Event Detail
Summary
| Type | Method | Description | Successful? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annexation | Municipality | Chambersburg Borough 1903 Ordinance | yes* |
Dates
| Event Year(s) | Final Decree Date | Effective Date | How Effective Date Determined |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1903 |
Affected Government
| From Municipality |
From County |
From State |
To Municipality |
To County |
To State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Guilford, Township of Reduction |
Franklin County Part |
PA Part |
Chambersburg, Borough of Expansion |
Franklin County Part |
PA Part |
|
Hamilton, Township of (Franklin) Reduction |
Franklin County Part |
PA Part |
Chambersburg, Borough of Expansion |
Franklin County Part |
PA Part |
Metes and Bounds Description
| Detail | Description | Type | Source | Acres | Beginning Point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Chambersburg Borough 1903 Ordinance | shape | ordinance | point on old Borough line in an alley where the lands of John Stewart, William Bender and Augustus Wolf join |
Adjudication
| Detail | Tribunal | Type | No. | Term | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Franklin County, Pennsylvania | Miscellaneous | 1903 | direct |
Law
| Detail | Citation | Relationship |
|---|---|---|
| View | Act of April 22, 1903 (Pa. Laws 247, No. 183), §§ 1–2 | indirect |
Government Action
| Detail | Government | Action | Date | Approved | Effective | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chambersburg, Borough of | Ordinance: Annexing to the Borough of Chambersburg a certain portion of the Townships of Guilford and Hamilton, in the County of Franklin and State of Pennsylvania, lying adjacent to the Borough of Chambersburg, in accordance with the prayer of a petition of the majority of the freehold owners of the lots and outlots embraced in said section | May 18, 1903 | May 20, 1903 |
Source
| Detail | Source | Title | Person(s) | Vol. | Page(s) | Date 1 | Date 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | 1910 Cns. Rep. | 612 | |||||
| View | 1910 Cns. Rep. | Footnote 1 | 542 | ||||
| View | 1910 Cns. Rep. | Footnote 11 | 541 | ||||
| View | 1910 Cns. Rep. | Footnote 2 | 542 | ||||
| View | Pre-1940 Cns. Eng'r Corr. | Culbertson, S. D. | Dec 3, 1903 | Received Dec 4, 1903 |