turnpike south
9 66 degrees 58 minutes 50 seconds east, 282.10 feet to a corner,
10 the corner being on the easterly legal right-of-way line for
11 limited access of PA Route 219 northbound;
12 Thence, by the parallel line 1300 feet distant from the
13 Turnpike Centerline south 66 degrees 58 minutes 50 seconds east,
14 329.85 feet to a point, a 3/4-inch rebar with cap, at right
15 angles to and 1300.00 feet distant from Turnpike Centerline
16 station 679+00.00;
17 Thence, by the parallel line 1300 feet distant from the
18 Turnpike Centerline south 66 degrees 58 minutes 50 seconds east,
19 752.88 feet to a corner, a 3/4-inch rebar with cap, at right
20 angles to and 1300.00 feet distant from Turnpike Centerline
21 station 776+52.88;
22 Thence, north 30 degrees 21 minutes 00 seconds east, 666.28
23 feet to the point and place of BEGINNING.
24 CONTAINING 266.0512 acres, more or less.
25 Section 3. (C) EASEMENTS.--The conveyance shall be made <--
26 under and subject to all lawful and enforceable easements,
27 servitudes and rights of others, including, but not confined to,
28 streets, roadways and rights of any telephone, telegraph, water,
29 electric, gas or pipeline companies, as well as under and
30 subject to any lawful and enforceable estates or tenancies
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1 vested in third persons appearing of record, for any portion of
2 the land or improvements erected thereon.
3 Section 4. (D) RESTRICTIONS.--The deed of conveyance shall <--
4 contain the following clauses:
5 EXCEPTING AND RESERVING unto the Grantor, its successors and
6 assigns, all timber, oil, gas and mineral rights. It is the
7 mutual intent of, and agreement between, the Grantor and
8 Grantee, and their respective successors and assigns, that the
9 above-described property shall remain in a substantially
10 natural, forested condition so as to promote natural and
11 recreational activities and experiences. Therefore, strip mining
12 or other mining activities by the Grantee or its successors are
13 expressly prohibited. The Grantor, its successors, assigns,
14 contractors and/or purchasers, shall not exercise its timber,
15 oil, gas or mineral rights hereby reserved and excepted without
16 first obtaining the written consent of the Grantee, or its
17 successors, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
18 The Grantee, or its successors, are permitted to cut or remove a
19 reasonable amount of timber or trees, otherwise hereby excepted
20 and reserved by the Grantor, for the purpose of constructing one
21 right-of-way access through the property, the right-of-way not
22 to exceed 30 feet in width. The Grantee, or its successors, are
23 also permitted to cut or remove a reasonable amount of timber or
24 trees, otherwise hereby excepted and reserved by the Grantor,
25 for the purpose of constructing a headquarters for the Grantee,
26 or its successors, the area not to exceed one acre. Any proceeds
27 derived by the Grantee or any third parties from the sale of
28 timber or trees removed for the right-of-way or headquarters
29 which, if sold, shall be sold at fair market value, shall be
30 paid to the Grantor.
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1 UNDER AND SUBJECT to the condition that the lands conveyed
2 herein shall be used for agricultural/open space purposes only
3 in accordance with the provisions of the act of January 19, 1968
4 (1967 P.L.992, No.442), entitled "An act authorizing the
5 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the local government units
6 thereof to preserve, acquire or hold land for open space uses."
7 Should the Grantee allow the lands conveyed to be used for any
8 other purpose, or attempts to convey the premises, title shall
9 immediately revert to and revest in the Grantor. However, the
10 Grantor and Grantee, for their successors and assigns, agree
11 that should the Grantee, or its successors, dissolve or cease to
12 remain in existence, then the Grantee, or its successors, may
13 allow title to the above-described real estate to be conveyed to
14 a successor organization that has the same objectives, purposes
15 and goals as the Grantee, the conveyance to be subject to the
16 other covenants and restrictions set forth in this deed.
17 Section 5. (E) EXECUTION.--The deed of conveyance shall be <--
18 by special warranty deed and shall be executed by the Secretary
19 of General Services in the name of the Commonwealth of
20 Pennsylvania.
21 Section 6. (F) COSTS.--Costs and fees incidental to this <--
22 conveyance shall be borne by the Grantee.
