Section 12

Act 185 of 1992, § 12, under CONVEYANCES - COMMONWEALTH PROPERTY IN VARIOUS COUNTIES.

Act 185 of 1992, § 12

Section 12. (a) The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission is hereby authorized to accept on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania a gift from the Preservation Fund of Pennsylvania, Incorporated, of the following tract of land situate in the Township of Solebury, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows:

TRACT 1

All that land or right-of-way, beginning at a point in the middle of River Road in the line of land belonging to Mary Ellen Haas and running thence south 19 degrees 40 minutes east 1093.2 feet to a point 170 feet easterly from a post planted in the easterly line of River Road; thence by a line curving toward the east with a radius of 1433 feet a distance of 380 feet; thence south 34 degrees 52 minutes east 872.4 feet more or less to the line of land belonging to Rebecca Hogeland, being a strip of land 30 feet lying 15 feet on each side of said described center line which center line passes midway between two rows of young apple trees, containing 1.615 acres more or less. The above tract description had originally been recorded in Deed Book 318, Page 426, in Bucks County.

TRACT 2

All that certain tract of land, being a strip of land 30-feet wide extending from the line of land belonging to Reuben High on the north (Tract 1 above described) to the line of land belonging to the Rossiter Brothers on the south, said southerly line also being the line of division between the townships of Solebury and Upper Makefield, said tract of land being more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at a point in the southerly line of land belonging to Reuben High near the southern bank of Pidcock's Creek and running thence (1) along other land belonging to the said Rebecca S. Hogeland south 34 degrees 52 minutes east 1120.5 feet to the line of land belonging to Rossiter Brothers; thence (2) along Rossiter Brothers' land said line being also along the Solebury and Upper Makefield township division line south 79 degrees 51 minutes west 32.4 feet; thence (3) along other land belonging to Rebecca S. Hogeland north 34 degrees 52 minutes west 1100.3 feet to the line of land of Reuben High; thence (4) along Reuben High's land north 43 degrees ten minutes east 30.6 feet to the place of beginning.

Containing 0.765 acres more or less. The above fee simple tract description had originally been recorded in Deed Book 314, Page 414, in Bucks County.

Being the same lots or tracts of land granted and conveyed to the Preservation Fund of Pennsylvania, Incorporated, by Deed dated December 12, 1986, and recorded in the Recorder's Office for Bucks County.

(b) Title to the real property shall be taken in accordance with 37 Pa.C.S. § 701 (relating to title to historic property), and counsel for the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission shall make the certification required by that section.

(c) Costs and fees incidental to this conveyance shall be borne by the Commonwealth.