Event Detail
Summary
| Type | Method | Description | Successful? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annexation | Municipality | Emmaus Borough Ordinance 299 | yes |
Dates
| Event Year(s) | Final Decree Date | Effective Date | How Effective Date Determined |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Dec 20, 1949 | Ordinance - Date Filed with Court after Service upon Board of Elections |
Map
Affected Government
| From Municipality |
From County |
From State |
To Municipality |
To County |
To State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Upper Milford, Township of Reduction |
Lehigh County Part |
PA Part |
Emmaus, Borough of Expansion |
Lehigh County Part |
PA Part |
Metes and Bounds Description
| Detail | Description | Type | Source | Acres | Beginning Point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Emmaus Borough Ordinance 299 | shape | ordinance | 5.571 | point in the southerly curb line of Cherokee Street 89.76 feet west of its intersection with the westerly curb line of North Second Street |
Adjudication
| Detail | Tribunal | Type | No. | Term | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania | Road | Dec 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmaus, Borough of | Ordinance 299: Annexing to the Borough of Emmaus a section of Upper Milford Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, adjacent to the said Borough, and herein described | Oct 3, 1949 | Oct 3, 1949 |
Source
| Detail | Source | Title | Person(s) | Vol. | Page(s) | Date 1 | Date 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | 1950 Cns. Rep. | Footnote 30 | 38-22 |