Pennsylvania Act 1974-3 — CONVEYANCE - COMMONWEALTH PROPERTY IN WARREN COUNTY

Act text

AN ACT

Authorizing the Department of Property and Supplies with the approval of the Governor and the Department of Public Welfare to sell and convey to the Township of Conewango, Warren County, a certain lot or tract of land containing 12 acres more or less in Conewango Township, Warren County.

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

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

Section 1. The Department of Property and Supplies, with the approval of the Governor and the Department of Public Welfare, is hereby authorized in behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to sell to the Township of Conewango, Warren County, for a consideration of one dollar ($1), the following described tract of land in Conewango Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania:

Beginning at an iron pipe on the south bank of the Jackson Run, 25 feet west of the center line of the southern bridge abutment of the old Kidder Bridge which formerly spanned the Jackson Run; thence south 5 degrees 20 minutes east 23.2 feet to an iron pipe in the east line of a 63.13 acre tract conveyed to E. D. Wetmore by N. A. Kidder et al by deed dated September 8, 1971 and recorded in the Recorder's Office of Warren County, Pennsylvania in Deed Book 129, Page 770, now a portion of The Hillcrest Development Incorporated, thence south 29 degrees 20 minutes east 110.9 feet to an iron pipe; thence south 32 degrees east 150 feet to an iron pipe; thence south 18 degrees 17 minutes east 123.4 feet to an iron pipe; thence south 14 degrees 18 minutes west 232 feet to an iron pipe; thence south 20 degrees 45 minutes west 252.5 feet to an iron pipe in the northern border of the present North Warren Community Playground; thence south 89 degrees 15 minutes east along the northern boundary of the playground 531.9 feet to an iron pipe on the western bank of the Jackson Run as it is now located; thence north 87 degrees 40 minutes east across the present Jackson Run 207.7 feet to an iron bolt in the center line of the old stream bed of the Jackson Run; thence along the center line of the old stream bed by the following two courses, north 54 degrees 7 minutes east 78.22 feet to an iron pipe, thence north 17 degrees 35 minutes east 200.4 feet to an iron pipe; thence north 58 degrees 54 minutes west 35 feet to an iron pipe, the said pipe being the southwest corner of the property of Hartley G. Skinner as recorded in the Recorder's Office in the Warren County Court House in Deed Book 213, Page 96, and being north 58 degrees 54 minutes west 151.4 feet from the southwest corner of lot #12 of the Johnson Addition to North Warren, the plat of which is recorded in the Warren County Court House in Deed Book 98, Page 786; thence north 12 degrees 46 minutes east along the western boundary of the said land of Hartley Skinner 491 feet to an iron pipe on the former south bank of the Jackson Run, the former northwest corner of Hartley Skinner, thence north 12 degrees 46 minutes east 8 feet to an iron pipe in the center line of the old stream bed of the Jackson Run, the northeast corner of the property being described; thence westerly along the center line of the old stream bed by the following six courses, north 63 degrees 43 minutes west 80.3 feet to an iron pipe, thence north 70 degrees 23 minutes west 114.8 feet to an iron pipe, thence south 87 degrees 28 minutes west 83 feet to an iron pipe, thence south 77 degrees 46 minutes west 55.1 feet to an iron pipe, thence north 76 degrees 3 minutes west 61.7 feet to an iron pipe, thence south 60 degrees 40 minutes west 93 feet to a point, thence south 85 degrees 30 minutes west 78 feet to a point in the center line of the present Jackson Run, thence north 78 degrees 10 minutes west 420 feet along the center line of the run to a point, thence south 5 degrees 20 minutes east 31.8 feet to an iron pipe on the southern bank of the Jackson Run, the place of beginning, containing 12 acres, and shown on the Warren County Tax Map, Wn. No. 545 Parcel No. 453 and recorded in the Recorder's Office in Warren County in Deed Book 225, Page 223.

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.

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

Section 2. The title to the property conveyed shall revert to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania when the grantee, Conewango Township, Warren County, ceases to use the property for public purposes.

Section 3. The deed of conveyance shall be approved by the Department of Justice and shall be executed by the Secretary of Property and Supplies in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Section 4. This act shall take effect immediately.