Event Detail
Summary
| Type | Method | Description | Successful? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annexation | Municipality | Allentown City Ordinance 887 | yes |
Dates
| Event Year(s) | Final Decree Date | Effective Date | How Effective Date Determined |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | Jun 20, 1919 | Ordinance - 11 Days after Date Enacted |
Map
Affected Government
| From Municipality |
From County |
From State |
To Municipality |
To County |
To State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Salisbury, Township of (Lehigh) Reduction |
Lehigh County Part |
PA Part |
Allentown, City of Expansion |
Lehigh County Part |
PA Part |
Metes and Bounds Description
| Detail | Description | Type | Source | Acres | Beginning Point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Allentown City Ordinance 887 | shape | ordinance (code, 1946) | 20.25 | point on the north side of Fairview Street and sixty feety west of the west side of St. George Street, said point being in the western boundary line of the City of Allentown |
Adjudication
| Detail | Tribunal | Type | No. | Term | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania | Road | Jul 1919 | direct |
Law
| Detail | Citation | Relationship |
|---|---|---|
| View | Act of June 27, 1913 (Pa. Laws 568, No. 367), art. 3, § 1 | indirect |
| View | Act of June 27, 1913 (Pa. Laws 568, No. 367), art. 3, §§ 2–3 | indirect |
| View | Act of June 27, 1913 (Pa. Laws 568, No. 367), art. 3, §§ 5–6 | indirect |
| View | Act of May 3, 1917 (Pa. Laws 143, No. 76), § 1 | indirect |
| View | Act of May 3, 1917 (Pa. Laws 143, No. 76), § 2 | indirect |
| View | Act of May 3, 1917 (Pa. Laws 143, No. 76), § 3 | indirect |
| View | Act of July 6, 1917 (Pa. Laws 751, No. 276), § 1 | indirect |
| View | Act of May 27, 1919 (Pa. Laws 310, No. 166), § 3 | indirect |
| View | Act of May 27, 1919 (Pa. Laws 310, No. 166), § 4 | indirect |
Government Action
| Detail | Government | Action | Date | Approved | Effective | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allentown, City of | Minute | Jun 9, 1919 | v. 1918-1922, p. 67 | |||
| Allentown, City of | Ordinance 887: Providing for the annexation to the City of Allentown of a part of the Township of Salisbury in the County of Lehigh and State of Pennsylvania, adjoining said City of Allentown in said County [...] Containing 20 1/4 acres, more or less | Jun 9, 1919 | v. 9, p. 126–127 |
Source
| Detail | Source | Title | Person(s) | Vol. | Page(s) | Date 1 | Date 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | 1920 Cns. Rep. | Footnote 29 | 595 | ||||
| View | Allentown 1947 | CHAPTER 4. ANNEXATION. | 57–58 | ||||
| View | Pre-1940 Cns. Eng'r Corr. | Schmidt, Jos. A. (Clerk) | Aug 1, 1919 | Received Aug 2, 1919 | |||
| View | Pre-1940 Cns. Eng'r Corr. | Received Mar 11, 1920 |