Luzerne County

Act 81 of 1994, § 6, under PROJECT 70 LANDS AND CONVEYANCE - LAWRENCE, ALLEGHENY, NORTHHAMPTON AND LUZERNE COUNTIES.

Act 81 of 1994, § 6

Section 6. Luzerne County.

(a) Authorization.--Under the requirements of section 20(b) of the act of June 22, 1964 (Sp.Sess., P.L.131, No.8), known as the Project 70 Land Acquisition and Borrowing Act, the General Assembly hereby authorizes the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission to convey the Forrest Avenue right-of-way at Lily Lake, Slocum and Conyngham Townships, Luzerne County, to Slocum Township for continued use and enjoyment of the public at large and inclusion in the Slocum Township roadway program.

(b) Freedom of restrictions.--The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission shall convey the Forrest Avenue right-of-way from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for use of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission to Slocum Township free of the restrictions on use and alienation prescribed by the Project 70 Land Acquisition and Borrowing Act, provided the conveyance shall be subject to all easements of record and the following conditions:

(1) If, at any time, Slocum Township shall abandon the

Forrest Avenue right-of-way or restrict its use in any way

that it is not open to free public use and enjoyment, the

said tract shall revert to the ownership of the Commonwealth

of Pennsylvania for use by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat

Commission.

(2) The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission shall

retain at all times the unrestricted right of ingress, egress

and regress over the said tract.

(c) Execution.--The deed of conveyance from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission to Slocum Township shall be executed by the Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for use by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission and shall be approved for legality and form by the Chief Counsel of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission and the Office of Attorney General.

(d) Land to be released from restrictions.--The Forrest Avenue right-of-way tract to be conveyed under this section is more particularly bounded and described as follows:

All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in the Township of Slocum and Township of Conyngham, County of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows:

Beginning at the point situated north 48 degrees 47 minutes 48 seconds west a distance of 100.86 feet from a cut stone (Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Corner #1), said point being on the northerly right-of-way line of S.R.3005 (a 50-foot right-of-way), the center line of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Access Drive (a 20-foot paved cartway) and center line of the Forrest Avenue right-of-way (50 feet wide) herein described;

Thence along said S.R.3005 right-of-way north 72 degrees 03 minutes 18 seconds west a distance of 25.01 feet to a point in lands of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission and edge of the Forrest Avenue right-of-way;

Thence along said lands of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission and said Forrest Avenue right-of-way (50 feet wide) the following three (3) courses and distances:

(1) north 19 degrees 28 minutes 01 second east a

distance of 112.43 feet to a point;

(2) north 59 degrees 41 seconds east a distance of

267.44 feet to a point;

(3) north 72 degrees 58 minutes 10 seconds east a

distance of 193.77 feet to a point in lands of others;

Thence along said lands of others and said Forrest Avenue right-of-way (variable width) the following three (3) courses and distances:

(1) south 19 degrees 25 minutes 25 seconds east a

distance of 18.25 feet to a concrete monument (Pennsylvania

Fish and Boat Commission Corner #55);

(2) north 72 degrees 39 minutes 28 seconds east a

distance of 657.84 feet to a point (Pennsylvania Fish and

Boat Commission Corner #60);

(3) north 17 degrees 20 minutes 32 seconds west a

distance of 30.00 feet to a point in lands of the

Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission;

Thence along said lands of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission and unnamed road right-of-way (50 feet wide) the following six (6) courses and distances:

(1) north 20 degrees 02 minutes 01 second east a

distance of 204.87 feet to a point;

(2) north 44 degrees 09 minutes east a distance of

262.99 feet to a point;

(3) north 37 degrees 54 minutes 01 second east a

distance of 160.94 feet to a point (unnamed road right-of-way

changes to a variable width);

(4) north 52 degrees 05 minutes 59 seconds west a

distance of 30.00 feet to a point at the edge of Lily Lake

and along the said edge;

(5) north 30 degrees 08 minutes 23 seconds east a

distance of 110.67 feet to a point at the edge of Lily Lake

and leaving said lake;

(6) north 89 degrees 15 minutes 06 seconds east a

distance of 55.00 feet to an iron pin (Pennsylvania Fish and

Boat Commission Corner #46) in lands of others:

Thence along said lands of others and unnamed road right-of- way (variable width) the following four (4) courses and distances:

(1) south 44 minutes 54 seconds east a distance of 57.61

feet to a point (Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Corner

#47);

(2) south 28 degrees 43 minutes west a distance of

100.30 feet to a point (Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission

Corner #48);

(3) south 37 degrees 54 minutes 01 second west a

distance of 162.30 feet to a point (Pennsylvania Fish and

Boat Commission Corner #49);

(4) south 82 degrees 34 minutes 01 second east a

distance of 39.30 feet to a point (Pennsylvania Fish and Boat

Commission Corner #50), in lands of the Pennsylvania Fish and

Boat Commission:

Thence along said lands of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission and unnamed road right-of-way (variable width) the following five (5) courses and distances:

(1) south 44 degrees 09 minutes west a distance of 80.00

feet to a point;

(2) north 82 degrees 34 minutes 01 second west a

distance of 39.11 feet to a point (right-of-way changes to 50

feet wide);

(3) south 44 degrees 09 minutes west a distance of

176.50 feet to a point;

(4) south 20 degrees 02 minutes 01 second west a

distance of 132.72 feet to a point (right-of-way changes to a

variable width);

(5) south 17 degrees 08 minutes 26 seconds east a

distance of 52.92 feet to a point in the Forrest Avenue

right-of-way;

Thence along said land of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission and said Forrest Avenue right-of-way (50 feet wide) the following three (3) courses and distances:

(1) north 72 degrees 51 minutes 34 seconds east a

distance of 198.95 feet to a point (right-of-way changes to a

variable width);

(2) north 58 degrees 06 minutes east a distance of

294.20 feet to a point;

(3) north 40 degrees 24 minutes 01 second east a

distance of 102.00 feet to a point in lands of others;

Thence along said lands of others and said Forrest Avenue right-of-way (variable width) the following four (4) courses and distance:

(1) south 20 degrees 29 minutes east a distance of

180.00 feet to an iron pin (Pennsylvania Fish and Boat

Commission Corner #52);

(2) south 72 degrees 51 minutes 34 seconds west a

distance of 1225.65 feet to a point (Pennsylvania Fish and

Boat Commission Corner #53);

(3) north 20 degrees 42 minutes 32 seconds west a

distance of 19.94 feet to a point (Pennsylvania Fish and Boat

Commission Corner #54);

(4) south 72 degrees 58 minutes 10 seconds west a

distance of 276.30 feet to a point (Pennsylvania Fish and

Boat Commission Corner #61) in lands of the Pennsylvania Fish

and Boat Commission;

Thence along said lands of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission and said Forrest Avenue right-of-way (50 feet wide) the following two (2) courses and distances;

(1) south 59 degrees 41 seconds west a distance of

243.35 feet to a point;

(2) south 19 degrees 28 minutes 01 second west a

distance of 99.35 feet to a point in the northerly right-of-

way of S.R.3005 (a 50-foot right-of-way);

Thence along said S.R.3005 right-of-way north 58 degrees 43 seconds west a distance of 25.61 feet to a point, the place of beginning.

Containing 3.64 acres of land, as shown on Lily Lake - Forrest Avenue, Right-of-Way Disposition Plan, prepared August 20, 1993, by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.

Being a portion and/or part of the same premises granted and conveyed to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by deed of the Estate of Forrest A. Boyd, dated May 3, 1968, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in Deed Book 1653, Page 876.

And under and subject to all easements of record.