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                                                      PRINTER'S NO. 1832

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE BILL

No. 1308 Session of 2008


        INTRODUCED BY McILHINNEY, MARCH 13, 2008

        REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 13, 2008

                                     AN ACT

     1  Authorizing the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission to grant
     2     and convey to Solebury Township, certain lands situate in
     3     Solebury Township, Bucks County.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6  Section 1.  Solebury Township, Bucks County.
     7     (a)  Authorization.--Under the requirements of section 20(b)
     8  of the act of June 22, 1964 (Sp.Sess., P.L.131, No.8), known as
     9  the Project 70 Land Acquisition and Borrowing Act, the
    10  Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission is hereby authorized on
    11  behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to grant and convey
    12  to Solebury Township a portion of its Ingham Spring property,
    13  known as the Kate Smith Tract situate in Solebury Township,
    14  Bucks County, and acquired by the commission by deed recorded in
    15  the Bucks County Recorder of Deeds Office in Deed Book 1848,
    16  Page 949. The commission is further authorized on behalf of the
    17  Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to grant and convey to Solebury
    18  Township a portion of its Ingham Spring property, known as the

     1  Judy Tract, situate in Solebury Township, Bucks County, and
     2  acquired by the commission by deed recorded in Bucks County
     3  Recorder of Deeds Office Book 577, Page 223.
     4     (b)  Description.--The property to be conveyed pursuant to
     5  this section consists of approximately 47.986 acres, and all
     6  improvements thereon, bounded and more particularly described as
     7  follows:
     8  TRACT NO. 1
     9  Premises "A"
    10  ALL THAT CERTAIN messuage and lot or piece of ground with the
    11  spring or springs of water arising thereout, formerly known as
    12  the Ingham Spring, situate in the Township of Solebury, County
    13  of Bucks and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, bounded and described
    14  as follows, to wit:
    15  BEGINNING at a point in the middle of a public road called
    16  Spring Road (now Lower Mountain Road) which leads into the
    17  Lahaska and New Hope Turnpike Road (now State Route 202); thence
    18  extending along the middle of the said Spring Road North 14
    19  degrees 50 minutes East 15.14 perches to another point, in the
    20  middle of the said Spring Road; thence still extending along the
    21  middle of the said road North 32 degrees East 26.14 perches to
    22  another point in the middle of the Lahaska and New Hope Turnpike
    23  Road; thence along the middle of the last mentioned Road North
    24  71.5 degrees East 22.62 perches to another point in the middle
    25  of said Turnpike Road; thence extending by lands formerly of
    26  Andrew Jackson Beaumont now or late of Richard V. Mattison,
    27  South 10.75 degrees East 45.17 perches to a corner in other land
    28  formerly of Andrew Jackson Beaumont, now or late of the Solebury
    29  Deer Park Association; thence by the same land South 80 degrees
    30  West 27.01 perches to a stake; thence still by the same land
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     1  South 75 degrees 50 minutes West 3.06 perches to a stump; and
     2  thence still by the same land North 72 degrees 25 minutes West
     3  19.64 perches to the place of BEGINNING.
     4  CONTAINING 10 acres of land, more or less.
     5  EXCEPTING AND RESERVING all that certain messuage and lot or
     6  piece of ground with a spring of water arising there out,
     7  formerly known as the Ingham Spring, situate in the Township of
     8  Solebury, County of Bucks and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
     9  bounded and described as follows, to wit:
    10  BEGINNING at a point in the center of Lower Mountain Road also
    11  known as Spring Road being the southwestern most point and point
    12  of beginning of the aforementioned parcel; thence continuing
    13  along the centerline of the said road North 14 degrees 44
    14  minutes 5 seconds East 120 feet to a point; thence South 75
    15  degrees 15 minutes 55 seconds East 50 feet to a point; thence
    16  South 15 degrees 55 minutes 30 seconds East 146.77 feet to a
    17  point on the common line of lands now or formerly of Solebury
    18  Deer Park; thence North 72 degrees 23 minutes 52 seconds West
    19  125 feet to the point of BEGINNING.
    20  CONTAINING 0.244 acres of land, more or less.
    21  Premises "B"
    22  ALL THAT CERTAIN tract or piece of land situate in Solebury
    23  Township, on which is a body of water known as the "Big Dam,"
    24  bounded and described as follows, to wit:
    25  BEGINNING at an iron pin in the middle of the New Hope and
    26  Lahaska Turnpike Road a corner of land formerly of Henry C. Ward
