PRINTER'S NO. 162
No. 431 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY PUNT, MARCH 5, 2007
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 5, 2007
AN ACT
1 Authorizing the release of Project 70 restrictions on certain
2 lands owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania
3 Game Commission, being conveyed by the Pennsylvania Game
4 Commission in return for the imposition of Project 70
5 restrictions on certain lands being conveyed to the
6 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, solely for the use of the
7 Pennsylvania Game Commission in Adams County.
8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9 hereby enacts as follows:
10 Section 1. Adams County.
11 (a) Authorization.--Pursuant to the requirements of section
12 20(b) of the act of June 22, 1964 (Sp.Sess., P.L.131, No.8),
13 known as the Project 70 Land Acquisition and Borrowing Act, the
14 General Assembly hereby authorizes the release of the
15 restrictions imposed by section 20 of the Project 70 Land
16 Acquisition and Borrowing Act from the land owned by the
17 Pennsylvania Game Commission, being conveyed to Franklyn I.
18 Geist and Carol A. Geist, husband and wife, and more
19 particularly described in subsection (c), in exchange for the
20 imposition of the restrictions imposed by section 20 of the
1 Project 70 Land Acquisition and Borrowing Act restriction on
2 lands owned by Franklyn I. Geist and Carol A. Geist, husband and
3 wife, being conveyed to the Pennsylvania Game Commission, and
4 more particularly described in subsection (d).
5 (b) Freedom of restrictions.--The lands described in
6 subsection (c), owned by the Pennsylvania Game Commission and
7 being conveyed to Franklyn I. Geist and Carol A. Geist, husband
8 and wife, shall be free of the restrictions on use and
9 alienation imposed by section 20 of the Project 70 Land
10 Acquisition and Borrowing Act upon the imposition of and
11 recording of the Project 70 deed restrictions set forth in
12 subsection (e) on the parcel of replacement land owned by
13 Franklyn I. Geist and Carol A. Geist, husband and wife, and
14 being conveyed to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, solely for
15 the use of the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
16 (c) Land to be released from restrictions.--The parcel of
17 land authorized to be released from restrictions is located in
18 the Township of Huntington, Adams County, and more particularly
19 described as follows:
20 ALL THOSE CERTAIN tracts or parcels of land situate in the
21 Township of Huntington, County of Adams, Commonwealth of
22 Pennsylvania bounded and described in accordance with the map of
23 survey number L-3494, made by Game Commission Surveyors, dated
24 March 3, 2006 and of record in the Commonwealth Land Office, and
25 containing two tracts, as follows:
26 Tract No. 1
27 BEGINNING at an existing angle iron and stone corner, said
28 corner being old corner number 1 on State Game Lands number 249;
29 THENCE along lands of Franklyn I. Jr. & Carol A. Geist South
30 49 degrees 07 minutes 02 seconds East for a distance of 351.86
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1 feet to an existing rail road spike in the center line of Gun
2 Club Road (T-580), being New State Game Lands corner number 53;
3 THENCE by existing State Game Lands 249 South 37 degrees 58
4 minutes 44 seconds West for a distance of 318.78 feet to a
5 existing point in the center line of Gun Club Road (T-580), said
6 corner being corner number 52;
7 THENCE by same South 37 degrees 10 minutes 05 seconds West
8 for a distance of 173.22 feet to a rail road spike set in the
9 center line Gun Club Road (T-580), said corner being corner
10 number 51;
11 THENCE by same North 54 degrees 58 minutes 35 seconds West
12 for a distance of 252.50 feet to an existing post with nail,
13 said corner being corner number 62;
14 THENCE by land of Franklyn I. Jr. & Carol A. Geist North 26
15 degrees 58 minutes 19 seconds East for a distance of 532.63 feet
16 to an existing angle iron and stones, being old corner number 1;
17 THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
18 Said property contains 3.504 acres.
19 Tract No. 2
20 BEGINNING at an existing mag nail in Gun Club Road (T-580),
21 said corner being corner number 41 on State Game Lands number
22 249;
23 THENCE by lands of Franklyn I. Jr. & Carol A. Geist North 45
24 degrees 25 minutes 01 seconds West for a distance of 578.82 feet
25 to an existing 1" iron pipe, being old corner number 42;
26 THENCE by same & Robert S. Stevens North 26 degrees 22
27 minutes 00 seconds East for a distance of 1169.54 feet to an
28 existing mag nail in the center line of Wiermans Road (S.R.
