[Adopted 11-22-1954 by Ord. No. 1]
The Board of Township Supervisors hereby signifies its intention and desire to organize an authority jointly with the City of Lancaster and the Townships of Manheim, Manor, East Lampeter, Lancaster and West Lampeter, all of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, under the provisions of the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, as amended.
[Amended 2-2-1957 by Ord. No. 3]
The Chairman and Secretary of the Board of Township Supervisors are hereby authorized and directed to execute, on behalf of the Township of East Hempfield, Articles of Incorporation for said Authority in substantially the following form:
To the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania:
In compliance with the requirements of the Act of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, known as "Municipality Authorities Act of 1945," as amended, the City of Lancaster and Townships of Manheim, Manor, East Lampeter, West Lampeter and East Hempfield (all of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania), desiring to incorporate an Authority, do hereby certify:
1.
The name of the Authority is "Lancaster Area Refuse Authority."
2.
Said Authority is formed under the provisions of the Act of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, as amended.
3.
No other Authority organized under the Act of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, as amended, nor under the Act of June 28, 1935, P.L. 463, as amended, is in existence in or for the incorporating municipalities or any of them, except the following:
A.
Lancaster Airport Authority, organized 1950 jointly by the City of Lancaster and the County of Lancaster.
B.
Municipal Authority of the Township of East Hempfield organized 1941 by the Township of East Hempfield.
C.
Manor Township School Authority organized 1950 by the Township of Manor.
D.
City of Lancaster Authority organized 1954 by the City of Lancaster.
4.
The names and addresses of the incorporating municipalities, and the names and addresses of their municipal authorities are as follows:
[Here followed the names of the incorporating municipalities and the names and addresses of the municipal authorities in existence at the time of enactment of this article.]
5.
The names, addresses, appointing municipality and the terms of office of the first members of the Board of the Authority to be formed hereby are as follows:
[Here followed the names, addresses, appointing municipalities and terms of office of the first persons appointed to the Board of the Authority.]
6.
The ordinances authorizing the creation of said Authority certified from the records of the City Council of the City of Lancaster, the Board of Township Commissioners of Manheim Township and the Boards of Township Supervisors of the Townships of Manor, East Lampeter, West Lampeter, Lancaster and East Hempfield, all of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, together with advertisements of notice of filing these Articles of Incorporation, are each submitted herewith.
The Secretary of the Board of Township Supervisors is further directed to cause a notice of the substance of this article, including the substance of the above Articles of Incorporation and of the proposed filing of the above Articles, to be published once in a newspaper published and of general circulation in the County of Lancaster and once in the Lancaster Law Review as required by the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, as amended.
[Amended 2-2-1957 by Ord. No. 3]
The Secretary of the Board of Township Supervisors, acting with the appropriate officers of each of the municipalities as set forth in § 8-1, above, are directed to file said Articles of Incorporation, together with necessary proofs of publication, with the Secretary of the Commonwealth and do all other acts and things necessary or appropriate to effect the incorporation of Lancaster Area Refuse Authority, including payment of any filing fees in connection therewith.
The following named person be and he hereby is appointed as a member of the first Board of the Authority, whose term of office shall commence on the date of appointment and shall be computed from January 1 next succeeding the date of incorporation.
[Here followed the name, address and term of office of the first person appointed to the Board of the Authority.]