Event Detail
Summary
Type | Method | Description | Successful? |
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Annexation | Municipality | Ephrata Borough Ordinance 676 | yes* |
Dates
Event Year(s) | Final Decree Date | Effective Date | How Effective Date Determined |
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1953–1954 | Dec 24, 1953 | Ordinance - Date Filed with Court |
Map
Affected Government
From Municipality |
From County |
From State |
To Municipality |
To County |
To State |
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Ephrata, Township of Reduction |
Lancaster County Part |
PA Part |
Ephrata, Borough of Expansion |
Lancaster County Part |
PA Part |
Metes and Bounds Description
Detail | Description | Type | Source | Acres | Beginning Point |
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View | Ephrata Borough Ordinance 676 | shape | ordinance | 74.25 | corner on the northern side of South State Street nearly opposite from its intersection with Gerhart Avenue, said corner being the southwestern corner of a recent annexation to the Borough of Ephrata of a development known as Edgewater Park |
Adjudication
Detail | Tribunal | Type | No. | Term | Relationship |
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View | Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania | Road Minutes | 588.5 | Dec 1953 | direct |
Law
Detail | Citation | Relationship |
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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 |
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Ephrata, Borough of | Ordinance 676: Annexing to the aforesaid Borough [of Ephrata] a certain portion of the Township of Ephrata lying westwardly from, adjoining and adjacent to the Borough of Ephrata, bounded on the south by South State Street, on the west by a macadam state highway known as Old Mill Road, on the north by property of the Ephrata Cloister and on the east by the aforesaid Borough of Ephrata and being more fully bounded and described as follows | Dec 14, 1953 | Dec 15, 1953 | p. 159 |
Source
Detail | Source | Title | Person(s) | Vol. | Page(s) | Date 1 | Date 2 |
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View | 1960 Cns. Rep. | Footnote 32 | 40-32 | ||||
View | Pa. Dep't Educ. Ax. F. (St.Arc. 22.120) (1940-66) | Ephrata Township School District (Lancaster County), 1950-1958 (1 folder) |