Event Detail
Summary
| Type | Method | Description | Successful? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annexation | Municipality | Chalfont Borough 1948 Ordinance | yes* |
Dates
| Event Year(s) | Final Decree Date | Effective Date | How Effective Date Determined |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948–1949 | Jan 22, 1949 | Ordinance - Date Filed with Court |
Map
Affected Government
| From Municipality | From County | From State | To Municipality | To County | To State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
New Britain, Township of Reduction |
Bucks County Part |
PA Part |
Chalfont, Borough of Expansion |
Bucks County Part |
PA Part |
Metes and Bounds Description
| Detail | Description | Type | Source | Acres | Beginning Point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Chalfont Borough 1948 Ordinance | shape | ordinance (municipal minutes) | corner in the Bristol Road in line of lands late of Levi Moyer |
Adjudication
| Detail | Tribunal | Type | No. | Term | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Bucks County, Pennsylvania | Miscellaneous | 1949 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chalfont, Borough of | Minute | Dec 29, 1948 | p. 213 | |||
| Chalfont, Borough of | Ordinance: Annexing to the Borough of Chalfont a section of the Township of New Britain, County of Bucks and State of Pennsylvania adjacent to the Southern side of the said Borough owned by John D. Derstine and Kathryn M., his wife and Edward Dachursha and Josephine, his wife | Dec 29, 1948 | Dec 29, 1948 |
Source
| Detail | Source | Title | Person(s) | Vol. | Page(s) | Date 1 | Date 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | 1940-1950.Cns.Minor.Civ.Div.Corr. | Clymer, E. Ellsworth (Secretary) | 17500449 | -1 | Jul 11, 1949 | ||
| View | 1950-1960.Cns.Minor.Civ.Div.Corr. | Secretary | Jul 19, 1958 |