Section 1. (a) The Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor and the Department of Military Affairs, is hereby authorized and directed on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to convey, at a price to be determined through competitive bidding, the following improved tract of land situate in the Borough of Milton, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows:
All that certain lot or parcel of ground situate in the Third Ward of the Borough of Milton, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows, to wit:
Beginning at a point on the east side of Ridge Avenue, which point is at the southwest corner of lands of Shimer Hose Company, and running thence along said Shimer Hose Company lands, south 84 degrees 28.25 minutes east a distance of 150 feet to a stake; thence along other lands of Milton Borough School District, south 5 degrees 26.5 minutes west a distance of 150 feet to a stake; thence along other lands of Milton Borough School District, north 84 degrees 28.25 minutes west a distance of 150 feet to Ridge Avenue; and thence along the east side of Ridge Avenue, north 5 degrees 26.5 minutes east a distance of 150 feet to the place of beginning.
(b) The proceeds of the sale of the land and armory herein authorized to be conveyed shall be deposited in the State Treasury Armory Fund. The costs and fees incurred by the Department of General Services, including, but not limited to, costs of title searches, notice, surveys and appraisals shall be deducted from the purchase price, and that amount shall be an executively authorized augmentation to the appropriation from which the costs and fees were paid by the department.