Event Detail
Summary
| Type | Method | Description | Successful? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annexation | Municipality | Watsontown Borough 1949 Ordinance | yes* |
Dates
| Event Year(s) | Final Decree Date | Effective Date | How Effective Date Determined |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Sep 14, 1949 | Ordinance - Day after Election after Date Filed with Court |
Map
Affected Government
| From Municipality | From County | From State | To Municipality | To County | To State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Delaware, Township of (Northumberland) Reduction |
Northumberland County Part |
PA Part |
Watsontown, Borough of Expansion |
Northumberland County Part |
PA Part |
Metes and Bounds Description
| Detail | Description | Type | Source | Acres | Beginning Point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Watsontown Borough 1949 Ordinance | shape | ordinance (filed with Court) | concrete monument, corner of land of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and C. D. Gramelspacher |
Adjudication
| Detail | Tribunal | Type | No. | Term | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania | Sessions | 20 | May 1949 | 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 |
Government Action
| Detail | Government | Action | Date | Approved | Effective | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watsontown, Borough of | Ordinance: Annexing to the Borough of Watsontown, County of Northumberland, and State of Pennsylvania, land adjacent to said Borough, situated in Delaware Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, and repealing all ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith | Aug 4, 1949 | Aug 4, 1949 |
Source
| Detail | Source | Title | Person(s) | Vol. | Page(s) | Date 1 | Date 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | 1950-1960.Cns.Minor.Civ.Div.Corr. | Savidge, William S. (Secretary); Harter, M. L., Jr. (Solicitor) | Aug 23, 1951 | ||||
| View | 1960.Cns.Rep. | Footnote 43 | 40-32 |