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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 East Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, known as the Marietta Holding and Reconsignment Point, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point West of the Borough of Marietta, East Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, said point being located N. 22°55′ E., 50 feet from a stone in the line of land of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. and the land of M. R. Hoffman, Jr.; thence:
S. 65°16′ E., 685.35′ to the Southeasterly corner of M. R. Hoffman, Jr., property; thence: Along the Easterly line of M. R. Hoffman, Jr., property the following courses and distances: N. 15°12′ E., 215.62′ to a point, thence, N. 8°18′ E., 529.44′ to a point, thence, N. 18°57′30″ E., 1,672.86′ to a point, thence, N. 76°2′30″ W., 979.44′ by lands of M. R. Hoffman, Jr., and M. R. Hoffman, Sr., to a point in the center line of Vinegar Valley Road; thence:
Continuing along the center line of said Vinegar Valley Road, N. 29°19′30″ E., 62.22′ to a point; thence: Leaving said road and continuing along the Southerly line of M. R. Hoffman, Sr., property, and the Norman Moyer property, S. 76°02′30″ E., 4,852.94′, to a monument at a corner of said last mentioned property; thence: By land of Norman Moyer property and in the center line of a public road, N. 27°33′30″ E., 1,287.06′--to a point, at an angle in said public road; thence: Continuing along the center line of said public road by land of other owners, S. 79°29′30″ E., 1,238.8′ to its intersection with the Westerly line of Earl Ney property; thence:
Leaving said public road and continuing along the Westerly line and the Easterly line of said Earl Ney property the following two courses and distances: S. 26°34′ W., 1,358.29′ to a monument, thence, S. 78°14′30″ E., 2,424.39′ to corner of lands owned by Edward L. Balmer and Isaac Eshelman; thence:
Continuing along the Southerly line of Isaac Eshelman property, S. 78°14′30″ E., 537.73′ to a point; thence: N. 11°45′30″ E., 10.0′ to the point curvature; thence: Along the arc of a curve to the left with a radius of 119.55′ and distance of 171.56′ to a point; thence: N. 68°11′30″ E., 23.5′ to its intersection with the Southeasterly R/W line of Route No. 280; thence:
Continuing along said Southeasterly R/W line of State Highway Route No. 280 S. 21°48′30″ E., 383.03′ to a point; thence: S. 00°11′30″ E., 105.0′ to a point; thence: Leaving said State Highway Route No. 280 and following lands of Gilliland Laboratories, Inc., N. 89°48′30″ W., 23.5′ to a point of curvature; thence: Along the arc of a reverse curve to the left with a radius of 222.31′ a distance of 217.76′ to a corner of lands owned by Gilliland Laboratories, Inc., and Isaac Eshelman; thence:
Continuing along the Northerly line of said Isaac Eshelman property on a reversed curve to the left with a radius 222.31′ a distance of 129.72′ to a point; thence: N. 11°45′30″ E., 10.0′ to a point; thence: N. 78°14′30″ W., 600.27′ to its intersection with the Westerly line of Edward L. Balmer property; thence: Continuing along the Edward L. Balmer property the following calls and distances S. 25°42′30″ W., 2,200.00′ more or less to its intersection with the Southerly R/W line of State Highway No. 441; thence:
Along the South R/W line of former State Highway No. 441 to its intersection with the South R/W line of United States Street; thence: Southwesterly along said South R/W line of United States Street to its intersection with the Westerly R/W line of Morris Street; thence: Along said Westerly R/W line, S. 00°50′ W., 330.00′ more or less to its intersection with the Northerly R/W line of the Columbia Branch of the P.R.R. Co.; thence: S. 77°49′ E. and crossing Morris Street to a point in the Easterly R/W line of Morris Street; thence: Along the Easterly R/W line of said Morris Street N. 00°50′ E., 152.96′ to its intersection with the Southerly R/W line of an unnamed alley; thence: Along a line S. 89°10′ E., 665.0′ to its intersection with the Westerly R/W line of a 20′ alley; thence: Along the Westerly R/W line of said 20′ alley S. 00°50′ W., 201.57′ to its intersection with the Northerly R/W line of the Columbia Branch of the P.R.R. Co.; thence:
Continuing along the Northerly R/W line of said railroad S. 89°10′ E., 680.0′ to its intersection with the Westerly R/W line of Decatur Street; thence: Along the Westerly R/W line of said Decatur Street S. 00°50′ W. to its intersection with the Southerly R/W line of the said railroad; thence: Along the Southerly R/W line of the said railroad the following calls and distances: N. 89°10′ W., 680.0′ to a point of curvature; thence: Along the arc of a curve to the left with a radius of 764.49′ a distance of 200.0′ to a point; thence: S. 15°51′ W. 22.0′ to a point; thence N. 78°53′ W., 469.03′ to a point; thence: N. 77°49′ W., 270.0′ 2 to a point; thence: N. 00°50′ E., 79.71′ to a point with its intersection of an unnamed alley; thence:
Along the Southerly R/W line of said alley a distance of 40′ to a point; thence: S. 00°50′ W., 71.68′ to a point; thence: N. 77°49′ W., 260.0′ to a monument; thence: N. 24°27′30″ E., 70.0′ more or less to a point; thence: N. 77°49′ W. a distance of 260.0′ to a point; thence: N. 24°27′30″ E., 40.0′ more or less to its intersection with the Northerly R/W line of the Columbia Branch of the P.R.R. Co.; thence:
Continuing along the Northerly R/W line of said Columbia Branch the following calls and distances: N. 77°49′ W., 980.75′ to a point; thence: N. 73°02′ W., 473.22′ to a point; thence: N. 16°58′ E., 30.0′ to a point; thence: N. 73°02′ W., 750.0′ to a point; thence: N. 77°07′30″ W., 700.0′ to a point; thence: N. 73°02′ W., 1,547.52′ to its intersection with the center line of Vinegar Valley Road; thence:
Along the center line of said Vinegar Valley Road N. 29°12′ W., 30.70′ to a point; thence: S. 73°02′ E., 854.80′ to a point; thence: N. 22°55′ E. a distance of 20.0′ to the point of beginning, containing 505.87 acres.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Pennsylvania Statutes Title 74 P.S. United States § 120.26. Consent to acquisition of land - last updated January 01, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-74-ps-united-states/pa-st-sect-74-120-26/
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