    27  and Charles G. Foster, now or late of Richard V. Mattison;
    28  thence along the middle of said Turnpike North 71.5 degrees East
    29  48.71 perches to an iron pin a corner of land now of late of
    30  Thomas T. Pool; thence along said land at a right angle with the
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     1  middle of the said Turnpike South 18.5 degrees East 52.30
     2  perches, (said line being 72 feet East or below the overflow in
     3  the head race from said dam) to a stake in line of land
     4  belonging now or late to Solebury Deer Park Association; thence
     5  along said land South 80 degrees West 55.80 perches to a stake a
     6  corner of land of said Henry C. Ward and Charles G. Foster;
     7  thence along the same North 10 degrees 40 minutes West 45.17
     8  perches to the place of BEGINNING.
     9  CONTAINING 15 acres and 115 square perches of land, more or
    10  less.
    11  TRACT NO. 2
    12  BEGINNING at a point in the center line of U.S. Route 202;
    13  thence and by the center line of U.S. Route 202 North 71 degrees
    14  50 minutes East a distance of 310.7 feet, more or less, to a
    15  point; thence and continuing by the center line of U.S. Route
    16  202 North 72 degrees 30 minutes East a distance of 637.3 feet,
    17  more or less, to a point, said point being the northeast corner
    18  of the herein described tract; thence South 17 degrees 26
    19  minutes East a distance of 1,104.86 feet, more or less, to a
    20  point; thence South 71 degrees 22 minutes West a distance of
    21  403.23 feet, more or less, to a point; thence South 85 degrees
    22  57 minutes West a distance of 172 feet, more or less, to a
    23  point; thence North 21 degrees 55 minutes West a distance of 162
    24  feet, more or less, to a point; thence South 79 degrees 45
    25  minutes West a distance of 354.8 feet, more or less, to a point;
    26  thence North 18 degrees 10 minutes West a distance of 863.12
    27  feet, more or less, to the point and place of BEGINNING.
    28  CONTAINING 22.51 acres of land, more or less.
    29     (c)  Purpose of conveyance.--The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat
    30  Commission is authorized to convey the property described in
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     1  subsection (b) to Solebury Township, Bucks County, to be used
     2  for recreation, conservation and historical purposes, as said
     3  purposes are defined in the Project 70 Land Acquisition and
     4  Borrowing Act. The commission shall convey the property to the
     5  township for fair market value as determined by a licensed
     6  certified appraiser conforming to the Uniform Standards for
     7  Federal Land Acquisition and taking into account the restrictive
     8  covenants, easements and reservations set forth in the agreement
     9  between the commission and the township for the property and
    10  made part of the public record.
    11     (d)  Conditions.--The conveyance shall be made under and
    12  subject to all lawful and enforceable easements, servitudes and
    13  rights of others, including, but not confined to, streets,
    14  roadways and rights of any telephone, telegraph, water,
    15  electric, gas or pipeline companies, and the agreement described
    16  in subsection (c) as well as under and subject to any lawful and
    17  enforceable estates or tenancies vested in third persons
    18  appearing of record or visible in the field, for any portion of
    19  the land or improvements erected thereon.
    20     (e)  Execution of deed.--The deed of conveyance from the
    21  commission to the township shall be a special warranty deed and
    22  shall be executed by the executive director of the commission in
    23  the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for use by the
    24  commission and shall be approved for legality and form by the
    25  commission's counsel and the Office of Attorney General.
    26     (f)  Costs and fees.--All costs and fees incidental to this
    27  conveyance shall be borne by the township and provided for at
    28  closing.
    29     (g)  Deposit of proceeds.--All proceeds from the sale of the
    30  property described in subsection (b) shall be deposited in a
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     1  restricted revenue account within the Fish Fund and used for the
     2  acquisition of lands meeting the standards for acquisition
     3  described in section 18(b) of the act of June 22, 1964
     4  (Sp.Sess., P.L.131, No.8), known as the Project 70 Land
     5  Acquisition and Borrowing Act.
     6     (h)  Reversion.--In the event the property described in
     7  subsection (b) is not used for recreation, conservation and
     8  historical purposes, as defined in the Project 70 Land
     9  Acquisition and Borrowing Act, ownership of the property shall
    10  revert to the Commonwealth. This provision shall be specified in
    11  the deed of conveyance.
    12  Section 2.  Effective date.
    13     This act shall take effect immediately.












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