Event Detail
Summary
| Type | Method | Description | Successful? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annexation | Municipality | Watsontown Borough Ordinance 1962-3 | yes* |
Dates
| Event Year(s) | Final Decree Date | Effective Date | How Effective Date Determined |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Jul 30, 1962 | Ordinance - Date Filed with Court after Service upon County Commissioners |
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 Ordinance 1962-3 | shape | ordinance (filed with Court) | 16.5 | pipe on the Eastern right of way line of Pennsylvania State Highway Route # 405 (which right of way is forty (40) feet, more or less, in extent) corner of land now or formerly of Luther Middlesworth et an. |
Adjudication
| Detail | Tribunal | Type | No. | Term | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania | Sessions | 42 | May 1962 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watsontown, Borough of | Ordinance 3, 1962: Annexing to the Borough of Watsontown, the County of Northumberland, and the 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 | Jul 12, 1962 | Jul 12, 1962 |
Source
| Detail | Source | Title | Person(s) | Vol. | Page(s) | Date 1 | Date 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | 1970.Cns.Rep. | Footnote 43 | 40-44 |