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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOMM - Meeting Minutes - - 2-16-1927 - COMMISSIONER (2) 498 MINUTE BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA J.ELMER JOHNSTON, JAMES W.WALKER, W.A.BARNES, COMMISSIONERS IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We have hereunto set our hands and seals this Oixteenth Day of February, A. D. 1927- Ali lliam Marietta (SEAL) her YArjory x Marietta SEAL) Mark Witnesses : A L Zeman, Julia Landa There being no further business , the Board adjourned. SIGMW COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. Office of County Commissioners, Washington, Pa. , Feb. 16, 1927- `7HEREAS, Charlotte R Feevey and Harry Feevey, her husband, of 11allowfield Township, Washington 1%ounty, Pennsylvania, are the owners of Lots Nos. "B" and tic in the Plan of Wilson Heights , laid: out by Jacob Zeidman* situated in Fallowfield Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, recorded in clan Book 5, page 172, Washington County records , which said lots front one hundred thirty-five (135) feet on the Monongahela Road and ex- tend back to Johnson Street in said -Plan and line betwwen Wolf Avenue and property now or formerly of Hamilton Johnson; upon which is erected a two story frame dwelling together with other out-buildings ; and 71HEREAS, the said lionongahela Road has been taken over by the Cowmonwealth as a state highway and known as Route No. 247, and the ' aaid State highway Department has relocated and -extended the lines of the same so as to extend through said lots Nos. "Bit and "C", and through the said 4,99 MINUTE BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA J.ELMER JOHNSTON, JAMES W.WALKER, W.A.BARNES, COMMISSIONERS dwelling and outbuildings erected thereon; and 7,ITMBEAS, the County of Washington, under the law, is liable to pay the damages to the land owners caused by the taking of said property as aforesaid, and by reason of the contingency that has occurred and the necessity for the immediate removal of the said building upon said lot, the County of Washington by its commissioners , has deemed it proper and expedient to agree with the said owners of the said lots for the damages arising to them by reason of the necessity for the removal of said dwelling and out- b ,ildings from said lots, and that the said owners have agreed to remove the same instead of allowing them to be demolished. NOW THERBFORE, the above named Charlotte R. Feevey and Harry Feevey, her husband, for and in consideration of the agreement of the County Commissioners aforesaid to pay them the sum of Thirty-two hundred fifty dollars ($3250.00) ad hereinafter set forth, hereby covenant and agree to proceed at once and immediately remove the said dwelling and outbuildings from said premises , free and clear of the right of way for said state highway; in consideration thereof, the said County of Washington, by its commissioners aforesaid, hereby agree to pay to- the said Charlotte A. Feevey and Harry Feevey, her husband, the said sum of Thirty-two hundred fifty dollars (.13, 250.00) NEM said dwelling and outbuildings have been removed as aforesaid. It is further understood and agreed between the parties hereto that the payment of the said sum of Thirty-two hundred fifty dollars $3250.00) as aforesaid, include all damages of any kind, for or on account of the re- moval of the said dwelling and outbuildings , or for or on account of any damages to the dwelling and outbuildings whatsoever; also any and all damages to the cistern on said lots ; But any other claim for damages to said lots which may be legally recoverable from the County in connection with the im- ptovement of a state highway, shall be submitted to the Board of Viewers for their determination. It is further understood and agreed, and the said Charlotte Feevey and Harry Feevey, her husband* do hereby wgxrant that they are the owners- in fee simple of the premises hereinabove described and that the same are free and clear of all liens and encumbrances except the following judgments entered in the Prothonotary's Office of Washington County; Judgment of R. H. Rush, Cashier, entered October 19, 1922, in the amount of $150 at No. 343 J"ov. Term, 1922, D S B; Judgment of R. H. Rush, Cashier, entered October 19, 1922, in the amount of $775-00, at� No- 344 Nov. Term, 1922, D. S. B. ; judgment of R. H. Rush, Cashier, entered August 24, 1926, in the amount of $750-00, at No. 17 Nov. Term, 1926, D. S. B. That the said County of 'Washington may retain and withhold from said payment such amount -as will be sufficient to satisfy the aforesaid judgments, or any other lien 6T encumbranoet, as .mill U& sutficiezt to amply and fully. pr4tect and, in- 500 MINUTE BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA J. ELMER JOHNSTON, JAMES W.WALKER, W.A.BARNES, COMMISSIONERS demnify the County of Washington from and loss whatsoever. Charlotte R. Feevey (Seal) Harry Fe ever (Seal) Witness : A. L. Zeman COUNTY OF WASHINGTON Julia Landa By J. E. Johnston Attest ,-, TV. A. Barnes John G. Hall Commissioners. Clerk. For and in consideration of covenants and agreements in the contract entered into by us this day with R. S. Moodey, of the Borough of Charleroi , Washington County, Pennsylvania, for the removal of the foregoing dwelling and outbuildings , we hereby assign, transfer, and set over to the said R. S. Moodey the above sum of Thirty-two Hundred fifty dollars ( 3250.00 ) and we hereby agree to endorse the warrant for the same to be issued by the County Commissi6ne=rs to R. S. Moodey, and thq same to be so endorsed payable to the said R. S. Moodey when we certify to the County Commis'--. ' sioners that he has fully completed the said contract with us. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We have hereunto set our hands and seals thil Sixteenth day of February, A. D. 1927- 'Charlotte R. Feevey (SEAL) SAM Fee"y (SEAL) Witnesses : A. L. Zeman Julia Landa ----------- Feb. 16, 1927- Office of the County Commissioners , Washington, Pa. , Feb. 16, 1927- Commissioners in regular session, members present being Messrs . Johnston and Barnes; Mr. Walker having notice of meeting, but absent. Joint meeting of County Commissioners and County Controller at 11 :15 A. M. to open bids for purchase , of one Chevrolet Coupe, for office �--17 501 5024 MINUTE BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY., PENNSYLVANIA J.ELMER JOHNSTON, JAMES W.WALKER, W.A.BARNES, COMMISSIONERS All bids accompan#td by certified check for $100, as required. Motion by Mr. Barnes , seconded by Mr. ATabnebon, that contract for furnishing, printing and delivering 350 Road improvement Bonds be awarded to F. Englert Lithographing Co. , Pittsburgh, Pa. , at bid of $140.00 and that checks of all unsuccessful bidders on Bonds , Tax Receipt Books , etc. , Chevrolet Coupe, be returned by Controller to said unsuccessful bidders. 4uestion called for; voting "Aye" Messrs. Barnes and Johnston. Motion carried. There being no further business before the joint meeting, it was adjourned. SIG } -4 CO MI�ISSI RS. Office of the County Commissioners , Washington, Pa. , Feb. 21, 1927- liommissioners in regular session, members present being Messrs. Johnston, Walker and Barnes ; Motion by Mr. Barnes , seconded by Mr. Walker, that the County of Washington pay to the Township of West Bethlehem, through its regularly- constituted Board of Supervisors , a sum equal to fifty(50 ) per cent of the grading costs incurred in the grading of some three (3 ) miles of highway in said Township ; and, also, that the county of Washington pay, in conjunc- tion with the .Borough of California, a sum equal to fifty (50) per cent, but not to exceed the sum of Three Thousand ($3000 ) Dollars , of the costs of grading a street in .said Borough of Ualifornia. Motion carried. There being no further business before the Board, it adjourned. SIGIM County Commissioners.