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Topic: Act of Consolidation, 1854

	Manayunk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1854 Manayunk as well as the rest of the boroughs, townships, and districts making up Philadelphia County were disbanded and merged into the City of Philadelphia, through the Act of Consolidation, 1854.
		Even though it was no longer a separate entity the community maintained its small-town charm and became one of the neighborhoods of the city, continuing to be one of the manufacturing centers of the city for the next 100 years.
		Municipalities in Philadelphia County prior to the Act of Consolidation, 1854
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Manayunk (739 words)

	Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Since 1854 the borders of both the county and the city have been conterminous, and the two have shared a common government since 1952, yet by law the county is a separate legal entity from the city.
		In 1780, the Assembly would pass an Act that abolished the Board of County Assessors and left their functions in the hands of the Commissioners alone, who continued to appoint the assessors and collectors of each of the county's boroughs, townships, and districts.
		The consolidation of the City and County of Philadelphia in 1854 abolished the Board of County Commissioners, with most of their functions transferred to the popularly elected City Commissioners who, although retaining their original title and duties, were thenceforth considered County officers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Philadelphia_County,_Pennsylvania (1428 words)

	PHILADELPHIA - LoveToKnow Article on PHILADELPHIA
		The assembly, in March 1683, passed an act which provided that all children should be taught to read and write by the time they were twelve years of age, that then they should be taught some useful trade, and that for every child not so taught the parent or guardian should be fined five pounds.
		The Consolidation Act of 1854 extended the boundaries to the county lines without destroying the county government, changed the corporate name from Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of Philadelphia to the City of Philadelphia, created the offices of controller and receiver of taxes, and considerably modified the powers and duties of the corporation and its officers.
		The Bullitt Act, passed in 1885, to go into effect in 1887, and since 1885 amended and supplemented, is a new charter except in name; particularly notable is its transfer of the balance of power from the councils and various self-perpetuating commissions to the mayor.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PH/PHILADELPHIA.htm (6468 words)

	Incorporated District, Boroughs, and Townships in the County of Philadelphia, 1854
		From the consolidation of the city in 1854 and for a long period afterwards it was used as a police station.
		By act of March 24,1812, the inhabitants of Moyamensing were incorporated by the style of "the commissioners and inhabitants of the township of Moyamensing." By act of April 4, 1831, the township was divided into East and West Moyamensing.
		In 1854 the township or Unincorporated Northern Liberties was the space of land north of Kensington, west of Richmond and Aramingo, and a portion of Frankford, south of a portion of Oxford and Bristol townships, and east of Penn township.
	www.ushistory.org /philadelphia/incorporated.html (3992 words)

	Corporate Succession The Panhandle
		Consolidated Sept. 30, 1890, with 7, 40, and 47 to form 1.
		Consolidated Sept. 30, 1890, with 2, 40, and 47 to form 1.
		Consolidated Jan. 1, 1854, with 49 to form 50, but under court decree the properties were reconveyed to 49 and 51 on Sept. 4, 1854.
	www.wildirishroots.com /Greenen/1810PeterGreenen/Panhandle.html (1679 words)

	Parish Acts in Charlotte County
		An Act, to enlarge the limits of the Parish of Saint Stephen, in the County of Charlotte.
		An Act to enlarge the limits of the Parishes of Saint Patrick and Saint George, in the County of Charlotte.
		Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick from the Twenty Sixth Year of the Reign of King George the Third to the Sixth Year of the Reign of King William the Fourth.
	webhome.idirect.com /~cpwalsh/nb/municipal/charlotteacts.htm (2145 words)

	Pennsylvania Classic Couny Wall Maps
		Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1868 by Henry E Wrigley in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the Western District of PA. The map shows Crawford County with parts of surrounding counties: Venango, Forest, and Warren.
		The Act of Consolidation, passed by the state legislature in 1854, provided that the city of Philadelphia, as limited by the charter of 1789, should be enlarged by taking in all the territory within the county of Philadelphia.
		1854’; which was a large colored wall map with several vignettes and apparently the first map published after the consolidation.
	www.mapsofpa.com /wallmaplist.htm (3125 words)

	Land Clauses Consolidation Act 1854 (-), acts@swarb.co.uk, David Swarbrick, Solicitor, Wrigley Claydon
		An Act for consolidating in One Act certain Provisions usually inserted in Acts authorizing the taking of Lands for undertakings of a public Nature.{1} [8th May 1845]
		Act to apply to all undertakings authorized by Acts hereafter to be passed.
		And with respect to the construction of this Act and of Acts to be incorporated therewith:
	www.swarb.co.uk /acts/1854Land_Clauses_ConsolidationAct.shtml (920 words)

	CHAPTER XXXVI
		The same act devoted, for the uses of the academy, five thousand acres of public land north of the Ohio River, chiefly in what is now Beaver County.
		By an act of Assembly dated April 14, 1838, a State charter was obtained, embracing the same names as corporators, except that John Grayson was substituted for Alexander Reed, the latter having for private reasons declined to serve.
		In the November following the passage of this act the commissioners of Washington County included in the budget of taxes for that year the sum of eight hundred dollars for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the act, and an amount was annually appropriated for that purpose until the year 1834.
	www.chartiers.com /crumrine/education.htm (16917 words)