23 Section 7. (G) ALTERNATE DISPOSITION.--In the event that <--
24 this conveyance is not executed within 12 months of the
25 effective date of this act, the property may be disposed of
26 under section 2406-A of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177,
27 No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929.
28 Section 8. This act shall take effect immediately. <--
29 SECTION 2. LANDS IN RUSH TOWNSHIP, CENTRE COUNTY. <--
30 (A) AUTHORIZATION.--THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES, WITH
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1 THE APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNOR AND THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC
2 WELFARE, IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO CONVEY TO RUSH TOWNSHIP CERTAIN
3 LAND DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (B) FOR ONE DOLLAR.
4 (B) DESCRIPTION.--THE PROPERTY TO BE CONVEYED PURSUANT TO
5 SUBSECTION (A) CONSISTS OF 0.6013 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS,
6 SITUATE IN RUSH TOWNSHIP, CENTRE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA BOUNDED
7 AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
8 ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN THE
9 TOWNSHIP OF RUSH, COUNTY OF CENTRE AND STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA,
10 BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
11 BEGINNING AT AN IRON PIPE LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF LOGAN
12 STREET. SAID POINT IS ALSO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF, NOW OR
13 FORMERLY, PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC CO.; THENCE ALONG SAID ROAD,
14 NORTH 27 DEGREES, 03 MINUTES EAST, ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE AND
15 NINETY-SIX HUNDREDTH FEET (133.96) TO AN IRON PIN CORNER LOCATED
16 ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF DAVIS STREET; THENCE ALONG SAID DAVIS
17 STREET, SOUTH 68 DEGREES, 27 MINUTES, 35 SECONDS EAST, ONE
18 HUNDRED FIFTY FEET (150.0) TO AN IRON PIN LOCATED ON THE WEST
19 SIDE OF AN EXISTING DIRT ALLEY; THENCE ALONG SAID ALLEY, SOUTH
20 27 DEGREES, 01 MINUTE, 05 SECONDS WEST, TWO HUNDRED SIXTEEN AND
21 SEVENTY-SEVEN HUNDREDTHS FEET (216.77) TO AN IRON PIN AND ALSO
22 THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF, NOW OR FORMERLY, PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC
23 CO.; THENCE ALONG LANDS OF SAME, NORTH 38 DEGREES, 21 MINUTES
24 WEST, ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR AND THIRTY-FOUR HUNDREDTHS FEET
25 (164.34) TO AN IRON PIN AND PLACE OF BEGINNING.
26 CONTAINING 0.6013 ACRE AND BEING TAX PARCEL NO. 05-26B019 ON
27 RUSH TOWNSHIP, CENTRE COUNTY TAX MAP.
28 (C) EASEMENTS.--THE CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION
29 SHALL BE MADE UNDER AND SUBJECT TO ALL LAWFUL AND ENFORCEABLE
30 EASEMENTS, SERVITUDES AND RIGHTS OF OTHERS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
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1 CONFINED TO STREETS, ROADWAYS AND RIGHTS OF ANY TELEPHONE,
2 TELEGRAPH, CABLE, WATER, ELECTRIC, SEWER, GAS OR PIPELINE
3 COMPANIES, AS WELL AS UNDER THE SUBJECT TO ANY LAWFUL AND
4 ENFORCEABLE INTEREST, ESTATES OR TENANCIES VESTED IN THIRD
5 PERSONS, APPEARING OF RECORD, FOR ANY PORTION OF THE LAND OR
6 IMPROVEMENTS ERECTED THEREON.
7 (D) EXECUTION.--THE DEED OF CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED BY THIS
8 SECTION SHALL BE A QUITCLAIM DEED AND SHALL BE APPROVED AS
9 PROVIDED BY LAW AND SHALL BE EXECUTED BY THE SECRETARY OF
10 GENERAL SERVICES IN THE NAME OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF
11 PENNSYLVANIA.
12 (E) COSTS.--COST AND FEES INCIDENTAL TO THE CONVEYANCE
13 AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION SHALL BE BORNE BY THE GRANTEES.
14 SECTION 3. LANDS IN HUSTON TOWNSHIP, CLEARFIELD COUNTY.
15 (A) AUTHORIZATION.--THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES, WITH
