Event Detail

Summary

Type Method Description Successful?
First Class Township County Elizabeth Township 1912 1st Class yes

Dates

Event Year(s) Final Decree Date Effective Date How Effective Date Determined
1911–1912 Jan 1, 1912 Municipal Election after Proclamation - 1st Monday in January thereafter

Affected Government

From
Municipality
From
County
From
State
To
Municipality
To
County
To
State
Elizabeth, Township of (Allegheny)
Whole
Allegheny County
Part
PA
Part
Elizabeth, Township of (Allegheny)
Whole
Allegheny County
Part
PA
Part

Affected Government Form

Government Government Form
Elizabeth, Township of (Allegheny) Township, 1st Class

Law

Detail Citation Relationship
View Act of April 28, 1899 (Pa. Laws 104, No. 86), §§ 1–4 indirect
View Act of May 11, 1901 (Pa. Laws 160, No. 127), §§ 1–2 indirect
View Act of April 1, 1905 (Pa. Laws 97, No. 72), §§ 1–2 indirect
View Act of May 29, 1907 (Pa. Laws 305, No. 230), § 1 indirect
View Resolution of 1909 (Pa. Laws 948, Ch. 1), § 12 [art. 8, § 3] indirect
View Act of March 24, 1909 (Pa. Laws 56, No. 32), § 1 indirect
View Act of March 2, 1911 (Pa. Laws 8, No. 4), §§ 1–7 indirect

Government Action

Detail Government Action Date Approved Effective Location
Allegheny, County of Minute: " A list of the first class Townships under the Act of 1899 and the supplements thereto was read. Mr. O'Neil moved that the following Townships be declared townships of the first class and that a proclamation be issued and advertise in the Dispatch, Gazette, Press, Leader, Post and Telegraph once a week for three weeks, said proclamation to be published in two of the above named papers each week. Carried. Baldwin, Braddock, Chartiers, Collier, Crescent, Elizabeth, Harrison, Jefferson, Kilbuck, Lower St. Clair, Mifflin, North Versailles, Penn, Reserve, Scott, Shaler, South Fayette, South Versailles, Stowe, Union, and Wilkins" Aug 1, 1911 v. 5, p. 136
Allegheny, County of Proclamation: [Classifying Baldwin, Braddock, Chartiers, Collier, Crescent, Elizabeth, Harrison, Jefferson, Kilbuck, Lower St. Clair, Mifflin, North Versailles, Penn, Reserve, Scott, Shaler, South Fayette, South Versailles, Stowe, Union, and Wilkins Townships as first class townships, and all other townships in county as second class townships] Aug 3, 1911

Source

Detail Source Title Person(s) Vol. Page(s) Date 1 Date 2
View Pitts. Gaz. Times OFFICE OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 10 Aug 3, 1911