Section 1

Act 252 of 1943, § 1, under ALLOWING THE UNITED STATES TO ACQUIRE LAND.

Act 252 of 1943, § 1

Section 1. The consent of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is hereby granted, in accordance with the seventeenth clause, eighth section of the first article of the Constitution of the United States, to the acquisition by the United States of a tract of land partly in the Borough of Mechanicsburg and partly in the Township of Hampden, County of Cumberland, Pennsylvania, known as the United States Naval Supply Depot, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows:

Beginning at a point on the boundary line between the land of the Cumberland Valley Railroad Company and the lands of J. B. Musser, J. B. Kohler Estate, and the Estate of D. Wilcox Mfg. Co. and other lands of the Cumberland Valley Railroad Co., said point being 59 feet distant perpendicularly from the center line of the double tracks of the Cumberland Valley Railroad, in a Northerly direction therefrom and N. 24 degrees 18' W., 62 feet from Valuation Station 401 + 92.2, said Station lying on center line of said double tracks; thence, from said point of beginning and along said boundary line, N. 20 degrees 18' W., 1299.8 feet to a point; thence along the boundary between lands of the Cumberland Valley Railroad Company, and J. B. Musser N. 65 degrees 26' E., 666.5 feet to a point on said boundary line; thence, N. 65 degrees 41' E. 659.5 feet to a point on said boundary line; thence along the boundary line between lands of J. B. Musser and Samuel Fetrow, N. 31 degrees 51' W., 1354.3 feet to a point on the center line of public road known as Brandy Lane; thence along the center line of Brandy Lane and the land of Samuel Fetrow, N. 39 degrees 52' E. 1044.5 feet to a point on the boundary line between lands of Samuel Fetrow and W. H. Hollinger; thence along said boundary line S. 47 degrees 52' E. 109.5 feet to a point; thence along the boundary line between lands of Samuel Fetrow and W. H. Hollinger, N. 38 degrees 47' E. 117.0 feet to a corner; thence, along the boundary line between lands of W. H. Hollinger and Ida Eberly, N. 47 degrees 19' W. 107.3 feet to a point on the center line of Brandy Lane; thence along said center line of Brandy Lane and the lands of Ida Eberly and M. D. Quigley, N. 40 degrees 26' E. 1429.5 feet to a point, which intersects with the center line of Salem Church Road, which line is the Westerly line of land owned by Mary Bowman Estate, said line extending N. 45 degrees 50' W., along the center line of Salem Church Road, 928.9 feet to a point on the boundary line between lands of the Mary Bowman Estate and Jacob Rupp; thence leaving said road and crossing the land of Jacob Rupp N. 47 degrees 40' E. 1594 feet to a point on the boundary line between lands of Jacob Rupp and Jacob H. Hertzler; thence along said boundary line N. 2 degrees 32' E. 1395.3 feet to a corner; thence along the boundary between lands of Jacob Rupp and Jacob R. Hertzler and Mary Cameron, S. 88 degrees 13' E. 530.9 feet to a corner; thence along the boundary line between the land of Mary Cameron and J. H. Koller, N. 2 degrees 8' E. 336.3 feet to a corner; thence along the boundary line between the land of J. H. Koller and Edward Eberly, S. 69 degrees 40' E. 1922.3 feet to a corner; thence along the boundary line between the lands of Jacob H. Koller and Edward Eberly, S. 4 degrees 36' E. 209 feet to a corner; thence along the boundary line between the land of J. H. Koller and Edward Eberly, S. 69 degrees 56' E. 230 feet to a point in the center line of the public road known as Brandy Lane; thence along said center line of Brandy Lane and land of H. Koller S. 40 degrees 06' E. 753.76 feet to a corner; thence leaving Brandy Lane and crossing the land of Charles Eberly, S. 65 degrees 17' E. 103.4 feet to a corner; thence continuing across the land of Charles Eberly; N. 85 degrees 04' E. 1843.3 feet to a point; thence S. 40 degrees 56' E. 1000.1 feet to a point on the boundary line between said land, and land of Samuel A. Kirkpatrick; thence, along the boundary line between land of Samuel A. Kirkpatrick and lands of Charles Eberly and Ray Asper, N. 85 degrees 04' E. 845.2 feet to a corner; thence, along the boundary line between lands of Samuel A. Kirkpatrick and John Minsker S. 3 degrees 53' E. 252.8 feet to a corner; thence along the boundary line between lands of Samuel A. Kirkpatrick and John Minsker N. 86 degrees 17' E. 203 feet to a point on the Westerly line of public road known as Sporting Hill Road; thence along the Westerly line of Sporting Hill Road and the land of Samuel A. Kirkpatrick, S. 2 degrees 58' E. 1389.9 feet to a point; thence, continuing along said line and the Easterly line of the land of Mrs. C. A. Heiges, 25 feet; thence continuing along the Westerly line of Sporting Hill Road being the Easterly line of Mrs. C. A. Heiges' property S. 31 degrees 02' E. 213.0 feet to a point; said point being 425 feet distant perpendicularly from center line of public road known as Trindle Road in a Northerly direction therefrom; thence across the lands of Mrs. G. A. Heiges, J. H. DeVaen, J. M. Huresh, L. I. and B. L. Blosser, R. E. Rise, Vance Geesey, Linda Fraelich, Helen Bashore, A. F. Blessings, E. W. Thompson, Paul Kimmel, W. A. Bushey, F. G. Kaufman, George W. Wolf, South 64 degrees 03' W. 3493.1 feet to a point, said point being 425 feet distant perpendicularly from the center line of Trindle Road in a Northerly direction therefrom; thence, across the lands of George W. Wolf, William R. Gregg, Samuel R. Ream, Edward Woolford, William D. Daniel, J. E. Waterson, William D. Daniel, Morris H. Bishop, O. A. Heim, Charles Brandt, Samuel Fetrow, S. 63 degrees 30' W. 3514.6 feet to a point on the boundary line between the lands of Samuel Fetrow and the Cumberland Valley Railroad Company; thence along said boundary line S. 28 degrees 12' E. 386.6 feet to a point on the Northerly right-of-way line of the public road known as Trindle Road, said point being 25 feet distant perpendicularly from center line of said road; thence along said Northerly right-of-way line of said road, parallel to a 25 feet distance from center line thereof, the following courses and distances to wit: Along a curve to the right with a radius of 1495 feet, a chord bearing of S. 72 degrees 47' W. and a chord length of 245 feet to a point; thence S. 77 degrees 29' W. 870.5 feet to a point; thence S. 32 degrees 04' W. 95.5 feet to a point; thence S. 77 degrees 17' W. 864.6 feet to the point of beginning, containing 821.81 acres of land, more or less all bearings true North.