PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1485, 2106 PRINTER'S NO. 2441
No. 1179 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY LAVALLE AND STOUT, OCTOBER 29, 2001
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE AMENDMENTS, NOVEMBER 26, 2002
AN ACT
1 Authorizing and directing the Department of General Services,
2 with the approval of the Governor, and the Pennsylvania
3 Historical and Museum Commission, to accept by donation a
4 tract of land situate in the Borough of Ambridge, Beaver
5 County; and authorizing and directing the Department of <--
6 Conservation and Natural Resources, with the approval of the
7 Governor, to convey to Theresa A. Care and Marion L. Care a
8 certain tract of land situate in Pleasant Township, Warren
9 County, in exchange for a certain tract of land.; AUTHORIZING <--
10 AND DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES, WITH THE
11 APPROVAL OF THE PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL AND MUSEUM COMMISSION
12 AND THE GOVERNOR, TO GRANT AND CONVEY TO TINICUM TOWNSHIP
13 CERTAIN LANDS AND BUILDINGS SITUATE IN THE TOWNSHIP OF
14 TINICUM, COUNTY OF DELAWARE; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE
15 DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE
16 PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL AND MUSEUM COMMISSION AND THE
17 GOVERNOR, TO GRANT AND CONVEY TO LIBERTY TOWNSHIP CERTAIN
18 LANDS AND MONUMENT SITUATE IN THE TOWNSHIP OF LIBERTY, COUNTY
19 OF BEDFORD; AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES,
20 WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL AND MUSEUM
21 COMMISSION AND THE GOVERNOR, TO GRANT AND CONVEY TO THE
22 COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY CERTAIN LANDS AND BUILDINGS SITUATE IN
23 THE BOROUGH OF POTTSTOWN, MONTGOMERY COUNTY; AUTHORIZING THE
24 DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE
25 PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL AND MUSEUM COMMISSION AND THE
26 GOVERNOR, TO GRANT AND CONVEY TO GREENE COUNTY CERTAIN LANDS
27 AND BUILDING SITUATE IN JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP, GREENE COUNTY;
28 AND AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES, WITH THE
29 APPROVAL OF THE PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL AND MUSEUM COMMISSION
30 AND THE GOVERNOR, TO GRANT AND CONVEY TO NORTHUMBERLAND
31 COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, CERTAIN LANDS AND BUILDING SITUATE
32 IN THE CITY OF SUNBURY, COUNTY OF NORTHUMBERLAND, AND
33 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.
1 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
2 hereby enacts as follows:
3 Section 1. Land acquisition in Borough of Ambridge, Beaver
4 County.
5 (a) Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with
6 the approval of the Governor and the Pennsylvania Historical and
7 Museum Commission, is hereby authorized on behalf of the
8 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to accept by donation a tract of
9 land described in subsection (b).
10 (b) Property description.--The parcel to be donated by the
11 Ambridge Area School District, pursuant to subsection (a) is
12 located in the Borough of Ambridge, County of Beaver, bounded as
13 described as follows:
14 ALL THAT CERTAIN piece, parcel or plot of land situate in the
15 Borough of Ambridge, County of Beaver and Commonwealth of
16 Pennsylvania containing lots number 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 17, 18,
17 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26 in Block Number 10 as depicted
18 in the "Economy Plan of French Point and Village Lots," recorded
19 in the Recorder's Office in and for said County of Beaver in
20 Plan Book Vol. 1, Page 234.
21 CONTAINING an area of .9924 acres.
22 (c) Easements.--The donation shall be made under and subject
23 to all recordable easements, servitudes and rights of others,
24 including, but not confined to, streets, roadways and rights of
25 any telephone, telegraph, water, electric, cable, sewer, gas or
26 pipeline companies, as well as under and subject to any
27 recordable interest, estates or tenancies vested in third
28 persons, appearing of record, for any portion of the land or
29 improvements erected thereon.
30 (d) Deed.--The deed shall be prepared by the grantor as
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1 provided by law, subject to approval by the Department of
2 General Services, and accepted on behalf of the Commonwealth by
3 the Department of General Services.
4 (e) Costs and fees.--Costs and fees incidental to this
5 donation shall be borne by the grantee unless otherwise
6 stipulated by previous agreement.
