Pennsylvania Act 1959-129 — PORT OF ERIE DEVELOPMENT

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PORT OF ERIE DEVELOPMENT
                  Act of Jul. 1, 1959, P.L. 503, No. 129              Cl. 74
                                  AN ACT

     Authorizing the Department of Forests and Waters, with the
        approval of the Governor, to convey to the City of Erie
        certain lands covered with water situate in the City and
        County of Erie, Pennsylvania.

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

        Section 1.  Conveyance of Water Property in Bay of Presque
     Isle
        The Department of Forests and Waters, acting on behalf of the
     Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, with the approval of the Governor,
     is hereby authorized to convey to the City of Erie the following
     described tract of land covered with water:
        All that certain tract of land in the City and County of
     Erie, Pennsylvania, beginning at the northeast corner of a fifty
     acre tract, being known as Tract No. 27 in the Third Section of
     the town of Erie as finally laid out and sold; thence by the
     north line of fifty acre tracts numbering from Tract No. 27
     through Tract No. 39, inclusive, following as nearly as may be
     the shore of the Bay of Presque Isle, south 63  10' West nine
     thousand two hundred sixty-six (9,266) feet to a post, the
     northwest corner of fifty acre Tract No. 39 and the northeast
     corner of Reserve Tract Number 5; thence north 27  15' West (it
     being the east line of Reserve Tract Number 5 produced) fourteen
     hundred (1,400) feet, more or less, to the United States Harbor
     Line extended; thence by the United States Harbor Line extended
     North 62  35' East nine thousand two hundred sixty-six (9,266)
     feet to a point in the United States Harbor Line; thence South
     27  15' East seventeen hundred (1,700) feet, more or less, to
     the place of beginning, being the water property in the Bay of
     Presque Isle, in front, adjoining and north of the Third Section
     of the town of Erie as originally laid out. 1959, July 1, P.L.
     503, Sec. 1.
        Section 2.  Deed to water property
        The deed of conveyance shall be approved by the Department of
     Justice and shall be executed by the Secretary of Forests and
     Waters in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 1959,
     July 1, P.L. 503, Sec. 2.
        Section 3.  Control of water property
        The water property conveyed to the City of Erie under the
     authority of this act shall be controlled by the City of Erie or
     its designated agency for the development of the Port of Erie.
     1959, July 1, P.L. 503, Sec. 3.