PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2443 PRINTER'S NO. 2520
No. 1973 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY MESSRS. GOODMAN, W. D. HUTCHINSON, KLINGAMAN AND
HELFRICK, DECEMBER 13, 1977
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON CONSERVATION, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JANUARY 30, 1978
AN ACT
1 Authorizing the Board of Schuylkill County Municipal Authority
2 to transfer certain Project 70 lands in New Castle, Ryan and
3 Blythe Townships in Schuylkill County to Crown American
4 Corporation in exchange for a certain parcel of land
5 containing the Mud Run Dam.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Authorization of Transfer; Conditions.--Pursuant
9 to the requirements of section 20(b), act of June 22, 1964 (Sp.
10 Sess. P.L.131, No.8), known as the "Project 70 Land Acquisition
11 and Borrowing Act," the General Assembly authorizes the Board of
12 the Schuylkill County Municipal Authority to transfer the
13 hereinafter described land in New Castle, Ryan and Blythe
14 Townships, Schuylkill County, to Crown American Corporation in
15 exchange for a certain parcel of land containing the Mud Run
16 Dam.
17 Such land shall be free of the restrictions on use and
18 alienation prescribed by section 20, act of June 22, 1964 (Sp.
19 Sess. P.L.131, No.8), known as the "Project 70 Land Acquisition
1 and Borrowing Act," upon:
2 (1) Completion of the exchange transfer to the authority of
3 a certain parcel of land containing the Mud Run Dam; and
4 (2) Execution and filing of a document of exchange and
5 release, citing such exchange and release of the said land from
6 the restrictions on use and alienation prescribed by section
7 20(b) of said act.
8 Section 2. Description of Project 70 Land to be
9 Transferred.--The land to be transferred by the Board of the
10 Schuylkill County Municipal Authority to Crown American
11 Corporation in exchange for the transfer of a certain parcel or
12 property containing the Mud Run Dam is more particularly
13 described as follows:
14 All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate in
15 New Castle, Ryan and Blythe Townships, Schuylkill County,
16 Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows, to wit:
17 Beginning at an iron pin in the common line of lands now or
18 late of Mt. Laurel Enterprises and Schuylkill County Municipal
19 Authority; thence along said Mt. Laurel lands north 88 degrees
20 29 minutes 00 seconds east 3,034.56 feet to an iron pin located
21 in the western right-of-way of Legislative Route No. 161
22 southbound; thence along said right-of-way for the following 12
23 courses and distances (1) south 29 degrees 35 minutes 30
24 seconds east, 178.71 feet to an iron pin (2) north 60 degrees
25 24 minutes 30 seconds east, 113.00 feet to an iron pin (3)
26 south 33 degrees 24 minutes 30 seconds east, 82.50 feet to an
27 iron pin (4) south 53 degrees 27 minutes 00 seconds west, 15.00
28 feet to an iron pin (5) south 39 degrees 46 minutes 30 seconds
29 east, 61.02 feet to an iron pin (6) south 29 degrees 37 minutes
30 30 seconds east, 149.42 feet to an iron pin (7) by a curve to
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1 the right with a radius of 788.12 feet having a chord of south
2 26 degrees 50 minutes 00 seconds east, 76.77 feet to an iron pin
3 (8) by a curve to the right with a radius of 606.66 feet having
4 a chord of south 13 degrees 53 minutes 00 seconds east, 46.40
5 feet to an iron pin (9) south 11 degrees 41 minutes 30 seconds
6 east, 171.74 feet to an iron pin (10) by a curve to the right
7 with a radius of 382.45 feet having a chord of south 5 degrees
8 28 minutes 30 seconds east, 82.83 feet to an iron pin (11)
9 south 00 degrees 44 minutes 30 seconds west, 85.62 feet to an
10 iron pin (12) north 89 degrees 15 minutes 30 seconds west,
11 10.00 feet to an iron pin and other lands of the aforementioned
12 Municipal Authority; thence along said Municipal Authority Lands
13 for the following four courses and distances (1) south 60
14 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds west, 570.00 feet to an iron pin
15 (2) south 82 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds west, 1,200.00 feet
16 to an iron pin (3) north 76 degrees 40 minutes 00 seconds west,
17 1,183.00 feet to an iron pin (4) north 34 degrees 05 minutes 00
18 seconds west, 1,089.69 feet to the point of beginning.
19 Containing 74.946 acres as bounded and described according to
20 a survey by James J. Sterner, Jr., Professional Engineer No.
21 21084-E.
