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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 a tract of land in the Forty-first Ward of the City and County of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the Southeasterly side of Wissinoming Street (sixty (60) feet wide) at the distance of fifteen hundred twenty-eight (1,528) feet, three and three-quarter (3 3/4 ) inches measured North sixty-one (61) degrees, thirty-three (33) minutes, thirty-five (35) seconds East from a point, the intersection of the said side of Wissinoming Street with the Northeasterly side of Unruh Street (sixty (60) feet wide); thence extending North sixty-one (61) degrees, thirty-three (33) minutes, thirty-five (35) seconds East, along the said Southeasterly side of Wissinoming Street, sixty (60) feet, five-eighths ( 5/8 ) of an inch to a point; thence extending South twenty-eight (28) degrees, twenty-six (26) minutes, twenty-five (25) seconds East ninety-nine (99) feet, eight (8) inches to a point; thence extending North sixty-one (61) degrees, thirty-three (33) minutes, thirty-five (35) seconds East eighty-two (82) feet three and three-quarter (3 3/4 ) inches to a point in the line of land of the Kensington and Tacony Railroad; thence extending along the line of land of the Kensington and Tacony Railroad the three following courses and distances, to wit:
(1) South five (5) degrees, six (6) minutes, seven (7) seconds East one hundred twenty-two (122) feet, three and one-eighth (3 1/8 ) inches to a point;
(2) North eighty-four (84) degrees, fifty-three (53) minutes, fifty-three (53) seconds East, seventeen (17) feet to a point;
(3) South five (5) degrees, six (6) minutes, seven (7) seconds East one hundred ninety-seven (197) feet six (6) inches to a point on the Northwesterly side of Milner Street (sixty (60) feet wide) (stricken from the City Plan by Ordinance of Council, dated November 28, 1939, and amended December 27, 1939); thence extending South sixty-one (61) degrees, thirty-three (33) minutes, thirty-five (35) seconds West, along the said Northwesterly side of Milner Street, thirty-one (31) feet, three and five-eighths (3 5/8 ) inches to a point; thence extending North twenty-eight (28) degrees, twenty-six (26) minutes, twenty-five (25) seconds West, along the line of land about to be conveyed by Henry Disston and Sons, Inc., to the United States of America, four hundred (400) feet to the first mentioned point and place of beginning, containing 20.49 acres.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Pennsylvania Statutes Title 74 P.S. United States § 120.11. Consent to acquisition of land - last updated January 01, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-74-ps-united-states/pa-st-sect-74-120-11/
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