Event Detail
Summary
| Type | Method | Description | Successful? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annexation | Municipality | Bristol Borough 1950 Ordinance (2) | yes* |
Dates
| Event Year(s) | Final Decree Date | Effective Date | How Effective Date Determined |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Dec 26, 1950 | Ordinance - Date Approved |
Map
Affected Government
| From Municipality |
From County |
From State |
To Municipality |
To County |
To State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Bristol, Township of (Bucks) Reduction |
Bucks County Part |
PA Part |
Bristol, Borough of Expansion |
Bucks County Part |
PA Part |
Metes and Bounds Description
| Detail | Description | Type | Source | Acres | Beginning Point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Bristol Borough 1950 Ordinance (2) | shape | ordinance | point on the southwesterly side of Bath Road at the intersection with the Bristol Borough boundary line as deeded in 1851, said point being 107.54 feet distant in a southwesterly direction along said boundary line from corner of same near the Mill Pond |
Adjudication
| Detail | Tribunal | Type | No. | Term | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Bucks County, Pennsylvania | Miscellaneous | 1950 | 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 |
Government Action
| Detail | Government | Action | Date | Approved | Effective | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol, Borough of | Ordinance: Providing for and declaring the annexation and admission into the Borough of Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, of certain adjacent land, situate in the Township of Bristol, county and state aforesaid, upon a petition of the freehold owner thereof, and extending the limits of the said Borough of Bristol so as to include and annex the said territory adjacent to said borough, the said adjacent territory so annexed comprising a tract of land in Bristol Township, aforesaid, adjacent to the said Borough of Bristol, with a collection of buildings and structures thereon erected, and said territory being described in the petition of the freehold owner thereof; presented to the Borough of Bristol and Town Council thereof, on November 13, 1950; and directing a certified copy of this ordinance, together with description and plot showing the courses and distances of the boundaries of the said borough before and after such annexation to be filed in the Court of Quarter Sessions of the County of Bucks, and notice of such filing also to be given to the County Commissioners of the said county and to the Board of Elections of the said county | Dec 26, 1950 | Dec 26, 1950 |
Source
| Detail | Source | Title | Person(s) | Vol. | Page(s) | Date 1 | Date 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | 1950-1960 Cns. Minor Civ. Div. Corr. | Engineer | May 29, 1958 | ||||
| View | 1950-1960 Cns. Minor Civ. Div. Corr. | Engineer | Aug 1951 | Received Aug 7, 1951 | |||
| View | 1960 Cns. Rep. | Footnote 8 | 40-32 |