Section 7. Conveyance to City of Allentown.
(a) Conveyance.--The Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor and the Secretary of Public Welfare, is hereby authorized on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to grant and convey for a consideration of $1,500, which represents one-half of the fair market value as determined by an independent appraisal, to the City of Allentown, the following tract of land situate in the City of Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows:
All that certain tract or parcel of land situate on the southerly side of River Drive as located and defined according to City Council Bill No.2060, in the 15th Ward of the City of Allentown, County of Lehigh, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows, to wit:
Beginning on the southerly right-of-way line of the aforementioned River Drive, said point lying on the course north 46 degrees 40 minutes 10 seconds west a distance of 137.47 feet from Station 761 + 75.81 of the stone monumented centerline of the Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad (now Consolidated Rail Corporation); thence along the southerly right-of-way line of River Drive the following four courses and distances: north 19 degrees 13 minutes 40 seconds east 52.73 feet to a point; around a curve to the right with a central angle of 38 degrees 59 minutes, a radius of 176.69 feet, an arc length of 120.21 feet, the chord of which bears north 38 degrees 43 minutes 10 seconds east 117.92 feet to a point; north 58 degrees 12 minutes 40 seconds east 388.28 feet to a point; north 51 degrees 57 feet 10 seconds east 152.51 feet to a point; thence along lands of the Consolidated Rail Corporation the following three courses and distances: south 44 degrees 06 minutes 50 seconds west 96.32 feet to a point; south 46 degrees 46 minutes 40 seconds west 528.50 feet to a point; south 84 degrees 04 minutes 30 seconds west 89.56 feet to a point, the point or place of beginning.
Containing 35,219.0876 square feet.
Being a portion of the same premises which Matilda Ritter by deed dated April 3, 1903, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for the County of Lehigh at Allentown, Pennsylvania, in Deed Book Volume 179, Page 116, did grant and convey unto the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(b) Restrictions.--The conveyance under subsection (a) shall be made under and subject to all easements, servitudes and rights of others, including, but not confined to, streets, roadways and rights of any telephone, telegraph, water, electric, sewer, gas or pipeline companies, as well as under and subject to any interest, estates or tenancies vested in third persons, whether or not appearing of record, for any portion of the land or improvements erected thereon.
(c) Proceeds.--The proceeds of the sale under subsection (a) shall be paid into the State Treasury and deposited in the Capital Facilities Redemption Fund.
(d) Reversion.--The deed of conveyance under subsection (a) shall contain a clause that the lands conveyed shall be used by the City of Allentown for highway purposes and if at any time the City of Allentown or its successor in function conveys said property or authorizes or permits said property to be used for any purpose other than highway purposes, the title thereto shall immediately revert to and revest in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(e) Approval.--The deed of conveyance under subsection (a) shall be approved as provided by law and shall be executed by the Secretary of General Services in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(f) Expenses.--Costs and fees incidental to the conveyance under subsection (a) shall be borne by the grantee.
Compiler's Note: The Secretary of Public Welfare, referred to in this section, was redesignated as the Secretary of Human Services by Act 132 of 2014.