Event Detail
Summary
| Type | Method | Description | Successful? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annexation | Municipality | Mount Pocono Borough Ordinance 56 | yes* |
Dates
| Event Year(s) | Final Decree Date | Effective Date | How Effective Date Determined |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 |
Map
Affected Government
| From Municipality | From County | From State | To Municipality | To County | To State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Paradise, Township of (Monroe) Reduction |
Monroe County Part |
PA Part |
Mount Pocono, Borough of Expansion |
Monroe County Part |
PA Part |
Metes and Bounds Description
| Detail | Description | Type | Source | Acres | Beginning Point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Mount Pocono Borough Ordinance 56 | shape | ordinance | 186 | point at the intersection of the division line between the Borough of Mount Pocono and the Township of Paradie with the center line of the concrete pavement in State Highway Route 615 leading from Mount Pocono to Paradise Valley from which the northeasterly corner of the Borough of Mount Pocono bears (Bearings from Magnetic Meridian of 1926) North twenty two degrees fifty minutes East distant 2919 feet |
Adjudication
| Detail | Tribunal | Type | No. | Term | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Monroe County, Pennsylvania | Miscellaneous | Dec 1952 | 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 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pocono, Borough of | Ordinance 56: Annexing to the Borough of Mount Pocono, a section of Paradise Township, Pennsylvania to the east of said Borough herein described | Oct 6, 1952 | Oct 6, 1952 | Dec 20, 1952 | p. 94 |
Source
| Detail | Source | Title | Person(s) | Vol. | Page(s) | Date 1 | Date 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | 1950-1960.Cns.Minor.Civ.Div.Corr. | Sabbs, D. J. (Secretary) | Aug 26, 1958 | ||||
| View | 1960.Cns.Rep. | Footnote 40 | 40-32 | ||||
| View | Pa.Dep't.Educ.Ax.F. (St.Arc. 22.120) (1940-66) | Paradise Township School District (Monroe County), 1953 (1 folder) | |||||
| View | Pa.Dep't.Educ.Ax.F. (St.Arc. 22.120) (1940-66) | Smithfield Township School District (Monroe County), 1943-1953 (1 folder) |