[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of Blair as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Sewers and water — See Ch. 325.
[Adopted 5-6-1968 by Ord.
No. 1968-04 (Ch. 1, Part 2B, of the 1985 Code of
Ordinances)]
It is the intention of the Supervisors of Blair Township, Blair
County, Pennsylvania, to organize a Water and Sewer Authority.
The proposed Articles of Incorporation of said Authority in
full are as follows:
A.
The
name of the Authority shall be: "Blair Township Water and Sewer Authority."
B.
The
Authority is formed under an Act of General Assembly of the commonwealth,
which was approved the 2nd day of May, 1945, P.L. 382, as amended,
known as the "Municipal Authorities Act of 1945."[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Said Act was repealed 6-19-2001 by P.L. 287,
No. 22. See now 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
E.
The
names and addresses of the members of the Board of Supervisors of
Blair Township as the persons being the municipal authorities of the
municipality are as follows:
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[Here followed the names and addressee of the Board of Supervisors]
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F.
The
members of the Board of the Authority to be formed hereby shall be
five in number. All members hereinafter named and appointed reside
in and are citizens of the Township of Blair, Blair County, Pennsylvania.
The names, addresses and terms of office of the first members of the
Board of said Authority are as follows:
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[Here followed the names of the original authority members]
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G.
The
said Authority shall be for the purpose of acquiring, holding, constructing,
improving, maintaining, and operating, owning, leasing, either in
the capacity of lessor or lessee, products of the following kind and
character, to wit: Buildings and structures to be devoted wholly or
partially for public use and for revenue purposes, sewers, sewer systems,
or part thereof, sewage treatment works, including works for treating
and disposing of industrial waste, facilities and equipment for the
collection, removal or disposal of ashes, garbage, rubbish, and other
refuse materials by incineration, land fill, or other methods, and
water purification system and facilities in connection therewith,
including but not limited to works for treating and transmitting water
for consumer and industrial use, equipment for the buildings and maintenance
thereof, and all other facilities in any way used, useful, necessary,
convenient or incidental to the furtherance and operation of a water
system and sewage treatment system.
H.
The
term of the existence of the Authority created herein shall be for
a period of 50 years from the date of its incorporation and existence.
The said proposed Articles of Incorporation of said Blair Township
Water and Sewer Authority shall be executed by and on behalf of the
Township of Blair, by the Supervisors of said Township, and the seal
of said Township shall be thereto affixed, attested by the Secretary
of the Board of Supervisors of said Township, and filed with the Secretary
of the commonwealth. The solicitor is hereby authorized to publish
notice of this article and of the date upon which said Articles of
Incorporation will be filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania; to file said Articles of Incorporation, together
with the ordinance authorizing the incorporation of the Authority
and the necessary proofs of publication, and to do all other things
necessary or appropriate to effect the incorporation of Blair Township
Water and Sewer Authority.
The parties set forth in the Articles of Incorporation are hereby
appointed members of the Board of the Authority and shall act in that
capacity for the terms designated therein.
