PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 2120, 2636, 3009, PRINTER'S NO. 3510 3092
No. 1716 Session of 1971
Report of the Committee of Conference
To the Members of the Senate and House of Representatives:
We, the undersigned, Committee of Conference on the part of the Senate and House of Representatives for the purpose of considering House Bill No. 1716, entitled: "An act authorizing and directing the Department of Property and Supplies with the approval of the Department of Transportation to sell and convey a certain lot or tract of ground with improvements thereon located in the Borough of Yardley, County of Bucks, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to the Borough of Yardley, Pennsylvania." respectfully submit the following bill as our report: AUSTIN J. MURPHY FRANK MAZZEI EDWARD L. HOWARD (Committee on the part of the Senate.) MILTON BERKES HARRY R.J. COMER JAMES L. WRIGHT, JR. (Committee on the part of the House of Representatives.)
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AN ACT 1 Authorizing and directing the Department of Property and 2 Supplies with the approval of the Department of 3 Transportation to sell and convey a certain lot or tract of 4 ground with improvements thereon located in the Borough of 5 Yardley, County of Bucks, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to 6 the Borough of Yardley, Pennsylvania. 7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 8 hereby enacts as follows: 9 Section 1. The Department of Property and Supplies, with the 10 approval of the Department of Transportation, is hereby 11 authorized on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to 12 sell and convey to the Borough of Yardley, County of Bucks, 13 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for a consideration of one dollar 14 ($1) the following described tract of land with any improvements 15 thereon, situate in the Borough of Yardley, County of Bucks, and 16 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania at the southwest corner of the 17 intersection of Pennsylvania Route 32 (River Road) and 18 Pennsylvania Route 432 (Yardley-Newtown Road) and further 19 identified as follows: 20 All that certain tract of land, situate in the Borough of 21 Yardley, County of Bucks, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, bounded 22 and described as follows: 23 Beginning at an iron bolt in East Afton Avenue, said bolt 24 being in the boundary between lands of the Yardleyville-Delaware 25 Bridge Company and the southeasterly boundary of lands owned by 26 Thomas Cryne; thence (1) along East Afton Avenue and along 27 boundary of lands owned by the Yardleyville-Delaware Bridge 28 Company and said Thomas Cryne, north thirty degrees forty-seven 29 minutes east, ninety-one and seven-tenths feet, to an iron pipe, 30 located about four feet from the southerly face of the coal 31 house belonging to the Yardleyville-Delaware Bridge Company; 19710H1716B3510 - 2 -
1 thence (2) along said Thomas Cryne's lands north sixty-four 2 degrees fifty-seven minutes west, fifteen and four-tenths feet 3 to corner; thence (3) still along said Thomas Cryne's lands 4 north fifteen degrees thirty-eight minutes west, seventy-two and 5 seven-tenths feet, more or less, to the low water mark of the 6 Delaware River, thence (4) southeasterly along the low waterline 7 of the Delaware River, two hundred eighty-one feet, more or less 8 to the southerly boundary of lands owned by the Yardleyville- 9 Delaware Bridge Company; thence (5) along the southerly boundary 10 of lands owned by the Yardleyville-Delaware Bridge Company, 11 south thirty-four degrees fifty minutes west, one hundred 12 seventy-four and nine-tenths feet, more or less, to an iron 13 pipe, thence (6) along the southwesterly boundary of lands owned 14 by the Yardleyville-Delaware Bridge Company, north fifty-eight 15 degrees fifty-eight minutes west, one hundred ninety-seven, and 16 six-tenths feet, to place of beginning, containing 0.818 acre, 17 more or less, as shown on the attached map, which is made a part 18 hereof. 19 The above described land includes (1) that tract conveyed by 20 George Justice, Executor of Harriet W. Longshore to the 21 Yardleyville-Delaware Bridge Company by deed dated October 10, 22 1893 and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds in and 23 for Bucks County in Deed Book 264, Page 457, (2) that tract of 24 land conveyed by Thomas Cryne to the Yardley-Delaware Bridge 25 Company by deed dated the 20th day of November, 1922, not yet 26 recorded, and (3) that tract of land, title of which is in the 27 Estate of Harriet W. Longshore, shown by her Will dated February 28 28, 1885 and registered in Bucks County Will Book 17, page 167. 29 Should the tract be taken by condemnation for highway 30 improvements, the Department of Transportation shall not be 19710H1716B3510 - 3 -
1 liable for damages for the land as a result of taking all or 2 part of the tract. 3 The conveyance shall be made under and subject to all title 4 restrictions of record at the time of the enactment of this act 5 and further the grantee herein accepts this conveyance subject 6 to the limitation that the tract herein described shall be used 7 solely for a public purpose and in the event that the said 8 public purpose is no longer exercised title shall immediately 9 revert to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 10 Section 2. The deed of conveyance shall be approved by the 11 Department of Justice and shall be executed by the Secretary of 12 Property and Supplies in the name of the Commonwealth of 13 Pennsylvania. 14 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately. K9L53JW/19710H1716B3510 - 4 -