PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2249 PRINTER'S NO. 2315
No. 1567 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY MADIGAN, OCTOBER 12, 2000
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, NOVEMBER 20, 2000
AN ACT
1 Authorizing the Department of General Services, with the
2 approval of the Governor and the Department of
3 Transportation, to convey to the Grand Canyon Airport
4 Authority certain lands situate in Shippen and Delmar
5 Townships, Tioga County.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. The Department of General Services, with the
9 approval of the Governor and the Department of Transportation,
10 is authorized on behalf of the Commonwealth to convey to the
11 Grand Canyon Airport Authority for the sum of $1 all property
12 used in the operation of the Grand Canyon Airport and the land
13 described in section 2.
14 Section 2. The land to be conveyed under authority of
15 section 1 is as follows:
16 (1) All of that certain piece, parcel, lot, or tract of land
17 situate in the Townships of Delmar and Shippen, COUNTY OF TIOGA, <--
18 bounded and described as follows, to wit:
19 Beginning at a point (stake) in what is known as the Stagaman
1 Road, where the same is intersected by the east line of land now
2 or formerly of Bernard and Thelma Mengee, husband and wife, and
3 the west line of the land herein conveyed; thence by the same
4 line of land now or formerly of Bernard and Thelma Mengee north
5 7 degrees 30 minutes west 620 feet, more or less, to a stake,
6 the northwest corner of the land herein conveyed and the
7 southwest corner of lands now or formerly of Walter Spencer;
8 thence north 83 degrees 0 minutes east 1608 feet, more or less,
9 to a pin on line between Shippen and Delmar Townships, the same
10 being beginning of lands now or formerly known as the Wayne
11 Knowlton lands; thence north 75 degrees 54 minutes east 1208.65
12 feet, more or less, to a point on the western right-of-way line
13 of what is known as the Dexter or Austin Road (State Highway
14 Route S8017, TR468); thence south 32 degrees 25 minutes east 861
15 feet, more or less, along the westerly right-of-way line of said
16 road to a point where said westerly right-of-way line intersects
17 the northerly right-of-way line of the Stagaman Road; thence
18 east along the northerly right-of-way line of the Stagaman Road
19 south 82 degrees 30 minutes west 953.5 feet, more or less, to a
20 pin; thence along the same south 83 degrees 0 minutes west
21 2,218.0 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning;
22 containing 49.25 acres, more or less, and being the same land
23 described as two tracts or parcels in the deed dated April 20,
24 1948, from Dominick Valentine and Esther Valentine, husband and
25 wife, to Evert I. Gillett and Edna Gillett, husband and wife,
26 and Hazel L. Gillet, the named grantors herein, as recorded <--
27 April 21, 1948, in Tioga County Deed Book, Volume 245, at page
28 588.
29 (2) All that certain piece, tract, parcel, or lot of land
30 situate in the Township of Delmar, County of Tioga and
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1 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows,
2 to wit:
3 Beginning at the corner (iron pin), the northwest corner
4 hereof between the line of land LANDS of Theodore Darling and OF <--
5 Evert Gillett; thence by what is known as the Stagaman Road
6 north 82 degrees 30 minutes east 720 feet, more or less, to a
7 corner (stake) to what is now or was formerly known as the
8 Campbell Hangar Lot; thence south 18 degrees 0 minutes east 114
9 feet, more or less, to a pin; thence south 7 degrees 0 minutes
10 east 112 feet, more or less, to an iron pin; thence by line of
11 land now or formerly of Theodore Darling south 83 degrees west
12 673.6 feet, more or less, to an iron pin; thence north 20
13 degrees 45 minutes west 255 feet, more or less, to the point or
14 place of beginning and containing 4 acres, more or less.
15 And being the same land conveyed to Evert Gillett, a named <--
16 grantor herein, by deed of Walter B. Campbell and Elizabeth R.
17 Campbell, husband and wife, dated December 30, 1949, and
18 recorded February 28, 1950, in Tioga County Deed Book, Volume
19 256, at page 153, and from Lyle W. Bockus, in Deed Book No. 253
20 page 164.
