Event Detail
Summary
| Type | Method | Description | Successful? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annexation | Municipality | Stockertown Borough 1940 Ordinance | yes* |
Dates
| Event Year(s) | Final Decree Date | Effective Date | How Effective Date Determined |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | Apr 23, 1940 | Ordinance - Day after Election after Most Recent Date on Initial Filing with Court |
Map
Affected Government
| From Municipality |
From County |
From State |
To Municipality |
To County |
To State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Plainfield, Township of Reduction |
Northampton County Part |
PA Part |
Stockertown, Borough of Expansion |
Northampton County Part |
PA Part |
Metes and Bounds Description
| Detail | Description | Type | Source | Acres | Beginning Point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Stockertown Borough 1940 Ordinance | shape | ordinance (docket) | 19 | point in the center line of Main Street of Stockertown and in the present northern Borough line of Stockertown |
Adjudication
| Detail | Tribunal | Type | No. | Term | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Northampton County, Pennsylvania | Sessions | 14 | Feb 1940 | 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 |
Government Action
| Detail | Government | Action | Date | Approved | Effective | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stockertown, Borough of | Ordinance: Annexing adjacent land situate in the Township of Plainfield to the Borough of Stockertown | Mar 4, 1940 | Mar 4, 1940 |