7 Section 2. Land exchange in Pleasant Township, Warren County. <--
8 (a) Authorization to convey.--The Department of Conservation
9 and Natural Resources, with the approval of the Governor, is
10 hereby authorized and directed on behalf of the Commonwealth of
11 Pennsylvania to grant and convey to Theresa A. Care and Marion
12 L. Care the following tract of land bounded and described as
13 follows:
14 All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situated in
15 Pleasant Township, Warren County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
16 bounded and described as follows:
17 Beginning at an iron pin corner, being a common corner of
18 parcel 1, tax number WN-799-1333, now lands of Theresa A. Care
19 and Marion L. Care and lands of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
20 in Chapman State Park said corner being further described as
21 being S39 degrees 26 minutes 13 seconds W, a distance of 107.85
22 feet from a corner in the center of a private drive, a common
23 corner of said lands of Theresa A. Care and Marion L. Care and
24 lands of tax parcel number WN-799-2116, now or formerly lands of
25 GLF Camp Group of Warren, thence from I.P. of beginning, along
26 lands of Chapman State Park S39 degrees 26 minutes 13 seconds W,
27 a distance 10.00 feet to a point; thence by lands herein and
28 other lands of Chapman State Park N50 degrees 26 minutes 43
29 seconds W, a distance of 97.46 feet to a point; thence by the
30 same, N39 degrees 26 minutes 13 seconds E, a distance of 46.06
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1 feet to a railroad spike in a white pine corner, said corner
2 being common to lands last mentioned and to lands of Theresa A.
3 Care and Marion L. Care; thence along lands of Care S07 degrees
4 20 minutes 17 seconds W, a distance of 42.62 feet to an iron
5 pin; thence S50 degrees 26 minutes 43 seconds E, a distance of
6 74.81 feet to an iron pin corner, place of beginning.
7 Containing 1,382.89 square feet of land, more or less as
8 shown on a plan prepared and surveyed by James P. Hunter
9 Associates.
10 Being a portion of a parcel of land, as contained in the deed
11 from William T. Bevevino to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
12 dated December 31, 1954, and recorded in Warren County Record
13 Book 256, page 160.
14 (b) Property to be conveyed to Commonwealth.--The conveyance
15 authorized under subsection (a) shall be in exchange for the
16 conveyance by Theresa A. Care and Marion L. Care to the
17 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of a tract of land bounded and
18 described as follows:
19 All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situated in
20 Pleasant Township, Warren County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
21 bounded and described as follows:
22 Beginning at an iron pin corner, said corner being common to
23 lands of Chapman State Park, lands of Theresa A. and Marion L.
24 Care (tax parcel number WN-799/1333) and lands of tax parcel
25 number WN-796/783, being lands now or formerly of Robert L.
26 Hutchinson et ux, said corner being further described as being
27 S34 degrees 44 minutes 17 seconds W, a distance of 57.74 feet,
28 of a point in the center of a private drive at the common corner
29 of lands of Theresa A. and Marion L. Care and lands of tax
30 parcel number WN-796/783; thence from said iron pin corner and
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1 along line common to lands herein described and lands of tax
2 parcel number WN-796-783 N34 degrees 44 minutes 17 seconds E, a
3 distance of 21.23 feet to a point being common to lands last
4 mentioned and to other lands of Theresa A. and Marion L. Care;
5 thence by other lands of Theresa A. and Marion L. Care, S45
6 degrees 15 minutes 43 seconds E, a distance of 142.75 feet to a
7 point; thence S39 degrees 26 minutes 13 seconds E, a distance of
8 21.00 feet to a railroad spike in a white pine corner, common to
9 lands herein, other lands of Theresa A. and Marion L. Care and
10 lands of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, being Chapman State
11 Park; thence along lands of Chapman State Park N45 degrees 15
12 minutes 43 seconds W, a distance of 141.00 feet to an iron pin,
13 place of beginning.
14 Containing 2,966.60 square feet of land, more or less as
15 shown on a plan prepared and surveyed by James P. Hunter
16 Associates.
17 Being a portion of tax number WN-799/1333, as contained in
18 the deed from Theresa Care, Executrix of the estate of Samuel T.
19 Scalise, deceased, to Theresa A. Care and Marion L. Care dated
20 March 16, 1993, and recorded in Warren County Record Book
21 467/312.
22 (c) Conditions of conveyance.--Conveyance of the land
23 described in subsection (a) shall be made under and subject to
24 all easements, servitude and rights of others, including, but
25 not confined to, streets, roadways and rights of telephone,
26 telegraph, water, electric, sewer, gas or pipeline companies, as
27 well as under and subject to any interest, estates or tenancies
28 vested in third persons, whether or not appearing of record, for
29 any portion of the land or improvements erected, thereon.
30 (d) Execution of deed.-- The deed of conveyance of the
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1 property described in subsection (a) shall be approved as
2 provided by law and shall be executed by the Secretary of the
3 Department of Conservation and Natural Resources in the name of
4 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
5 (e) Costs.--The parties to the transaction shall bear their
6 respective costs.