21 Both of the above tracts of land numbered (1) and (2), as
22 above recited and described, were made the subject of a survey
23 by Joseph H. Knisely on May 5, 1953.
24 (3) All that certain portion of an original tract, piece, or
25 parcel of land situate in the Township of Shippen, County of
26 Tioga and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as
27 follows, to wit:
28 Beginning at an iron pin on the center line of proposed or
29 existing airport runway on the property line between land LANDS <--
30 now or formerly of Evert Gillett and OF Bernard and Thelma <--
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1 Mengee (station 40 plus 00); thence north 6 degrees 30 minutes
2 east 192.744 feet to an iron pin; thence south 85 degrees 30
3 minutes west 565 feet to an iron pipe, said iron pipe marking
4 the northwest corner of the land herein conveyed; thence south
5 10 degrees 30 minutes west 192.744 feet to an iron pipe; thence
6 south 4 degrees 30 minutes west 192.744 feet to an iron pipe
7 marking the southwest corner of the land herein conveyed; thence
8 north 85 degrees 30 minutes east 565 feet to an iron pin marking
9 the southeast corner of the land herein conveyed; thence north 6
10 degrees 30 minutes east 192.744 feet to an iron pin marking the
11 center line of the land herein conveyed; thence north 6 degrees
12 30 minutes east 192.744 feet to an iron pin marking the place of
13 beginning and also marking the northeast corner of the land
14 herein conveyed.
15 The above land is a part of the same area conveyed to Thelma
16 Mengee, a party grantor herein, by deed of Arthur Hackett and <--
17 Ina Hackett, his wife, dated March 12, 1945, and recorded July
18 10, 1945, in Tioga County Deed Book, Volume 238, at page 476, as
19 well as being the same land which was made the subject of a
20 survey on May 5, 1953, by Joseph H. Knisley.
21 (4) All that lot of land situate in Shippen Township, Tioga
22 County, Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows:
23 Beginning at an iron pin located at the southeast corner of
24 the lot of land conveyed by Growth Resources of Wellsboro
25 Foundation, Inc., to Parvin Stryker by deed of even date and
26 being the northwest corner of the lot herein described:
27 Thence along remaining lands of Parvin Stryker, south 83
28 degrees 58' 58 MINUTES and 52" 52 SECONDS East a distance of <--
29 584.29 feet to an iron pin located in the line of lands now or
30 formerly of Donald Johnson MARKING the northeast corner of the <--
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1 lot herein described;
2 Thence along lands of Donald Johnson, South 05 degrees 53' 53 <--
3 MINUTES 11" 11 SECONDS West a distance of 299.69 feet to a found <--
4 Penndot monument MARKING the Southeast corner of the lot herein <--
5 described.
6 Thence along lands now of the Grand Canyon State Airport,
7 North 85 degrees, 24' 10" 24 MINUTES 10 SECONDS West a distance <--
8 of 590.64 feet to an iron pin located in the eastern line of
9 lands of Growth Resources of Wellsboro Foundation, Inc., MARKING <--
10 the southwest corner of the lot herein described.
11 Thence along lands of Growth Resources of Wellsboro
12 Foundation, Inc. North 07 degrees 01' 01 MINUTES and 00" 00 <--
13 SECONDS East a distance of 314.39 feet to an iron pin, the point
14 and place of beginning.
15 Containing 4.14 acres, more or less, and designated as Lot 2
16 on survey number A 74-93-418, dated December 17, 1993, prepared
17 by Boyer Kantz, P.L.S. A copy of said survey was to be filed in
18 the Registers Office in the year of 1994.
