Pennsylvania Act 1993-57 — CONVEYANCE - PROPERTY IN NORTHUMBERLAND, DELAWARE AND DAUPHIN COUNTIES

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CONVEYANCE - PROPERTY IN NORTHUMBERLAND, DELAWARE AND DAUPHIN COUNTIES
                  Act of Jul. 2, 1993, P.L. 404, No. 57               Cl. 85
                                  AN ACT

     Authorizing and directing the Department of General Services,
        with the approval of the Governor and the Secretary of
        Environmental Resources, to convey to the County of
        Northumberland, land situate in the City of Shamokin,
        Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, and to convey to the
        Redevelopment Authority of Delaware County a tract of land
        situate in Darby Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania;
        authorizing Millersburg Borough, Dauphin County, to sell and
        convey certain Project 70 lands free of restrictions imposed
        by the Project 70 Act and providing for use of sale proceeds;
        and making a repeal.

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

        Section 1.  (a)  The Department of General Services, with the
     approval of the Governor and the Secretary of Environmental
     Resources, is hereby authorized and directed on behalf of the
     Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to grant and convey to the County
     of Northumberland for the consideration of $1 the following land
     situate in the City of Shamokin, Northumberland County,
     Pennsylvania, more particularly described as follows, to wit:
        Lots numbered two hundred fifty-nine (259) to two hundred
     sixty-three (263), inclusively, in Block R, further identified
     as a part of T.M.#3-4-160, and lots numbered two hundred eighty-
     three (283) to two hundred eighty-nine (289), inclusively, in
     Block T, further identified as T.M.#3-4-165, all in the Fourth
     Ward of Shamokin City, Pennsylvania.
        (b)  In addition, the Commonwealth quitclaims any interest in
     lots numbered two hundred seventy-seven (277) to two hundred
     eighty-two (282), inclusively, in Block T, further identified as
     T.M.#3-4-164, to the County of Northumberland.
        (c)  The conveyance shall be made under and subject to all
     easements, servitudes and rights of others, including, but not
     confined to, rights of 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.
        (d)  The deed of conveyance shall contain a clause that the
     property conveyed shall be used for public purposes by the
     County of Northumberland, and, if at any time the County of
     Northumberland or its successor conveys the property or permits
     the property to be used for any purpose other than those
     specified in this section, the title to the property shall
     immediately revert to and revest in the Commonwealth of
     Pennsylvania.
        (e)  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.
        (f)  Costs and fees incidental to the conveyance shall be
     borne by the grantee.
        Section 2.  (a)  The Department of General Services, with the
     approval of the Governor, is hereby authorized and directed on
     behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to convey to the
     Redevelopment Authority of Delaware County the following tract
     of land situate in Darby Township, Delaware County,
     Pennsylvania, for a consideration of $500:
        All that certain lot or piece of land with the buildings and
     improvements thereon erected, hereditaments and appurtenances,
     situate on the southeast side of Bonsall Avenue at the distance
     of 300 feet southwest of Brennan Avenue, at Sharon Hill, in the
     Township of Darby, in the County of Delaware and State of
     Pennsylvania, and being known as Lot No. 114 Bonsall Tract.
        Containing in front or breadth on the said Bonsall Avenue 25
     feet and in depth southeastwardly between parallel lines at
     right angles 100 feet.
        Bounded on the northeast and southwest by lands now or late
     of John H. Scott Estate and on the southeast by lands now or
     late of Humphreys H. Grobes.
        Being the same premises which The Glenolden Building and Loan
     Association, by Indenture bearing date the 28th day of October,
     A.D. 1943, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds
     &c., in and for the County of Delaware, aforesaid, in Deed Book
     1106, Page 336, granted and conveyed unto Ralph Page and
     Georgette Page, his wife, in fee.
        And the said Ralph Page has since departed this life on or
     about the 1st day of November, A.D. 1953.
        And the said Georgette Page, also known as Georgetta Page,
     died on or about the 2nd day of December, A.D. 1957, leaving a