16 THE APPROVAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL
17 RESOURCES AND THE GOVERNOR, IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED ON BEHALF OF
18 THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA TO GRANT AND CONVEY TO THE
19 HUSTON TOWNSHIP SEWER AUTHORITY 41.45 ACRES MORE OR LESS WITH
20 IMPROVEMENTS DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (B) FOR FAIR MARKET VALUE
21 AS DETERMINED BY INDEPENDENT APPRAISAL.
22 (B) DESCRIPTION.--THE PROPERTY TO BE CONVEYED PURSUANT TO
23 SUBSECTION (A) CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY 41.45 ACRES MORE OR
24 LESS WITH IMPROVEMENTS, BOUNDED AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED
25 AS FOLLOWS:
26 BEGINNING, AT A POINT IN THE LANDS ALSO A CORNER OF LANDS NOW
27 OR FORMERLY OF SAM STAMMERO; THENCE, NORTH 79 DEGREES 44 MINUTES
28 EAST ALONG SAID STAMMERO LANDS A DISTANCE OF 125 FEET TO A
29 POINT; THENCE, NORTH 10 DEGREES 16 MINUTES WEST ALONG SAID
30 STAMMERO, A DISTANCE OF 323.48 FEET TO A POINT IN THE SOUTHERLY
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1 RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF U.S. ROUTE 225 (L.R.412); THENCE, ALONG
2 SAID HIGHWAY, NORTH 79 DEGREES 51 MINUTES EAST A DISTANCE OF 414
3 FEET TO A CORNER OF LANDS NOW OR FORMERLY OF THE FRIDAY ESTATE;
4 THENCE, SOUTH 9 DEGREES 31 MINUTES EAST A DISTANCE OF 164 FEET
5 TO AN IRON PIN; THENCE, NORTH 80 DEGREES 43 MINUTES EAST A
6 DISTANCE OF 211.85 FEET TO AN IRON PIN; NORTH 23 DEGREES 44
7 MINUTES EAST A DISTANCE OF 143 FEET TO THE SOUTHERLY EDGE OF
8 SAID HIGHWAY RIGHT OF WAY; THENCE, SOUTH 86 DEGREES 52 MINUTES
9 EAST A DISTANCE OF 481 FEET ALONG SAID HIGHWAY; THENCE, NORTH 86
10 DEGREES 16 MINUTES EAST A DISTANCE OF 244 FEET TO A POINT
11 INTERSECTING THE CENTERLINE OF STATE HIGHWAY, L.R. 17142 AT ITS
12 INTERSECTION WITH U.S. ROUTE 255; THENCE, SOUTH 22 DEGREES 24
13 MINUTES EAST, ALONG SAID CENTERLINE OF L.R.17142, A DISTANCE OF
14 339 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE, THROUGH LANDS OF THE NEW SHAWMUT
15 MINING COMPANY, SOUTH 60 DEGREES 14 MINUTES WEST DISTANCE OF 745
16 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE, SOUTH 1 DEGREE 48 MINUTES EAST A
17 DISTANCE OF 520 FEET TO A POINT IN THE CENTERLINE OF THE
18 BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY; THENCE, BY THE SAME
19 COURSE, SOUTH 1 DEGREE 48 MINUTES A DISTANCE OF 487 FEET TO A
20 POINT ON THE SOUTHERLY SIDE OF BENNETTS RUN; THENCE, SOUTH 74
21 DEGREES 44 MINUTES WEST A DISTANCE OF 763 FEET TO A POINT;
22 THENCE, NORTH 10 DEGREES 16 MINUTES WEST A DISTANCE OF 666 FEET
23 TO A POINT IN THE CENTERLINE OF SAID RAILROAD; THENCE, BY THE
24 SAME COURSE, NORTH 10 DEGREES 16 MINUTES WEST A DISTANCE OF
25 842.5 FEET TO THE POINT AND PLACE OF BEGINNING.
