PRINTER'S NO. 2045
No. 1685 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY RYAN, GARZIA AND TENAGLIO, OCTOBER 3, 1977
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, OCTOBER 3, 1977
AN ACT
1 Authorizing the Department of General Services, with the
2 approval of the Secretary of Environmental Resources, to sell
3 and convey to Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company three
4 tracts of land within the bed of the Delaware River in the
5 Borough of Eddystone and City of Chester, Delaware County,
6 Pennsylvania, lying southeast and riverward of the property
7 line of lands presently owned by Sun Shipbuilding and Dry
8 Dock Company, southeast and riverward of the pier and
9 bulkhead line north of Ridley Creek and between the pierhead
10 and bulkhead lines south of Ridley Creek; containing in the
11 aggregate 11.22 acres, more or less.
12 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
13 hereby enacts as follows:
14 Section 1. The Department of General Services, with the
15 approval of the Secretary of Environmental Resources, acting on
16 behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is hereby authorized
17 to convey to Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, a
18 corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of
19 Pennsylvania, with principal offices at Chester, Delaware
20 County, its successors and assigns, for the expansion of its
21 Chester facilities, fee simple title for such consideration as
22 an independent appraisal obtained through the Department of
23 General Services shall determine and the Attorney General shall
1 approve, three tracts of land within the bed of the Delaware
2 River in the Borough of Eddystone and City of Chester, Delaware
3 County, Pennsylvania, lying southeast and riverward of the
4 property line of lands presently owned by Sun Shipbuilding and
5 Dry Dock Company on the northwest; containing in the aggregate
6 11.22 acres, more or less, described as follows:
7 Tract No. 1
8 Beginning at a point, which is located on the approved
9 pierhead and bulkhead line of September 10, 1940 (which pierhead
10 and bulkhead line is the mean low water line of the Delaware
11 River) and is 27.00 feet north 68 degrees, 00 minutes, 01.6
12 seconds east of Monument "K", said monument being shown on
13 United States Engineering Drawing File No. 19492, Drawer 82,
14 Folder D, dated May 25, 1940; thence along the approved pierhead
15 and bulkhead line, north 68 degrees, 00 minutes, 01.6 seconds
16 east, 400.19 feet to a point, thence south 86 degrees, 59
17 minutes, 58.4 seconds east, 229.99 feet to a point, thence south
18 64 degrees, 27 minutes, 46.7 seconds west, 422.82 feet to a
19 point, thence north 78 degrees, 32 minutes, 57.5 seconds west,
20 223.66 feet to a point and place of beginning.
21 The above described tract of land is located in the Borough
22 of Eddystone, Delaware County, Pennsylvania and contains 1.10
23 acres, more or less.
24 Tract No. 2
25 Beginning at a point, which is located on the approved
26 pierhead and bulkhead line of September 10, 1940 (which pierhead
27 and bulkhead line is the mean low water line of the Delaware
28 River) and is 521.21 feet north 64 degrees, 27 minutes, 46.7
29 seconds east to a point, which is 1,235.53 feet north 68
30 degrees, 00 minutes, 01.6 seconds east of Monument "K", said
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1 monument being shown on United States Engineering Drawing File
2 No. 19492, Drawer 82, Folder D, dated May 25, 1940; thence along
3 the approved pierhead and bulkhead line, north 64 degrees, 27
4 minutes, 46.7 seconds east, 656.53 feet to a point, thence south
5 26 degrees, 05 minutes, 03 seconds east, 60.01 feet to a point,
6 thence south 64 degrees, 27 minutes 46.7 seconds west 689.73 +
7 or - feet to a point, thence north 03 degrees, 00 minutes, 01.6
8 seconds east 68.30 feet to a point and place of beginning.
9 The above described tract of land is located in the Borough
10 of Eddystone, Delaware County, Pennsylvania and contains 0.92
11 acres, more or less.
12 Tract No. 3
13 Beginning at a point, which is located on the approved
14 pierhead line of September 10, 1940 at Monument "J", said
15 monument being shown on United States Engineering Drawing File
16 No. 19492, Drawer 82, Folder D, dated May 25, 1940; thence along
17 the approved pierhead line, south 66 degrees, 04 minutes, 48.5
18 seconds west, 165.19 feet to a point, thence along the approved
19 pierhead line, south 51 degrees, 36 minutes, 32.4 seconds west,
20 2252.39 feet to a point, thence north 38 degrees, 19 minutes,
21 28.8 seconds west, 253.52 feet to a point, thence north 55
22 degrees, 50 minutes, 36.8 seconds east, 2443.73 feet along the
23 approved bulkhead line (which bulkhead line is the mean low
24 water line of the Delaware River) to a point, thence south 26
25 degrees, 03 minutes, 03 seconds east, 117.06 + or - feet to a
26 point and place of beginning.
27 The above described tract of land is located in the City of
28 Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania and contains 9.20 acres,
29 more or less.
30 All of Tract Nos. 1, 2 and 3 together with all of the
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1 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's right, title and interest, if
2 any, in and to all that land between the northwest boundary of
3 Tract Nos. 1, 2 and 3 and the mean high water line of the
4 Delaware River.
5 Section 2. The deed of conveyance shall be approved by the
6 Department of Justice and shall be executed by the Department of
7 General Services, with the concurrence of the Secretary of
8 Environmental Resources, in the name of the Commonwealth of
9 Pennsylvania.
10 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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