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Current as of January 01, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
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 lying in the County of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, for use in connection with a military reservation officially designated Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning for the same at a point on the center line of the Public Road known as State Route No. 38049, where it is intersected by the Easternmost right-of-way line of the Lebanon and Tremont Branch of the Reading Railroad Company, said place of beginning being marked by an iron spike, and running thence North 38°58′ East binding on the center of said road 47.97 feet to an iron spike, thence Southeasterly by a line curving toward the right with a radius of 1502.69 feet parallel with and 40 feet Easterly from the aforesaid Eastern right-of-way line of said railroad for a distance of 337.30 feet to an iron pipe, thence South 11°25′ East still parallel with and 40 feet Easterly at right angles from the aforesaid Eastern railroad right-of-way line for a distance of 665.19 feet to an iron pin, thence North 49°40′ East parallel with and 20 feet at right angles Southeasterly from the Electric Transmission Line of the Pennsylvania Power and Light Company for a distance of 886.37 feet to an iron pipe, thence South 40°20′ East 1065.48 feet to an iron pipe, thence South 40°42′ West 753.84 feet to a concrete monument, thence South 2°12′ East 236.05 feet to a concrete monument, thence South 8°33′ East 284.30 feet to a concrete monument, thence South 2°33′ West 303.27 feet to an iron pipe, thence North 80°39′ West 34.98 feet to an iron pipe, thence South 6°39′ West 157.58 feet to a concrete monument, thence South 11°34′ West 256.74 feet to an iron pipe, thence South 1°57′ West 273.57 feet to an iron pipe, thence South 29°36′ West 874 feet to an iron pipe, thence South 34°21′ West 1083.9 feet to an iron pipe at the distance of 31 feet, more or less, Easterly and 50 feet South of a line drawn Easterly in prolongation of the South side of the Indiantown Gap Station, and to intersect the aforesaid Eastern right-of-way line of the aforementioned Railroad Company, and thence with and binding on said right-of-way line the six following courses and distances, viz: North 15°11′ East 1765 feet, North 74°49′ West 100 feet, North 15°11′ East 363.97 feet, Northerly by a line curving toward the left with a radius of 1940.08 feet for a distance of 900.70 feet, North 11°25′ West 1665.33 feet, and Northwesterly by a line curving toward the left with a radius of 1462.69 feet for a distance of 346.34 feet to the place of beginning. Containing 64.298 acres, more or less.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Pennsylvania Statutes Title 74 P.S. United States § 120.81. Consent to acquisition of land - last updated January 01, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-74-ps-united-states/pa-st-sect-74-120-81/
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