     will dated the 2nd day of December, A.D. 1954, and duly probated
     and registered in Delaware County in Will Book 130, Page 407.
        And by written assignments dated the 2nd day of December,
     A.D. 1957, and the 28th day of April, A.D. 1958, Evelyn A. Lucas
     assigned her commission as Executrix of the above-captioned
     decedent's estate and her interest in the estate to the
     Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Public Assistance.
        And by award of the Orphan's Court of Delaware County as of
     #497 of 1964, dated the 15th day of October, A.D. 1965, the said
     premises were awarded unto Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
     Department of Public Assistance, an excerpt of which is recorded
     at Media in Deed Book 2227, Page 159.
        (b)  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.
        (c)  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.
        (d)  Costs and fees incidental to this conveyance shall be
     borne by the grantee.
        Section 3.  (a)  Pursuant to the requirements of section
     20(b) of the act of June 22, 1964 (Sp.Sess., P.L.131, No.8),
     known as the Project 70 Land Acquisition and Borrowing Act, the
     General Assembly hereby authorizes the release of Project 70
     restrictions and sale of the lands owned by Millersburg Borough,
     which are more particularly described in subsection (c).
        (b)  The lands described in subsection (c) shall be free of
     restrictions on use and alienation imposed by the Project 70
     Land Acquisition and Borrowing Act upon conveyance of said lands
     by Millersburg Borough.
        (c)  The parcel of land to be released from Project 70
     restrictions is situated in Millersburg Borough, Dauphin County,
     and more particularly described as follows:
        Beginning at a point on the north side of North Street said
     point being located 383.50 feet east of the northeast corner of
     Church and North Streets; thence along the lands of William A.
     Specht, Jr., and Janet E. Specht north 11 degrees 30 minutes
     west, 153 feet to a point; thence along the same south 78
     degrees 30 minutes west, a distance of 119.61 feet to a point;
     thence along other lands of William A. Specht, Jr., and Janet E.
     Specht north 0 degrees 16 minutes west, 61.17 feet to a point;
     thence along other lands of the Borough of Millersburg known as
     Seal Memorial Park north 78 degrees 30 minutes east, 122.69 feet
     to a point; thence along the same south 11 degrees 30 minutes
     east, 213 feet to a point on the northern right-of-way of North
     Street; thence along North Street south 78 degrees 30 minutes
     west, 15 feet to a point and place of beginning.
        Containing 10,014 square feet or 0.2299 acres.
        (d)  All proceeds from the sale of the lands described in
     subsection (c) shall be deposited into a special account and
     used by Millersburg Borough for improvements to adjoining
     Project 70 park land or for acquisition of other park land.
        Section 4.  Section 1(2) of the act of December 16, 1992
     (P.L.1192, No.153), entitled "An act authorizing and directing
     the Department of Transportation, with the approval of the
     Governor, to sell and convey two tracts of land situate in the
     Township of Upper Gwynedd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, to
     the Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association, Inc., a tract in
     Tarentum Borough, Allegheny County, to Allegheny Property
     Development Corporation and a tract of land situate in Monroe
     Township, Snyder County, to Northumberland Boat Club;
     authorizing and directing the Department of General Services,
     with the approval of the Governor and the Department of
     Agriculture, to grant and convey to the County of Somerset, land
     situate in the Township of Somerset, Somerset County,
     Pennsylvania; authorizing and directing the Department of
     General Services, with the approval of the Governor, to convey
     to the Northampton Area School District a tract of land situate
     in East Allen Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania;
     authorizing and directing the Department of General Services,
     with the approval of the Governor, to convey to Northampton
     County a tract of land situate in both East Allen Township and
     Allen Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; and
     authorizing and directing the Department of General Services,
     with the approval of the Governor, to convey to Hartley Township
     a tract of land situate in Hartley Township, Union County,
     Pennsylvania," is repealed.
        Section 5.  This act shall take effect immediately.