Event Detail
Summary
| Type | Method | Description | Successful? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annexation | Municipality | Allentown City Ordinance of 21 September 1907 | yes* |
Dates
| Event Year(s) | Final Decree Date | Effective Date | How Effective Date Determined |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 |
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 of 21 September 1907 | shape | ordinance (code, 1912) | 363 | point in line of land of the South Allentown Land Improvement Co. and land of the Fairview Real Estate Co. of Allentown |
Adjudication
| Detail | Tribunal | Type | No. | Term | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania | Sessions | Sep 1907 | direct |
Law
| Detail | Citation | Relationship |
|---|---|---|
| View | Act of May 23, 1889 (Pa. Laws 277, No. 247), art. 3, § 5 | indirect |
| View | Act of May 23, 1889 (Pa. Laws 277, No. 247), art. 3, §§ 1–3 | indirect |
| View | Act of May 16, 1901 (Pa. Laws 224, No. 165), § 1 | indirect |
| View | Act of May 16, 1901 (Pa. Laws 224, No. 165), § 2 | indirect |
Government Action
| Detail | Government | Action | Date | Approved | Effective | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allentown, City of | Ordinance 66: Providing for the annexation to the City of Allentown of a part of Salisbury Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, adjoining said city on the south [...] CONTAINING three hundred and sixty-three acres, more or less of land | Sep 17, 1907 | Sep 21, 1907 | v. 5, p. 171–172 |
Source
| Detail | Source | Title | Person(s) | Vol. | Page(s) | Date 1 | Date 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | 1910 Cns. Rep. | 612 | |||||
| View | 1910 Cns. Rep. | Footnote 12 | 544 | ||||
| View | 1910 Cns. Rep. | Footnote 15 | 544 | ||||
| View | Allentown 1913 | Boundaries, Ward Divisions and Annexations. | 83–84 | ||||
| View | Allentown 1947 | CHAPTER 4. ANNEXATION. | 56–57 |