	Day62C (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		CSHB 82 (by Solomons), A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the method by which a county reconstitutes the jury wheel and to the selection and service of jurors in certain counties.
		HB 1797 (by Tillery), A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the transportation of certain individuals who may have a mental illness and are admitted to a county mental health facility for emergency detention.
		CSHB 3780 (by Luna, Seaman, and Capelo), A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the creation of a county court at law in Nueces County and to the probate jurisdiction of the county courts at law in Nueces County.
	www.capitol.state.tx.us /hjrnl/76r/html/day62c.htm (4685 words)

	SULAIR: British & Commonwealth Literary Studies
		The main object of the Local Government Act of 1899 was to substitute for the numerous elected vestries and district boards with a smaller number of local authorities with wider powers.
		Acts relating to to the Company and to Staines Reservoirs joint committee and the River Lee.
		Acts relating to the companies of the New River, East London Waterworks Company, Chelsea, Grand Junction, Southwark and Vauxhall, Kent, Lambeth Waterworks, and West Middlesex Waterworks Companies and General Acts.
	www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/hasrg/ablit/britlit/brcatalog.html (11677 words)

	History of Capitalism - Incorporation Laws
		An Act for regulating the Proceedings of certain Public Companies and Corporations carrying on Trade or Dealings with Joint Stocks, in respect to the declaring of Dividends; and for further regulating the Qualification of Members for voting in their respective General Courts, (7 George III.
		An Act for consolidating in One Act certain Provisions usually inserted in Acts with respect to the Constitution of Companies incorporated for carrying on Undertakings of a public Nature, 8 May 1845 (8 and 9 Vict.
		An Act to amend the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, in respect to voting by Proxy, 24 December 1888 (51 and 52 Vict.
	history.wisc.edu /dunlavy/Corporations/c_laws.htm (2579 words)

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		By act of Congress in 1805, the territorial courts were given the same broad federal jurisdiction exercised by the district court in Kentucky.
		By the same act, county justices were divested of some original jurisdiction at law, and actions in which the amount in controversy exceeded fifty dollars were given exclusively to the superior courts of law and equity.
		Act of March 10, 1803, revised and amended by the act of December 9, 1809, in Statutes of the Mississippi Territory, supra
	home.olemiss.edu /~mhoffhei/exams/CIVPROHS.htm (16526 words)

	PA State Archives - RG-2 - Agency History - Department of the Auditor General (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The Office of Auditor General was created by an Act of March 17,1809, which was an amendment and consolidation of the original state government act for auditing public accounts, the act that had created the Comptroller General's office in 1782 (see RG 4).
		1854 the Department was empowered to (1) disallow items in government accounts stated at figures in excess of fair cash prices, and (2) require all incorporated mining and manufacturing companies to submit annual reports showing their fiscal position and enumerated assets.
		Duties involving approval of various state contracts, acting in conjunction with the Governor and the State Treasurer, were conspicuously set forth in the Fiscal Code.
	www.phmc.state.pa.us /bah/dam/rg/rg2ahr.htm (1617 words)

	American Architects' Biographies: H
		He was elected a member of the Western Association of Architects in 1884 and, by the act of consolidation, became a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 1889.
		He was elected a member of the Western Association of Architects in 1885 and, by the act of consolidation, became a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 1889.
		Holbrook was elected a member of the Western Association of Architects in 1887 and in 1889, by the act of consolidation, became a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
	www.sah.org /oldsite06012004/aame/bioh.html (7767 words)

	13/07/1926: HIGH COURT AND SUPREME COURT RULES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The application shall be made on affidavit which shall be entitled shortly in the matter in question, and in the matter of the Courts of Justice Act, 1924, and in applications for relief by way of habeas corpus, also in the matter of the Constitution of Saorstát Eireann.
		The forms heretofore in use in Revenue causes and matters shall, subject to all modifications which may be necessary pursuant to the provisions of the Act, or of these Rules, or of the Finance Act, 1924, be used in similar proceedings in the High Court and the Supreme Court.
		In these rules the expression "the Act" shall mean the Courts of Justice Act, 1924, the expression "the High Court" shall mean the High Court or a Judge thereof, save where the decision of two Judges is required by the Act, and the expression "the Master" shall mean the Master of the High Court.
	www.irishstatutebook.ie /ZZSIV8PG973.html (7505 words)

	Mark Alan Hughes
		In 1854, a group of civic leaders won a ten-year effort to consolidate the City of Philadelphia with the surrounding Philadelphia County.
		They were all consolidated by act of the Pennsylvania Legislature into an expanded City of Philadelphia, which became the nation's largest city in terms of land area.
		The two principal arguments for consolidation, powerfully stated by Price and others, were (1) the need to compete in the new economy of the mid-1800's and (2) the need to prevent the riots and arson that rocked the City and Districts during the 1840s.
	www.mahughes.org /showarticles.cfm?artid=34 (1360 words)