29 1009), being old corner number 30;
30 THENCE by existing State Game Lands 249 South 39 degrees 39
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1 minutes 15 seconds East for a distance of 416.32 feet to a point
2 in the centerline of Wiermans Road (S.R. 1009), said corner
3 being corner number 61;
4 THENCE by same South 37 degrees 38 minutes 14 seconds East
5 for a distance of 208.66 feet to a point in the centerline of
6 Wiermans Road (S.R. 1009), said corner being corner number 60;
7 THENCE by same South 34 degrees 07 minutes 11 seconds East
8 for a distance of 61.40 feet to a point in the centerline of
9 Wiermans Road (S.R. 1009), said corner being corner number 59;
10 THENCE by same South 29 degrees 31 minutes 19 seconds East
11 for a distance of 76.73 feet to a point in the intersection of
12 Gun Club & Wireman Roads (S.R. 1009 & T-580), being corner
13 number 46;
14 THENCE by same South 37 degrees 23 minutes 57 seconds West
15 for a distance of 91.87 feet to a point in the centerline of Gun
16 Club Road (T-580), said corner being corner number 58;
17 THENCE by same South 34 degrees 41 minutes 38 seconds West
18 for a distance of 147.09 feet to a point in the centerline of
19 Gun Club Road (T-580), said corner being corner number 57;
20 THENCE by same South 33 degrees 52 minutes 24 seconds West
21 for a distance of 383.41 feet to a point in the centerline of
22 Gun Club Road (T-580), said corner being corner number 56;
23 THENCE by same South 32 degrees 55 minutes 50 seconds West
24 for a distance of 403.36 feet to a mag nail In Gun Club Road (T-
25 580), being corner number 41;
26 THE POINT OF BEGINNING
27 Said property contains 15.933 acres.
28 (d) Land on which restrictions are to be imposed.--The
29 replacement parcel to be subject to the restrictions in exchange
30 for the parcel described in subsection (c) is located in the
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1 Township of Huntington, Adams County, and more particularly
2 described as follows:
3 ALL THAT CERTAIN tract or parcel of land situate in the
4 Township of Huntington, County of Adams, Commonwealth of
5 Pennsylvania bounded and described in accordance with the map of
6 survey number L-3494, made by Game Commission Surveyors, dated
7 March 3, 2006 and of record in the Commonwealth Land Office, and
8 as follows:
9 BEGINNING at an existing mag nail in Gun Club Road (T-580),
10 said corner being corner number 41 on State Game Lands number
11 249;
12 THENCE along existing State Game Lands number 249 South 45
13 degrees 55 minutes 01 seconds East for a distance of 1217.70
14 feet to a 30" pin oak, being corner number 40;
15 THENCE by land of now or formerly Oxford Valley Farms, INC.
16 South 51 degrees 38 minutes 39 seconds West for a distance of
17 1281.48 feet to a existing iron pin & stones, said corner being
18 corner number 15;
19 THENCE by existing State Game Lands number 249 North 49
20 degrees 07 minutes 33 seconds West for a distance of 885.84 feet
21 to a existing railroad spike in the center line Gun Club Road
22 (T-580), said corner being corner number 53;
23 THENCE by lands of Franklyn I. Jr. & Carol A. Geist North 38
24 degrees 33 minutes 03 seconds East for a distance of 769.08 feet
25 to a point in the center of Gun Club Road (T-580), said corner
26 being corner number 54;
27 THENCE by same a curve to the left having a radius of 2600.00
28 feet, arc distance of 128.04 feet, chord bearing of North 37
29 degrees 43 minutes 25 seconds East for a distance of 128.03 feet
30 to a point in the center of Gun Club Road (T-580), being corner
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1 number 55;
2 THENCE by same North 33 degrees 57 minutes 24 seconds East
3 for a distance of 433.95 feet to a existing mag nail in Gun Club
4 Road (T-580), said corner being corner number 41;
5 THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
6 Said property contains 30.883 acres.
7 (e) Deed restriction.--The restriction to be included in the
8 deed to the parcel described in subsection (d) shall read as
9 follows:
10 This indenture is given to provide land for recreation,
11 conservation and historical purposes as said purposes are
12 defined in the act of June 22, 1964 (Sp.Sess., P.L.131,
13 No.8), known as the Project 70 Land Acquisition and
14 Borrowing Act.
15 (f) Costs.--The parties to this transaction shall bear their
16 respective costs.
17 (g) Execution.--The deed of conveyance shall be executed and
18 approved as provided by law.
19 Section 2. Effective date.
20 This act shall take effect immediately.
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