Event Detail
Summary
| Type | Method | Description | Successful? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annexation | Municipality | Gettysburg Borough 1953 Ordinance | yes* |
Dates
| Event Year(s) | Final Decree Date | Effective Date | How Effective Date Determined |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Jun 1, 1953 | 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 1953 Ordinance | shape | ordinance | 26.73125 | point on the original Borough Line on the East side of a proposed alley West of Steinwehr Avenue where the section of the Borough line which was annexed in July, 1946, intersects the original Borough line, said point being South thirty-two (32) degrees, seven (7) minutes West, one hundred seventy-four and four-tenths (174.4) feet from the South curb line of Queen Street |
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 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gettysburg, Borough of | Ordinance: Annexing certain land in Cumberland Township, a township of the second class, to the Borough of Gettysburg, upon petition of a majority in number of all of the freeholders of the territory to be annexed | Jun 1, 1953 | Jun 1, 1953 |
Source
| Detail | Source | Title | Person(s) | Vol. | Page(s) | Date 1 | Date 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | 1960.Cns.Rep. | Footnote 1 | 40-31 |