7 SECTION 2. CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO TINICUM TOWNSHIP. <--
8 (A) AUTHORIZATION.--THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES, WITH
9 THE APPROVAL OF THE PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL AND MUSEUM
10 COMMISSION, AND THE GOVERNOR, IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED
11 ON BEHALF OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA TO GRANT AND
12 CONVEY TO TINICUM TOWNSHIP, FOR ONE DOLLAR, APPROXIMATELY 7.224
13 ACRES OF LAND AND BUILDINGS AS DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (B).
14 (B) PROPERTY DESCRIPTION.--THE PROPERTY TO BE CONVEYED
15 PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (A) CONSISTS OF ALL THAT CERTAIN TRACT OR
16 PIECE OF LAND WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
17 ERECTED, SITUATE IN THE TOWNSHIP OF TINICUM, COUNTY OF DELAWARE
18 AND COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS
19 FOLLOWS, TO WIT:
20 BEGINNING AT THE POINT OF INTERSECTION OF THE MIDDLE LINE OF
21 SECOND STREET AND THE MIDDLE LINE OF TAYLOR AVENUE; EXTENDING
22 THENCE BY THE MIDDLE LINE OF SAID TAYLOR AVENUE SOUTH TEN
23 DEGREES, FOUR MINUTES WEST, NINE HUNDRED FORTY-THREE FEET MORE
24 OR LESS, TO LOW WATER MARK OF THE DELAWARE RIVER; EXTENDING
25 THENCE BY THE SAID RIVER AND ALONG THE SAID LOW WATER MARK NORTH
26 FIFTY-SIX DEGREES, SEVENTEEN MINUTES WEST THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY
27 FEET MORE OR LESS TO LANDS OF THE CORINTHIAN YACHT CLUB;
28 EXTENDING THENCE BY THE SAID LANDS NORTH NINE DEGREES FIFTY-FIVE
29 MINUTES EAST, EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN FEET MORE OR LESS TO
30 THE MIDDLE OF THE SAID SECOND STREET; AND THENCE EXTENDING BY
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1 THE SAID MIDDLE LINE OF SECOND STREET SOUTH EIGHTY DEGREES,
2 SIXTEEN MINUTES EAST, THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE AND FIFTY-NINE
3 ONE-HUNDREDTHS FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING.
4 CONTAINING SEVEN AND TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR ONE-
5 THOUSANDS (7.224) ACRES, MORE OR LESS, ACCORDING TO SURVEY MADE
6 OCTOBER 20TH, 1926 BY DAMON & POWER, CIVIL ENGINEERS.
7 (C) EASEMENTS.--THE CONVEYANCE SHALL BE MADE UNDER AND
8 SUBJECT TO ALL LAWFUL AND ENFORCEABLE EASEMENTS, SERVITUDES AND
9 RIGHTS OF OTHERS, INCLUDING BUT NOT CONFINED TO STREETS,
10 ROADWAYS AND RIGHTS OF ANY TELEPHONE, TELEGRAPH, WATER,
11 ELECTRIC, GAS OR PIPELINE COMPANIES, AS WELL AS UNDER AND
12 SUBJECT TO ANY LAWFUL AND ENFORCEABLE ESTATES OR TENANCIES
13 VESTED IN THIRD PERSONS APPEARING OF RECORD, FOR ANY PORTION OF
14 THE LAND OR IMPROVEMENTS ERECTED THEREON.
15 (D) DEED.--THE DEED OF CONVEYANCE SHALL BE BY SPECIAL
16 WARRANTY DEED OR QUIT CLAIM DEED, AS THE COMMONWEALTH'S
17 INTERESTS PERMIT, AND SHALL BE EXECUTED BY THE SECRETARY OF
18 GENERAL SERVICES IN THE NAME OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF
19 PENNSYLVANIA. THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS IN SUBSECTIONS (E) AND
20 (F) SHALL ONLY PERTAIN TO THE ABOVE MENTIONED SPECIAL WARRANTY
21 DEED.
22 (E) PUBLIC ACCESS, ETC.--THE DEED OF CONVEYANCE SHALL
23 CONTAIN A CLAUSE REQUIRING THAT TINICUM TOWNSHIP PROVIDE PUBLIC
24 ACCESS TO THE PARK AND FACILITIES AND MAINTAIN AND PRESERVE THE
25 PREMISES AS A HISTORIC PARK. NO NEW CONSTRUCTION, EXCAVATION,
26 GROUND DISTURBANCE, DEMOLITION, ALTERATION, REMODELING OR
27 LANDSCAPING/SITE WORK SHALL BE UNDERTAKEN OR PERMITTED TO BE
28 UNDERTAKEN ON THE PROPERTY WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN APPROVAL OF THE
29 PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL AND MUSEUM COMMISSION.
30 (F) OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS.--UNDER AND SUBJECT TO THE
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1 CONDITION THAT THE LAND HEREIN CONVEYED SHALL BE USED AS A
2 PERMANENT, NONCOMMERCIAL HISTORICAL PARK, AND IF AT ANY TIME THE
3 GRANTEE, OR ITS SUCCESSORS IN FUNCTION, CONVEYS SAID PROPERTY OR
4 AUTHORIZES OR PERMITS SAID PROPERTY TO BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE
5 OTHER THAN THOSE AFOREMENTIONED, THE TITLE TO THE LAND HEREIN
6 CONVEYED SHALL IMMEDIATELY REVERT TO AND REVEST IN THE
7 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.