26 CONTAINING 41.45 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.
27 (C) EASEMENTS.--THE CONVEYANCE SHALL BE MADE UNDER AND
28 SUBJECT TO ALL LAWFUL AND ENFORCEABLE EASEMENTS, SERVITUDES AND
29 RIGHTS OF OTHERS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT CONFINED TO STREETS,
30 ROADWAYS AND RIGHTS OF ANY TELEPHONE, TELEGRAPH, WATER,
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1 ELECTRIC, GAS OR PIPELINE COMPANIES, AS WELL AS UNDER AND
2 SUBJECT TO ANY LAWFUL AND ENFORCEABLE ESTATES OR TENANCIES
3 VESTED IN THIRD PERSONS APPEARING OF RECORD, FOR ANY PORTION OF
4 THE LAND OR IMPROVEMENTS ERECTED THEREON.
5 (D) EXECUTION.--THE DEED OF CONVEYANCE SHALL BE BY SPECIAL
6 WARRANTY DEED AND SHALL BE EXECUTED BY THE SECRETARY OF GENERAL
7 SERVICES IN THE NAME OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.
8 COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS AS THEY APPEAR IN ARTICLE
9 (13), AGREEMENT OF SALE, BY AND BETWEEN THE COMMONWEALTH OF
10 PENNSYLVANIA AND HUSTON TOWNSHIP SEWER AUTHORITY SHALL BE
11 CONTAINED IN THE DEED OF CONVEYANCE. SAID ARTICLE (13)
12 STIPULATES A PORTION OF THE PREMISES WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE
13 EXCLUSIVE USE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL
14 RESOURCES, BUREAU OF TOPOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGIC SURVEY IN
15 PERPETUITY.
16 (E) COSTS.--COSTS AND FEES INCIDENTAL TO THIS CONVEYANCE
17 SHALL BE BORNE BY THE GRANTEE.
18 (F) ALTERNATE DISPOSITION.--IN THE EVENT THAT THIS
19 CONVEYANCE IS NOT EXECUTED WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THE EFFECTIVE
20 DATE OF THIS ACT, THE PROPERTY MAY BE DISPOSED OF IN ACCORDANCE
21 WITH ARTICLE 2406-A OF THE ACT OF APRIL 9, 1929 (P.L.177,
22 NO.175), KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF 1929.
23 SECTION 4. LANDS IN WEST PENNSBORO TOWNSHIP, CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
24 (A) AUTHORIZATION.--THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES, WITH
25 THE APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNOR, IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED ON BEHALF OF
26 THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA TO GRANT AND CONVEY TO THE MT.
27 ROCK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, FOR FAIR CONSIDERATION EQUAL TO
28 THE FAIR MARKET VALUE AS DETERMINED BY AN INDEPENDENT APPRAISAL,
29 THE TRACT OF LAND DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (B).
30 (B) DESCRIPTION.--THE PROPERTY TO BE CONVEYED PURSUANT TO
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1 SUBSECTION (A) IS THE FOLLOWING TRACT, BOUNDED AND MORE
2 PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
3 BEGINNING, AT A POINT IN THE CENTER OF THE HARRISBURG,
4 CARLISLE AND CHAMBERSBURG TURNPIKE (U.S. ROUTE 11). THENCE BY
5 THE GRAVEYARD AND CHURCH LOT OF THE EVANGELICAL CHURCH IN DIRECT
6 LINE NORTH TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX (246) FEET, THENCE
7 CONTINUING IN A DIRECT LINE NORTH BY LAND NOW OR FORMERLY OF
8 JOHN BARRICK FIFTEEN (15) FEET TO A POINT, THENCE BY DIRECT LINE
9 WESTWARD BY LAND NOW OR FORMERLY OF JOSEPH BOSLER & SARAH
10 BOSLER, HIS WIFE, FORTY (40) FEET TO A POINT, THENCE IN A DIRECT
11 LINE SOUTHWARD BY LAND OF THE SAME TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE
12 (261) FEET TO THE CENTER OF SAID TURNPIKE, THENCE IN A DIRECT
13 LINE EASTWARD ALONG THE CENTER OF SAID TURNPIKE FORTY (40) FEET
14 TO A POINT; THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING TEN THOUSAND FOUR
15 HUNDRED AND FORTY (10,440) SQUARE FEET, MORE OR LESS.
16 (C) EASEMENTS.--THE CONVEYANCE SHALL BE MADE UNDER AND
17 SUBJECT TO ALL LAWFUL AND ENFORCEABLE EASEMENTS, SERVITUDES AND
18 RIGHTS OF OTHERS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT CONFINED TO STREETS,
19 ROADWAYS AND RIGHTS OF ANY TELEPHONE, TELEGRAPH, WATER,
20 ELECTRIC, GAS OR PIPELINE COMPANIES, AS WELL AS UNDER AND
21 SUBJECT TO ANY LAWFUL AND ENFORCEABLE ESTATES OR TENANCIES
22 VESTED IN THIRD PERSONS APPEARING OF RECORD, FOR ANY PORTION OF
23 THE LAND OR IMPROVEMENTS ERECTED THEREON.
24 (D) EXECUTION.--THE DEED OF CONVEYANCE SHALL BE EXECUTED BY
25 THE SECRETARY OF GENERAL SERVICES IN THE NAME OF THE
26 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.
