[Adopted 6-3-1963 by Ord.
No. 20]
The Supervisors of the Township of Montgomery, County of Montgomery
and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, hereby signify their intention to organize
a Municipal Sewer Authority under the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945,
as amended.
The Supervisors of the Township of Montgomery are hereby authorized
and directed to execute on behalf of said Township Articles of Incorporation
for such an Authority in substantially the following form:
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
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TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
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In compliance with the requirements of the Act of May 2,
1945, P.L. 382, known as the "Municipality Authorities Act of 1945," as amended,
the Supervisors of the Township of Montgomery, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania,
desiring to incorporate an Authority thereunder, do hereby certify:
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1. The name of the Authority is the Montgomery Township
Municipal Sewer Authority.
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2. The Authority is formed under the provisions of the Municipality
Authorities Act of 1945, as amended.
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3. No other Authority organized under the Municipality Authorities
Act of 1945, as amended, or under the Act of June 28, 1935, P.L. 463, as amended,
is in existence in and for the incorporating municipality except the Montgomery
Township Authority.
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4. The name of the incorporating municipality is the Township
of Montgomery, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
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5. The names and addresses of the Supervisors of the Township
of Montgomery, constituting its municipal authorities, are as follows:
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A. L. Thomas
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Box 94, Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania
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W. C. Gallagher
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Route 309, Colmar, Star Route, Pennsylvania
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Marvin A. Latta
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Upper State Road, North Wales, R.D., Pennsylvania
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6. The names, addresses and terms of office of the first
members of the Board of the Municipal Sewer Authority to be formed hereby
are as follows:
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Name
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Address
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Term
of Office
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T.F. Harrington
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Richardson Road, Colmar, Pennsylvania
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5 years
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Trevor R. Roberts
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Spring Lake Farm, Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania
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4 years
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William P. Thomas
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Richardson Road, Lansdale M.R., Pennsylvania
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3 years
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Herman Williams
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23 Morningside Drive, Lansdale, Pennsylvania
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2 years
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Ernest H. Brenneman
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Cowpath Road, Lansdale M.R., Pennsylvania
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1 year
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All being citizens of the Township of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania.
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7. The proofs of publication required by the Municipality
Authorities Act of 1945, as amended, are submitted herewith.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed these
Articles on behalf of the Township of Montgomery and have caused the seal
to be hereunto affixed this 3rd day of June, A.D. 1963.
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TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY
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By
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/s/ A.L. Thomas
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A.L. Thomas
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/s/ W.C. Gallagher
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W.C. Gallagher
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/s/ Marvin A. Latta
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Marvin A. Latta
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Attest:
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Secretary
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(SEAL)
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The Secretary of the Supervisors of the Township of Montgomery is hereby
directed to cause a notice of this article to be published as required by
Section 3 of the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, as amended.
The proper officers of the Township are hereby directed to file the
above Articles of Incorporation, together with the necessary proofs of publication,
with the Secretary of the Commonwealth and to do all other acts and things
necessary or appropriate to effect the incorporation of the Montgomery Township
Municipal Sewer Authority.
The initial project shall be the acquiring, holding, constructing, improving,
maintaining and operating, owning and leasing, either in the capacity of lessor
or lessee, sewers, sewer systems or parts thereof, sewage treatment works
and related facilities, including the provision of sewage treatment facilities
in cooperation with the Township of Hatfield and any municipal authority heretofore
organized by said Township.
The persons named and the terms of office set forth in the Sixth Article of the Articles of Incorporation, the execution of which is authorized and directed by §
46-2 hereof, are hereby appointed as the first members of the Board of the Authority, and their terms of office shall commence on the date of appointment and shall be computed from January 1, 1964.
[Adopted 1-28-1965 by Ord.
No. 25]
For the purpose of constructing, extending, installing, maintaining,
safeguarding or repairing its sewer facilities, the Montgomery Township Municipal
Sewer Authority is authorized to enter in, under and upon any and all streets
or other ways now or hereafter in public use within this Township; subject,
however, to the following conditions:
A. The Authority shall cause as little inconvenience to
the public in the use of such streets and ways as may be reasonably possible
and shall comply with the reasonable requirements of the Board of Township
Supervisors in such regard.
B. Upon completion of any work the Authority shall restore
such streets and ways as nearly as may be possible to the conditions prevailing
before the work began.
C. The Authority shall indemnify the Township and its Board
of Supervisors against all loss and expense by reason of injury to persons
or damage to property resulting from operations of the Authority in such streets
and ways or the maintenance of its facilities thereunder and, upon request
of the Board of Township Supervisors, shall obtain insurance in reasonable
amounts covering such risks.
The aforesaid Authority is hereby granted the right and easement to
construct and maintain its sewer facilities under any and all streets or other
ways now or hereafter in public use within this Township.