Event Detail
Summary
| Type | Method | Description | Successful? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annexation | Municipality | Gettysburg Borough 1948 Ordinance | yes* |
Dates
| Event Year(s) | Final Decree Date | Effective Date | How Effective Date Determined |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Aug 2, 1948 | Ordinance - Date Approved |
Map
Affected Government
| From Municipality | From County | From State | To Municipality | To County | To State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Cumberland, Township of (Adams) Reduction |
Adams County Part |
PA Part |
Gettysburg, Borough of Expansion |
Adams County Part |
PA Part |
Metes and Bounds Description
| Detail | Description | Type | Source | Acres | Beginning Point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Gettysburg Borough 1948 Ordinance | shape | ordinance | 3.475 | post at the West side of a public alley at corner of lot of Charles W. Jacobs and wife and William P. Jacobs and wife |
Adjudication
| Detail | Tribunal | Type | No. | Term | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Adams County, Pennsylvania | Sessions | 901 | 1948 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gettysburg, Borough of | Ordinance: Annexing certain land in Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, adjacent to the northern boundary of the Borough of Gettysburg, upon petition of a majority of the freeholders of the territory proposed to be annexed | Aug 2, 1948 | Aug 2, 1948 |
Source
| Detail | Source | Title | Person(s) | Vol. | Page(s) | Date 1 | Date 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | 1940-1950.Cns.Minor.Civ.Div.Corr. | 17500449 | -1 | Feb 9, 1949 | |||
| View | 1940-1950.Cns.Minor.Civ.Div.Corr. | Engineer | 17500449 | -1 | Aug 27, 1948 | ||
| View | 1940-1950.Cns.Minor.Civ.Div.Corr. | Batschelet (Chief, Geography Division), U.S. Census Bureau | 17500449 | -1 | Mar 17, 1949 | ||
| View | 1950.Cns.Rep. | Footnote 1 | 38-16 |