27 (E) MONUMENT.--THE GRANTEE SHALL MAINTAIN THE EXISTING
28 MONUMENT TO GOVERNOR RITNER AND SHALL ALLOW PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE
29 MONUMENT.
30 (F) COSTS.--COSTS AND FEES INCIDENTAL TO THIS CONVEYANCE
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1 SHALL BE BORNE BY THE GRANTEE.
2 SECTION 5. CONVEYANCE TO EASTERN SNYDER COUNTY REGIONAL
3 AUTHORITY.
4 (A) THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES, WITH THE APPROVAL OF
5 THE GOVERNOR, IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO CONVEY TO THE
6 EASTERN SNYDER COUNTY REGIONAL AUTHORITY THE TRACT OF LAND
7 DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (B), IN EXCHANGE FOR THE TRACT OF LAND
8 DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (C).
9 (B) ALL THAT CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE IN THE
10 BOROUGH OF SELINSGROVE, SNYDER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, BEING
11 BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
12 BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE NORTHERN RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF
13 SANDHILL ROAD, SAID POINT BEING IN THE CENTER OF THE DESCRIBED
14 30-FOOT WIDE EASEMENT;
15 1. THENCE THRU THE LANDS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
16 NORTH FORTY DEGREES TWENTY-NINE MINUTES EAST A DISTANCE
17 OF FIFTY-EIGHT AND SEVENTY-NINE HUNDREDTHS FEET TO A
18 POINT;
19 2. THENCE THRU THE SAME NORTH TEN DEGREES TWENTY-NINE
20 MINUTES EAST A DISTANCE OF ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR AND
21 SEVENTY-EIGHT HUNDREDTHS FEET TO A POINT;
22 3. THENCE THRU THE SAME NORTH FORTY DEGREES TWENTY-NINE
23 MINUTES EAST A DISTANCE OF FOUR HUNDRED NINETY-SIX FEET
24 TO A POINT AT THE END OF SAID EASEMENT.
25 (C) ALL THAT CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE IN THE
26 BOROUGH OF SELINSGROVE, SNYDER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, BEING
27 BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
28 BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF
29 SANDHILL ROAD. SAID POINT BEING A DISTANCE OF TWENTY-SEVEN AND
30 THIRTY HUNDREDTHS FEET AND MEASURED IN A EASTERLY DIRECTION
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1 ALONG SAID NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE FROM THE INTERSECTION OF
2 SAID RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE WITH THE WESTERLY LINE OF PROPERTY OF THE
3 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.
