Pennsylvania Act 1983-24 — CONVEYANCE - MARCY STATE HOSPITAL TO UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Act text

AN ACT

Authorizing the Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor and the Secretary of Public Welfare, to convey to the United States of America, acting through the Department of Labor, Job Corps, a tract of land and buildings, known as the C. Howard Marcy State Hospital, situate in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

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

Section 1. The Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor and the Secretary of Public Welfare, is hereby authorized and directed on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and The General State Authority, to grant and convey, for a consideration of $160,000, to the United States of America, acting through the Department of Labor, Job Corps, a tract of land and buildings situate in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, known as the C. Howard Marcy State Hospital, said premises being more fully described as follows:

All that certain tract or piece of ground situate in the 12th Ward, City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows:

Beginning at a point on the easterly line of Washington Boulevard (formerly Beechwood Boulevard) said point being measured north 06 degrees 46 minutes east 1770 feet more or less from a point perpendicularly opposite the intersection of the westerly line of Chianti Street and the westerly line of Washington Boulevard, and also being measured along the easterly line of Washington Boulevard south 06 degrees 46 minutes west 11.32 feet from a point of curve thereon being perpendicularly opposite a monument on the easterly 5-foot line of Washington Boulevard, which monument is filed of record in the Division of Surveys, Bureau of Engineering, Department of Public Works, City of Pittsburgh, as Monument Sheet No. 357; from said point of beginning, thence along other property now or late of the City of Pittsburgh, south 73 degrees 18 minutes east 40.23 feet to a point and south 77 degrees 36 minutes east 726 feet to a point, an angle and property now or late of United States of America; thence along property of United States of America south 75 degrees 21 minutes east 741 feet more or less to a point on the southeasterly side of Leech Farm Road (40 feet wide); thence along the southeasterly and southerly side of said road northeastwardly and eastwardly on the arc of a circle curving to the right and having a radius of 230 feet the arc distance of 139.55 feet to a point of tangency, and eastwardly 508.80 feet to a point on the southerly side of Leech Farm Road, a corner and property now or late of Windsor Corporation; thence along property now or late of southwardly 253.4 feet and south 75 degrees 21 minutes east 453.41 feet to a point in the center line of Old Leech Farm Road; thence northwardly along the center line of said road on the arc of a circle curving to the left and having a radius of 517.34 feet, the arc distance of 170.43 feet to a point, a corner of property of United States of America, used for a Veterans Hospital; thence along same south 75 degrees 21 minutes east 31 feet more or less and south 00 degrees 20 minutes east 888 feet more or less to a point, a corner and property now or late of St. Peter's German Lutheran Cemetery; thence along said cemetery the five following courses and distances: north 24 degrees 49 minutes 20 seconds west 208.30 feet, north 89 degrees 26 minutes west 153.55 feet, south 78 degrees 39 minutes west 339.87 feet, south 67 degrees 19 minutes 10 seconds west 466.41 feet, south 52 degrees 17 minutes 10 seconds west 509.55 feet to a point; thence along same and property now or late of the City of Pittsburgh, south 44 degrees 55 minutes west 270 feet more or less to a point; thence along property of Duquesne Light Company south 74 degrees 03 minutes west 802 feet to a point, a corner and property of the City of Pittsburgh; thence along property now or late of City of Pittsburgh north 17 degrees 16 minutes east 128.2 feet and north 75 degrees 54 minutes west 460 feet more or less to a point on the easterly line of Washington Boulevard; thence along said line of said boulevard, north 06 degrees 46 minutes east 2080 feet more or less to a point and place of beginning.

Containing 92.5 acres more or less.

Excepting and reserving thereout and therefrom the 66 feet right-of-way of the Brilliant Branch of Consolidated Rail Corporation with land on each side thereof for necessary fill and slope, the right-of-way paralleling Washington Boulevard with 200 feet of the above property separating it from the easterly line of said boulevard.

Being part of the property conveyed by the City of Pittsburgh to Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, by Deed dated December 31, 1956 and recorded at Pittsburgh in Deed Book 3630 Page 152, some of which was later conveyed to The General State Authority. And also composed of an added tract conveyed by Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh to The General State Authority, by Deed dated September 29, 1965 and recorded at Pittsburgh in Deed Book 4297 Page 649.

Compiler's Note: The Secretary of Public Welfare, referred to in this section, was redesignated as the Secretary of Human Services by Act 132 of 2014.

Section 2. The conveyance shall be made under and subject to all easements, servitudes and rights of others, including but not confined to streets, roadways, and rights of any telephone, telegraph, water, electric, sewer, gas or pipeline companies, as well as under and subject to any interest, estates or tenancies vested in third persons, whether or not appearing of record, for any portion of the land or improvements erected thereon.

Section 3. Costs and fees incidental to this conveyance shall be borne by the grantee.

Section 4. The deed of conveyance shall be approved as provided by law and shall be executed by the Secretary of General Services in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and with the concurrence of The General State Authority.

Section 5. This act shall take effect immediately.