Pennsylvania Act 2010-20 — CONVEYANCE - COMMONWEALTH PROPERTY IN OIL CITY, VENANGO COUNTY

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CONVEYANCE - COMMONWEALTH PROPERTY IN OIL CITY, VENANGO COUNTY
                  Act of Apr. 29, 2010, P.L. 179, No. 20              Cl. 85
                                  AN ACT

     Authorizing the Department of General Services, with the
        approval of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
        and the Governor, to grant and convey, at a price to be
        determined through a competitive bid process, certain lands,
        buildings and improvements situate in the City of Oil City,
        Venango County; and authorizing the Department of General
        Services, with the approval of the Department of Military and
        Veterans Affairs and the Governor, to grant and convey, at a
        price to be determined through a competitive bidding process,
        certain lands, buildings and improvements situate in the
        First Ward of the City of Meadville, Crawford County.

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

     Section 1.  Conveyance in City of Oil City, Venango County.
        (a)  Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with
     the approval of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
     and the Governor, to grant and convey, at a price to be
     determined through competitive bidding, the following tract of
     land together with any buildings, structures or improvements
     thereon, situate in the City of Oil City, Venango County.
        (b)  Property description.--The property to be conveyed
     pursuant to subsection (a) consists of approximately 0.23 acres
     and building, bounded and more particularly described as
     follows:
        ALL THAT CERTAIN tract of land situate in the Fifth Ward of
     the City of Oil City, Venango County more particularly bounded
     and described as follows:
        BEGINNING at the Southeast corner of East Second Street and
     State Street; thence Easterly along the Southerly side of East
     Second Street, one hundred (100) feet; thence Southwardly at
     right angles to said line of East Second Street, Ninety-nine and
     ninety-two hundredths (99.92) feet to line of property conveyed
     by Thomas M. Burk and wife to Edgar T. Eichner by deed dated
     February 21, 1901, recorded in Deed Book Volume 253, Page 90;
     thence Westwardly along said Eichner's line, one hundred (100)
     feet to the Easterly line of State Street aforesaid; thence
     Northwardly and along said line of State Street, Ninety-nine and
     ninety-two hundredths (99.92) feet to corner of East Second
     Street, the place of BEGINNING.
        BEING Tax Parcel No. 16-006-206.
        BEING the same premises conveyed from Ida R. Magee,
     unmarried, to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, by deed dated
     June 6, 1914 and recorded July 10, 1914, in the County of
     Venango, Pennsylvania, in Deed Book 333, Page 185.
        (c)  Conditions.--The conveyance shall be made under and
     subject to all lawful and enforceable 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 to any lawful and enforceable estates or tenancies
     vested in third persons appearing of record, for any portion of
     the land or improvements erected thereon.
        (d)  Restriction.--Any conveyance authorized under this
     section shall be made under and subject to the condition, which
     shall be contained in the deed of conveyance, that no portion of
     the property conveyed shall be used as a licensed facility, as
     defined in 4 Pa.C.S. § 1103 (relating to definitions), or any
     other similar type of facility authorized under the laws of this
     Commonwealth. The condition shall be a covenant running with the
     land and shall be binding upon the grantee and its successors.
     Should the grantee or its successors permit any portion of the
     property authorized to be conveyed in this section to be used in
     violation of this subsection, the title shall immediately revert
     to and revest in the grantor.
        (e)  Deed.--The deed of conveyance shall be by special
     warranty deed and shall be executed by the Secretary of General
     Services in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
        (f)  Proceeds.--The proceeds from the sale shall be deposited
     in the State Treasury Armory Fund.
     Section 2.  Conveyance in City of Meadville, Crawford County.
        (a)  Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with
     the approval of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
     and the Governor, is hereby authorized on behalf of the
     Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to grant and convey the following
     tract of land together with any buildings, structures or
     improvements on the land, situate in the First Ward of the City
     of Meadville, Crawford County. The Department of General
     Services shall sell the property using, in its discretion,
     either an invitation for sealed bids or a public auction.
        (b)  Description.--The property to be conveyed pursuant to
     subsection (a) consists of approximately 0.3297 acres and a
     building bounded and more particularly described as follows:
        ALL THAT CERTAIN tract of land situate in the First Ward of
     the City of Meadville, County of Crawford, Pennsylvania, being
     part of Lots Number One Hundred Five and One Hundred Six (#105
     and #106) in the original plan of Meadville as laid out by David
     Mead, more particularly bounded and described as follows:
        BEGINNING, at the Northeast corner of Center Street and
     Diamond Park; thence along the Westerly line of Diamond Park in
     a Southerly direction a distance of ninety-three and five tenths
     (93.5) feet to line of lot formerly of Mrs. Harriet D. McNulty,
     now Rose G. Lippitt; thence in a Westerly direction by a line
     parallel with Center Street, a distance of one hundred fifty
     (150) feet to a point in said Lippitt's line; thence in a
     Northerly direction by other lands of R. Bruce Gamble and E.
     Lowry Humes and parallel with Diamond Park, a distance of
     ninety-three and five tenths (93.5) feet to the Southerly line
     of Center Street; thence by said line of Center Street in an
     Easterly direction a distance of one hundred fifty (150) feet to
     the corner of Center Street and Diamond Park, the place of
     BEGINNING.
        CONTAINING 0.3297-acres more or less.
        BEING the same premises conveyed by R. Bruce Gamble and Nella
     M. Gamble, his wife, and E. Lowry Humes and Mary E. Humes, his
     wife, to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, by deed dated
     February 7, 1912 and recorded in the Recorder's Office of
     Crawford County, Pennsylvania, in Deed Book Volume 195, Page 11.
        (c)  Conditions.--The conveyance shall be made under and
     subject to all lawful and enforceable 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 to any lawful and enforceable estates or tenancies
     vested in third persons appearing of record, for any portion of
     the land or improvements erected thereon.
        (d)  Restriction.--Any conveyance authorized under this
     section shall be made under and subject to the condition, which
     shall be contained in the deed of conveyance, that no portion of
     the property conveyed shall be used as a licensed facility, as
     defined in 4 Pa.C.S. § 1103 (relating to definitions), or any
     other similar type of facility authorized under the laws of this
     Commonwealth. The condition shall be a covenant running with the
     land and shall be binding upon the grantee and its successors.
     Should the grantee or its successors permit any portion of the
     property authorized to be conveyed in this section to be used in
     violation of this subsection, the title shall immediately revert
     to and revest in the grantor.
        (e)  Deed.--The deed of conveyance shall be by special
     warranty deed and shall be executed by the Secretary of General
     Services in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
        (f)  Proceeds.--The proceeds from the sale shall be deposited
     in the State Treasury Armory Fund.
     Section 3.  Effective date.
        This act shall take effect immediately.