4 1. THENCE NORTH ELEVEN DEGREES, ELEVEN MINUTES, SIXTEEN
5 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX AND
6 NINETY-FIVE HUNDREDTHS FEET TO AN EXISTING MANHOLE.
7 2. THENCE SOUTH SEVENTY-EIGHT DEGREES, FIFTY-ONE MINUTES,
8 TWENTY-NINE SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF THREE HUNDRED
9 SEVENTEEN AND FIFTY-SEVEN HUNDREDTHS FEET TO AN EXISTING
10 MANHOLE.
11 3. THENCE NORTH EIGHTY-SIX DEGREES, FOUR MINUTES, THIRTY-ONE
12 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF SEVENTY-SIX AND FIVE
13 HUNDREDTHS FEET TO AN EXISTING MANHOLE.
14 4. THENCE NORTH THIRTY-SIX DEGREES, FIFTY-ONE MINUTES,
15 FORTY-FOUR SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-
16 SIX FEET TO A POINT LOCATED SOUTH THIRTY-SIX DEGREES,
17 FIFTY-ONE MINUTES, FORTY-FOUR SECONDS WEST TWELVE FEET
18 FROM AN EXISTING MANHOLE.
19 THE ABOVE DESCRIBED RIGHT-OF-WAY IS THIRTY FEET WIDE. FIFTEEN
20 FEET ON EACH SIDE OF THE EXISTING SEWER LINE WITH THE EXCEPTION
21 OF LINE NUMBER 2 WHERE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY IS TEN FEET ON THE SOUTH
22 SIDE AND FIFTEEN FEET ON THE NORTH SIDE. BEING PART OF THE SAME
23 RIGHT-OF-WAY AS DESCRIBED IN DEED BOOK 144, PAGE 312.
24 (D) THE DEED OF CONVEYANCE SHALL BE APPROVED AS PROVIDED BY
25 LAW AND SHALL BE EXECUTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES
26 IN THE NAME OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
27 (E) THE COSTS AND FEES INCIDENTAL TO THIS CONVEYANCE SHALL
28 BE BORNE BY THE GRANTEE.
29 SECTION 6. CONVEYANCE TO SYNDER COUNTY.
30 (A) THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES, WITH THE APPROVAL OF
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1 THE GOVERNOR, IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED ON BEHALF OF THE
2 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA TO GRANT AND CONVEY TO SNYDER
3 COUNTY CERTAIN LAND DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (B) FOR FAIR MARKET
4 VALUE AS DETERMINED BY INDEPENDENT APPRAISAL.
5 (B) THE PROPERTY TO BE CONVEYED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (A)
6 CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY 7 ACRES BOUNDED AND MORE PARTICULARLY
7 DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
8 BEGINNING AT A FOUND IRON SPIKE IN THE CENTERLINE OF STATE
9 ROUTE 1010 (OLD COLONY ROAD - FORMERLY LEGISLATIVE ROUTE 54068);
10 SAID IRON SPIKE MARKING THE SOUTHEASTERLY CORNER OF OTHER LAND
11 NOW OR FORMERLY OF SNYDER COUNTY. THENCE ALONG SAID OTHER LAND
12 NOW OR FORMERLY OF SNYDER COUNTY, THE FOLLOWING 5 COURSES AND
13 DISTANCES:
14 (1) N 45 DEGREES 45 MINUTES 00 SECONDS W A DISTANCE OF
15 247.34 FEET TO A POINT;
16 (2) N 26 DEGREES 08 MINUTES 40 SECONDS W A DISTANCE OF
17 315.10 FEET TO A FOUND IRON PIN;
18 (3) S 81 DEGREES 18 MINUTES 00 SECONDS W A DISTANCE OF
19 339.28 FEET TO A POINT:
20 (4) S 00 DEGREES 33 MINUTES 10 SECONDS E A DISTANCE OF
21 207.42 FEET TO A FOUND IRON PIN; AND
22 (5) S 15 DEGREES 14 MINUTES 00 SECONDS E A DISTANCE OF
23 345.87 FEET TO A POINT IN THE CENTERLINE OF AFORESAID STATE
24 ROUTE 1010.
25 THENCE THROUGH LAND OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, OF
26 WHICH THE LAND HEREIN DESCRIBED IS A PART, THE FOLLOWING 7
27 COURSES AND DISTANCES:
28 (1) S 65 DEGREES 39 MINUTES 10 SECONDS W A DISTANCE OF
29 10.99 FEET, TO A SET NAIL IN THE CENTERLINE OF SAID STATE
30 ROUTE 1010;
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1 (2) N 26 DEGREES 06 MINUTES 10 SECONDS W, PASSING
2 THROUGH A SET IRON PIN AT A DISTANCE OF 16.51 FEET, A TOTAL
3 DISTANCE OF 708.31 FEET TO A SET IRON PIN;
4 (3) N 87 DEGREES 03 MINUTES 40 SECONDS E A DISTANCE OF
5 555.08 FEET TO A SET IRON PIN;
6 (4) S 84 DEGREES 24 MINUTES 50 SECONDS E A DISTANCE OF
7 583.16 FEET TO A SET IRON PIN;
