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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 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°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°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°26′ E., 666.5 feet to a point on said boundary line; thence, N. 65°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°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°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°52′ E. 109.5 feet to a point; thence along the boundary line between lands of Samuel Fetrow and W. H. Hollinger, N. 38°47′ E. 117.0 feet to a corner; thence, along the boundary line between lands of W. H. Hollinger and Ida Eberly, N. 47°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°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°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°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°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°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°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°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°36′ E. 209 feet to a corner; thence along the boundary line between the land of J. H. Koller and Edward Eberly, S. 69°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°06′ E. 753.76 feet to a corner; thence leaving Brandy Lane and crossing the land of Charles Eberly, S. 65°17′ E. 103.4 feet to a corner; thence continuing across the land of Charles Eberly; N. 85°04′ E. 1843.3 feet to a point; thence S. 40°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°04′ E. 845.2 feet to a corner; thence, along the boundary line between lands of Samuel A. Kirkpatrick and John Minsker S. 3°53′ E. 252.8 feet to a corner; thence along the boundary line between lands of Samuel A. Kirkpatrick and John Minsker N. 86°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°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°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. C. 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°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°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°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°47′ W. and a chord length of 245 feet to a point; thence S. 77°29′ W. 870.5 feet to a point; thence S. 32°04′ W. 95.5 feet to a point; thence S. 77°17′ W. 864.6 feet to a point of beginning, containing 821.81 acres of land, more or less, all bearings true North.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Pennsylvania Statutes Title 74 P.S. United States § 120.21. Consent to acquisition of land granted - last updated January 01, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-74-ps-united-states/pa-st-sect-74-120-21/
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