Event Detail
Summary
| Type | Method | Description | Successful? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annexation | Municipality | Catasauqua Borough Ordinance 149 | yes* |
Dates
| Event Year(s) | Final Decree Date | Effective Date | How Effective Date Determined |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 |
Map
Affected Government
| From Municipality |
From County |
From State |
To Municipality |
To County |
To State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Hanover, Township of (Lehigh) Reduction |
Lehigh County Part |
PA Part |
Catasauqua, Borough of Expansion |
Lehigh County Part |
PA Part |
Metes and Bounds Description
| Detail | Description | Type | Source | Acres | Beginning Point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Catasauqua Borough Ordinance 149 | shape | ordinance | 435 | stake in the middle of Catasauqua Creek where the present eastern boundary line of said Borough of Catasauqua intersects with the line dividing Lehigh and Northampton Counties |
Law
| Detail | Citation | Relationship |
|---|---|---|
| View | Act of April 22, 1903 (Pa. Laws 247, No. 183), §§ 1–2 | indirect |
| View | Act of March 21, 1907 (Pa. Laws 25, No. 20), §§ 1–2 | indirect |
Government Action
| Detail | Government | Action | Date | Approved | Effective | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catasauqua, Borough of | Ordinance 149: Extending the limits of the Borough of Catasauqua by admitting and annexing to said Borough a section of land lying adjacent to said Borough and situate entirely in the Township of Hanover, Lehigh County, Pa., directing the Burgess and Secretary of said Borough to file in the Court of Quarter Sessions of Lehigh County a plan or plot showing the boundary of said Borough and of the section admitted and annexed, together with the certified copy of this ordinance, and a description of the boundaries of said Borough as extended, giving the courses and distances in words, at length, and declaring to which one of of the two existing wards of said Borough the section admitted and annexed shall be attached | Apr 19, 1909 | Apr 19, 1909 |
Source
| Detail | Source | Title | Person(s) | Vol. | Page(s) | Date 1 | Date 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | 1910 Cns. Rep. | 612 | |||||
| View | 1910 Cns. Rep. | Footnote 14 | 544 | ||||
| View | 1920 Cns. Rep. | Footnote 29 | 595 |