PRINTER'S NO. 18
No. 18 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY FISCHER, JANUARY 19, 1977
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 19, 1977
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 22, 1931 (P.L.720, No.262), entitled
2 "An act providing for the taking over by the Commonwealth,
3 under certain terms, conditions and limitations, of certain
4 streets in cities of the second class, second class A, and
5 third class as State highways, and for the improvement,
6 construction, reconstruction, resurfacing and maintenance by
7 the Commonwealth of certain defined widths of said streets;
8 imposing duties on such cities and on public utility
9 companies using such streets; providing that no assessment
10 shall be made upon the Commonwealth in the elimination of any
11 grade crossing thereon; authorizing cities, persons,
12 associations, or corporations to enter into agreements with
13 the Commonwealth to bear a portion of the cost of
14 construction or maintenance; providing for the assessment of
15 certain portions of the cost of street improvements on
16 abutting property owners; regulating the replacement of
17 certain facilities of public utility companies; prohibiting
18 the opening of said streets after improvement without a
19 permit, and providing penalty therefor; regulating the
20 maintenance of detours; authorizing the increase of city
21 indebtedness in certain cases; and appropriating money in the
22 Motor License Fund for the purposes of this act," changing
23 certain routes in the City of Washington.
24 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
25 hereby enacts as follows:
26 Section 1. The following routes established in section 2,
27 act of June 22, 1931 (P.L.720, No.262), entitled "An act
28 providing for the taking over by the Commonwealth, under certain
29 terms, conditions and limitations, of certain streets in cities
1 of the second class, second class A, and third class as State
2 highways, and for the improvement, construction, reconstruction,
3 resurfacing and maintenance by the Commonwealth of certain
4 defined widths of said streets; imposing duties on such cities
5 and on public utility companies using such streets; providing
6 that no assessment shall be made upon the Commonwealth in the
7 elimination of any grade crossing thereon; authorizing cities,
8 persons, associations, or corporations to enter into agreements
9 with the Commonwealth to bear a portion of the cost of
10 construction or maintenance; providing for the assessment of
11 certain portions of the cost of street improvements on abutting
12 property owners; regulating the replacement of certain
13 facilities of public utility companies; prohibiting the opening
14 of said streets after improvement without a permit, and
15 providing penalty therefor; regulating the maintenance of
16 detours; authorizing the increase of city indebtedness in
17 certain cases; and appropriating money in the Motor License Fund
18 for the purposes of this act," are amended to read:
19 Section 2. The city streets to be taken over, under the
20 provisions of this act, in the cities hereinafter named, shall
21 be designated by numbers, to be hereafter assigned by the
22 Secretary of Highways, and are situate and described as follows:
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24 L.R.109. Beginning at a point on the intersection of
25 [Jefferson Avenue and West Chestnut Street; thence over
26 Jefferson Avenue to West Beau Street; thence over West Beau
27 Street to Franklin Street; thence on Franklin Street to West
28 Maiden Street; thence on West Maiden Street to South Main
29 Street; thence on] South Main Street [to] and Park Avenue;
30 thence along Park Avenue to the dividing line between the city
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1 of Washington and North Franklin Township, in the City of
2 Washington, a distance of about [1.03] .41 miles.
3 L.R.113. Beginning at a point on the boundary line between
4 the City of Washington and South Strabane Township, on East
5 Maiden Street; thence over East Maiden Street to Main Street;
6 [thence over Main Street to the intersection with Beau Street,]
7 continuing over Maiden Street, crossing Strawberry Avenue,
8 Wheeling Street, Cherry Avenue and Beau Street, to the
9 intersection with Chestnut Street, in the City of Washington, a
10 distance of about [1.5] 1.84 miles.
11 L.R.114. Beginning at a point on the intersection of [Main
12 Street and Beau Street; thence over Main Street to Chestnut
13 Street; thence over] College Street and Chestnut Street; thence
14 in a westerly direction over Chestnut Street and West Chestnut
15 Street to the line dividing the City of Washington and townships
16 of Canton and North Franklin, in the City of Washington, a
17 distance of about [1.4] 1.44 miles.
18 * * *
19 L.R.181. Beginning at a point on East Beau Street, at the
20 dividing line between the City of Washington and East Washington
21 Borough; thence over East Beau Street to [Main Street,] College
22 Street, in the City of Washington, a distance of about [.38] .24
23 of a mile.
24 * * *
25 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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