PRINTER'S NO. 539
No. 521 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY HESS, SNYDER AND MANBECK, MARCH 21, 1977
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 21, 1977
AN ACT
1 Authorizing the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
2 with the approval of the Governor, to transfer certain
3 Project 70 lands in Lancaster County in exchange for a parcel
4 of land belonging to the Fulton Township Supervisors.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Pursuant to the requirements of subsection (b) of
8 section 20, act of June 22, 1964 (Sp. Sess., P.L. 131, No.8),
9 known as the "Project 70 Land Acquisition and Borrowing Act,"
10 the General Assembly authorizes the Pennsylvania Historical and
11 Museum Commission with the approval of the Governor, to transfer
12 land at the Robert Fulton Birthplace, Fulton Township, Lancaster
13 County to the Fulton Township Supervisors in exchange for a
14 parcel of land belonging to the Fulton Township Supervisors.
15 The land transferred by the Pennsylvania Historical and
16 Museum Commission shall be free of restrictions on use and
17 alienation prescribed by section 20 of the "Project 70 Land
18 Acquisition and Borrowing Act," upon:
19 (1) substitution of the Project 70 land for a parcel of
1 land belonging to the Fulton Township Supervisors, the value
2 of one being equal to the other; and
3 (2) the execution and filing of a document of release
4 citing such transfer and release of the land transferred by
5 the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission from the
6 restrictions on use and alienation prescribed by subsection
7 (b) of section 20 of said act.
8 The document of release in such cases shall, upon such
9 transfer, be prepared by the Attorney General and filed in the
10 office of the recorder of deeds of the county in which the said
11 land is located.
12 Section 2. The land to be transferred by the Pennsylvania
13 Historical and Museum Commission with the approval of the
14 Governor to the Fulton Township Supervisors is more particularly
15 described as follows:
16 PROJECT DESCRIPTION
17 Beginning at a point on the western right-of-way line of U.S.
18 Route 222, said point being located a distance of 67.11 feet
19 south of the south 63 degrees 57 minutes 21 seconds east, 800.25
20 feet line of lands of the Robert Fulton Birthplace; thence along
21 the western right-of-way line of U.S. Route 222, south 32
22 degrees 01 minutes 43 seconds west, a distance of 110.00 feet to
23 a point; in a line curving to the left, having a radius of 30.00
24 feet, an arc distance of 47.12 feet, a chord bearing of north 12
25 degrees 58 minutes 17 seconds west, and a chord distance of
26 42.43 feet to a point; in a line curving to the left, having a
27 radius of 175.00 feet, an arc length of 71.35 feet, a chord
28 bearing of north 69 degrees 39 minutes 08 seconds west, and a
29 chord distance of 70.86 feet to a stake; thence north 81 degrees
30 20 minutes 00 seconds west, a distance of 373.83 feet to a
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1 point; in a line curving to the right, having a radius of 225.00
2 feet, an arc length of 119.51 feet, a chord bearing of north 66
3 degrees 06 minutes 59 seconds west, and a chord distance of
4 118.11 feet to a point; thence north 50 degrees 53 minutes 58
5 seconds west, a distance of 176.17 feet to a point; thence north
6 45 degrees 55 minutes 28 seconds west, a distance of 232.31 feet
7 to a point; the western property line of the Robert Fulton
8 Birthplace; thence extending along said property line and
9 crossing an iron pin a distance of 7.76 feet north of the last
10 described point, north 28 degrees 15 minutes 40 seconds east, a
11 distance of 17.00 feet to a point; thence continuing along said
12 property line, south 49 degrees 52 minutes 14 seconds east, a
13 distance of 233.73 feet to a point; thence continuing along said
14 property line and crossing an iron pin a distance of 10.56 feet
15 north of the last described point north 24 degrees 14 minutes 40
16 seconds east, a distance of 17.94 feet to a point; thence south
17 50 degrees 53 minutes 58 seconds east, a distance of 181.72 feet
18 to a point; in a line curving to the left, having a radius of
19 175.00 feet, an arc length of 92.96 feet, a chord bearing of
20 south 66 degrees 06 minutes 59 seconds east, and a chord
21 distance of 91.87 feet to a point; south 81 degrees 20 minutes
22 00 seconds east, a distance of 373.83 feet to a point; in a line
23 curving to the right, having a radius of 225.00 feet, an arc
24 length of 91.74 feet, a chord bearing of south 69 degrees 39
25 minutes 08 seconds east, and a chord distance of 91.11 feet to a
26 point; in a line curving to the left, having a radius of 30.00
27 feet, an arc length of 47.12 feet, a chord bearing of north 77
28 degrees 01 minutes 43 seconds east, and a chord distance of
29 42.43 feet to the place of beginning, containing 1.022 acres.
30 Being part of a larger tract acquired by the Pennsylvania
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1 Historical and Museum Commission by the Declaration of Taking
2 filed to No.94 August Term 1965, Court of Common Pleas of
3 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 25 August 1965.
4 Section 3. The land to be transferred by the Fulton Township
5 Supervisors to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
6 in exchange for the land described in section 2 is more
7 particularly described as follows:
8 A portion of the present Township Road T-468 measuring 471
9 feet in length extending from the right-of-way line of U.S.
10 Route 222 to a point where it intersects the new township right-
11 of-way, and 33 feet in width containing approximately 0.4089
12 acres.
13 Section 4. (a) The deed of conveyance of the land
14 transferred by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
15 to the Fulton Township Supervisors shall be approved by the
16 Department of Justice and shall be executed by the Pennsylvania
17 Historical and Museum Commission in the name of the Commonwealth
18 of Pennsylvania.
19 (b) The title to the parcel of land transferred by the
20 Fulton Township Supervisors to the Pennsylvania Historical and
21 Museum Commission shall be approved by the Department of Justice
22 before its acceptance.
23 Section 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
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