Event Detail
Summary
| Type | Method | Description | Successful? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annexation | Municipality | Conyngham Borough Ordinance 69 | yes* |
Dates
| Event Year(s) | Final Decree Date | Effective Date | How Effective Date Determined |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | May 29, 1953 | Ordinance - Date Filed with Court |
Map
Affected Government
| From Municipality | From County | From State | To Municipality | To County | To State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sugarloaf, Township of (Luzerne) Reduction |
Luzerne County Part |
PA Part |
Conyngham, Borough of Expansion |
Luzerne County Part |
PA Part |
Metes and Bounds Description
| Detail | Description | Type | Source | Acres | Beginning Point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Conyngham Borough Ordinance 69 | shape | ordinance | 2.22 | point located thirty-three (33.00) feet eastwardly from the center line of the Penna. State Highway leading from Hazleton to Berwick, and being further described as south nineteen degrees one minute east (S19'01E) for a distance of ninety-three and seventy-two hundredths (93.72) feet from the northwest corner of the tract of land of Myers Lumber Company, and also being located on the dividing line of land of Conyngham Borough and Sugarloaf Township |
Adjudication
| Detail | Tribunal | Type | No. | Term | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania | Sessions | 151 | Jun 1953 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conyngham, Borough of | Ordinance 69: Annexing to the Borough of Conyngham, a section of Sugarloaf Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, adjacent to and west of said Borough | May 21, 1953 | May 21, 1953 |