Event Detail
Summary
| Type | Method | Description | Successful? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annexation | Municipality | Adamstown Borough Ordinance 95 | yes |
Dates
| Event Year(s) | Final Decree Date | Effective Date | How Effective Date Determined |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Mar 5, 1953 | Ordinance - Date Filed with Court after Service upon Board of Elections |
Map
Affected Government
| From Municipality | From County | From State | To Municipality | To County | To State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Brecknock, Township of (Lancaster) Reduction |
Lancaster County Part |
PA Part |
Adamstown, Borough of Expansion |
Lancaster County Part |
PA Part |
Metes and Bounds Description
| Detail | Description | Type | Source | Acres | Beginning Point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Adamstown Borough Ordinance 95 | shape | ordinance | 100.571 | corner in the macadam state highway leading from the Borough of Adamstown to Fivepointville, also being known as Willow Street, as laid out on the topographical survey of the Borough of Adamstown, said corner being the most southerly corner of the existing corporate limits of the Borough of Adamstown |
Adjudication
| Detail | Tribunal | Type | No. | Term | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania | Road Minutes | 577.5 | Dec 1952 | direct |
Law
| Detail | Citation | Relationship |
|---|---|---|
| View | Act of May 4, 1927 (Pa. Laws 519, No. 336), §§ 425–427 | indirect |
| View | Act of May 18, 1933 (Pa. Laws 818, No. 136), § 1 [425] | indirect |
| View | Act of July 2, 1937 (Pa. Laws 2803, No. 588), §§ 10 [3rd] [425]–10 [3rd] [427] | indirect |
| View | Act of July 10, 1947 (Pa. Laws 1621, No. 568), §§ 5 [425]–5 [427] | indirect |
| View | Act of July 19, 1951 (Pa. Laws 1026, No. 217), §§ 1 [425]–1 [427] | indirect |
Government Action
| Detail | Government | Action | Date | Approved | Effective | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adamstown, Borough of | Ordinance 95: Providing for the annexation to the Borough of Adamstown of a portion of land in Brecknock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, lying southeast of and adjacent to the present Borough of Adamstown | Feb 9, 1953 | Feb 10, 1953 |
Source
| Detail | Source | Title | Person(s) | Vol. | Page(s) | Date 1 | Date 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | 1950-1960.Cns.Minor.Civ.Div.Corr. | Herb, P. Paul (Secretary) | Jun 5, 1958 | ||||
| View | 1960.Cns.Rep. | Footnote 32 | 40-32 | ||||
| View | Pa.Dep't.Educ.Ax.F. (St.Arc. 22.120) (1940-66) | Brecknock Township School District, Adamstown Borough (Lancaster County), 1948-1960 (1 folder) |