19 Being a part of the same lands conveyed by John F.
20 Worthington and Martha C. Worthington, his wife, to Parvin R.
21 Stryker, Jr. and Elizabeth A. Stryker, his wife, by deed dated
22 October 17, 1977, and recorded October 18, 1977, in Tioga county
23 Deed Book 380 at page 168.
24 (5) All that lot of land situate in Shippen Township, County
25 of Tioga, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, granted and conveyed
26 by Growth Resources Of Wellsboro, Inc., hereinafter, whether <--
27 singular or plural, called the GRANTOR, to the Commonwealth of
28 Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation by deed dated June 8,
29 1994, recorded in the Recorder of Deeds Office, Deed Book 623 at
30 page 124, of Tioga County.
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1 Being all or a portion of the same property conveyed or
2 devised to the GRANTOR by DEED of Martha F. Kelly, dated
3 11/21/91 NOVEMBER 21, 1991 and recorded in the Recorder of Deeds <--
4 Office of Tioga County, Deed Book 552, page 381, together with
5 all improvements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereto.
6 (6) All that lot of land situate in Shippen Township, County
7 of Tioga, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, granted and conveyed
8 by Donald V. & Carol L. Johnson, hereinafter, whether singular <--
9 or plural, called the GRANTOR GRANTORS, to the Commonwealth of <--
10 Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation by deed dated May 27,
11 1994, recorded in the Recorder of Deeds Office, Deed Book 622, <--
12 page 13, of Tioga County. OF TIOGA COUNTY, DEED BOOK 622, PAGE <--
13 13.
14 Being all or a portion of the same property conveyed or
15 devised to the GRANTOR GRANTORS by Deed of Enoch & Wyma Johnson, <--
16 dated 6/26/59 JUNE 26, 1959, and recorded in the Recorder of <--
17 Deeds Office of Tioga County, Deed Book 298, page 361, together
18 with all improvements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereto.
19 (7) All that lot or parcel of land situate in Delmar
20 Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, granted and conveyed by
21 Richard C. and Ada Johnston, hereinafter, whether singular or <--
22 plural, called the GRANTOR GRANTORS, to the Commonwealth of <--
23 Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation by deed dated June
24 30, 1994, recorded in the Recorder of Deeds Office OF TIOGA <--
25 COUNTY, Deed Book 622, page 5, of Tioga County. <--
26 Being all or a portion of the same property conveyed or
27 devised to the grantor by DEED of Lyle W. Bockus, dated 6/2/80 <--
28 JUNE 2, 1980 recorded in Deed Book 399, page 166 of Tioga County <--
29 THE RECORDER OF DEEDS OFFICE OF TIOGA COUNTY, DEED BOOK 399, <--
30 PAGE 166, together with all improvements, hereditaments and
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1 appurtenances thereto.
2 (8) All that certain lot of land situate in Shippen
3 Township, County of Tioga, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
4 granted and conveyed by Stanley F. & Marjorie A. Shabloski,
5 hereinafter whether singular or plural, called the GRANTOR <--
6 GRANTORS, to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of <--
7 Transportation by deed dated June 28, 1994, and recorded in the
8 Recorder of Deeds Office, Deed Book 622, page 21, of Tioga <--
9 County. OFFICE OF TIOGA COUNTY, DEED BOOK 622, PAGE 21. <--
10 Being all or a portion of the same property conveyed or
11 devised to the GRANTOR GRANTORS by DEED of Doris E. Darl, dated <--
12 3/14/83 MARCH 14, 1983, and recorded in the Recorder of Deeds <--
13 Office of Tioga County, Deed Book 420, page 329, together with
14 all improvements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereto.
15 (9) All that lot or parcel of land situate in Delmar
16 Township, County of Tioga, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
17 granted and conveyed by Mary E. Knowlton, Mary Kay Knowlton and
18 Jack Spaulding, hereinafter, whether singular or plural, called <--
19 the GRANTOR GRANTORS, to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, <--
20 Department of Transportation by deed dated May 6, 1994, and
21 recorded in the Recorder of Deeds Office, Deed Book 622, page 1 <--
22 of Tioga County. OF TIOGA COUNTY, DEED BOOK 622, PAGE 1. <--
23 Being all or a portion of the same property conveyed or
24 devised to the GRANTOR GRANTORS by DEED of Mary E. Knowlton, <--
25 widow, dated 6/1/90 recorded in Deed Book 519, page 362 of Tioga <--
26 County, JUNE 1, 1990, RECORDED IN THE RECORDER OF DEEDS OFFICE <--
27 OF TIOGA COUNTY, DEED BOOK 519, PAGE 362, together with all
28 improvements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereto.