	Consolidation of Rural Schools in Henry County
		This act established a permanent fund, using money received from the federal government for land sales in the state, to be invested and the income used to finance the public schools of the state.
		The movement for consolidation and reorganization of rural schools had a number of driving forces, but the most potent force in requiring the consolidation of schools was a simple question of demographics.
		On December 10, 1957 the R-15 consolidation was approved by the voters by a 3 to 1 margin, and the new R-15 District came into existence in January of 1958.
	tacnet.missouri.org /history/reorganization.html (4276 words)

	Dirt Into Dollars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The city's boundaries were enlarged in 1854, when what is known today as Center City was consolidated with the townships of the surrounding county.
		In 1860, with 565,529 residents in the consolidated city, Philadelphia reclaimed its traditional rank as the nation's second largest city (it had slipped to fourth behind Baltimore and New Orleans after 1840).
		The complex, and politicized, maze of fragmented public authority in Philadelphia impedes even when private actors want to act, whether it be a homeowner wanting to acquire an adjacent lot for parking or a supermarket chain looking for a 10-acre parcel.
	www.brook.edu /press/review/summer2000/hughes.htm (2513 words)

	St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The vestry of St. Paul's then made a formal proposition: St. Paul's would contribute $60,000 and the proceeds from the sale of their property; Christ Church to contribute their property at a valuation to be determined by an impartial commission plus cash to bring the total equal to that subscribed by St. Paul's.
		Consolidation with Christ Church still appeared to be the best solution, and in April of 1887, negotiations were renewed.
		On the west wall the "Ascension of Christ" (Luke 24:50,51 and Acts 1:10,11) is portrayed.
	www.stpaulsec.org /history.html (17804 words)

	Our Firemen Bklyn History
		Upon promising good behavior in the future, the members of the company were reinstated, and with the exception of one or two fights in which they were conspicuous - a fireman, named MCQUEEN being knocked down and dragged to the police station by officer REGAN on one occasion - the men kept their word.
		From October, 1854, to October, 1855, the Foreman was Sidney LARREMORE, who gave place in 1855 to William BURRELL, who remained in command of the company until the formation of the paid Department.
		At this time, the act of consolidation changed the Williamsburgh Fire Department to the Fire Department of the Eastern District, and on April 7, 1857, an act was passed incorporating the Eastern District Department in the form which it maintained until it was, with that of the Western District merged into the paid Department.
	www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com /Fire/Bklyn/2.html (6215 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Shippen's Lane became a street at the time of consolidation.* But the name "Shippen" was not held in very high esteem by most Philadelphians and many Americans.
		Between 1691 and 1854*, twenty-nine separate governing districts were established within the confines of the County of Philadelphia.
		Prior to 1854, the city of Philadelphia was limited to the boundaries of Vine and South Streets, the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers.
	www.robertbrowne.com /rowhouses.html (344 words)

	Citizenship In Philadelphia (1919)
		After the consolidation of the city, in 1854, Philadelphia came into possession of the water works which were publicly owned and later the city purchased from the companies the private plants.
		Acting on the recommendations of a committee which had studied the problem of water supply, Councils in January, 1900, authorized the construction of filtration plants within the city limits.
		The main purpose of this act is to reduce unemployment, to help the man or woman out of work to get a position; because every day that a man is out of a job costs him his daily wage and costs the community the value of his labor.
	www.faculty.fairfield.edu /faculty/hodgson/Courses/city/philadelphia/PHILADELPHIA3.html (22338 words)

	Colombia: Civil-Military Relations at a Crossroads
		Nevertheless, it must be noted that on only four occasions has the Colombian military overthrown a constitutionally chosen president: 1830, 1854, 1900 and 1953.
		Edwin Lieuwen points out two controlling factors that acted on the Colombian military as early as 1950: first, "the participation of a Colombian battalion in the Korea conflict, which stimulates the army's sense of nationalism and gives it a sense of mission; and second, the influx of U.S. military aid" (Dix 1967, 299).
		Thus, they are not in a position to act as a main protagonist in any move to stifle the continual development of democratic institutions.
	www.faoa.org /journal/columbia.html (2088 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		In 1885 an Act of Assembly was passed providing for a new government for Philadelphia which embodies the latest ideas upon municipal questions.
		The history of the government of the city thus begins with the medieval charter of most contracted character, and ends with the liberal provisions of the Reform Act of 1885.
		CHAPTER V. Fifth Period.--Text of the Act of 1885.--History of the passage of the Bullit Bill.--Changes by it effected in the organic law.-- Conclusions.
	www.webroots.org /library/usamilit/batnoa05.html (2927 words)

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		Unpack the implications of those two sentences and you will find the core of conservatism updated for Republicans who think of themselves as a party of governance rather than of opposition to government, and who have come to terms with this fact: Americans talk like Jeffersonians but expect to be governed by Hamiltonians.
		The Homestead Act was passed in 1862, when Congress would have been forgiven for devoting all its attention to more pressing matters.
		Under the act, fees totaling $18 entitled homesteaders to farm 160 acres which they would own with no other price after five years, or after six months if they paid $1.25 an acre.
	www2.sunysuffolk.edu /formans/WillonHomestead.htm (684 words)

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