Event Detail

Summary

Type Method Description Successful?
Dissolution Municipality Spring Garden Borough-Pittsburgh City 1920 Merger yes

Dates

Event Year(s) Final Decree Date Effective Date How Effective Date Determined
1919–1920 Jan 5, 1920 Final Decree - Listed Effective Date

Map

Affected Government

From
Municipality
From
County
From
State
To
Municipality
To
County
To
State
Spring Garden, 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 36 Jun 1919 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

Government Action

Detail Government Action Date Approved Effective Location
View Pittsburgh, City of Ordinance 299: Giving consent of the City of Pittsburgh to the annexation of the contiguous Borough of Spring Garden Sep 29, 1919 Oct 2, 1919 Ordinance Book v. 30, p. 507; Municipal Record Appendix v. 53, p. 228–229
Allegheny, County of Election: [For or against the annexation of the Borough of Spring Garden to the City of Pittsburgh] Dec 9, 1919

Source

Detail Source Title Person(s) Vol. Page(s) Date 1 Date 2
View 1920 Cns. Rep. Footnote 2 587
View 1920 Cns. Rep. Footnote 2 587
View 1930 Cns. Rep. Footnote 2 937
View Allegheny Hist. Form. BOROUGHS 32
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 Approve Bill to Annex Spring Garden Borough 22 Sep 25, 1919
View Pre-1940 Cns. Eng'r Corr. Received Nov 12, 1920