Event Detail
Summary
Type | Method | Description | Successful? |
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Annexation | Municipality | Ephrata Borough Ordinance 696 | yes |
Dates
Event Year(s) | Final Decree Date | Effective Date | How Effective Date Determined |
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1955 | Nov 8, 1955 | Final Decree - Immediately after Election after Date Granted |
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 696 | shape | ordinance | 43.74 | western corner thereof, at a limestone a corner in the boundary line separating Ephrata Borough from Ephrata Township, being a common corner of lands of William M. and Tillie E. Wolf, William K. and Elsie H. Hooveer, and Alvin M. Hummerl |
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 | 616 | Jun 1955 | direct |
Law
Detail | Citation | Relationship |
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View | Act of July 20, 1953 (Pa. Laws 550, No. 145), §§ 1–9 | indirect |
View | Act of May 4, 1927 (Pa. Laws 519, No. 336), §§ 425–427 | reference |
View | Act of May 18, 1933 (Pa. Laws 818, No. 136), § 1 [425] | reference |
View | Act of July 2, 1937 (Pa. Laws 2803, No. 588), §§ 10 [3rd] [425]–10 [3rd] [427] | reference |
View | Act of July 10, 1947 (Pa. Laws 1621, No. 568), §§ 5 [425]–5 [427] | reference |
View | Act of July 19, 1951 (Pa. Laws 1026, No. 217), §§ 1 [425]–1 [427] | reference |
Government Action
Detail | Government | Action | Date | Approved | Effective | Location |
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Ephrata, Borough of | Ordinance 696: Annexing to the aforesaid Borough [of Ephrata] a certain portion of the Township of Ephrata lying adjacent to and adjoining the Borough of Ephrata on its southwestern border and bounded on the north and west by the aforesaid Borough of Ephrata and on the south and east by other lands in the Township of Ephrata being more fully bounded and described as follows | Mar 14, 1955 | Mar 14, 1955 |
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 |