29 (10) All that lot, piece and parcel of land situate and
30 being in the Township of Shippen, County of Tioga, Pennsylvania,
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1 granted and conveyed by John W. and Grace Stagaman and Mary S.
2 Walbridge, NKA Mary Shokey and Josephine Garris, NKA Josephine
3 Zurowski, hereinafter whether by singular or plural, called the <--
4 GRANTOR GRANTORS, to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, <--
5 Department of Transportation by deed dated May 25, 1994, and
6 recorded in the Recorder of Deeds Office, Deed Book 622, page <--
7 17, in Tioga County. OF TIOGA COUNTY, DEED BOOK 622, PAGE 17. <--
8 Being all or a portion of the same property conveyed or
9 devised to the GRANTOR GRANTORS by DEED of James Walbridge dated <--
10 8/31/73 AUGUST 31, 1973, recorded in THE RECORDER OF DEEDS <--
11 OFFICE OF TIOGA COUNTY, Deed Book 378, page 754, together with
12 all improvements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereto.
13 (11) All that lot of land situate in the Township of
14 Shippen, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, granted and conveyed by
15 Donald V. & Carol L. Johnson, hereinafter, whether singular or <--
16 plural, called the GRANTOR GRANTORS, to the Commonwealth of <--
17 Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation by deed dated May 27,
18 1994, and recorded in the Recorder of Deeds Office, Deed Book <--
19 622, page 9 of Tioga County. OF TIOGA COUNTY, DEED BOOK 622, <--
20 PAGE 9.
21 Being all or a portion of the same property conveyed or
22 devised to the GRANTOR GRANTORS by DEED of Walter B. Kennedy, <--
23 dated 4/5/67 APRIL 5, 1967, and recorded in the Recorder of <--
24 Deeds Office of Tioga County, Deed Book 327, page 622, together
25 with all improvements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereto.
26 (12) All that certain lot, tract or parcel of land situate
27 in Shippen Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, bounded and
28 described as follows:
29 Beginning at a point, said point being the Southwest corner
30 of the lands herein described, said point being the point of
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1 intersection of an old abandoned road traveling along the <--
2 western edge of the lot herein described and an old road
3 traveling along the southern boundary line of the land herein
4 described, said point being further designated as being located
5 South 07 degrees 01' 00" 01 MINUTES 00 SECONDS West, 2375.15 <--
6 feet from that point where the western boundary line of other
7 lands of Parvin R. Stryker, Jr., et ux and the eastern boundary
8 line of lands now or formerly of Gary Kelly intersects with the
9 centerline of Pa. T.R. 362; thence from said point of beginning
10 North 07 degrees 01 MINUTES East a distance of 498.37 feet to a <--
11 point, said point being the Northwest corner hereof and the
12 southern boundary line of a 50 ft. Right-of-Way leading to the
13 centerline of Pa. T.R. 362 and also being along the eastern
14 boundary line of lands now or formerly of Gary Kelly; thence
15 along the southern boundary line of the 50 ft. Right-of-Way
16 leading to the centerline of T.R. 362, South 85 degrees 20' 27" <--
17 20 MINUTES 27 SECONDS East a distance of 26.17 feet to an iron <--
18 rod, said point being the Northwest corner of lands now or
19 formerly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Grand Canyon State
20 Airport; thence along the western boundary line of the
21 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Grand Canyon State Airport South 06
22 degrees 39' 33" 39 MINUTES 33 SECONDS West, a distance of 385.49 <--
23 feet to an iron rod; thence along the southern boundary line of
24 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Grand Canyon State Airport,
25 south 85 degrees 20' 27" 20 MINUTES 27 SECONDS East, a distance <--
26 of 565 feet to an iron rod, said point being the Northeast
27 corner hereof and being in the western boundary line of lands
28 now or formerly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Grand Canyon
29 State Airport; thence along the western boundary line of the
30 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Grand Canyon State Airport, South 6
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1 degrees 39' 33" 39 MINUTES 33 SECONDS West a distance of 131.25 <--
2 feet to a point in the old road, said point being the Southeast
3 corner hereof; thence along the old road the following three (3)
4 courses and distances: North 83 degrees 43' 42" 43 MINUTES 42 <--
5 SECONDS West, 72.94 feet; North 82 degrees 55' 11" 55 MINUTES 11 <--
6 SECONDS West, 232.71 feet and North 84 degrees 01' 50" 01 <--
7 MINUTES 50 SECONDS West, 288.30 feet to the point and place of
8 beginning.