22 SECTION 3. DESCRIPTION OF LANDS TO BE ACQUIRED BY <--
23 AUTHORITY.--THE LAND TO BE CONVEYED BY THE CROWN AMERICAN
24 CORPORATION TO THE SCHUYLKILL COUNTY MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY IN
25 EXCHANGE FOR THE TRANSFER OF THE PROJECT 70 LAND DESCRIBED IN
26 SECTION 2 IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
27 ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR TRACT OF LAND SITUATE IN
28 NEW CASTLE TOWNSHIP, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, BOUNDED
29 AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
30 BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF LANDS OF THE
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1 SCHUYLKILL COUNTY MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY BEING THE SOUTHEAST CORNER
2 OF TRACT HEREIN DESCRIBED AND THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF PARCEL #1;
3 THENCE SOUTH 83 DEGREES 44 MINUTES WEST, A DISTANCE OF 110 FEET,
4 MORE OR LESS, TO A POINT; THENCE SOUTH 72 DEGREES 55 MINUTES
5 WEST, A DISTANCE OF 6,390 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A POINT; THENCE
6 NORTH 30 DEGREES 30 MINUTES WEST A DISTANCE OF 3,050 FEET, MORE
7 OR LESS, TO A POINT; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 12 MINUTES EAST, A
8 DISTANCE OF 460 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A POINT; THENCE NORTH 75
9 DEGREES 52 MINUTES EAST A DISTANCE OF 3,031.64 FEET, MORE OR
10 LESS, TO A POINT; THENCE NORTH 12 DEGREES 37 MINUTES WEST, A
11 DISTANCE OF 215 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE SOUTHERN RIGHT OF WAY
12 LINE OF INTERSTATE ROUTE NO.81; THENCE ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY
13 SOUTH 88 DEGREES 37 MINUTES EAST, A DISTANCE OF 3,895 FEET, MORE
14 OR LESS, TO A POINT; THENCE SOUTH 17 DEGREES 05 MINUTES EAST, A
15 DISTANCE OF 1,750 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
16 CONTAINING 400 ACRES MORE OR LESS AS BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED
17 ACCORDING TO A SURVEY BY JAMES J. STERNER, JR., PROFESSIONAL
18 ENGINEER NO.21084-E.
19 SECTION 4. RIGHT OF WAY.--CROWN AMERICAN CORPORATION SHALL
20 ALSO CONVEY TO THE SCHUYLKILL COUNTY MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY AN
21 EASEMENT OR RIGHT OF WAY TO ENABLE THE AUTHORITY TO GAIN ACCESS
22 TO MUD RUN DAM. SAID EASEMENT OR RIGHT OF WAY IS DESCRIBED AS
23 FOLLOWS:
24 ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL, OR TRACT OF LAND SITUATE IN
25 NEW CASTLE TOWNSHIP, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, BOUNDED
26 AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS TO WIT:
27 BEGINNING AT A POINT LOCATED IN THE CENTER LINE OF SERVICE
28 ROAD "B" AT STATION 16 + 98.00, AND IN AN EASTERN PROPERTY LINE
29 OF LANDS NOW OR LATE OF MT. LAUREL ENTERPRISES, THENCE THROUGH
30 SAID MT. LAUREL ENTERPRISES LANDS FOR THE FOLLOWING TEN COURSES
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1 AND DISTANCES (1) NORTH 84 DEGREES 58 MINUTES WEST 99.96 FEET TO
2 A POINT (2) BY A CURVE TO THE RIGHT WITH A RADIUS OF 573.69 FEET
3 HAVING A CHORD OF NORTH 60 DEGREES 57 MINUTES 30 SECONDS WEST
4 467.12 FEET TO A POINT (3) NORTH 36 DEGREES 56 MINUTES 30
5 SECONDS WEST 191.37 FEET TO A POINT (4) BY A CURVE TO THE LEFT
6 WITH A RADIUS OF 403.34 FEET HAVING A CHORD OF NORTH 59 DEGREES
7 12 MINUTES WEST 305.71 FEET TO A POINT (5) NORTH 81 DEGREES 39
8 MINUTES WEST 51.06 FEET TO A POINT (6) BY A CURVE TO THE LEFT
9 WITH A RADIUS OF 359.27 FEET HAVING A CHORD OF SOUTH 87 DEGREES
10 44 MINUTES 30 SECONDS WEST 132.28 FEET TO A POINT (7) SOUTH 77
11 DEGREES 8 MINUTES WEST 30.25 FEET TO A POINT (8) SOUTH 80
12 DEGREES 31 MINUTES WEST 271.12 FEET TO A POINT (9) SOUTH 83
13 DEGREES 36 MINUTES 30 SECONDS WEST 75.21 FEET TO A POINT (10)
14 SOUTH 84 DEGREES 05 MINUTES 30 SECONDS WEST 47.57 TO A POINT ON
15 THE EASTERN PROPERTY LINE OF LANDS INTENDED TO BE CONVEYED TO
16 SCHUYLKILL COUNTY MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY.
17 THE ABOVE DESCRIBED LINE BEING THE CENTER LINE OF A PERMANENT
18 RIGHT OF WAY OF A UNIFORM WIDTH OF 20 FEET AS BOUNDED AND
19 DESCRIBED ACCORDING TO A SURVEY BY JAMES J. STERNER, JR.,
20 PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER #21084-E.
21 SECTION 5. PROJECT 70 CONDITIONS.--THE DEED FROM CROWN
22 AMERICAN CORPORATION TO THE SCHUYLKILL COUNTY MUNICIPAL
23 AUTHORITY SHALL CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING CLAUSE:
24 THIS INDENTURE IS GIVEN TO PROVIDE LAND FOR RECREATION,
25 CONSERVATION AND HISTORICAL PURPOSES, AS SAID PURPOSES ARE
26 DEFINED IN THE ACT OF JUNE 22, 1964 (SP. SESS., P.L.131, NO.8),
27 KNOWN AS THE "PROJECT 70 LAND ACQUISITION AND BORROWING ACT."
28 Section 6. Effective Date.--This act shall take effect
29 immediately.
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