HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 461, 2397, 2706, PRINTER'S NO. 3582
3153, 3482
No. 423 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY PHILLIPS, FEBRUARY 24, 1987
AMENDMENTS TO SENATE AMENDMENTS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
JUNE 29, 1988
AN ACT
1 Authorizing the Department of Transportation, with the approval
2 of the Governor, to convey to the Borough of Shamokin Dam two
3 parcels of land in the Borough of Shamokin Dam, Snyder
4 County, Pennsylvania; and authorizing the Secretary of <--
5 Environmental Resources to add certain parcels of land
6 situate in Jefferson Township, Somerset County, to Forbes
7 State Forest; AND AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF <--
8 GENERAL SERVICES, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNOR AND THE
9 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, TO SELL AND CONVEY A TRACT OF LAND
10 SITUATE IN EAST PENNSBORO TOWNSHIP, CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
11 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
12 hereby enacts as follows:
13 Section 1. (a) Conveyance to Borough of Shamokin Dam.--The
14 Department of Transportation, with the approval of the Governor,
15 is authorized and directed on behalf of the Commonwealth of
16 Pennsylvania to grant and convey, for a consideration of one-
17 half of its fair market value as determined by the Department of
18 Transportation, to the Borough of Shamokin Dam the two following
19 tracts or parcels of land situate in the Borough of Shamokin
20 Dam, Snyder County, Pennsylvania:
1 Parcel Number 1.
2 All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land situate in
3 Borough of Shamokin Dam, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, as more
4 particularly described in accordance with a survey prepared by
5 William C. Hilling, a Professional Land Surveyor, Pennsylvania
6 Registration No. 22340-E on September 23, 1986, as follows:
7 Beginning at a set PK nail in the intersection of the west
8 line of Legislative Route No. 54067 (Old Trail Road) and north
9 line of Sixth Avenue; thence north 63 degrees 15 minutes 13
10 seconds west along the north line of Sixth Avenue a distance of
11 233.78 feet to a set PK nail; thence north 27 degrees 30 minutes
12 16 seconds east along the east line of Center Street a distance
13 of 230.78 feet to a set iron pin; thence along the east and
14 south line of a service road the following three courses and
15 distances: (1) north 68 degrees 22 minutes 16 seconds east a
16 distance of 44.55 feet to a set iron pin; (2) north 83 degrees
17 00 minutes 32 seconds east a distance of 144.56 feet to a set
18 iron pin; (3) south 71 degrees 41 minutes 25 seconds east a
19 distance of 82.93 feet to a set iron pin on the south line of
20 Legislative Route No. 54067; thence along the west line of
21 Legislative Route No. 54067 the following two courses and
22 distances: (1) south 27 degrees 21 minutes 17 seconds west a
23 distance of 256.17 feet to a set iron pin; (2) south 26 degrees
24 10 minutes 30 seconds west a distance of 100.35 feet to the
25 point of beginning.
26 Containing 1.66 acres.
27 Parcel Number 2.
28 All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land situate in the
29 Borough of Shamokin Dam, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, as more
30 particularly described in accordance with a survey prepared by
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1 William C. Hilling, a Professional Land Surveyor, Pennsylvania
2 Registration No. 22340-E on June 6, 1986, as follows:
3 Beginning at a set iron pin at the intersection of west line
4 of Helen Street and the north line of Walnut Street (now
5 abandoned) and at the southeast corner of the lot of land herein
6 described; thence north 51 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds west
7 along the north line of Walnut Street a distance of 138.01 feet
8 to a set iron pin; thence along the east right-of-way line of
9 Legislative Route No. 25 E.B. the following two courses and
10 distances: (1) north 60 degrees 49 minutes 10 seconds east a
11 distance of 115.70 feet to a set iron pin; (2) north 67 degrees
12 54 minutes 10 seconds east a distance of 184.02 feet to a set
13 iron pin; thence south 37 degrees 42 minutes 10 seconds west
14 along the west line of Helen Street a distance of 268.56 feet to
15 a point of beginning.
16 Containing 0.46 acres.
17 (b) Easements, etc.--The conveyance shall be made under and
18 subject to all easements, servitudes and rights of others,
19 including, but not confined to, streets, roadways and rights of
20 any telephone, telegraph, water, electric, sewer, gas or
21 pipeline companies, as well as under and subject to any
22 interest, estates or tenancies vested in third persons, whether
23 or not appearing of record, for any portion of the land or
24 improvements erected thereon.
25 (c) Approval.--The deed of conveyance shall be approved as
26 provided by law and shall be executed by the Secretary of
27 Transportation in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
28 (d) Costs.--Costs and fees incidental to this conveyance
29 shall be borne by the grantee.
30 (e) Deed.--The deed of conveyance shall contain a clause
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1 that the lands conveyed shall be used by the Borough of Shamokin
2 Dam for borough purposes that benefit the public and if at any
3 time the Borough of Shamokin Dam conveys, transfers, sells or
4 permits the property to be used for any purpose other than those
5 aforementioned, the title thereto shall immediately revert to
6 and revest in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
7 (f) Proceeds.--Proceeds from the conveyance provided for in
8 this act shall be deposited in the Motor License Fund.
9 Section 2. The Secretary of Environmental Resources is
10 hereby authorized to add two tracts of land, formerly
11 administered as part of Laurel Hill State Park, to Forbes State
12 Forest, subject to all laws and regulations concerning the
13 administration of State forest lands in the Commonwealth. The
14 tracts of land to be so added are described as follows:
15 All those two parcels of land situate in Jefferson Township,
16 Somerset County, lying to the north and west of the center of
17 Beltz Road, being part of a larger tract of land conveyed by the
18 United States of America to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by
19 deed dated October 25, 1945, and recorded in the office of the
20 Somerset County Recorder of Deeds at Deed Book Volume 363, page
21 78.
