Pennsylvania Act 1979-126 — CONVEYANCE - COMMONWEALTH PROPERTY IN WYOMING COUNTY

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CONVEYANCE - COMMONWEALTH PROPERTY IN WYOMING COUNTY
                 Act of Dec. 13, 1979, P.L. 553, No. 126              Cl. 85
                                  AN ACT

     Authorizing the State Armory Board of the Department of Military
        Affairs and the Department of General Services with the
        approval of the Governor, to sell and convey to Endicott
        Johnson Corporation a tract of land, together with the
        building and structures thereto, in the Borough of
        Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, containing 8.985
        acres, more or less.

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

        Section 1.  The State Armory Board of the Department of
     Military Affairs having determined in accordance with 51 Pa.C.S.
     § 1507 (relating to sale of unusable armories and land), that
     Tunkhannock Armory and the real estate to which it is
     appurtenant are no longer suitable for military services due to
     changes in the needs of the military service, it and the
     Department of General Services with the approval of the
     Governor, are hereby authorized to sell and convey, by general
     warranty deed, acting on behalf of the Commonwealth of
     Pennsylvania, for a consideration of $115,000, which
     consideration is hereby determined to be the fair market value
     of the real estate and structures hereinafter described, to the
     Endicott Johnson Corporation, a corporation with offices in
     Endicott, New York, its successors and assigns, the right, title
     and interest of the Commonwealth in a tract of land, and the
     armory building known as Tunkhannock Armory, appurtenant
     thereto, in the Borough of Tunkhannock, Wyoming County,
     Pennsylvania, containing 8.985 acres, more or less, and
     described as follows:
        All those certain pieces or parcels of land, situate in the
     Borough of Tunkhannock, County of Wyoming and State of
     Pennsylvania, and more particularly bound and described, as
     follows, to wit:
        Beginning at an iron pipe monument situate at the
     intersection of the northeast property line of the property now
     or formerly of Ida M. Rainey and the northwest property line of
     West Street, 50 foot wide street, further referenced as being
     south 31 degrees 0 minutes west, approximately 536 feet from the
     intersection of the center line of the Susquehanna Avenue and
     the southeast property line of West Street; thence along said
     property of Ida M. Rainey, north 60 degrees 0 minutes west
     554.05 feet to an iron pipe monument; thence along boundary
     between Tunkhannock Township and Tunkhannock Borough, north 31
     degrees 0 minutes east 482 feet to an iron pipe monument; thence
     along properties of Charles McKown and Mrs. Stark south 60
     degrees 0 minutes east 389.05 feet to an iron pipe monument;
     thence along properties of Florence Benson and Miss Palmer south
     31 degrees 0 minutes west 202 feet to an iron pipe monument;
     thence south along property of Miss Palmer south 60 degrees 0
     minutes east 165 feet to an iron pipe monument; thence south 31
     degrees 0 minutes west 280 feet to an iron pipe monument and
     point of beginning; containing 5.365 acres, more or less.
        The above described tract being the whole, or part of, the
     site of Tunkhannock Armory.
        Being the same premises which the Commonwealth of
     Pennsylvania, acting by and through the Department of Property
     and Supplies, by its deed bearing date November 18, 1937, and
     recorded in the office for recording of deeds in and for Wyoming
     County, Pennsylvania in Deed Book No. 103, Page 6, granted,
     conveyed and confirmed unto The General State Authority (first
     party hereto), its successors and assigns.
        Tract No. 2 beginning at a point, said point being the
     southern corner of the tract of land hereinabove described;
     thence along the northern side of West Street, south 31 degrees
     west, 304.05 feet to a point; thence by land of George Place,
     north 60 degrees west, 554.05 feet to a point on line of land of
     Howard F. Brunges; thence by land of said Howard F. Brunges,
     north 31 degrees east, 183.05 feet to a point on line of land of
     Ray Dimond; thence by land of said Ray Dimond south 60 degrees
     east 174 feet to a point; thence north 31 degrees east 60.5 feet
     to a point; thence north 60 degrees west 174 feet to a point on
     line of land of Howard F. Brunges; thence by land of said Howard
     F. Brunges, north 31 degrees east 60.5 feet to a point, on line
     of lands of said tract hereinabove described; thence by said
     tract hereinabove described south 60 degrees east 554.05 feet to
     the place of beginning. Containing an area of 3.62 acres.
        The above described tract being the whole, or part of, the
     site of Tunkhannock Armory.
        Being the same premises which the Commonwealth of
     Pennsylvania, acting by and through the Department of Property
     and Supplies, by its deed bearing date July 11, 1940, and
     recorded in the office for recording of deeds in and for said
     Wyoming County in Deed Book No. 106, Page 167, granted, conveyed
     and confirmed unto The General State Authority (first party
     hereto), its successors and assigns.
        The conveyance shall be made under and subject, nevertheless,
     to all easements, servitudes and rights of others, including but
     not confined to streets, roadways and rights of any telephone,
     telegraph, water, electric, gas or pipeline companies, as well
     as under and subject, nevertheless, to any estate or tenancies
     vested in third persons, whether or not appearing of record, for
     any portion of the said land or improvements erected thereon.
        The conveyance shall also be made under and subject to any
     reservations set forth in the aforementioned deeds to the
     Commonwealth.
        Section 2.  The Deed of Conveyance shall be approved by the
     Department of Justice and shall be executed by the Adjutant
     General for the State Armory Board of the Department of Military
     Affairs and the Secretary of General Services in the name of the
     Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
        Section 3.  All moneys received from the sale of the land and
     armory herein authorized to be conveyed shall be deposited in
     the State Treasury Armory Fund.
        Section 4.  This act shall take effect immediately.