PRINTER'S NO. 700
No. 648 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY D. WHITE, MARCH 22, 2007
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 22, 2007
AN ACT
1 Authorizing the Department of General Services, with the
2 approval of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
3 and the Governor, to grant and convey, at a price to be
4 determined through a competitive bid process, certain lands,
5 buildings and improvements situate in the Borough of
6 Ligonier, Westmoreland County.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Conveyance in Ligonier Borough, Westmoreland County.
10 (a) Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with
11 the approval of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
12 and the Governor, is hereby authorized on behalf of the
13 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to grant and convey the following
14 tract of land together with any buildings, structures or
15 improvements thereon, situate in the Borough of Ligonier,
16 Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. The Department of General
17 Services shall sell the property using, in its discretion, one
18 of the following methods of sale: an invitation for sealed bids
19 or public auction.
1 (b) Property description.--The property to be conveyed
2 pursuant to subsection (a) consists of approximately 2.86-acres
3 and a building bounded and more particularly described as
4 follows:
5 ALL THAT CERTAIN tract of land situate in the Borough of
6 Ligonier, Westmoreland County more particularly bounded and
7 described as follows:
8 BEGINNING at a point in the center line of the Lincoln
9 Highway, where the same intersects with the Southeasterly line
10 of Walnut Street projected; thence North 46 degrees 13 minutes
11 East 39 feet to the right-of-way line of the said Lincoln
12 Highway; thence, continuing along the Southeasterly line of
13 Walnut Street, North 46 degrees 13 minutes East 743.2 feet to a
14 point on the Southwesterly side of a twenty (20) foot alley;
15 thence along same and other lands N/F Ligonier Valley Rail Road
16 Company, South 43 degrees 47 minutes East 190 feet to a point;
17 thence along other lands N/F Ligonier Valley Rail Road Company,
18 South 46 degrees 13 minutes West 493.1 feet to a point; thence
19 along same, South 69 degrees 3 minutes West 119.3 feet to a
20 point; thence along same, South 77 degrees 14 minutes West 163.6
21 feet to a point on the right-of-way line of the Lincoln Highway;
22 thence South 77 degrees 14 minutes West 46.5 feet to a point in
23 the center line of the Lincoln Highway; thence along the center
24 line of said Lincoln Highway, North 43 degrees 30 minutes West
25 35.5 feet to a point, the place of BEGINNING.
26 CONTAINING 2.86-acres more or less.
27 BEING the same property conveyed to the Commonwealth of
28 Pennsylvania by the Ligonier Valley Rail Road Company in its
29 deed, dated July 15, 1937, recorded in the Westmoreland County
30 Recorder of Deeds Office in Deed Book Volume 1004, Page 467.
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1 (c) Conditions.--The conveyance shall be made under and
2 subject to all lawful and enforceable easements, servitudes and
3 rights of others, including but not confined to streets,
4 roadways and rights of any telephone, telegraph, water,
5 electric, gas or pipeline companies, as well as under and
6 subject to any lawful and enforceable estates or tenancies
7 vested in third persons appearing of record, for any portion of
8 the land or improvements erected thereon.
9 (d) Deed of conveyance.--The deed of conveyance shall be by
10 Special Warranty Deed and shall be executed by the Secretary of
11 General Services in the name of the Commonwealth of
12 Pennsylvania.
13 (e) Deposit of proceeds.--The proceeds from the sale shall
14 be deposited in the State Treasury Armory Fund.
15 Section 2. Effective date.
16 This act shall take effect immediately.
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