PRINTER'S NO. 1528
No. 1146 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY RAFFERTY, NOVEMBER 5, 2007
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, NOVEMBER 5, 2007
AN ACT
1 Authorizing the Department of General Services, with the
2 approval of the Governor and the Department of Military and
3 Veterans' Affairs, to grant and convey, at a price to be
4 determined through a competitive bid process, certain lands,
5 buildings and improvements situate in the Borough of
6 Pottstown, Montgomery County; and authorizing the Department
7 of General Services, with the approval of the Governor, to
8 grant and convey, at a price to be determined through a
9 competitive bid process, certain lands, buildings and
10 improvements situate in the Township of West Norriton,
11 Montgomery County.
12 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
13 hereby enacts as follows:
14 Section 1. Conveyance in Pottstown, Montgomery County.
15 (a) Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with
16 the approval of the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs
17 and the Governor, is hereby authorized on behalf of the
18 Commonwealth to grant and convey the tract of land described in
19 subsection (b) together with any buildings, structures or
20 improvements thereon, situate in the Borough of Pottstown,
21 Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The Department of General
22 Services shall sell the property using, in its discretion, one
1 of the following methods of sale: an invitation for sealed bids
2 or public auction.
3 (b) Description of property.--The property to be conveyed
4 pursuant to this section consists of approximately 0.29-acres
5 and a building bounded and more particularly described as
6 follows:
7 ALL THAT CERTAIN tract of land situate in the Borough of
8 Pottstown, Montgomery County more particularly bounded and
9 described according to a Survey thereof made by Ruddach and
10 McCracken, Civil Engineers on March 24, 1906, as follows, to
11 wit:
12 SITUATE on the north side of King Street (Sixty feet wide) at
13 the distance of Ninety five feet Westward from the West side of
14 Charlotte Street (Forty feet wide), containing in front or
15 breadth on the said King Street Eighty-four feet and extending
16 of that width in length or depth Northward between lines at
17 right angles to the said King Street, One hundred and fifty
18 feet.
19 CONTAINING 0.29-acres more or less.
20 BEING the same premises conveyed by Margaret E. Lee,
21 Surviving Executrix, to Mary J. Lee Fretz, by deed dated April
22 25, 1894, and recorded in the Montgomery County Recorder of
23 Deeds Office, in Deed Book No. 403, Page 90.
24 BEING the same property conveyed to the Commonwealth of
25 Pennsylvania, from Mary J. Lee Fretz, widow, by deed dated April
26 12, 1906 and recorded in the Montgomery County Recorder of Deeds
27 Office, in Deed Book 554, Page 140.
28 (c) Conditions of conveyance.--The conveyance shall be made
29 under and subject to all lawful and enforceable easements,
30 servitudes and rights of others, including, but not confined to
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1 streets, roadways and rights of any telephone, telegraph, water,
2 electric, gas or pipeline companies, as well as under and
3 subject to any lawful and enforceable estates or tenancies
4 vested in third persons appearing of record, for any portion of
5 the land or improvements erected thereon.
6 (d) Deed of conveyance.--The deed of conveyance shall be by
7 Special Warranty Deed and shall be executed by the Secretary of
8 General Services in the name of the Commonwealth.
9 (e) Deposit of proceeds.--The proceeds from the sale shall
10 be deposited in the State Treasury Armory Fund.
11 Section 2. Conveyance in West Norriton, Montgomery County.
12 (a) Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with
13 the approval of the Governor, is hereby authorized on behalf of
14 the Commonwealth to grant and convey, at a price to be
15 determined through competitive bidding, the tract of land
16 described in subsection (b) together with any buildings,
17 structures or improvements thereon, situate in the Township of
18 West Norriton, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
19 (b) Description of property.--The property to be conveyed
20 pursuant to this section consists of approximately 0.28-acres
21 and building bounded and more particularly described as follows:
22 ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or parcel of land being Parcel No. 63-
23 00-09103-00-5 situate in the Township of West Norriton, County
24 of Montgomery, more commonly known as 174 N. Whitehall Road,
25 West Norriton Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
26 BEING a portion of the lands conveyed to the Commonwealth of
27 Pennsylvania by John W. Cullen and Betty C. Cullen, and recorded
28 in Montgomery County Deed Book 1944, Page 176.
29 (c) Conditions of conveyance.--The conveyance shall be made
30 under and subject to all lawful and enforceable easements,
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1 servitudes and rights of others, including but not confined to
2 streets, roadways and rights of any telephone, telegraph, water,
3 electric, gas or pipeline companies, as well as under and
4 subject to any lawful and enforceable estates or tenancies
5 vested in third persons appearing of record, for any portion of
6 the land or improvements erected thereon.
7 (d) Deed of conveyance.--The deed of conveyance shall be by
8 Special Warranty Deed and shall be executed by the Secretary of
9 General Services in the name of the Commonwealth of
10 Pennsylvania.
11 (e) Deposit of proceeds.--The proceeds from the sale shall
12 be deposited in the General Fund.
13 Section 3. Effective date.
14 This act shall take effect immediately.
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