Section 2. State Armory Board.
(a) The State Armory Board of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs having determined in accordance with 51 Pa.C.S. § 1507 (relating to sale of unusable armories and land; sale or lease of timber and mineral rights) that Mt. Pleasant, Warren and Ford City Armories and the real estate to which it is appurtenant are no longer suitable for military services due to changes in the needs of the military service; therefore, the State Armory Board of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and the Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor, are hereby authorized to sell and convey the real estate and structures hereinafter described, by general warranty deed, acting on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to the highest responsible bidder with the right to refuse all bids, the right, title and interest of the Commonwealth in the tracts of land as follows:
(1) The armory building known as Mount Pleasant, appurtenant thereto, in the Borough of Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, containing approximately 17,250 square feet with an armory building thereon erected, more particularly described as follows:
All that certain lot, piece or parcel or ground lying and situate in the First Ward of the Borough of Mt. Pleasant, County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point at the intersection of the East Building line of Eagle Street and the South Building line of Spring Street, produced; thence along said East Building line of Eagle Street south 34 degrees 5 minutes west 42.5 feet; thence by the same south 7 degrees 5 minutes west 47 feet to the corner of lot; 193 feet to a lot formerly owned by W. S. Overholt, now a part of Frick Park; thence along said lot north 34 degrees 35 minutes east 80.3 feet; thence through the lot formerly owned by Dr. James McConaughey, now a part of Frick Park, north 55 degrees 55 minutes west 215 feet to the place of beginning.
Containing 0.396 of an acre.
(2) A tract of land in the Borough of Warren, Warren County, Pennsylvania, more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the easterly side of Hickory Street, the boundary line between the lands hereinabove described and lands of Warren Borough School District; thence easterly parallel with the northern boundary of Third Street and along said division line 160 feet; thence northerly 4 feet; thence westerly parallel with and 4 feet distant from said school district's north line 160 feet to Hickory Street; thence southerly 4 feet to the place of beginning.
All that certain piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the Borough of Warren, Warren County, Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows, to wit:
Beginning at a stake, the southwest corner of lands of Caroline Reig in the eastern boundary line of Hickory Street; thence southerly along said boundary line 64 feet to a stake, the northwest corner of lands of the school district of Warren Borough; thence easterly parallel with Hickory Street along said School District lands to a stake 160 feet distant from Hickory Street; thence northerly about 64 feet to the Methodist Episcopal Parsonage lot; thence westerly along the same and said lands of Caroline Reig to the place of beginning.
Having erected thereon an Armory Building and containing approximately 10,127 square feet, more or less.
Excepting and reserving therefrom unto the Commissioners of Warren County, their successors and assigns, a free and unobstructed right-of-way or passage 4 feet in width along the southern side of the property hereinabove described.
(3) A tract of land in the Borough of Ford City, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, more particularly described as follows:
All those certain pieces, parcels or lots of land lying, situate and being in the Borough of Ford City, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, known as designated in the general plot of lots of said borough as lot numbers 256, 258, 260, 262 and 264, lying between Third and Fourth Avenues, fronting on northern side of Tenth Street 110 feet and no inches and running back 106 feet and no inches to a 13-foot-wide alley; being all of lots numbered 256, 258, 260 and 264, as per plan of lots duly recorded in Plan Book Deed Book, Volume 90, Pages 16 to 20, inclusive, of the deed records of said county.
Having erected thereon an armory building and containing approximately 11,660 square feet, more or less.
The conveyances shall also be made under and subject to any reservations set forth in the prior deeds to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(b) The State Armory Board of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs having determined in accordance with 51 Pa.C.S. § 1507 (relating to sale of unusable armories and land; sale or lease of timber or mineral rights) that the Wellsboro Armory and the real estate to which it is appurtenant is no longer suitable for military services due to changes in the needs of the military service, the State Armory Board and the Department of General Services, acting on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, with the approval of the Governor, are hereby authorized to convey by general warranty deed to Tioga County, in exchange for approximately 12 acres of land, more or less, of equal or greater value, to be conveyed by general warranty deed, the right, title and interest of the Commonwealth in the tract of land and the armory building known as the Wellsboro Armory, appurtenant thereto, in the Borough of Wellsboro, Tioga County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, containing approximately 15,000 square feet of land with an armory building hereon erected, more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a point 153 feet distant and in the direction of north 45 degrees west from the intersection of the inside of the sidewalk on the northwest side of Main Street and the southwest side of Central Avenue; thence by land of Tioga County south 45 degrees west 190 feet; thence still by land of Tioga County north 45 degrees west 60 feet and south 45 degrees west 50 feet to Charles Street; thence by Charles Street north 45 degrees west 15 feet; thence by other land of Tioga County along the southeast side of Kelsey Creek north 45 degrees east 240 feet to Central Avenue; thence by Central Avenue south 45 degrees east 75 feet to the place of beginning.
Containing 15,000 square feet of land, more or less.
(c) The conveyances under this section 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 on record, for any portion of the said land or improvements erected thereon.
(d) The deed of conveyance shall be approved as provided by law and shall be executed by the Adjutant General for the State Armory Board of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of General Services, with the approval of the Governor, in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(e) The Ford City Armory shall not be conveyed until the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs ceases operations at the site.
(f) All moneys received from the sale of the lands and armories authorized to be conveyed under this section shall be deposited in the State Treasury Armory Fund.