Pennsylvania Act 1974-366 — CONVEYANCE - COMMONWEALTH PROPERTY IN DELAWARE COUNTY

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CONVEYANCE - COMMONWEALTH PROPERTY IN DELAWARE COUNTY
                 Act of Dec. 30, 1974, P.L. 1151, No. 366             Cl. 85
                                  AN ACT

     Authorizing the Department of Property and Supplies, with the
        concurrence of the Department of Environmental Resources, in
        the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to sell and
        convey to Scott Paper Company three tracts of land within the
        bed of the Delaware River in the City of Chester, Delaware
        County, Pennsylvania, lying between the Bulkhead Line and the
        Pierhead Line of the Delaware River, adjacent to lands
        presently owned by the said corporation, to the north,
        containing 12.5045 acres, more or less

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  The Department of Property and Supplies, with
     concurrence of the Department of Environmental Resources, acting
     on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for a respective
     consideration which shall be the actual market value of each of
     the respective tracts of property hereinafter described as
     determined by an independent appraisal service chosen by the
     Secretary of Property and Supplies, is hereby authorized to
     convey in fee to Scott Paper Company, a corporation with offices
     in the City of Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, its
     successors and assigns, Tract #1 and/or Tract #2 and/or Tract #3
     within the bed of the Delaware River hereinafter described by
     one or more conveyances conveying one or more of the three
     tracts hereinafter described as may be requested by said Scott
     Paper Company, the said three tracts lying between the Bulkhead
     Line and the Pierhead Line as approved by the War Department on
     September 10, 1940, adjacent to lands presently owned by the
     corporation, to the north, the said three tracts being
     separately bounded and described as follows:
                               Tract No. 1
                    PULP DOCK AND WASTE TREATMENT DOCK
        All that certain parcel of land with any improvements
     thereon, situated in the City of Chester, County of Delaware,
     State of Pennsylvania, being described according to a plan
     thereof dated November 1, 1973, prepared by S. E. Price, P. E.,
     Scott Paper Company, Chester, Pennsylvania, as follows:
        Beginning at the intersection of the westerly side of former
     Market Street (75 feet wide - vacated) now lands of Scott Paper
     Company, with the U.S.E.D. Bulkhead Line of the Delaware River
     as approved by the War Department, September 10, 1940. Thence
     from said point of beginning along the Bulkhead Line north 55
     degrees 50 minutes 36.2 seconds east, the distance of 760.38
     feet to a drill hole, said drill hole located on the Bulkhead
     Line 0.79 feet easterly from the east wall of the Scott Paper
     Company Primary Waste Treatment Plant; thence south 31 degrees
     38 minutes 09 seconds east, the distance of 122.94 feet to a
     point; thence south 58 degrees 26 minutes 46.2 seconds west, the
     distance of 760.55 feet along the riverside face of the Waste
     Treatment Plant and the Pulp Dock to the southwesterly corner of
     the Pulp Dock; thence north 32 degrees 21 minutes 38.6 seconds
     west, the distance of 88.32 feet to a point in the Bulkhead
     Line; thence north 55 degrees 50 minutes 36.2 seconds east the
     distance of 2.02 feet to the first mentioned point and place of
     beginning.
        Containing 1.8458 acres of land.
                               Tract No. 2
                      FORMER SUN SHIP LAUNCHING AREA
        All that certain parcel of river bottom land between the low
     water line and the U.S.E.D. Pierhead Line of the Delaware River
     as approved by the War Department, September 10, 1940, situated
     in the City of Chester, County of Delaware, State of
     Pennsylvania, being described according to a plan thereof dated
     November 1, 1973, prepared by S. E. Price, P. E., Scott Paper
     Company, Chester, Pennsylvania, as follows:
        Beginning at a point on the Pierhead Line, which said point
     is measured the two following courses and distances from the
     intersection of the westerly side of former Market Street (75
     feet wide - vacated) with the U.S.E.D. Bulkhead Line: (one)
     north 55 degrees 50 minutes 36.2 seconds east along the Bulkhead
     Line, the distance of 1654.34 feet to an existing monument in
     line of lands of Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company; and
     (two) south 38 degrees 19 minutes 28.8 seconds east along the
     line of lands of Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, the
     distance of 253.52 feet to the point of beginning on the
     Pierhead Line; thence from said point of beginning along the
     Pierhead Line south 51 degrees 36 minutes 32.4 seconds west, the
     distance of 186.01 feet to point "H" of Harbor Lines; thence
     still along same south 53 degrees 36 minutes 37.3 seconds west,
     the distance of 740.46 feet to a point; thence north 31 degrees
     38 minutes 09 seconds west, the distance of approximately 248
     feet to the Low Water Line surveyed October 25, 1963; thence
     easterly along the Low Water Line to a point on the line of
     lands of Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company; thence south 38
     degrees 19 minutes 28.8 seconds east, the distance of
     approximately 14 feet to the first mentioned point and place of
     beginning.
        Containing 2.1847 acres of land under water, more or less.
                               Tract No. 3
                    LANDS UNDER WATER TO PIERHEAD LINE
        All that certain parcel of river bottom land lying between
     the U.S.E.D. Bulkhead and Pierhead Lines of the Delaware River
     as approved by the War Department, September 10, 1940, situated
     in the City of Chester, County of Delaware, State of
     Pennsylvania, being described according to a plan thereof dated
     November 1, 1973, prepared by S. E. Price, P. E., Scott Paper
     Company, Chester, Pennsylvania, as follows:
        Beginning at a point on the Bulkhead Line, which said point
     is measured south 55 degrees 50 minutes 36.2 seconds west, the
     distance of 2.02 feet from the intersection of the westerly side
     of former Market Street (75 feet wide - vacated) with the
     Bulkhead Line; thence from said point of beginning along the
     west face of the Pulp Dock south 32 degrees 21 minutes 38.6
     seconds east, the distance of 88.32 feet to a point; thence
     north 58 degrees 26 minutes 46.2 seconds east along the
     southerly face of the Pulp Dock the distance of 760.55 feet to a
     point; thence south 31 degrees 38 minutes 09 seconds east, the
     distance of 172.79 feet to a point in the Pierhead Line; thence
     south 53 degrees 36 minutes 37.3 seconds west, the distance of
     1421.87 feet to a point of intersection of the said Pierhead
     Line with the extension of the westerly boundary of the lands of
     Scott Paper Company abutting Edgmont Avenue; thence from said
     point north 23 degrees 34 minutes 14.6 seconds west, the
     distance of 356.91 feet to a point in the Bulkhead line; thence
     north 55 degrees 50 minutes 36.2 seconds east, the distance of
     605.74 feet to the first mentioned point and place of beginning.
        Containing 8.4740 acres of land under water.

        Compiler's Note:  The Department of Environmental Resources,
            referred to in this section, was abolished by Act 18 of
            1995. Its functions were transferred to the Department of
            Conservation and Natural Resources and the Department of
            Environmental Protection.
        Compiler's Note:  The Department of Property and Supplies,
            referred to in this section, is now the Department of
            General Services.
        Section 2.  The deed or deeds of conveyance hereby
     contemplated shall be executed by the Department of Property and
     Supplies in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania after
     approval by the Department of Justice with the concurrence of
     the Department of Environmental Resources.

        Compiler's Note:  The Department of Environmental Resources,
            referred to in this section, was abolished by Act 18 of
            1995. Its functions were transferred to the Department of
            Conservation and Natural Resources and the Department of
            Environmental Protection.
        Compiler's Note:  The Department of Property and Supplies,
            referred to in this section, is now the Department of
            General Services.
        Section 3.  This act shall take effect immediately.