22 Containing 297.52 acres, more or less.
23 SECTION 3. (A) CONVEYANCE TO CAPITAL AREA INTERMEDIATE <--
24 UNIT.--THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES, WITH THE APPROVAL OF
25 THE GOVERNOR AND THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, IS AUTHORIZED
26 AND DIRECTED ON BEHALF OF THE COMMONWEALTH TO SELL AND CONVEY TO
27 THE CAPITAL AREA INTERMEDIATE UNIT, FOR A CONSIDERATION OF ONE-
28 HALF OF THE FAIR MARKET VALUE, THE FOLLOWING TRACT OF LAND
29 SITUATE IN EAST PENNSBORO TOWNSHIP, CUMBERLAND COUNTY,
30 PENNSYLVANIA, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
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1 BEGINNING AT A POINT, SAID POINT BEING THE RIGHT-OF-WAY
2 INTERSECTION OF THE EASTERN RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF FIRST STREET,
3 S.R.1019, AND THE SOUTHERN RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF RAILROAD AVENUE,
4 RELOCATED; THENCE ALONG THE SOUTHERN RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF
5 RAILROAD AVENUE NORTH 43 DEGREES 33 MINUTES 46 SECONDS EAST, A
6 DISTANCE OF 161.74 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE ALONG THE SAME ON AN
7 ARC OF A CURVE CURVING TO THE LEFT, HAVING A RADIUS OF 318.83
8 FEET, AN ARC LENGTH OF 207.60 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE ALONG LAND
9 OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NORTH 43 DEGREES 25
10 MINUTES 31 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 134.76 FEET TO A POINT;
11 THENCE ALONG THE SAME NORTH 26 DEGREES 53 MINUTES 28 SECONDS
12 WEST, A DISTANCE OF 544.42 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE ALONG THE
13 SOUTHERN RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF I-81, S.R.0081, NORTH 63 DEGREES
14 15 MINUTES 26 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 741.36 FEET TO A
15 POINT; THENCE ALONG THE SAME ON AN ARC OF A CURVE CURVING TO THE
16 RIGHT, HAVING A RADIUS OF 2,984.55 FEET, AN ARC LENGTH OF 247.75
17 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE ALONG LAND OF THE ESTATE OF RUTH V.
18 MILLER SOUTH 53 DEGREES 02 MINUTES 19 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE
19 OF 657.79 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE ALONG LAND OF THE COMMONWEALTH
20 OF PENNSYLVANIA SOUTH 63 DEGREES 15 MINUTES 26 SECONDS WEST, A
21 DISTANCE OF 942.77 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE ALONG THE SAME SOUTH
22 43 DEGREES 33 MINUTES 47 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 787.38 FEET
23 TO A POINT; THENCE ALONG THE EASTERN RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF FIRST
24 STREET NORTH 46 DEGREES 26 MINUTES 13 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE
25 OF 100.00 FEET TO A POINT THE POINT OF BEGINNING. SAID TRACT
26 CONTAINS 775,012.50 SQUARE FEET OR 17.33 ACRES.
27 (B) EASEMENTS, ETC.--THE CONVEYANCE SHALL BE MADE UNDER AND
28 SUBJECT TO ALL EASEMENTS, SERVITUDES AND RIGHTS OF OTHERS,
29 INCLUDING, BUT NOT CONFINED TO, STREETS, ROADWAYS AND RIGHTS OF
30 TELEPHONE, TELEGRAPH, WATER, ELECTRIC, SEWER, GAS OR PIPELINE
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1 COMPANIES, AS WELL AS UNDER AND SUBJECT TO ANY INTEREST, ESTATES
2 OR TENANCIES VESTED IN THIRD PERSONS, WHETHER OR NOT APPEARING
3 OF RECORD, FOR ANY PORTION OF THE LAND OR IMPROVEMENTS ERECTED
4 ON THE LAND.
5 (C) RESTRICTION ON USE OF PROPERTY.--THE DEED OF CONVEYANCE
6 SHALL CONTAIN A CLAUSE THAT THE PROPERTY CONVEYED SHALL BE USED
7 FOR SCHOLASTIC AND RECREATION PURPOSES BY THE CAPITAL AREA
8 INTERMEDIATE UNIT AND, IF AT ANY TIME THE CAPITAL AREA
9 INTERMEDIATE UNIT OR ITS SUCCESSOR IN FUNCTION CONVEYS THE
10 PROPERTY OR PERMITS THE PROPERTY TO BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE
11 OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED IN THIS SUBSECTION, THE TITLE TO THE
12 PROPERTY SHALL IMMEDIATELY REVERT TO THE COMMONWEALTH.
13 (D) APPROVAL.--THE DEED OF CONVEYANCE SHALL BE APPROVED AS
14 PROVIDED BY LAW AND SHALL BE EXECUTED BY THE SECRETARY OF
15 GENERAL SERVICES IN THE NAME OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
16 (E) COSTS AND FEES.--COSTS AND FEES INCIDENTAL TO THE
17 CONVEYANCE SHALL BE BORNE BY THE GRANTEE.
18 Section 3 4. This act shall take effect as follows: <--
19 (1) Section 1 shall take effect in 60 days.
20 (2) Section 2 SECTIONS 2 AND 3 shall take effect <--
21 immediately.
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