PRINTER'S NO. 370

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 338 Session of 1977


        INTRODUCED BY McGINNIS AND SCIRICA, FEBRUARY 15, 1977

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 15, 1977

                                     AN ACT

     1  Authorizing and directing the Department of General Services,
     2     with the approval of the Department of Public Welfare and the
     3     Governor, to convey to the Plymouth Fire Company No. 1, of
     4     the Township of Plymouth, 1.126 acres of land, more or less,
     5     situate in Plymouth Township, Montgomery County,
     6     Pennsylvania.

     7     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     8  hereby enacts as follows:
     9     Section 1.  The Department of General Services, with the
    10  approval of the Department of Public Welfare and the Governor,
    11  is hereby authorized and directed on behalf of the Commonwealth
    12  of Pennsylvania, to grant and convey to the Plymouth Fire
    13  Company No. 1, of the Township of Plymouth, the following tract
    14  of land situate in the Township of Plymouth, County of
    15  Montgomery, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, bounded and
    16  described as follows:
    17     Beginning at a spike in the title line of Colwell Lane, being
    18  a corner of this and lands of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
    19  Thence from said point of beginning along said title line north
    20  37 degrees 26 minutes east 490.00 feet to a spike. Thence


     1  leaving the bed of said road and along a 25-foot wide access
     2  easement for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania south 54 degrees 4
     3  minutes east 172.90 feet to an iron pin. Thence along lands of
     4  the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania the following three courses and
     5  distances, to wit:
     6         (1)  south 55 degrees 6 minutes west 287.52 feet to an
     7     iron pin,
     8         (2)  south 48 degrees 19 minutes west 223.68 feet to an
     9     iron pin, and
    10         (3)  north 53 degrees 54 minutes west 43.07 feet to the
    11     aforementioned point and place of beginning.
    12     Containing 1.126 acres, more or less, of land.
    13     The description of the property as surveyed by F.X. Ball
    14  Associates, Inc. in June 1974 and as described on their plan of
    15  property 74103-3 (sheet 1 of 1) dated July 5, 1974.
    16     The conveyance shall be made under and subject to all
    17  easements, servitudes and rights of others, including but not
    18  confined to streets, roadways, and rights of any telephone,
    19  telegraph, water, electric, sewer, gas or pipeline companies, as
    20  well as under and subject to any interest, estates, or tenancies
    21  vested in third persons, whether or not appearing of record, for
    22  any portion of the land or improvements erected thereon.
    23     Section 2.  The deed of conveyance shall contain a clause
    24  that the lands conveyed shall be used for the construction,
    25  operation and maintenance of a fire station by the Plymouth Fire
    26  Company No. 1, and if at any time the said Plymouth Fire Company
    27  No. 1 or its successor in function conveys said property or
    28  authorizes or permits said property to be used for any purpose
    29  other than the construction, operation or maintenance of a fire
    30  station, the title thereto shall immediately revert to and
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     1  revest in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
     2     Section 3.  The deed of conveyance shall be approved by the
     3  Department of Justice and shall be executed by the Secretary of
     4  the Department of General Services in the name of the
     5  Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
     6     Section 4.  This act shall take effect immediately.
















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