PRINTER'S NO. 1606
No. 1248 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY CONTI, DECEMBER 10, 2001
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 10, 2001
AN ACT 1 Authorizing the Department of General Services, with the 2 approval of the Department of Transportation and the 3 Governor, to grant and convey to the Heritage Conservancy 4 Inc., certain lands in the Borough of Doylestown, Bucks 5 County. 6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 7 hereby enacts as follows: 8 Section 1. Borough of Doylestown, Bucks County. 9 (a) Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with 10 the approval of the Department of Transportation and the 11 Governor, is hereby authorized on behalf of the Commonwealth of 12 Pennsylvania to grant and convey to the Heritage Conservancy 13 Inc., the Department of Transportation's Bucks County 14 Maintenance Facility, land and buildings describe in subsection 15 (b) for fair consideration equal to market value as determined 16 by independent appraisal in accordance with an Agreement of Sale 17 dated September 27, 2001. 18 (b) Description.--The property to be conveyed pursuant to 19 subsection (a) consists of the Department of Transportation's
1 Bucks County Maintenance Facility, bounded and more particularly 2 described as all that certain piece or parcel of land in the 3 Borough of Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania bounded and 4 describes as follows: 5 PARCEL 1 6 BEGINNING on the north side of Broad Street, forty (40) feet 7 wide at a point fourteen and sixty-two hundredths feet east of 8 the center line of Doyle Street, fifty (50) feet wide; thence 9 extending north forty-nine degrees 00 minutes west four hundred 10 forty-three feet three and seven-eighths inches to a point, said 11 point being the intersection of the north line of the said Broad 12 Street with east line of a proposed street fifty (50) feet wide 13 as shown on above mentioned plan; thence north thirty-nine 14 degrees forty-five minutes east three hundred twenty-three feet 15 two and seven-eighths inches on the line of east side of the 16 said proposed street to a point; thence south forty-nine degrees 17 00 minutes east four hundred seventy-three feet eleven and one- 18 quarter inches to a point on the dividing line between this lot 19 and partly by ground of Raymond Buck, Jr., partly by ground of 20 Clear Spring Worsted Company, and partly by ground of Raymond 21 Buck to a point on the dividing line of ground adjacent to this 22 lot owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; thence south 23 forty-five degrees ten minutes west three hundred twenty-four 24 feet no and three-eighth inch along the last mentioned line to 25 the first mentioned point and place of BEGINNING. 26 Containing three and four hundred two thousandths acres. 27 PARCEL 2 28 BEGINNING at an iron pin set for a corner of James B. 29 Cotton's lands and in the center of Broad Street, said iron pin 30 being north 48 degrees and 40 minutes west of and at a distance 20010S1248B1606 - 2 -
1 of one hundred and eighty-four feet from a point set for the 2 intersection of Broad and Union Streets; thence from said iron 3 pin north 48 degrees 40 minutes west three hundred and fifty- 4 five feet along center line of said Broad Street to an iron pin 5 set for a corner; thence north 45 degrees 32 minutes east three 6 hundred and eighty seven and nine tenths feet by lands of Abe 7 and Sam Margolis to an iron pin set for a corner; thence south 8 48 degrees 08 minutes east three hundred and forty one and five 9 tenths feet, by lands of Arthur A. Fretz to an iron pin set for 10 a corner; thence south 02 degrees 06 minutes east seventy and 11 nine tenths feet, still by lands of said Fretz to an iron pin 12 set for a corner; thence north 48 degrees 40 minutes west eighty 13 six and seven tenths feet by lands of the real estate holding 14 company to an iron pin set for a corner; thence south 40 degrees 15 07 minutes west one hundred and forty six and eight tenths feet 16 by lands of said real estate holding company and George Sommers 17 to an iron pin set for a corner; thence south 48 degrees 40 18 minutes east sixteen feet, by lands of said Sommers to an iron 19 pin set for a corner; thence south 40 degrees 07 minutes west 20 one hundred and eighty five and five tenths feet by lands of 21 Cotton aforesaid to the place of BEGINNING. 22 Containing in all 2.981 acres of land, be the same more or 23 less. 24 (c) Easements.--The conveyance shall be made under and 25 subject to all lawful and enforceable easements, servitudes and 26 rights of others, including, but not confined to, streets, 27 roadways and rights of any telephone, telegraph, water, 28 electric, gas or pipeline companies, as well as under and 29 subject to any lawful and enforceable estates or tenancies 30 vested in third persons appearing of record, for any portion of 20010S1248B1606 - 3 -
1 the land or improvements erected thereon. 2 (d) Execution.--The deed of conveyance shall be by Special 3 Warranty Deed and shall be executed by the Secretary of General 4 Services in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 5 (e) Costs.--Costs and fees incidental to this conveyance 6 shall be borne by the Grantee. 7 (f) Proceeds.--The proceeds from the sale shall be deposited 8 in the Motor License Fund of the Department of Transportation to 9 pay for costs and fees incurred for the lease, acquisition, 10 design and/or construction of a new Bucks County Maintenance 11 Facility as well as the costs and fees incurred by the 12 Department of General Services as authorized under section 2406- 13 A of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The 14 Administrative Code of 1929. 15 (g) Other disposition.--In the event that this conveyance is 16 not executed in accordance with the Agreement of Sale, the 17 property may be disposed of, with the approval of the Department 18 of Transportation, in accordance with section 2406-A of The 19 Administrative Code of 1929. The proceeds from the sale shall be 20 deposited in accordance with subsection (f). 21 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. L6L85BIL/20010S1248B1606 - 4 -