Pennsylvania Statutes Title 16 P.S. Counties § 5595. Acquisition of property for warehouse purposes

(a) It shall be lawful for and the right and power is hereby conferred upon the county to enter upon, take, use and appropriate by the right of eminent domain, and to acquire by purchase, lease, gift, devise or otherwise, private property for the purpose of erecting thereon a suitable building or buildings for warehouses for the housing of machinery, tools, equipment, vehicles and the storage of materials for the maintenance of roads, highways, bridges and tunnels, whenever the county commissioners thereupon shall, by resolution, determine thereon.

(b) The compensation and damages, when not agreed upon, shall be ascertained, determined, awarded and paid in a manner provided in this act.  1

(c) In every case of the taking of private property by eminent domain thereunder, the county shall acquire the entire title, either in fee or otherwise, held by the owner or owners of said property, or of any interest therein.

(d) For the purpose of acquiring such property and the erection thereon of the buildings aforesaid, the county commissioners may borrow money and issue bonds therefor in accordance with present or future laws relating to the issuance of bonds for roads, highways, tunnels and bridges.