HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1546 PRINTER'S NO. 2306
No. 1218 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY STOUT, MURPHY AND KASUNIC, DECEMBER 9, 1997
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
NOVEMBER 23, 1998
AN ACT
1 Authorizing and directing the Department of Military and
2 Veterans Affairs and the Department of General Services, with
3 the approval of the Governor, to grant and convey LAND AND <--
4 BUILDINGS SITUATE THEREON: to Joseph Pintola a tract of land <--
5 and building situate at 78 West Maiden Street, City of
6 Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, known as the
7 Washington Armory, TO JOSEPH PINTOLA; A TRACT OF LAND SITUATE <--
8 IN THE BOROUGH OF NORRISTOWN, COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY,
9 PENNSYLVANIA; AND A TRACT OF LAND SITUATE IN HAMILTON
10 TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
11 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
12 hereby enacts as follows:
13 Section 1. (A) The Department of Military and Veterans <--
14 Affairs and the Department of General Services, with the
15 approval of the Governor, are hereby authorized and directed on
16 behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to grant and convey
17 for consideration equal to the fair market value as determined
18 by an independent appraiser the tract of land bounded and
19 described as follows:
20 Beginning at a point in the southerly side of Maiden Street,
1 at line of land conveyed by the party of the first part hereto
2 to Laura A. Halpin, by deed recorded in the Recorder's Office of
3 Washington County in Deed Book Vol. 281, page 261; thence
4 southwardly along said lot of Laura A. Halpin, 240 feet, more or
5 less, to land of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company; thence
6 westwardly along lands of said Railroad Company, 70 feet, more
7 or less, to line of land now or late of Phillips heirs; thence
8 northwardly along said land of Phillips heirs, 240 feet, more or
9 less, to the southerly line of Maiden Street; and thence
10 eastwardly along the southerly side of Maiden Street, 70 feet,
11 more or less, to the place of beginning.
12 And being the same lot of land conveyed unto the Commonwealth
13 by Harriet S. Baird, by deed dated August 3, 1915, of record in
14 the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Washington County in Deed
15 Book Vol. 427, page 477.
16 Section 2. (B) The conveyance shall be made under and <--
17 subject to all easements, servitudes and rights of others,
18 including, but not confined to, streets, roadways and rights of
19 telephone, telegraph, water, electric, sewer, gas or pipeline
20 companies, as well as under and subject to any interest, estates
21 or tenancies vested in third persons, whether or not appearing
22 of record, for any portion of the land or improvements erected
23 thereon.
24 Section 3. (C) The proceeds of this sale shall be paid into <--
25 the State Treasury and deposited in the State Treasury Armory
26 Fund.
27 Section 4. (D) The deed of conveyance shall be approved as <--
28 provided by law and shall be executed by the Secretary of
29 General Services in the name of the Commonwealth of
30 Pennsylvania.
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1 Section 5. (E) In the event this property is not conveyed to <--
2 Joseph Pintola within 12 months of the effective date of this
3 act, at the discretion of the Secretary of General Services, the
4 property shall be offered for sale through auction, sealed bid
5 or request for proposal, under terms and conditions in section
6 2405-A of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as
7 The Administrative Code of 1929, and this act authorizing the
8 sale of the herein noted property to Joseph Pintola shall expire
9 and become null and void.
10 Section 6. (F) Costs and fees incidental to this conveyance <--
11 shall be borne by the Grantee.
12 SECTION 2. (A) THE DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND VETERAN <--
13 AFFAIRS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES, WITH THE
14 APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNOR, ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED ON
15 BEHALF OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA TO GRANT AND CONVEY,
16 AT A PRICE TO BE DETERMINED THROUGH COMPETITIVE BIDDING, THE
17 FOLLOWING TRACT OF LAND TOGETHER WITH ANY BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES
18 OR IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, SITUATE IN THE BOROUGH OF NORRISTOWN,
19 MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS
20 FOLLOWS:
21 ALL THAT CERTAIN TRACT OR PIECE OF LAND SITUATE IN THE
22 BOROUGH OF NORRISTOWN, COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY AND STATE OF
23 PENNSYLVANIA, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED ACCORDING TO A PLAN MADE BY
24 S. CAMERON CORSON, BOROUGH ENGINEER, ON DECEMBER 7, 1926, AS
25 FOLLOWS, TO WIT:
26 BEGINNING AT A STAKE SET 86 AND SIX-TENTHS FEET SOUTHERLY
27 FROM THE INTERSECTION OF THE SOUTH HOUSE LINE OF JAMES STREET
28 WITH THE WESTERN HOUSE LINE OF THE HARDING BOULEVARD; THENCE
29 CONTINUING IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION ALONG THE SAID WESTERLY
30 HOUSE LINE OF THE HARDING BOULEVARD ON A CURVED LINE HAVING A
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1 RADIUS OF 1,450 FEET 100 FEET TO A STAKE WHICH IS THE END OF THE
2 CURVE; THENCE CONTINUING IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION ALONG SAID
3 WESTERN HOUSE LINE OF THE SAID BOULEVARD 100 FEET TO A STAKE OR
4 CORNER; THENCE AT A RIGHT ANGLE TO THE LAST LINE AND ALONG OTHER
5 LAND OF THE BOROUGH OF NORRISTOWN WESTERLY 120 FEET TO A STAKE
6 OR CORNER; THENCE AT A RIGHT ANGLE TO THE LAST LINE AND ALONG
7 OTHER LAND OF THE BOROUGH OF NORRISTOWN NORTHERLY 200 FEET TO A
8 STAKE OR CORNER, AND THENCE AT A RIGHT ANGLE TO THE LAST LINE
9 EASTERLY ALONG OTHER LAND OF THE BOROUGH OF NORRISTOWN 123 AND
10 TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDREDTHS FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING.
