SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3232 PRINTER'S NO. 3880
No. 2492 Session of 1978
INTRODUCED BY MESSRS. RAPPAPORT, PIEVSKY, GIAMMARCO AND OLIVER,
MAY 31, 1978
SENATOR McKINNEY, STATE GOVERNMENT, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED,
SEPTEMBER 26, 1978
AN ACT
1 Authorizing the Department of General Services, with the
2 approval of the Department of Environmental Resources, to
3 sell and convey to the City of Philadelphia certain lands
4 within the bed of the Delaware River in the Fifth Ward of the
5 City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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 concurrence of the Department of Environmental Resources, acting
10 on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for a
11 consideration of $1, is hereby authorized to convey in fee to
12 the City of Philadelphia lands within the bed of the Delaware
13 River in the City of Philadelphia, lying between the Bulkhead
14 and Pierhead Lines of the Delaware River, as approved by the
15 United States War Department on September 10, 1940, and between
16 a point north of the north line of Market Street produced, and a
17 point north of the north line of Cherry Street produced, in the
18 Fifth Ward of the City of Philadelphia, containing 11.0853
1 acres, more or less, and more fully described as follows:
2 All that certain tract of parcel of land situate in the Fifth
3 Ward of the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as described as
4 follows:
5 Beginning at a point on the easterly side of Delaware Avenue
6 (variable width), also the Bulkhead Line as established by the
7 Secretary of War on September 10, 1940, located north 14 degrees
8 03 minutes 50 seconds east at the distance of 147 feet 0 inches
9 from an angle point, which angle point is also the point of
10 intersection of the said easterly side of Delaware Avenue with
11 the northerly side of Market Street (100 feet wide) produced;
12 thence extending north 14 degrees 03 minutes 50 seconds east
13 along the said easterly side of Delaware Avenue, also the said
14 Bulkhead Line, the distance of 856 feet 0 3/4 inches to a point;
15 thence south 79 degrees 49 minutes 31 seconds east the distance
16 of 534 feet 7 1/2 inches to a point on the Pierhead Line as
17 established by the Secretary of War on September 10, 1940;
18 thence extending southwardly along the said Pierhead Line the
19 following courses and distances: (1) south 14 degrees 51 minutes
20 14 seconds west 332 feet 10 1/2 inches to a point; (2) south 11
21 degrees 13 minutes 56 seconds west 579 feet 10 1/4 inches to a
22 point; thence north 80 degrees 06 minutes 20 seconds west 371
23 feet 11 3/8 inches to a point; thence north 09 degrees 53
24 minutes 40 seconds east the distance of 60 feet 1 5/8 inches to
25 a point; thence north 80 degrees 06 minutes 20 seconds west the
26 distance of 182 feet 7 3/8 inches to a point on the easterly
27 side of Delaware Avenue, also the said Bulkhead Line, the first
28 mentioned point and place of beginning. Containing an area of
29 11.0853 acres, more or less.
30 SECTION 2. THE DEED OF CONVEYANCE SHALL CONTAIN A CLAUSE <--
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1 THAT THE LAND CONVEYED SHALL BE USED FOR MUNICIPAL PURPOSES BY
2 THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA AND IF AT ANY TIME THE CITY OF
3 PHILADELPHIA CONVEYS SAID LAND OR AUTHORIZES OR PERMITS SAID
4 LAND TO BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE OTHER THAN MUNICIPAL PURPOSES
5 THE TITLE THERETO SHALL IMMEDIATELY REVERT TO AND REVEST IN THE
6 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.
7 Section 2 3. The deed of conveyance hereby contemplated <--
8 shall be approved by the Department of Justice and shall be
9 executed by the Department of General Services, with the
10 approval of the Department of Environmental Resources, in the
11 name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
12 Section 3 4. This act shall take effect immediately. <--
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