8 (G) COSTS AND FEES.--COSTS AND FEES INCIDENTAL TO THIS
9 CONVEYANCE SHALL BE BORNE BY THE GRANTEE.
10 SECTION 3. CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO LIBERTY TOWNSHIP.
11 (A) AUTHORIZATION.--THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES, WITH
12 THE APPROVAL OF THE PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL AND MUSEUM
13 COMMISSION, AND THE GOVERNOR, IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED
14 ON BEHALF OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA TO GRANT AND
15 CONVEY TO LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, FOR ONE DOLLAR, APPROXIMATELY 20.87
16 ACRES OF LAND AND MONUMENT AS DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (B).
17 (B) PROPERTY DESCRIPTION.--THE PROPERTY TO BE CONVEYED
18 PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (A) CONSISTS OF ALL THAT CERTAIN TRACT OR
19 PIECE OF LAND WITH THE MONUMENT AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
20 ERECTED, SITUATE IN THE TOWNSHIP OF LIBERTY, COUNTY OF BEDFORD
21 AND COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS
22 FOLLOWS, TO WIT:
23 BEGINNING AT THE CENTER OF A CERTAIN SHAFT OR MARKER ERECTED
24 BY THE FISHER'S SUMMIT MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION AS A MARKER, OR
25 MONUMENT OR THE SPOT WHERE CAPTAIN PHILLIPS' SCOUTS WERE
26 MASSACRED BY INDIANS, AND WHERE THE REMAINS OF THE SAID SCOUTS
27 ARE INTERRED IN A CERTAIN VAULT OR GRAVE, AND EXTENDING FROM THE
28 SAID MARKER OR MONUMENT IN ALL DIRECTIONS BY A RADIUS OF 500
29 FEET FROM THE CENTER OF SAID MARKER AS AFORESAID AND CONTAINING
30 APPROXIMATELY 785,400 SQUARE FEET, AND ALSO THAT PORTION OR
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1 PIECE OF GROUND BEGINNING AT THE SAID MONUMENT OR MARKER AND
2 USED AS A CERTAIN ROAD, EXTENDING IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION TO
3 THE OLD HIGHWAY FORMERLY KNOW AS ROUTE 26, FOR A WIDTH OF 50
4 FEET BETWEEN SAID MARKER AND THE AFORESAID HIGHWAY; AND THENCE
5 FROM THE OLD HIGHWAY HEREINBEFORE MENTIONED CONTINUING IN AN
6 EASTERLY DIRECTION TO THE NEW CONCRETE HIGHWAY, BETWEEN BEDFORD
7 AND HUNTINGDON, AND KNOWN AS ROUTE 26, FOR A WIDTH OF 50 FEET,
8 BETWEEN THE OLD AND NEW HIGHWAYS HEREIN BEFORE MENTIONED.
9 (C) EASEMENTS.--THE CONVEYANCE SHALL BE MADE UNDER AND
10 SUBJECT TO ALL LAWFUL AND ENFORCEABLE EASEMENTS, SERVITUDES AND
11 RIGHTS OF OTHERS, INCLUDING BUT NOT CONFINED TO STREETS,
12 ROADWAYS AND RIGHTS OF ANY TELEPHONE, TELEGRAPH, WATER,
13 ELECTRIC, GAS OR PIPELINE COMPANIES, AS WELL AS UNDER AND
14 SUBJECT TO ANY LAWFUL AND ENFORCEABLE ESTATES OR TENANCIES
15 VESTED IN THIRD PERSONS APPEARING OF RECORD, FOR ANY PORTION OF
16 THE LAND OR IMPROVEMENTS ERECTED THEREON.
17 (D) DEED.--THE DEED OF CONVEYANCE SHALL BE BY SPECIAL
18 WARRANTY DEED AND SHALL BE EXECUTED BY THE SECRETARY OF GENERAL
19 SERVICES IN THE NAME OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.
20 (E) PUBLIC ACCESS, ETC.--THE DEED OF CONVEYANCE SHALL
21 CONTAIN A CLAUSE REQUIRING THAT LIBERTY TOWNSHIP PROVIDE PUBLIC
22 ACCESS TO THE PARK AND MONUMENT AND MAINTAIN AND PRESERVE THE
23 PREMISES AS A HISTORIC PARK. NO NEW CONSTRUCTION, EXCAVATION,
24 GROUND DISTURBANCE, DEMOLITION, ALTERATION, REMODELING OR
25 LANDSCAPING/SITE WORK SHALL BE UNDERTAKEN OR PERMITTED TO BE
26 UNDERTAKEN ON THE PROPERTY WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN APPROVAL OF THE
27 PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL AND MUSEUM COMMISSION.
28 (F) COVENANTS.--UNDER AND SUBJECT TO THE CONDITION THAT THE
29 LAND HEREIN CONVEYED SHALL BE USED AS A PERMANENT, NONCOMMERCIAL
30 HISTORICAL PARK, AND IF AT ANY TIME THE GRANTEE, OR ITS
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1 SUCCESSORS IN FUNCTION, CONVEYS SAID PROPERTY OR AUTHORIZES OR
2 PERMITS SAID PROPERTY TO BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE OTHER THAN
3 THOSE AFOREMENTIONED, THE TITLE TO THE LAND HEREIN CONVEYED
