PRINTER'S NO. 108
No. 96 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY STEWART, JANUARY 31, 1983
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 31, 1983
AN ACT
1 Authorizing the Department of General Services, with the
2 approval of the Governor and the Department of Environmental
3 Resources, to convey a tract of land in Lower Yoder Township,
4 Cambria County, in exchange for another tract located in the
5 same township.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. The Department of General Services, with the
9 approval of the Governor and the Department of Environmental
10 Resources, is hereby authorized to convey to the Piney Run
11 Mining Company the following described tract number 1 in
12 exchange for tracts numbers 2 and 3 located in Lower Yoder
13 Township, Cambria County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, bounded
14 and described as follows:
15 Tract No. 1
16 Beginning at a point at a corner of the Potts and Bheam, Alex
17 Stackhouse and Frederick Brehm tract; thence north 56 degrees 27
18 minutes west 2007.3 feet to a point on the line of the J. P.
19 McConnaughy Estate tract; thence by the line of the J. P.
1 McConnaughy Estate tract north 35 degrees 35 minutes east 1400
2 feet thence through the Potts and Bheam tract of which this is a
3 part, south 56 degrees 27 minutes east 2007.3 feet to a point on
4 the line of the Alex Stackhouse tract; thence by the line of the
5 Alex Stackhouse tract south 34 degrees 49 minutes west 1400 feet
6 to the place of beginning. Containing 65 acres, more or less.
7 Title to which became vested in the Commonwealth of
8 Pennsylvania by deed of the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
9 recorded in Cambria County Deed Book Volume 866, Page 72, which
10 title does not include oil and gas rights, together with the
11 associated rights of producing, transporting, introducing,
12 storing and withdrawing oil and gas. Excepting and reserving any
13 mineral rights the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania may have
14 acquired through deed of the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
15 recorded in Cambria County Deed Book Volume 886, Page 72,
16 together with all rights necessary or convenient for the removal
17 of said minerals.
18 Tract No. 2
19 Beginning at Stones at the corner of the David Gates tract
20 and Frederick Brehm tract and the J. P. McConnaughy Estate
21 tract; thence by line of the J. P. McConnaughy Estate tract
22 north 34 degrees 43 minutes east 4390 feet to a point and north
23 35 degrees 35 minutes east 115.5 feet to a point on the line of
24 the Potts and Bheam tract; thence by the Potts and Bheam tract
25 south 56 degrees 27 minutes east 750 feet to a point; thence
26 through the Frederick Brehm tract of which this formerly was a
27 part, south 34 degrees 43 minutes west 4505.5 feet to a point on
28 line of the David Gates tract; thence by line of the David Gates
29 tract north 56 degrees 27 minutes west 750 feet to Stones and
30 place of beginning. Containing 75 acres. Except and reserving
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1 all the oil and gas underlying said land, together with all
2 rights necessary or convenient for the removal of said oil and
3 gas.
4 Being a part of a larger tract of land conveyed to the Piney
5 Run Mining Company by deed of W. David Lloyd, dated September
6 13, 1917 and recorded in Cambria County Deed Book Volume 292,
7 Page 608.
8 Tract No. 3
9 Beginning at Stones at the corner of the Edward Lewis tract,
10 Alex Stackhouse tract and Potts and Bheam tract thence by the
11 Potts and Bheam tract north 33 degrees 50 minutes east 2611.5
12 feet to a post on line of the George Bumbernick tract; thence by
13 the George Bumbernick tract south 54 degrees 8 minutes east
14 377.8 feet to a point; then through the Edward Lewis tract of
15 which this was formerly a part south 33 degrees 50 minutes west
16 2611.5 feet to a point on the line of the Alex Stackhouse tract;
17 thence by the Alex Stackhouse tract north 55 degrees 27 minutes
18 west 377.8 feet to stones in the place of beginning. Containing
19 22 acres. Except and reserving all oil and gas underlying said
20 land, together with all rights necessary or convenient for the
21 removal of said oil and gas.
22 Being a part of a larger tract of land conveyed to the Piney
23 Run Mining Company by deed of W. David Lloyd, dated September
24 13, 1917 and recorded in Cambria County Deed Book Volume 292,
25 Page 608.
26 Section 2. The deed of conveyance shall be approved as
27 provided by law and shall be executed by the Secretary of
28 General Services in the name of the Commonwealth of
29 Pennsylvania.
30 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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