Event Detail

Summary

Type Method Description Successful?
Dissolution Municipality Overbrook Borough-Pittsburgh City 1930 Merger yes

Dates

Event Year(s) Final Decree Date Effective Date How Effective Date Determined
1929–1930 Jan 6, 1930 Final Decree - Listed Effective Date

Map

Affected Government

From
Municipality
From
County
From
State
To
Municipality
To
County
To
State
Overbrook, Borough of (defunct)
Dissolution
Allegheny County
Part
PA
Part
Pittsburgh, City of
Expansion
Allegheny County
Part
PA
Part

Adjudication

Detail Tribunal Type No. Term Relationship
View Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Miscellaneous 81 Nov 1928 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
View Act of May 28, 1907 (Pa. Laws 295, No. 223), § 1 indirect
View Act of June 1, 1907 (Pa. Laws 377, No. 271), § 1 indirect
View Act of May 10, 1909 (Pa. Laws 501, No. 280), § 1 indirect
View Act of May 6, 1915 (Pa. Laws 272, No. 167), §§ 1–2 indirect
View Act of July 11, 1923 (Pa. Laws 1047, No. 427), § 10 indirect
View Act of May 9, 1929 (Pa. Laws 1694, No. 547), § 13 indirect

Government Action

Detail Government Action Date Approved Effective Location
View Pittsburgh, City of Ordinance 59: Giving the consent of the City of Pittsburgh to the annexation of the contiguous Borough of Overbrook, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Feb 4, 1929 Feb 15, 1929 Ordinance Book v. 41, p. 48; Municipal Record Appendix v. 63, p. 71–72
Allegheny, County of Election: [For or against the annexation of the Borough of Overbrook to the City of Pittsburgh] Jun 11, 1929
View Pittsburgh, City of Resolution 86: [Solicitor authorized to petition the Court to attach the former Borough of Overbrook to the 32nd Ward] Apr 3, 1930 Apr 4, 1930 Resolution Book v. 7, p. 493; Municipal Record Appendix v. 64, p. 598

Source

Detail Source Title Person(s) Vol. Page(s) Date 1 Date 2
View 1930 Cns. Rep. Footnote 2 937
View 1940 Cns. Rep. Footnote 2 913
View Pa. Dep't Cmty. Econ. Dev. Cty. Bd'y F. Rep. City of Pittsburgh: Territorial Growth of Pittsburgh (in Allegheny County folder) 133 Dec 31, 1981
View Pre-1940 Cns. Eng'r Corr. Engineer Mar 5, 1932