4 SHALL IMMEDIATELY REVERT TO AND REVEST IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF
5 PENNSYLVANIA.
6 (G) COSTS AND FEES.--COSTS AND FEES INCIDENTAL TO THIS
7 CONVEYANCE SHALL BE BORNE BY THE GRANTEE.
8 SECTION 4. CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
9 (A) AUTHORIZATION.--THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES, WITH
10 THE APPROVAL OF THE PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL AND MUSEUM
11 COMMISSION, AND THE GOVERNOR, IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED ON BEHALF OF
12 THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA TO GRANT AND CONVEY TO THE
13 COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY, CERTAIN LANDS AND BUILDINGS AS DESCRIBED
14 IN SUBSECTION (B) FOR FAIR CONSIDERATION EQUAL TO THE FAIR
15 MARKET VALUE OF THE PROPERTY AS DETERMINED BY AN INDEPENDENT
16 APPRAISAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN AGREEMENT OF SALE.
17 (B) PROPERTY DESCRIPTION.--THE TRACTS TO BE CONVEYED ARE
18 SITUATE IN THE BOROUGH OF POTTSTOWN, MONTGOMERY COUNTY,
19 PENNSYLVANIA, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
20 PARCEL 1
21 ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PIECE OF LAND WITH THE BUILDINGS
22 THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE IN THE BOROUGH OF POTTSTOWN, COUNTY OF
23 MONTGOMERY, AND STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, DESCRIBED ACCORDING TO
24 THE SURVEY OF WILL D. HILTNER, MAY 1959, AS FOLLOWS, TO WIT:
25 BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF HIGH STREET;
26 THENCE ALONG LAND NOW OR LATE OF GABEL ESTATE NORTH TWENTY-NINE
27 DEGREES THIRTY-FIVE MINUTES EAST THREE HUNDRED FEET TO A POINT
28 ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF KING STREET; THENCE SOUTH SIXTY-SIX DEGREES
29 THIRTY-FIVE MINUTES EAST, TWO HUNDRED NINETEEN AND SEVENTY-TWO
30 HUNDREDTHS FEET ALONG SAID SOUTH SIDE OF KING STREET TO A POINT
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1 IN THE CENTER OF A PUBLIC ROAD THIRTY-THREE FEET WIDE; THENCE
2 SOUTH FOURTEEN DEGREES TWENTY-SIX MINUTES WEST, ALONG THE CENTER
3 LINE OF SAID PUBLIC ROAD THREE HUNDRED TEN AND SIX TENTHS FEET
4 TO A POINT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HIGH STREET AFORESAID; THENCE
5 NORTH SIXTY DEGREES TWENTY-FIVE MINUTES WEST ALONG SAID OF HIGH
6 STREET THREE HUNDRED FEET TO THE POINT OF PLACE OF BEGINNING.
7 PARCEL 2
8 ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PIECE OF GROUND WITH THE BUILDINGS
9 AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE IN THE BOROUGH OF
10 POTTSTOWN, COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY, AND COMMONWEALTH OF
11 PENNSYLVANIA, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED ACCORDING TO A SURVEY
12 THEREOF MADE DECEMBER 28, 1944 BY RALPH E. SHANER AND SON,
13 ENGINEERS, AS FOLLOWS, TO WIT:
14 BEGINNING AT A POINT OF THE INTERSECTION OF THE NORTHEAST
15 SIDE OF HIGH STREET AND THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF A PUBLIC ROAD;
16 THENCE EXTENDING ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF SAID PUBLIC ROAD NORTH
17 11 DEGREES 35 MINUTES EAST 320.19 FEET TO A POINT OF
18 INTERSECTION OF THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF SAID PUBLIC ROAD WITH THE
19 SOUTHEAST SIDE OF KING STREET; THENCE EXTENDING ALONG THE SAID
20 SOUTHWEST SIDE OF KING STREET SOUTH 60 DEGREES 25 MINUTES EAST
21 22 FEET TO A POINT A CORNER ON THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF
22 THE COLEBROOKDALE RAILROAD; THENCE ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE,
23 ON LINE CURVING TO THE LEFT HAVING A RADIUS OF 1812.27 FEET TO
24 THE ARC OR DISTANCE OF 360.64 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTHEAST
25 SIDE OF HIGH STREET AFORESAID; THENCE EXTENDING ALONG THE SAID
26 NORTHEAST SIDE OF HIGH STREET NORTH 60 DEGREES 25 MINUTES WEST
27 114.14 FEET TO THE FIRST MENTIONED POINT AND PLACE OF BEGINNING.
