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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY SOLOBAY, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, COHEN, D. COSTA, FLECK, GRUCELA, KILLION, KOTIK, MAHER, MAHONEY, MARKOSEK, MARSHALL, MILLARD, PYLE, READSHAW, SIPTROTH, SONNEY, STEVENSON AND WHITE, FEBRUARY 2, 2010 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 2, 2010 |
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| AN ACT |
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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 to the Borough of |
4 | Canonsburg certain lands situate in the Borough of |
5 | Canonsburg, Washington County. |
6 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
7 | hereby enacts as follows: |
8 | Section 1. Conveyance to Borough of Canonsburg, Washington |
9 | County, Pennsylvania. |
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 to the Borough |
14 | of Canonsburg two tracts of land totaling approximately 0.51 |
15 | acres of land, including any improvements thereon, as described |
16 | in subsection (b) for $1 and under terms and conditions to be |
17 | established in an agreement of sale. |
18 | (b) Description.--The property to be conveyed pursuant to |
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1 | subsection (a) consists of two tracts of land totaling |
2 | approximately 0.51 acres, including any improvements thereon, |
3 | more particularly described as follows: |
4 | TRACT 1 |
5 | BEGINNING at a peg common to the Westerly property line of |
6 | North Central Avenue and the Northerly property line of West |
7 | College Street, thence along the Northerly property line of West |
8 | College Street South 75 degrees 31 minutes West, 166.4 feet to a |
9 | lot formerly of Nathan Berman, thence by lot formerly of said |
10 | Nathan Berman North 14 degrees 29 minutes West 97.08 feet to |
11 | other property of Mabel H. Barr; thence along other property of |
12 | said Mabel H. Barr and Walter J. Wagner, et. ux., North 76 |
13 | degrees 5 minutes East 166.9 feet to a point in the Westerly |
14 | property line of North Central Avenue; thence along the Western |
15 | property line of North Central Avenue South 14 degrees 11 |
16 | minutes East 95.5 feet to a point, the place of BEGINNING. |
17 | BEING Tax Parcel No. 100-02-0-2-06 |
18 | BEING the same premises conveyed from Mabel H. Barr and |
19 | Thomas C. Barr, her husband to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
20 | by deed dated July 17, 1937 and recorded July 19, 1937, in the |
21 | Recorder of Deeds office for Washington County, Pennsylvania, in |
22 | Deed Book 6158, Page 215. |
23 | TRACT 2 |
24 | BEGINNING at a point at the northwest corner of property |
25 | belonging to the Grantee herein; thence from said point of |
26 | beginning South 75 degrees 0 minutes West, 86 feet to a point; |
27 | thence along land now or formerly of St. Paul's Evangelical |
28 | Lutheran Church, North 15 degrees 0 minutes West, 48.5 feet to a |
29 | point on line of land of The First Baptist Church formerly the |
30 | Margaret Crane property; thence along said First Baptist Church |
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1 | line, North 75 degrees 0 minutes East, 104 feet to a point; |
2 | thence along line of land now or N. Baxter, South 15 degrees 0 |
3 | minutes East, 18.5 feet; thence continuing along the same, North |
4 | 75 degrees 0 minutes East, 30 feet to a point; thence along land |
5 | now or formerly of Georgia Stewart, South 15 degrees 0 minutes |
6 | East, 30 feet to a point on line of land of Grantee; thence |
7 | along land of Grantee, South 75 degrees 0 minutes West, 46 feet |
8 | to a point, the place of BEGINNING. |
9 | BEING Tax Parcel No. 100-02-0-2-07 |
10 | BEING the same premises conveyed from the Borough of |
11 | Canonsburg to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by deed dated |
12 | September 17, 1965 and recorded October 8, 1965 in Recorder of |
13 | Deeds Office for Washington County, Pennsylvania in Deed Book |
14 | 1218, Page 557. |
15 | (c) Easements.--The conveyance shall be made under and |
16 | subject to all lawful and enforceable easements, servitudes and |
17 | rights of others, including, but not confined to, streets, |
18 | roadways and rights of any telephone, telegraph, water, |
19 | electric, gas or pipeline companies, as well as under and |
20 | subject to any lawful and enforceable estates or tenancies |
21 | vested in third persons appearing of record, for any portion of |
22 | the land or improvements erected thereon. |
23 | (d) Gaming facility restriction.--Any conveyance authorized |
24 | under this act shall be made under and subject to the condition, |
25 | which shall be contained in the deed of conveyance, that no |
26 | portion of the property conveyed shall be used as a licensed |
27 | facility, as defined in 4 Pa.C.S. § 1103 (relating to |
28 | definitions), or any other similar type of facility authorized |
29 | under State law. The condition shall be a covenant running with |
30 | the land and shall be binding upon the Grantee, its successors |
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1 | and assigns. Should the Grantee, its successors or assigns |
2 | permit any portion of the property authorized to be conveyed in |
3 | this act to be used in violation of this subsection, the title |
4 | shall immediately revert to and revest in the Grantor. |
5 | (e) Execution.--The deed of conveyance shall be executed by |
6 | the Secretary of General Services in the name of the |
7 | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. |
8 | (f) Costs and fees.--Costs and fees incidental to this |
9 | conveyance shall be borne by the Grantee. |
10 | (g) Disposal.--In the event that an agreement of sale |
11 | between the parties is not executed within two years of the |
12 | effective date of this section, the property may be disposed of |
13 | in accordance with Article 2405-A of the act of April 9, 1929 |
14 | (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929. |
15 | Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. |
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