11 (B) THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE OF THE LAND AND ARMORY HEREIN
12 AUTHORIZED TO BE CONVEYED SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN THE STATE
13 TREASURY ARMORY FUND.
14 (C) THE CONVEYANCE SHALL BE MADE UNDER AND SUBJECT TO ALL
15 EASEMENTS, SERVITUDES AND RIGHTS OF OTHERS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
16 CONFINED TO, STREETS, ROADWAYS AND RIGHTS OF ANY TELEPHONE,
17 TELEGRAPH, WATER, ELECTRIC, SEWER, GAS OR PIPELINE COMPANIES, AS
18 WELL AS UNDER AND SUBJECT TO ANY INTEREST, ESTATES OR TENANCIES
19 VESTED IN THIRD PERSONS, WHETHER OR NOT APPEARING OF RECORD, FOR
20 ANY PORTION OF THE LAND OR IMPROVEMENTS ERECTED THEREON.
21 SECTION 3. (A) THE DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND VETERANS
22 AFFAIRS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES, WITH THE
23 APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNOR, ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED ON
24 BEHALF OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA TO GRANT AND CONVEY,
25 AT A PRICE TO BE DETERMINED THROUGH COMPETITIVE BIDDING, THE
26 FOLLOWING TRACT OF LAND TOGETHER WITH ANY BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES
27 OR IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, SITUATE IN HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN
28 COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
29 BEGINNING AT A POINT ON LINCOLN HIGHWAY 45 FEET IN A WESTERLY
30 DIRECTION FROM THE EXISTING POLE LINE OF THE FRANKLIN
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1 TRANSMISSION COMPANY MARKED BY AN IRON PIN IN SAID HIGHWAY;
2 THENCE BY OTHER LAND OF THE GRANTOR SOUTH 4 DEGREES 23 MINUTES
3 WEST 1048.5 FEET TO AN IRON PIN AT CORNER OF OTHER LANDS OF THE
4 GRANTOR AND W. H. GLUCK; THENCE BY LAND OF W. H. GLUCK NORTH 83
5 1/2 DEGREES WEST 336.6 FEET TO AN IRON PIN AT THE CORNER OF
6 LANDS OF W. H. GLUCK AND OTHER LANDS OF THE GRANTOR; THENCE BY
7 OTHER LANDS OF GRANTOR NORTH 7 DEGREES 32 MINUTES EAST 927.3
8 FEET TO AN IRON PIN IN THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY; THENCE BY LANDS OF
9 ANNE HORN NORTH 75 1/4 DEGREES EAST 300 FEET TO AN IRON PIN IN
10 THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY, PLACE OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING 7 ACRES NEAT
11 MEASURE.
12 BEING PART OF THE SAME PREMISES WHICH JOHN B. MONN AND B.
13 ELVA MONN, HIS WIFE, BY DEED DATED THE TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY OF
14 JANUARY, 1930, AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF
15 DEEDS IN AND FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, IN DEED BOOK
16 230, PAGE 80, EX., GRANTED AND CONVEYED UNTO THE SAID
17 CHAMBERSBURG TRUST COMPANY, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
18 AS EVIDENCED BY AN APPROVED CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, DATED
19 NOVEMBER 15, 1960 AND FURNISHED BY GEORGE SKINNER BLACK,
20 CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.
21 (B) THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE OF THE LAND AND ARMORY HEREIN
22 AUTHORIZED TO BE CONVEYED SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN THE STATE
23 TREASURY ARMORY FUND.
24 (C) THE CONVEYANCE SHALL BE MADE UNDER AND SUBJECT TO ALL
25 EASEMENTS, SERVITUDES AND RIGHTS OF OTHERS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
26 CONFINED TO, STREETS, ROADWAYS AND RIGHTS OF ANY TELEPHONE,
27 TELEGRAPH, WATER, ELECTRIC, SEWER, GAS OR PIPELINE COMPANIES, AS
28 WELL AS UNDER AND SUBJECT TO ANY INTEREST, ESTATES OR TENANCIES
29 VESTED IN THIRD PERSONS, WHETHER OR NOT APPEARING OF RECORD, FOR
30 ANY PORTION OF THE LAND OR IMPROVEMENTS ERECTED THEREON.
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1 Section 7 4. This act shall take effect immediately. <--
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