28 (C) EASEMENTS.--THE CONVEYANCE SHALL BE MADE UNDER AND
29 SUBJECT TO ALL LAWFUL AND ENFORCEABLE EASEMENTS, SERVITUDES AND
30 RIGHTS OF OTHERS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT CONFINED TO, STREETS,
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1 ROADWAYS AND RIGHTS OF TELEPHONE, TELEGRAPH, CABLE, WATER,
2 ELECTRIC, SEWER, 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.--THE DEED OF CONVEYANCE SHALL BE BY SPECIAL
7 WARRANTY DEED AND SHALL BE EXECUTED BY THE SECRETARY OF GENERAL
8 SERVICES IN THE NAME OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.
9 (E) COVENANTS.--THE DEED OF CONVEYANCE SHALL CONTAIN A
10 CLAUSE REQUIRING THE COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY OR THEIR SUCCESSORS TO
11 ENSURE THAT ANY DESIGN FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION,
12 ALTERATION OR DEMOLITION WORK ON THE PROPERTY IS COMPATIBLE WITH
13 ITS ORIGINAL ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE/SITE PLAN IN
14 TERMS OF SCALE, MASSING, FENESTRATION, MATERIALS AND COLOR, AND
15 IS CONSISTENT WITH THE RECOMMENDED APPROACHES IN THE SECRETARY
16 OF THE INTERIOR'S STANDARDS FOR REHABILITATION AND GUIDELINES
17 FOR REHABILITATING HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND NO NEW CONSTRUCTION,
18 EXCAVATION, GROUND DISTURBANCE, DEMOLITION, ALTERATION,
19 REMODELING OR LANDSCAPING/SITE WORK SHALL BE UNDERTAKEN OR
20 PERMITTED TO BE UNDERTAKEN ON THE PROPERTY WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN
21 APPROVAL OF THE PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL AND MUSEUM COMMISSION.
22 (F) FEES AND COSTS.--COSTS AND FEES INCIDENTAL TO THIS
23 CONVEYANCE SHALL BE BORNE BY THE GRANTEE.
24 SECTION 5. CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO GREENE COUNTY.
25 (A) AUTHORIZATION.--THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES, WITH
26 THE APPROVAL OF THE PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL AND MUSEUM
27 COMMISSION, AND THE GOVERNOR, IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED
28 ON BEHALF OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA TO GRANT AND
29 CONVEY TO GREENE COUNTY, FOR ONE DOLLAR, APPROXIMATELY 1.82
30 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, AND A STONE BUILDING KNOWN AS THE
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1 "THOMAS HUGHES HOUSE" AS DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (B).
2 (B) PROPERTY DESCRIPTION.--THE PROPERTY TO BE CONVEYED
3 PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (A) CONSISTS OF ALL THAT CERTAIN TRACTS
4 OR LOTS OF LAND SITUATE IN THE TOWNSHIP OF JEFFERSON, COUNTY OF
5 GREENE AND COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED
6 AS FOLLOWS, TO WIT:
7 ALL THOSE CERTAIN PIECES, PARCELS OR PLOTS OF LAND SITUATE IN
8 THE TOWNSHIP OF JEFFERSON, COUNTY OF GREENE AND COMMONWEALTH OF
9 PENNSYLVANIA BEING ALL OF PARCEL NO. 1- CONTAINING 1.11 ACRES
10 WITH IMPROVEMENTS, PARCEL NO. 2- LOTS NO.5, 6, 7 AND 8
11 CONTAINING 0.58 ACRES MORE OR LESS AND PARCEL NO. 7- LOT NO.54,
12 CONTAINING 0.13 ACRES MORE OR LESS. PARCELS AND LOTS BEING SHOWN
13 ON REVISED HATFIELD PLAN AS RECORDED IN GREENE COUNTY PLAN BOOK
14 1, AT PAGE 119 ON AUGUST 24, 1946.