8 (5) S 06 DEGREES 39 MINUTES 00 SECONDS W, PASSING
9 THROUGH A SET IRON PIN AT A DISTANCE OF 473.34 FEET, A TOTAL
10 DISTANCE OF 489.84 FEET TO A SET NAIL IN THE CENTERLINE OF
11 AFORESAID STATE ROUTE 1010;
12 (6) N 83 DEGREES 21 MINUTES 00 SECONDS W A DISTANCE OF
13 143.05 FEET TO A SET NAIL IN THE CENTERLINE OF SAID STATE
14 ROUTE 1010; AND
15 (7) ON AN ARC CONCAVE TO THE SOUTH; HAVING A RADIUS OF
16 572.96 FEET, A CHORD BEARING OF N 86 DEGREES, 08 MINUTES, 50
17 SECONDS W, AND A CHORD DISTANCE OF 55.89 FEET; AN ARC
18 DISTANCE OF 55.91 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING.
19 CONTAINING AN AREA OF 7.00 ACRES OF LAND.
20 BEING ALL OF LOT NUMBER 1, AS SHOWN ON THE PLAN OF
21 SUBDIVISION FOR SNYDER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, AS PREPARED BY
22 GERALD E. BICKHART & SONS, INC., DATED 03-31-94, AND RECORDED IN
23 SNYDER COUNTY MAP FILE NUMBER 2275.
24 (C) THE CONVEYANCE SHALL BE MADE UNDER AND SUBJECT TO ALL
25 LAWFUL AND ENFORCEABLE EASEMENTS, SERVITUDES AND RIGHTS OF
26 OTHERS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT CONFINED TO, STREETS, ROADWAYS AND
27 RIGHTS OF ANY TELEPHONE, TELEGRAPH, WATER, ELECTRIC, GAS OR
28 PIPELINE COMPANIES, AS WELL AS UNDER AND SUBJECT TO ANY LAWFUL
29 AND ENFORCEABLE ESTATES OR TENANCIES VESTED IN THIRD PERSONS
30 APPEARING OF RECORD, FOR ANY PORTION OF THE LAND OR IMPROVEMENTS
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1 ERECTED THEREON.
2 (D) RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED UNDER THE ACT OF JANUARY 19, 1968
3 (1967 P.L.992, NO.442), ENTITLED "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE
4 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS
5 THEREOF TO PRESERVE, ACQUIRE OR HOLD LAND FOR OPEN SPACE USES,"
6 UPON THE USE OF THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED UNDER SUBSECTION (B) ARE
7 HEREBY RELEASED.
8 (E) THE DEED OF CONVEYANCE SHALL BE BY SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED
9 AND SHALL BE EXECUTED BY THE SECRETARY OF GENERAL SERVICES IN
10 THE NAME OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.
11 (F) COSTS AND FEES INCIDENTAL TO THIS CONVEYANCE SHALL BE
12 BORNE BY THE GRANTEE.
13 (G) IN THE EVENT THAT THIS CONVEYANCE IS NOT EXECUTED WITHIN
14 12 MONTHS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT, THE PROPERTY MAY BE
15 DISPOSED OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2406-A OF THE ACT OF
16 APRIL 9, 1929 (P.L.177, NO.175), KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE
17 CODE OF 1929.
18 SECTION 7. HARTLEY TOWNSHIP CONVEYANCE.
19 (A) THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES, WITH THE APPROVAL OF
20 THE GOVERNOR AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL
21 RESOURCES, IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED ON BEHALF OF THE COMMONWEALTH TO
22 EXECUTE A DEED TO AMEND A USE RESTRICTION AND REVERSIONARY
23 COVENANT PLACED ON LANDS CONVEYED TO HARTLEY TOWNSHIP UNDER THE
24 ACT OF JUNE 26, 1981 (P.L.119, NO.39), ENTITLED "AN ACT
25 AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES,
26 WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES
27 AND THE GOVERNOR, TO CONVEY TO HARTLEY TOWNSHIP, 1.308 ACRES OF
28 LAND SITUATE IN HARTLEY TOWNSHIP, UNION COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA,"
29 TO READ THAT THE LANDS CONVEYED SHALL BE USED FOR MUNICIPAL
30 SERVICES OR PUBLIC SERVICES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FIRE
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1 PROTECTION SERVICE, BY HARTLEY TOWNSHIP AND IF AT ANY TIME
2 HARTLEY TOWNSHIP OR ITS SUCCESSOR IN FUNCTION AUTHORIZES OR
3 PERMITS OR CONVEYS SAID PROPERTY TO BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE
4 OTHER THAN MUNICIPAL OR PUBLIC SERVICES, THE TITLE SHALL
5 IMMEDIATELY REVERT TO AND REVEST IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF
6 PENNSYLVANIA.
7 (B) THE COST AND FEES RELATING TO THE CONVEYANCE SHALL BE
8 BORNE BY THE GRANTEE.
9 (C) THE DEED OF CONVEYANCE SHALL BE APPROVED AS PROVIDED BY
10 LAW AND SHALL BE EXECUTED BY THE SECRETARY OF GENERAL SERVICES
11 IN THE NAME OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.
12 SECTION 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.
13 THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
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