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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, 1 to the acquisition by the United States of America of a certain tract of land in Delaware County, upon which is erected the Chester Range Front Light, containing three-tenths (.3) of an acre, more or less, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the pierhead line of the River Delaware as established by the United States Government, said point being forty-two and seventy-five one-hundredths (42.75) feet measured Southeastwardly from a point in the Chester Range, which last mentioned point is at the distance of two thousand, five hundred, six and fifty-three one-hundredths (2506.53) feet measured Southwestwardly from the Chester Range Front Monument and measured at right angles to said Range; thence following the said pierhead line South sixty-four (64) degrees, twenty-seven (27) minutes and forty-seven (47) seconds West one hundred, two and ninety one-hundredths (102.90) feet to a point; thence North thirty-nine (39) degrees, ten (10) minutes and fifty-five (55) seconds West one hundred eighteen and forty-seven one-hundredths (118.47) feet to a point; thence North fifty (50) degrees, forty-nine (49) minutes and five (5) seconds East one hundred (100) feet to a point; thence South thirty-nine (39) degrees ten (10) minutes and fifty-five (55) seconds East one hundred forty-two and seventy-five one-hundredths (142.75) feet to the point or place of beginning.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Pennsylvania Statutes Title 74 P.S. United States § 120.107. Consent to acquisition of land - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-74-ps-united-states/pa-st-sect-74-120-107/
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