15 CONTAINING AN AREA OF 1.82 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS.
16 (C) EASEMENTS.--THE CONVEYANCE SHALL BE MADE UNDER AND
17 SUBJECT TO ALL LAWFUL AND ENFORCEABLE EASEMENTS, SERVITUDES AND
18 RIGHTS OF OTHERS, INCLUDING BUT NOT CONFINED TO STREETS,
19 ROADWAYS AND RIGHTS OF ANY TELEPHONE, TELEGRAPH, WATER,
20 ELECTRIC, GAS OR PIPELINE COMPANIES, AS WELL AS UNDER AND
21 SUBJECT TO ANY LAWFUL AND ENFORCEABLE ESTATES OR TENANCIES
22 VESTED IN THIRD PERSONS APPEARING OF RECORD, FOR ANY PORTION OF
23 THE LAND OR IMPROVEMENTS ERECTED THEREON.
24 (D) DEED.--THE DEED OF CONVEYANCE SHALL BE BY SPECIAL
25 WARRANTY DEED AND SHALL BE EXECUTED BY THE SECRETARY OF GENERAL
26 SERVICES IN THE NAME OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.
27 (E) COVENANTS.--THE DEED OF CONVEYANCE SHALL CONTAIN A
28 CLAUSE REQUIRING THE COUNTY OF GREENE AND THEIR SUCCESSORS TO
29 MAINTAIN AND PRESERVE THE PREMISES TO ENSURE THAT ANY
30 IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PROPERTY ARE COMPATIBLE WITH ITS ORIGINAL
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1 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE/SITE PLAN IN TERMS OF SCALE,
2 MASSING, FENESTRATION, MATERIALS AND COLOR, AND IS CONSISTENT
3 WITH THE RECOMMENDED APPROACHES IN THE SECRETARY OF THE
4 INTERIOR'S STANDARDS FOR REHABILITATION AND GUIDELINES FOR
5 REHABILITATING HISTORIC BUILDINGS. NO NEW CONSTRUCTION,
6 EXCAVATION, GROUND DISTURBANCE, DEMOLITION, ALTERATION,
7 REMODELING OR LANDSCAPING/SITE WORK SHALL BE UNDERTAKEN OR
8 PERMITTED TO BE UNDERTAKEN ON THE PROPERTY WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN
9 APPROVAL BY THE PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL AND MUSEUM COMMISSION.
10 THIS CLAUSE SHALL RUN WITH THE LAND.
11 (F) OTHER RESTRICTIONS.--THE DEED OF CONVEYANCE SHALL ALSO
12 CONTAIN A CLAUSE PERMITTING GREENE COUNTY TO SELL THE PROPERTY
13 FOR FAIR MARKET VALUE, AS DETERMINED BY AN INDEPENDENT APPRAISER
14 ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMMONWEALTH, WITH THE PROCEEDS, LESS GREENE
15 COUNTY'S SALES COSTS, SENT TO THE COMMONWEALTH.
16 (G) FEES AND COSTS.--COSTS AND FEES INCIDENTAL TO THIS
17 CONVEYANCE SHALL BE BORNE BY THE GRANTEE.
18 SECTION 6. CONVEYANCE TO NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY HISTORICAL
19 SOCIETY.
20 (A) AUTHORIZATION.--THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES, WITH
21 THE APPROVAL OF THE PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL AND MUSEUM
22 COMMISSION, AND THE GOVERNOR, IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED ON BEHALF OF
23 THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA TO GRANT AND CONVEY TO
24 NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR ONE DOLLAR,
25 APPROXIMATELY 0.82 ACRES OF LAND AND A BUILDING, AS DESCRIBED IN
26 AN INDENTURE DATED NOVEMBER 27, 1931.
27 (B) PROPERTY DESCRIPTION.--THE PROPERTY TO BE CONVEYED
28 PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (A) CONSISTS OF ALL THAT CERTAIN TRACT OR
29 LOT OF LAND AT 1150 NORTH FRONT STREET, SITUATE IN THE CITY OF
30 SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA,
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1 BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, TO WIT:
2 BEGINNING AT AN IRON PIPE IN THE EASTERN LINE OF FRONT STREET
3 IN THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN THE PROPERTY HEREBY CONVEYED AND
4 THE PROPERTY NOR OR LATE OF MAX L. KRONBERG, THENCE IN A
5 SOUTHERLY DIRECTION ALONG THE EASTERN LINE OF FRONT STREET A
6 DISTANCE OF EIGHTY EIGHT (88) FEET, MORE OR LESS TO A STAKE
7 BEING THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF PROPERTY IN TENURE OF GEORGE W.
8 ROCKWELL, THENCE IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION ALONG THE PROPERTY NOW
9 OR LATE OF THE SAID ROCKWELL A DISTANCE OF THREE HUNDRED SIXTEEN
10 (316) FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A STAKE IN THE WESTERN LINE OF FORT
11 AUGUSTA AVENUE
12 THENCE IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION ALONG THE WESTERN LINE OF
13 FORT AUGUSTA AVENUE A DISTANCE OF ONE HUNDRED THIRTY NINE (139)
14 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO AN IRON PIPE AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE
