Event Detail
Summary
| Type | Method | Description | Successful? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annexation | Municipality | Chalfont Borough Ordinance 13A | yes* |
Dates
| Event Year(s) | Final Decree Date | Effective Date | How Effective Date Determined |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Sep 9, 1952 | 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 Ordinance 13A: Tract 1 | shape | ordinance (docket) | 16.56 | point in the center line of Hillcrest Avenue (40 feet wide) at a distance of 2036.72 feet North 62 degrees 53 minutes East along the said center line thereof from an iron spike marking its intersection with the center line of State Highway Route 656, said beginning point also being on the present Chalfont Borough-New Britain Township line |
| View | Chalfont Borough Ordinance 13A: Tract 2 | shape | ordinance (docket) | 22.425 | point in the center line of Moyers Road, originally laid out 33 feet wide but now widened to 50 feet, said point being in the present borough line and land of J. Clyde Derstine and land now or late of John D. Derstine |
Adjudication
| Detail | Tribunal | Type | No. | Term | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Bucks County, Pennsylvania | Miscellaneous | 1952 | 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 |
| View | Act of July 19, 1951 (Pa. Laws 1026, No. 217), §§ 1 [425]–1 [427] | indirect |
Government Action
| Detail | Government | Action | Date | Approved | Effective | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chalfont, Borough of | Minute | Aug 20, 1952 | p. 112 | |||
| Chalfont, Borough of | Ordinance 13A: Annexing to the Borough of Chalfont two sections of the Township of New Britain, County of Bucks and State of Pennsylvania, one adjacent to the eastern side of said Borough owned by Peter Hellberg and Bertha Hellberg, his wife and William H. Jefferys, Jr. and John D. Stevens trading as Bogelbrae Farm, and the other adjacent to the southern side of the Borough owned by J. Clyde Derstine and Joan B. Derstine, his wife, and Theodore R. Moyer and Katherine K. Moyer, his wife | Aug 20, 1952 | Aug 20, 1952 |
Source
| Detail | Source | Title | Person(s) | Vol. | Page(s) | Date 1 | Date 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | 1960 Cns. Rep. | Footnote 8 | 40-32 |