Section 1. The Department of Property and Supplies, with the approval of the Secretary of Public Welfare and the Governor, is hereby authorized to convey in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Joseph Russell and Dominick Besa, a parcel of land situate in the Township of East Norriton, County of Montgomery, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the southerly side of Germantown Pike (TR 422; 40.00 feet southerly from the center line of Germantown Pike) opposite Station 414+04.89 marking a corner of land of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and a corner of land of Joseph Russell and Dominick Besa; thence leaving Germantown Pike by land of Joseph Russell and Dominick Besa south 44 degrees 33 minutes west 194.50 feet to a point on the northerly side of a proposed road (50.00 feet wide); thence by same along a line curving to the left with a radius of 145.00 feet, the arc distance of 56.99 feet to a point; thence leaving said road thru land of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania north 20 degrees 51 minutes 40 seconds east 208.74 feet to a point on the southerly side of Germantown Pike; thence by same south 69 degrees 08 minutes 20 seconds east 125.76 feet to the first mentioned point and place of beginning.
Containing: Zero and three-hundred sixty-nine one-thousandths part of an acre (0.369 acre) be the same more or less.
Being part of the lands formerly of the Montgomery County Poor District which became vested in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Public Welfare, by the act of September 29, 1938 (Sp. Sess. P.L.53, No.21), entitled, as amended, "An act relating to institutions of counties, cities, wards, boroughs, townships, institution districts and other political subdivisions, for the care, maintenance, and treatment of mental patients; providing for the transfer to the Commonwealth for the care, maintenance and treatment of mental patients of such institutions, and all grounds, lands, buildings and personal property of such political subdivisions used for the care and maintenance of indigent persons connected with such mental institutions; providing for the management and operation or closing and abandonment thereof; and the maintenance of mental patients therein; including the collection of maintenance in certain cases; providing for the retransfer of certain property to counties, cities, wards, boroughs, townships, institution districts and other political subdivisions under certain circumstances; conferring and imposing upon the Governor, the Department of Welfare, the courts of common pleas and counties, cities, wards, boroughs, townships, institution districts and other political subdivisions certain powers and duties; prohibiting cities, counties, wards, boroughs, townships, institution districts and other political subdivisions from maintaining and operating institutions, in whole or in part, for the care and treatment of mental patients; and repealing inconsistent laws."
Compiler's Note: The Department of Public Welfare, referred to in this section, was redesignated as the Department of Human Services by Act 132 of 2014.
The Secretary of Public Welfare, referred to in this section, was redesignated as the Secretary of Human Services by Act 132 of 2014.