Event Detail
Summary
| Type | Method | Description | Successful? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dissolution | Municipality | Esplen Borough-Pittsburgh City 1906 Merger | yes |
Dates
| Event Year(s) | Final Decree Date | Effective Date | How Effective Date Determined |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1905–1906 | Jan 1, 1906 | Final Decree - Listed Effective Date |
Map
Affected Government
| From Municipality |
From County |
From State |
To Municipality |
To County |
To State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Esplen, Borough of (defunct) Dissolution |
Allegheny County Part |
PA Part |
Pittsburgh, City of Expansion |
Allegheny County Part |
PA Part |
Current Government
| Sub-Municipality | Municipality | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh, City of | Allegheny County | PA |
Adjudication
| Detail | Tribunal | Type | No. | Term | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania | Miscellaneous | 40 | Mar 1905 | direct |
Law
| Detail | Citation | Relationship |
|---|---|---|
| View | Act of April 28, 1903 (Pa. Laws 332, No. 260), §§ 1–6 | indirect |
| View | Act of April 19, 1905 (Pa. Laws 216, No. 158), § 1 | indirect |
Government Action
| Detail | Government | Action | Date | Approved | Effective | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Pittsburgh, City of | Ordinance 93: Giving the consent of the City of Pittsburgh to the proposed annexation to said City of the Borough of Esplen, Allegheny County | Jul 10, 1905 | Jul 11, 1905 | Ordinance Book v. 17, p. 103; Municipal Record Appendix v. 38, p. 36 | |
| Allegheny, County of | Election: [For or against the annexation of the Borough of Esplen to the City of Pittsburgh] | Nov 7, 1905 | ||||
| View | Pittsburgh, City of | Ordinance 397: Erecting the territory heretofore known as Esplen Borough, Allegheny County, into a ward of the City of Pittsburgh, to be known as numbered as the Fortieth ward | Feb 26, 1906 | Mar 2, 1906 | Ordinance Book v. 17, p. 375; Municipal Record Appendix v. 38, p. 142 |
Source
| Detail | Source | Title | Person(s) | Vol. | Page(s) | Date 1 | Date 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | 1910 Cns. Rep. | Footnote 2 | 533 | ||||
| View | 1910 Cns. Rep. | Footnote 7 | 534 | ||||
| View | 1910 Cns. Rep. | 612 | |||||
| View | 1920 Cns. Rep. | Footnote 2 | 587 | ||||
| View | Allegheny Hist. Form. | BOROUGHS | 20 | ||||
| View | Pa. Dep't Cmty. Econ. Dev. Cty. Bd'y F. Rep. | City of Pittsburgh: Territorial Growth of Pittsburgh (in Allegheny County folder) | 132 | Dec 31, 1981 | |||
| View | Pitts. Press | (No. 93.) AN ORDINANCE-Giving the consent of the city of Pittsburgh to the proposed annexation to said city of the borough of Esplen, Allegheny county. | 7 | Jul 25, 1905 | |||
| View | Pre-1940 Cns. Eng'r Corr. | Received Aug 26, 1905 | |||||
| View | Pre-1940 Cns. Eng'r Corr. | Failey, Chas. A. (Superintendent of Surveys) | Received Apr 26, 1906 |