15 PROPERTY HEREBY CONVEYED AND THE PROPERTY IN TENURE OF MAX L.
16 KRONBERG,
17 THENCE IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION ALONG THE PROPERTY NOW OR LATE
18 OF MAX L. KRONBERG, A DISTANCE OF TWO HUNDRED EIGHT (208) FEET
19 MORE OR LESS, TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING.
20 IT BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO ELLA G. ROSSITER BY
21 AMELIA GROSS, BY DEED DATED JULY 27, 1929, RECORDED IN DEED BOOK
22 NO.238, PAGE 93.
23 ALSO PART OF THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO AMELIA GROSS BY
24 JOHN NORICONK, SHERIFF OF NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, BY DEED DATED
25 MAY 17, 1895, RECORDED IN DEED BOOK NO.115, PAGE 325.
26 THE TWELVE (12) FOOT PRIVATE DRIVEWAY EXTENDING FROM FRONT
27 STREET EASTWARD TO FORT AUGUSTA AVENUE ALONG THE SOUTHERN LINE
28 OF THE PROPERTY HEREBY CONVEYED, IS TO BE USED JOINTLY BY THE
29 GRANTEE AND GEORGE W. ROCKWELL, HIS HEIRS AND ASSIGNEES, OWNER
30 OF THE PROPERTY ADJOINING ON THE SOUTH.
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1 CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 35,723 SQUARE FEET OF LAND. IT IS
2 COMPRISED OF TWO SEPARATE AND NONCONTIGUOUS PARCELS OF LAND. THE
3 MAIN SITE MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 88 FEET BY 280 FEET BY 139 FEET
4 BY 310 FEET WHILE THE SMALLER PARCEL MEASURES 30 FEET BY 175
5 FEET.
6 WHEREON IS ERECTED A BRICK HOUSE DWELLING, KNOWN AS THE
7 "HUNTER HOUSE."
8 (C) EASEMENTS.--THE CONVEYANCE SHALL BE MADE UNDER AND
9 SUBJECT TO ALL LAWFUL AND ENFORCEABLE EASEMENTS, SERVITUDES AND
10 RIGHTS OF OTHERS, INCLUDING BUT NOT CONFINED TO STREETS,
11 ROADWAYS AND RIGHTS OF ANY TELEPHONE, TELEGRAPH, WATER,
12 ELECTRIC, GAS OR PIPELINE COMPANIES, AS WELL AS UNDER AND
13 SUBJECT TO ANY LAWFUL AND ENFORCEABLE ESTATES OR TENANCIES
14 VESTED IN THIRD PERSONS APPEARING OF RECORD, FOR ANY PORTION OF
15 THE LAND OR IMPROVEMENTS ERECTED THEREON.
16 (D) DEED.--THE DEED OF CONVEYANCE SHALL BE BY SPECIAL
17 WARRANTY DEED AND SHALL BE EXECUTED BY THE SECRETARY OF GENERAL
18 SERVICES IN THE NAME OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.
19 (E) COVENANTS.--THE CONVEYANCE SHALL BE MADE UNDER AND
20 SUBJECT TO THE CONDITION, THAT THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS CONVEYED
21 HEREIN SHALL BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC, OWNED BY A NONPROFIT
22 ORGANIZATION AS DEFINED BY THE BUREAU OF CHARITABLE
23 ORGANIZATIONS, COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND BE RESTRICTED
24 TO PERMANENT, NONCOMMERCIAL USE AS A HISTORIC SITE OR MUSEUM.
25 SHOULD THE BUYER ALLOW THE PROPERTY TO BE USED FOR ANY OTHER
26 PURPOSE, OWNERSHIP WILL REVERT TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF
27 PENNSYLVANIA.
28 BUYER SHALL MAINTAIN AND PRESERVE THE PREMISES TO ENSURE THAT
29 ANY IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PROPERTY ARE COMPATIBLE WITH ITS
30 ORIGINAL ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE/SITE PLAN IN TERMS
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1 OF SCALE, MASSING, FENESTRATION, MATERIALS AND COLOR, AND IS
2 CONSISTENT WITH THE RECOMMENDED APPROACHES IN THE SECRETARY OF
3 THE INTERIOR'S STANDARDS FOR REHABILITATION AND GUIDELINES FOR
4 REHABILITATING HISTORIC BUILDINGS. NO NEW CONSTRUCTION,
5 EXCAVATION, GROUND DISTURBANCE, DEMOLITION, ALTERATION,
6 REMODELING OR LANDSCAPING/SITE WORK SHALL BE UNDERTAKEN OR
7 PERMITTED TO BE UNDERTAKEN ON THE PROPERTY WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN
8 APPROVAL OF THE PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL AND MUSEUM COMMISSION
9 AND SIGNED BY A DULY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE HEREOF.
10 THESE COVENANTS ARE BINDING TO THE BUYER, ITS HEIRS,
11 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS IN PERPETUITY.
12 (F) COSTS AND FEES.--COSTS AND FEES INCIDENTAL TO THIS
13 CONVEYANCE SHALL BE BORNE BY THE GRANTEE.
14 Section 3 7. Effective date. <--
15 This act shall take effect as follows:
16 (1) Section 1 shall take effect in 60 days.
17 (2) The remainder of this act shall take effect
18 immediately.
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