Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 59 Part 1.djvu/527

 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 335-JULY 31, 1945 parcel 1 and parcel 2 to be held and used by the township for highway purposes, and parcel 3 to be held, used, and maintained as an orna- mental park. The three parcels of land are situated in Springfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and bounded and described in accordance with a plan and survey thereof prepared for Springfield Township by David W. Bainbridge, registered profes- sional engineer, January 18, 1940, and approved by the Board of Commissioners of Springfield Township, January 22, 1940, as follows to wit: Parcel 1: Beginning at the point of intersection of the northeasterly line of East Lane (forty feet wide) as opened by the court of quarter sessions of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in October 1922, with the southeasterly line of Mermaid Avenue (thirty-three feet wide) as opened by the said court of quarter sessions in October 1887; thence extending along the said southeasterly line of Mermaid Avenue north thirty-seven degrees nine minutes thirty seconds east two hundred and four and thirty-five one-hundredths feet to an angle; thence con- tinuing along the said southeasterly line of Mermaid Avenue north twelve degrees forty-nine minutes east one hundred and sixty-five and fifteen one-hundredths feet to an angle, a point in the southeasterly line of Mermaid Avenue as opened by the said court of quarter sessions in December 1899; thence north thirty-seven degrees thirty-six minutes east forty and fifty-six one-hundredths feet to the point of intersection with the southeasterly line of Mermaid Avenue as it is proposed to be widened to fifty feet; thence south twelve degrees forty-nine minutes west one hundred and eighty-five and one one-hundredths feet to an angle; thence south thirty-seven degrees nine minutes thirty seconds west two hundred and thirteen and seventy one-hundredths feet to a point of curve; thence extending southwardly and southeastwardly on a curve to the left having a radius of eight feet the arc distance of twelve and sixty-two one-hundredths feet to a point; thence south thirty-six degrees forty-seven minutes thirty seconds west five feet to a point in the afore-mentioned northeasterly line of East Lane; thence north fifty-three degrees twelve minutes thirty seconds west sixteen and fifty-eight one-hundredths feet to the first-mentioned point and place of beginning. Parcel 2: Beginning at a point on the southwesterly line of Mermaid Avenue south fifty-two degrees twelve minutes thirty seconds east one hundred and thirty-three and seventy-one one -hundredths feet distant from the angle point of the southeasterly and southwesterly lines of Mermaid Avenue as opened by the Court of Quarter Sessions of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in December 1899, where the said highway is in juxtaposition to Flourtown Avenue (formerly known as Apple Street) northwest thereof; thence south fifty-two degrees twelve minutes thirty seconds east eighty and thirty-one one - hundredths feet to a point; thence south seventy-six degrees nine minutes thirty seconds west three hundred and eighteen and eighteen one-hundredths feet to a point of curve; thence continuing southwest- wardly on a curve to the left having a radius of seventy-two feet the arc distance of forty-eight and forty-five one-hundredths feet to a point on the southeasterly line of Mermaid Avenue; thence extending along the southeasterly line of Mermaid Avenue north thirty-seven degrees thirty-six minutes east one hundred and twenty-eight and twenty-seven one-hundredths feet to a point of curve; thence south- wardly and southeastwardly on a converse curve to the right having a radius of eight feet the arc distance of nineteen and seventy-five one-hundredths feet to a point; thence extending along the north- westerly line of the proposed relocation of Mermaid Avenue north 509

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