74 Pa. Stat. § 120.96

Current through P.A. Acts 2024-18
Section 120.96 - Consent to acquisition of land

The consent of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is hereby granted, in accordance with the seventeenth clause, eighth section of the first article of the Constitution of the United States, to the acquisition by the United States of America of two certain tracts of land in the Fortieth Ward, City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, known as the Naval Ammunition Depot of Fort Mifflin, containing 28.0373 acres; the first tract containing 12.8435 acres, being bounded and described as follows:

Beginning at a point in the center line of Fort or Fort Mifflin Road, said point being located S. 29°31'41" E., 192.126 feet measured along the center line from an angle in said road, the said angle being located S. 29°17'41" E., 2174.261 feet measured along the center line of the said Road from a point in the center line of Penrose Ferry Road; thence along the center line of Fort or Fort Mifflin Road S. 29°31'41" E., 548.036 feet to a point in the line of land of the United States of America; thence along the said line S. 43°58'41" W., 1532.001 feet to an angle in said line; thence still along the same S. 34°28'36" W., 236.943 feet to a point; thence N. 56°21'31" W., 114.967 feet to a point in the line of land of the City of Philadelphia; thence along the said line N. 30°28'00" E., 1943.000 feet to a point in the line of land of Mary Louise Lowrey; thence along the said line N. 46°30'19" E., 52.751 feet to the first mentioned point and place of beginning.

The second tract containing 15.1888 acres, being bounded and described as follows:

Beginning at a point in a line dividing this tract and land of the United States of America from land of the City of Philadelphia, and said point being located N. 39°20'19" E., 685.882 feet along the said line from a point in the center line of Fort or Fort Mifflin Road, this latter point being located S. 29°17'41" E., 1761.181 feet measured along the center line of Fort or Fort Mifflin Road from a point in the center line of Penrose Ferry Road; thence along the said line of land of the City of Philadelphia N. 39°20'19" E., 985.425 feet to a point in the southerly pierhead and bulkhead line of the Schuylkill River; thence along the said pierhead and bulkhead line S. 77°17'41" E., 151.395 feet to an angle in the said line; thence still along the same S. 80°07'32" E., 102.997 feet to a point in the line of land of the United States of America; thence along the boundary of the land of the United States of America as follows, viz: S. 11°28'00" W., 72.179 feet to a P. C. of a curve; thence along a line curving to the right with a radius of 2964.775 feet the arc distance of 983.155 feet to the P. T. of the said curve; thence along the radial line of the said curve N. 59°32'00" W., 14.970 feet to a point; thence S. 30°28'00" W., 858.960 feet to a point; thence N. 26°25'38" W., 150.770 feet to a point; thence N. 24°56'21" E., 292.643 feet to a point; thence N. 10°56'41" W., 617.035 feet to the first mentioned point and place of beginning.

74 P.S. § 120.96

1945, May 1, P.L. 353, No. 147, § 1.