9 Containing 1.891 acres, more or less in accordance with a
10 survey by Bruce Mainus, under the direction of Boyer Kantz,
11 R.S., dated May 31, 1979 and revised November 15, 1979, and
12 approved by the Tioga County Planning commission on February 13,
13 1980. A copy of said survey map being filed in Tioga County Map
14 File No. 6823.
15 Also granting and conveying unto the Grantees herein, their
16 successors and assigns a Right-of-Way 50 ft. in width leading
17 from Pa. T.R. 362 to the Northwest portion of the lands above
18 described, the centerline of said Right-of-Way being bounded and
19 described as follows:
20 Beginning at a point in the centerline of Pa. T.R. 362, said
21 point being North 08 degrees 01' 52" 01 MINUTES 52 SECONDS East, <--
22 26.14 feet from that point where the western boundary line of
23 lands of Parvin R. Stryker, Jr. et ux and the eastern boundary
24 line of lands now or formerly of Gary Kelly intersects with the
25 centerline of said road; thence North 07 degrees 01' 01 MINUTES <--
26 East a distance of 1386.02 feet to a point on the northern
27 boundary of lands above described. Said Right-of-Way to be used
28 for the purposes of ingress, egress and regress for the above
29 described premises to Pa. T.R. 362. Said Right-of-Way to be used
30 in common by the Grantors herein, their successors and assigns
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1 and by the Grantees herein, their successors and assigns. Said
2 Right-of-Way being more specifically set forth on the above
3 referred to survey map.
4 Being a portion of the same premises conveyed by John F.
5 Worthington and Martha C. Worthington, his wife, to Parvin
6 R.Stryker R. STRYKER, Jr. and Elizabeth A. Stryker, his wife, by <--
7 deed dated October 17th, 1977, and recorded in Tioga County Deed <--
8 THE RECORDER OF DEEDS OFFICE OF TIOGA COUNTY, DEED Book 380 at <--
9 page 168.
10 SECTION 3. THE CONVEYANCE SHALL BE MADE UNDER AND SUBJECT TO <--
11 ALL EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS OF OTHERS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT CONFINED
12 TO, STREETS, ROADWAYS AND RIGHTS OF ANY TELEPHONE, TELEGRAPH,
13 WATER, ELECTRIC, SEWER, GAS OR PIPELINE COMPANIES, AND UNDER AND
14 SUBJECT TO ANY INTERESTS, ESTATES OR TENANCIES VESTED IN THIRD
15 PERSONS, WHETHER OR NOT APPEARING OF RECORD, WITH RESPECT TO ANY
16 PORTION OF THE LAND OR IMPROVEMENTS ERECTED THEREON.
17 SECTION 4. THIS CONVEYANCE SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
18 PROVISIONS OF THE DIVESTITURE AGREEMENT SIGNED BY THE DEPARTMENT
19 OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE GRAND CANYON AIRPORT AUTHORITY ON
20 SEPTEMBER 22, 2000.
21 Section 3 5. Costs incidental to this conveyance shall be <--
22 borne by the grantee.
23 Section 4 6. This act shall take effect immediately. <--
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